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122 who was deaf or dumb The following was written by [illeg.] Sherrife, on seeing Mr Garrick act [4 flourishes]

When Britain's Roscius on the stage appears, [He?] charms all eyes, & I am told all ears; With ease, the various [illeg.] I can trace Clearly reflected from his wondrous face; [While?] {illeg.} conception, with [first?] action joined [Strongly?] [imprints?] each image on my mind. What need of sonnets, when plainly I descry, The earnest features and the speaking eyes; [That?] eye whose bright & penetrating [illeg.], [Illeg.] Shakespears meaning to my soul convey [Illeg.] com men [illeg.] on great Shakespear's test [or text], When Garrick acts [written above 'speaks' crossed out], no passage seems perplexed.