Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 2H. C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 - 602 pages |
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... success , as likely to realize many a dream of fame and profit , it was not till the month of May in the subsequent year , as appears by a letter from Mr. Ker to Sheridan , that the probability of the arrival of the manuscript was ...
... success , as likely to realize many a dream of fame and profit , it was not till the month of May in the subsequent year , as appears by a letter from Mr. Ker to Sheridan , that the probability of the arrival of the manuscript was ...
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... success , there is no doubt of profit accruing , as I have already engaged a publisher of established reputation to undertake it for the account of the authors . But I am to indemnify him in case it should not sell , and to advance part ...
... success , there is no doubt of profit accruing , as I have already engaged a publisher of established reputation to undertake it for the account of the authors . But I am to indemnify him in case it should not sell , and to advance part ...
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... success . It will be very well played , and Harris tells me that the least shilling I shall get ( if it succeeds ) will be six hundred pounds . I shall make no secret of it towards the time of representation , that it may not lose any ...
... success . It will be very well played , and Harris tells me that the least shilling I shall get ( if it succeeds ) will be six hundred pounds . I shall make no secret of it towards the time of representation , that it may not lose any ...
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... success . * * * * " I hope you will let me have the pleasure to hear from you soon , as I shall think any delay unfair , -unless you can plead that you are writing an opera , and a folio on music beside . Accept Betsey's love and duty ...
... success . * * * * " I hope you will let me have the pleasure to hear from you soon , as I shall think any delay unfair , -unless you can plead that you are writing an opera , and a folio on music beside . Accept Betsey's love and duty ...
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... success would give his father , most glorious ; —an emulation for that purpose , true . " The selfish vanity of the father appears in all these letters - his send- ing the copy of a letter for his sister . - His object was the praise of ...
... success would give his father , most glorious ; —an emulation for that purpose , true . " The selfish vanity of the father appears in all these letters - his send- ing the copy of a letter for his sister . - His object was the praise of ...
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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!