Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 2H. C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 - 602 pages |
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... heart could render them . The same playful fancy , the same sterling and innoxious wit , that was shown afterwards in his writings , cheered and delighted the family circle . I admired - I almost adored him . I would most willingly have ...
... heart could render them . The same playful fancy , the same sterling and innoxious wit , that was shown afterwards in his writings , cheered and delighted the family circle . I admired - I almost adored him . I would most willingly have ...
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... heart was little favourable to his advancement in any serious studies ; and it may easily be imagined that , in the neighbourhood of Miss Linley , the Arts and Sciences were suffered to sleep quietly on their shelves . Even the transla ...
... heart was little favourable to his advancement in any serious studies ; and it may easily be imagined that , in the neighbourhood of Miss Linley , the Arts and Sciences were suffered to sleep quietly on their shelves . Even the transla ...
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... heart that mock'd the suit of humble love . Yet , in some thoughtful hour - if such can be , Where love , Timocrates , is join'd with thee— In some lone pause of joy , when pleasures pall , And fancy broods o'er joys it can't recall ...
... heart that mock'd the suit of humble love . Yet , in some thoughtful hour - if such can be , Where love , Timocrates , is join'd with thee— In some lone pause of joy , when pleasures pall , And fancy broods o'er joys it can't recall ...
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... heart , that sighed deeply and hopelessly for the young Maid of Bath , who appears , indeed , to have spread her gentle conquests , to an extent almost unparalleled in the annals of beauty . Her personal charms , the exquisiteness of ...
... heart , that sighed deeply and hopelessly for the young Maid of Bath , who appears , indeed , to have spread her gentle conquests , to an extent almost unparalleled in the annals of beauty . Her personal charms , the exquisiteness of ...
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... heart , however , was not so wholly un - preoccupied , as to yield at once to the passion which her destiny had in store for her . One of those tran- sient preferences , which in early youth are mistaken for love , had already taken ...
... heart , however , was not so wholly un - preoccupied , as to yield at once to the passion which her destiny had in store for her . One of those tran- sient preferences , which in early youth are mistaken for love , had already taken ...
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Page 559 - Opera), the best farce (the Critic— it is only too good for a farce), and the best Address (Monologue on Garrick), and, to crown all, delivered the very best Oration (the famous Begum Speech) ever conceived or heard in this country.
Page 118 - 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...
Page 144 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We...
Page 174 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Page 174 - The painter dead, yet still he charms the eye; While England lives, his fame can never die: But he who struts his hour upon the stage, Can scarce extend his fame for half an age; Nor pen nor pencil can the actor save, The art, and artist, share one common grave.
Page 168 - I don't say the sun shines all the day ; but, that he peeps now and then. Yet he does shine all the day, too, you know, though we don't see him.
Page 141 - ... 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.
Page 457 - ... in direct opposition to the declared sense of a great majority of the nation, and they should be put in force with all their rigorous provisions, if his opinion were asked by the people as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence.
Page 572 - Was this, then, the fate of that high-gifted man, The pride of the palace, the bower, and the hall, The orator — dramatist — minstrel,— who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all...
Page 150 - Peter, because flowers are dear in cold weather? You should find fault with the climate, and not with me. For my part, I'm sure, I wish it was spring all the year round, and that roses grew under our feet!