Uncorking Old Sherry: The Life and Times of Richard Brinsley SheridanTwayne Publishers, 1960 - 352 pages |
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... once assures the Speaker , " I am not well . I eat too much , I drink too much , and I sleep very little . " Pitt's last phase is port and water , and most of these drink less as they grow older , but Sheridan ( alas ! alas ! ) more and ...
... once assures the Speaker , " I am not well . I eat too much , I drink too much , and I sleep very little . " Pitt's last phase is port and water , and most of these drink less as they grow older , but Sheridan ( alas ! alas ! ) more and ...
Page 289
... once has to see his carriage despatched for Sheridan , re- turn to Carlton House . He will be the lackey of none . " We are all treated alike , " sighs one of his martyrs , when he sees a coroneted letter lying unopened in the heap on ...
... once has to see his carriage despatched for Sheridan , re- turn to Carlton House . He will be the lackey of none . " We are all treated alike , " sighs one of his martyrs , when he sees a coroneted letter lying unopened in the heap on ...
Page 293
... Once , like Honeywood in Goldsmith's comedy , he introduces the man in possession as his guest . On another occasion an inconvenient bailiff is encouraged to drink him- self into a coma and then handed over to the watch . When he last ...
... Once , like Honeywood in Goldsmith's comedy , he introduces the man in possession as his guest . On another occasion an inconvenient bailiff is encouraged to drink him- self into a coma and then handed over to the watch . When he last ...
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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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