The Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Dramas, Poems, Translations, Speeches, Unfinished Sketches, and AnaChatto & Windus, 1901 - 656 pages |
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... means make the demand till I had shown myself equal to the task . My father purposes to be with us but one year ; and that only to give me what advantage he can from his experience . He certainly must be paid for his trouble , and so ...
... means make the demand till I had shown myself equal to the task . My father purposes to be with us but one year ; and that only to give me what advantage he can from his experience . He certainly must be paid for his trouble , and so ...
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... mean that ridiculous old knight , Sir Christopher Crab ? Lady S. A wretch ! his assiduities are my torment . 66 66 Spat . Perhaps his nephew , the baronet , Sir Benjamin Backbite , is the happy man ? " Lady S. No , though he has ill ...
... mean that ridiculous old knight , Sir Christopher Crab ? Lady S. A wretch ! his assiduities are my torment . 66 66 Spat . Perhaps his nephew , the baronet , Sir Benjamin Backbite , is the happy man ? " Lady S. No , though he has ill ...
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... means come to his knowledge , and injured me in his opinion . I promised him faithfully never to see Sir Benjamin . What confidence can he ever have in me , if he once finds I have broken my word to him ? If he ... mean 36 LIFE OF SHERIDAN .
... means come to his knowledge , and injured me in his opinion . I promised him faithfully never to see Sir Benjamin . What confidence can he ever have in me , if he once finds I have broken my word to him ? If he ... mean 36 LIFE OF SHERIDAN .
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... mean . Is he not attached to you ? am I not slighted for you ? Yet , do I bear any enmity to you , as my rival ? I only request your friendly intercession , and you are so ungrateful , you would deny me that . " Mar. Nay , madam , have ...
... mean . Is he not attached to you ? am I not slighted for you ? Yet , do I bear any enmity to you , as my rival ? I only request your friendly intercession , and you are so ungrateful , you would deny me that . " Mar. Nay , madam , have ...
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... means of subduing the whole line of his argument . " From 1780 , the period of his entering Parliament , to 1787 , Sheridan , though he had spoken often , had made no such exhibition of his powers as to gain the reputation of a great ...
... means of subduing the whole line of his argument . " From 1780 , the period of his entering Parliament , to 1787 , Sheridan , though he had spoken often , had made no such exhibition of his powers as to gain the reputation of a great ...
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Page 247 - ... it shall never break my heart, I promise you : however, I am equally obliged to you for the hint. Lady Teaz.
Page 266 - Chorus* Let the toast pass, — Drink to the lass, I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass, Here's to the charmer whose dimples we prize ; Now to the maid who has none, sir : Here's to the girl with a pair of blue eyes; And here's to the nymph with but one, sir.
Page 240 - tis very vulgar to print; and as my little productions are mostly satires and lampoons on particular people, I find they circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the friends of the parties.
Page 50 - ... duodecimo phaeton, she desired me to write some verses on her ponies; upon which, I took out my pocketbook, and in one moment produced the following : " Sure never were seen two such beautiful ponies ; Other horses are clowns, but these macaronies : To give them this title I'm sure can't be wrong, Their legs are so slim, and their tails are so long.
Page 150 - How mortifying, to remember the dear delicious shifts I used to be put to, to gain half a minute's conversation with this fellow! How often have I stole forth, in the coldest night in January, and found him in the garden, stuck like a dripping statue! There would he kneel to me in the snow, and sneeze and cough so pathetically!
Page 288 - I was a witness to it, has penetrated so to my heart, that had I left the place without the shame of this discovery, my future life should have spoken the sincerity of my gratitude. As for that smooth-tongued hypocrite, who would have seduced the wife of his too credulous friend, while he affected honourable addresses to his ward, I behold him now in a light so truly despicable, that I shall never again respect myself for having listened to him.
Page 114 - Jack; I have heard you for some time with patience — I have been cool — quite cool; but take care — you know I am compliance itself — when I am not thwarted; — no one more easily led — when I have my own way; — but don't put me in a frenzy.
Page 291 - The sums I have lent him ! Indeed I have been exceedingly to blame ; it was an amiable weakness ; however, I don't pretend to defend it ; and now I feel it doubly culpable, since it has deprived me of the pleasure of serving you, Mr. Stanley, as my heart dictates. Sir Oliver S.
Page 37 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We...
Page 149 - Why, is it not provoking ? when I thought we were coming to the prettiest distress imaginable, to find myself made a mere Smithfield bargain of at last ! There, had I projected one of the most sentimental elopements...