Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square., 1825 |
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... writer of these pages , who owes to that excellent person all the instructions in English literature he has ever received , is happy to take this opportunity of paying . The young Sheridans , however , were CHAP . I. 1762 . little more ...
... writer of these pages , who owes to that excellent person all the instructions in English literature he has ever received , is happy to take this opportunity of paying . The young Sheridans , however , were CHAP . I. 1762 . little more ...
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... writers in our Augustan age . The grandfather , you know , lived familiarly with Swift . I have heard of him , as an excellent scholar . His boys in Ireland once performed CHAP . I. CHAP . I. a Greek play , and when Sir 9.
... writers in our Augustan age . The grandfather , you know , lived familiarly with Swift . I have heard of him , as an excellent scholar . His boys in Ireland once performed CHAP . I. CHAP . I. a Greek play , and when Sir 9.
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... writing plays to scenes . " O'Cul . Writing plays to scenes ! Oh , you are joking . " Monop . Not I , upon my word . Mr. Simile knows that I have frequently a complete set of scenes from Italy , and then I have nothing to do but to get ...
... writing plays to scenes . " O'Cul . Writing plays to scenes ! Oh , you are joking . " Monop . Not I , upon my word . Mr. Simile knows that I have frequently a complete set of scenes from Italy , and then I have nothing to do but to get ...
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... writer to Signor Squallini . Now , his method , when seized with the furor harmonicus was con- stantly to make me sit by his side , while he was thrum- ming on his harpsichord , in order to make extempore verses to whatever air he ...
... writer to Signor Squallini . Now , his method , when seized with the furor harmonicus was con- stantly to make me sit by his side , while he was thrum- ming on his harpsichord , in order to make extempore verses to whatever air he ...
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... writers : - " the thoughts , " he says , " of 2001. shared between us are enough to bring the tears into one's eyes . " Sometimes , he sets more moderate limits to their ambition , and hopes that they will , at least , get the freedom ...
... writers : - " the thoughts , " he says , " of 2001. shared between us are enough to bring the tears into one's eyes . " Sometimes , he sets more moderate limits to their ambition , and hopes that they will , at least , get the freedom ...
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Page 486 - Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.
Page 217 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We...
Page 177 - I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip.
Page 239 - ... 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 212 - Why, to be sure, a tale of scandal is as fatal to the credit of a prudent lady of her stamp as a fever is generally to those of the strongest constitutions. But there is a sort of puny sickly reputation, that is always ailing, yet will outlive the robuster characters of a hundred prudes. Sir Ben. True, madam, there are valetudinarians in reputation as well as constitution, who, being conscious of their weak part, avoid the least breath of air...
Page 123 - He, and some of his friends, also who have heard it, assure me in the most flattering terms that there is not a doubt of its success. It will be very well played, and Harris tells me that the least shilling I shall get (if it succeeds) will be six hundred vol.. l. i ° pounds. I shall make no secret of it towards the time of representation, that it may not lose any support my friends can give it.
Page 178 - Cheeks of rose, untouched by art ? I will own the colour true, When yielding blushes aid their hue. Is her hand so soft and pure ? I must press it, to be sure; Nor can I be certain then, Till it, grateful, press again. Must I, with attentive eye, Watch her heaving bosom sigh ? I will do so, when I see That heaving bosom sigh for me.
Page 481 - ... have this day listened with ardour and admiration. From poetry up to eloquence there is not a species of composition of which a complete and perfect specimen might not, from that single speech, be culled and collected.
Page 330 - When he makes his jokes, you applaud the accuracy of his memory, and 'tis only when he states his facts that you admire the flights of his imagination.
Page 278 - ... town's applause, There dormant patterns pine for future gauze. A Moral essay now is all her care, A satire next, and then a bill of fare. A scene she now projects, and now a dish, Here Act the First, and here