Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1Widdleton, 1866 |
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... meet , they ought to match like two beef - eaters . " According to their original plan for the conclusion of this farce , all things were at last to be compromised between Jupiter and Juno ; Amphitryon was to be comforted in the birth ...
... meet , they ought to match like two beef - eaters . " According to their original plan for the conclusion of this farce , all things were at last to be compromised between Jupiter and Juno ; Amphitryon was to be comforted in the birth ...
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... meets with success , there is no doubt of profit accruing , as I have already engaged a publisher , of established reputation , to undertake it for the account of the authors . But I am to indem- nify him in case it should not sell ...
... meets with success , there is no doubt of profit accruing , as I have already engaged a publisher , of established reputation , to undertake it for the account of the authors . But I am to indem- nify him in case it should not sell ...
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... meet- ing the next day was the consequence , which ended in those ad- vertisements and the letter to you . As for Mr. Mathews's honor or spirit in this whole affair , I shall only add that a few hours may possibly give some proof of the ...
... meet- ing the next day was the consequence , which ended in those ad- vertisements and the letter to you . As for Mr. Mathews's honor or spirit in this whole affair , I shall only add that a few hours may possibly give some proof of the ...
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... meet him . For my part , I shall suspend my judgment till better informed , only I cannot forgive your pre- ferring swords . " I am exceedingly unhappy at the situation I leave you in with respect to money matters , the more so as it is ...
... meet him . For my part , I shall suspend my judgment till better informed , only I cannot forgive your pre- ferring swords . " I am exceedingly unhappy at the situation I leave you in with respect to money matters , the more so as it is ...
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... meet- ing that was to take place at Worcester this summer . But Sher- idan , who considered that his own claims upon her had superse- ded all others , would not suffer her to keep this engagement . How decided his mind was upon the ...
... meet- ing that was to take place at Worcester this summer . But Sher- idan , who considered that his own claims upon her had superse- ded all others , would not suffer her to keep this engagement . How decided his mind was upon the ...
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Page 145 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We...
Page 296 - Ere the blabbing eastern scout, The nice morn on the Indian steep, From her cabin'd loophole peep, And to the tell-tale sun descry Our conceal'd solemnity.
Page 119 - 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 171 - That's very true indeed, Sir Peter ; and after having married you, I should never pretend to taste again, I allow.
Page 142 - 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 180 - There new born plays foretaste the 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
Page 13 - All the while Sumner and I saw in him vestiges of a superior intellect. His eye, his countenance, his general manner, were striking. His answers to any common question were prompt and acute. We knew the esteem, and even admiration, which, somehow or other, all his school-fellows felt for him. He was mischievous enough, but his pranks were accompanied by a sort of vivacity and cheerfulness, which delighted Sumner and myself.
Page 141 - The paragraphs, you say, Mr. Snake, were all inserted? Snake. They were, madam; and, as I copied them myself in a feigned hand, there can be no suspicion whence they came. Lady Sneer. Did you circulate the report of Lady Brittle's intrigue with Captain Boastall?
Page 218 - He had also begun another Epilogue, directed against female gamesters, of which he himself repeated a couplet or two to Mr. Rogers a short time before his death, and of which there remain some few scattered traces among his papers : — " A night of fretful passion may consume, All that thou hast of beauty's gentle bloom, And one distemper/d hour of sordid fear Print on thy brow the wrinkles of a year.
Page 40 - Ask'st thou how long my love will stay, When all that's new is past; — How long, ah Delia, can I say How long my life will last? Dry be that tear, be hush'd that sigh, At least I'll love thee till I die.