Uncorking Old Sherry: The Life and Times of Richard Brinsley SheridanTwayne Publishers, 1960 - 352 pages |
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... Tears do not go out of fashion till 1808 when the surtout comes in and the eigh- teenth century dies . For some forty years they are cultivated in both houses and are as common as Latin quotations . Burke weeps when Fox praises him in ...
... Tears do not go out of fashion till 1808 when the surtout comes in and the eigh- teenth century dies . For some forty years they are cultivated in both houses and are as common as Latin quotations . Burke weeps when Fox praises him in ...
Page 85
... tear , Cease boding doubt , cease anxious fear , Dry be that tear . Can true affection cease to fear ? Poor is the joy not worth a tear ! Did passion ever know content ? How weak the rapture words can paint ! Then let my sighs and tears ...
... tear , Cease boding doubt , cease anxious fear , Dry be that tear . Can true affection cease to fear ? Poor is the joy not worth a tear ! Did passion ever know content ? How weak the rapture words can paint ! Then let my sighs and tears ...
Page 123
... tears . " Farewell , farewell , " echo a hundred voices . Mrs. Garrick in her box is in an agony of hysterical tears . The wonderful eyes , still brilliant , are turned wistfully again and again to that sea of sympa- thetic faces , and ...
... tears . " Farewell , farewell , " echo a hundred voices . Mrs. Garrick in her box is in an agony of hysterical tears . The wonderful eyes , still brilliant , are turned wistfully again and again to that sea of sympa- thetic faces , and ...
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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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