56 ON THE STAGE. ing terms by a contemporary writer. “ From the first chipping of the egg, his receiving motion, his feeling the ground, his standing upright, to his quick harlequin trip round the empty shell, through ‘the whole progression, every trip had its tongue and every motion a … YUNCH AND HARLEQUIN, FROM HOGARTH'S PRINT, “A JUST VIEW or THE ENGLISH STAGE,” PUBLISHED IN 1720, voice.” He was also famed for his “ catching a butterfly,” for his “statue scene,” for his graceful and affecting leave-taking of colum- bine, his trick of scratching his ear with his foot, like a dog,…
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