I remember Grisi, and I cannot share Miss Lawson's conviction of her resemblance to that great singer-personal resemblance, I mean-and, in all probability, she had as feeble a claim to an equality of genius; but that she had a powerful voice, and that she gave it full effect, is evident by Leech's perfect rendering of that wonderful mouth, from which one can almost hear the roulade.
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
Presently, a young gentleman, who was standing at her side, chanced to turn over too soon, whereupon she gave him such a look, that, if he had entertained any thoughts of proposing, would effectually have stopped any such rash proceeding; but her equanimity was soon restored, and she went through the aria in most dashing style until she came to the last note, whose appearance she heralded with a roulade of wonderful execution."
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
I was simply answering the reflection in which you just indulged on the subject of a roulade which I ventured to perform, and which, perhaps, was not rendered with perfect accuracy.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock