Uncorking Old Sherry: The Life and Times of Richard Brinsley SheridanTwayne Publishers, 1960 - 352 pages |
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... night - rings , brooches , watches , salaries in ad- vance , wardrobes , stays . Gambling in all its forms is rather ... night . Once he plays for twenty - four hours and loses £ 500 an hour . He sits down to cards after dinner , plays ...
... night - rings , brooches , watches , salaries in ad- vance , wardrobes , stays . Gambling in all its forms is rather ... night . Once he plays for twenty - four hours and loses £ 500 an hour . He sits down to cards after dinner , plays ...
Page 132
... Night after night the theatre overflows , and for a space even the American War of Inde- pendence is forgotten in the sensation of the moment . It runs twenty nights in its first season and sixty - five in its second . It continues to ...
... Night after night the theatre overflows , and for a space even the American War of Inde- pendence is forgotten in the sensation of the moment . It runs twenty nights in its first season and sixty - five in its second . It continues to ...
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... night , armed with hammers , hatchets , and ladders , to change the signboards of the inns for miles round their home . Thus one of Lord B's pastimes after reaching manhood is to drive out at night in a very high phaeton through the ...
... night , armed with hammers , hatchets , and ladders , to change the signboards of the inns for miles round their home . Thus one of Lord B's pastimes after reaching manhood is to drive out at night in a very high phaeton through the ...
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Uncorking Old Sherry: The Life and Times of Richard Brinsley Sheridan Oscar Sherwin No preview available - 2012 |
Uncorking Old Sherry: The Life and Times of Richard Brinsley Sheridan Oscar Sherwin No preview available - 2012 |
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