Uncorking Old Sherry: The Life and Times of Richard Brinsley SheridanTwayne Publishers, 1960 - 352 pages |
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... sits on the balcony of a ground floor room of his Piccadilly mansion and ogles the passersby , while a footman holds a parasol over his head and another is ready to follow and find out the residence of any pretty girl that passes . Yet ...
... sits on the balcony of a ground floor room of his Piccadilly mansion and ogles the passersby , while a footman holds a parasol over his head and another is ready to follow and find out the residence of any pretty girl that passes . Yet ...
Page 93
... sit in a beautiful scene , and exclaim , ' What would her presence make this ? ' and ' tis worse than a wilderness . Let me hear music and sing- ing , ' I cannot hear her sing and play , ' and the notes be- come the shrieks of the ...
... sit in a beautiful scene , and exclaim , ' What would her presence make this ? ' and ' tis worse than a wilderness . Let me hear music and sing- ing , ' I cannot hear her sing and play , ' and the notes be- come the shrieks of the ...
Page 213
... sits in Committee with a Mr. St. John in the chair . Over five hundred members are present when , at midnight Sheridan rises . For nearly six hours he rivets his audience by an utterance exceedingly rapid though singularly distinct ...
... sits in Committee with a Mr. St. John in the chair . Over five hundred members are present when , at midnight Sheridan rises . For nearly six hours he rivets his audience by an utterance exceedingly rapid though singularly distinct ...
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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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