Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volumes 1-2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 - 719 pages |
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... occasion was so whimsically rapid , com- pared with the gravity of his employ , that an observer would be tempted to quote again from the same scene , ' Ha ! Old Truepen- ny , canst thou mole so fast i ' the ground ? ' Here , however ...
... occasion was so whimsically rapid , com- pared with the gravity of his employ , that an observer would be tempted to quote again from the same scene , ' Ha ! Old Truepen- ny , canst thou mole so fast i ' the ground ? ' Here , however ...
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... occasion , ' I don't expect your public authority for this ; -it is enough if you but hint your pleasure . ' He knew him well ; he could interpret every nod and motion of that head ; he understood the glances of that eye which * Much of ...
... occasion , ' I don't expect your public authority for this ; -it is enough if you but hint your pleasure . ' He knew him well ; he could interpret every nod and motion of that head ; he understood the glances of that eye which * Much of ...
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... occasion refer without feelings of respect , and , on this subject , without feelings of the most grateful ho- mage ; a gentleman , whose abilities upon this occasion , as upon some former ones , happily for the glory of the age in ...
... occasion refer without feelings of respect , and , on this subject , without feelings of the most grateful ho- mage ; a gentleman , whose abilities upon this occasion , as upon some former ones , happily for the glory of the age in ...
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... occasion - some , busy with the pen and scissors , making extracts -- some , past- ing and stitching his scattered memorandums in their places . So that there was hardly a single member of the family that could not boast of having ...
... occasion - some , busy with the pen and scissors , making extracts -- some , past- ing and stitching his scattered memorandums in their places . So that there was hardly a single member of the family that could not boast of having ...
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... occasion , to serve a very different purpose , he has not scrupled to declare it as visible as the light of the sun , that the Nabob is a mere pageant , and without even the shadow of authority . " On another transaction in 1781 , Mr ...
... occasion , to serve a very different purpose , he has not scrupled to declare it as visible as the light of the sun , that the Nabob is a mere pageant , and without even the shadow of authority . " On another transaction in 1781 , Mr ...
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