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... tion were prompt and acute . We knew the esteem , and even admiration , which , somehow or other , all his school - fellows felt for him . He was mischievous enough , but his pranks were accompanied by a sort of vivacity and cheerful ...
... tion were prompt and acute . We knew the esteem , and even admiration , which , somehow or other , all his school - fellows felt for him . He was mischievous enough , but his pranks were accompanied by a sort of vivacity and cheerful ...
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... tion of the Eastern empire , produce such a writer . It was left to the latter times of monkish imposition to give such trash as this , on which the translator has ill spent his time . We have been as idly employed in reading it , and ...
... tion of the Eastern empire , produce such a writer . It was left to the latter times of monkish imposition to give such trash as this , on which the translator has ill spent his time . We have been as idly employed in reading it , and ...
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... tion ? Do I know how long my life shall yet endure ? " * The pretty lines , " Mark'd you her cheek of rosy hue ? " were written , not upon Miss Linley , as has been generally stated , but upon Lady Margaret Fordyce , and form part of a ...
... tion ? Do I know how long my life shall yet endure ? " * The pretty lines , " Mark'd you her cheek of rosy hue ? " were written , not upon Miss Linley , as has been generally stated , but upon Lady Margaret Fordyce , and form part of a ...
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... tion . Mr. Sheridan received three or four wounds in his breast and sides , and now lies very ill . Mr. M. was only slightly wounded , and left this city soon after the affair was over . " II . 1772 . The comments which Mr. Sheridan ...
... tion . Mr. Sheridan received three or four wounds in his breast and sides , and now lies very ill . Mr. M. was only slightly wounded , and left this city soon after the affair was over . " II . 1772 . The comments which Mr. Sheridan ...
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... tion of Mr. M.'s , I doubt not but he will be sur- prized at my indifference in not taking the trouble even to explain it . However , I cannot forbear to observe here that had I , at the period which this passage alludes to , known what ...
... tion of Mr. M.'s , I doubt not but he will be sur- prized at my indifference in not taking the trouble even to explain it . However , I cannot forbear to observe here that had I , at the period which this passage alludes to , known what ...
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admiration affair afterwards appears ation Bath brother brought Burke called CHAP character Clerimont comedy dear doubt Duenna East India Bill effect eloquence England Ewart eyes fame fancy father favour feelings Garrick genius gentleman give Halhed hand Hastings heart honour House of Commons interest Ireland Irish Lady least letter Lord Lord North Lord Shelburne lover marriage Mathews ment mind minister Miss Linley Nabob nature ness never night object occasion opinion party perhaps person Pitt play poetry political present R. B. SHERIDAN remarkable respect RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN Richard Sheridan ridan Rivals Rolliad scene School for Scandal Sir Benjamin song speech spirit style suppose sure sword talents taste Teazle theatre thee thing thou thought tion truth verses VIII Whig whole writing written young СНАР
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Página 484 - Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught; leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her.
Página 215 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We...
Página 462 - Ere the blabbing eastern scout, The nice morn on the Indian steep, From her cabin'd loophole peep, And to the tell-tale sun descry Our conceal'd solemnity.
Página 328 - ... tis only when he states his facts that you admire the flights of his imagination.
Página 178 - And scorn assumes compassion's doubtful mien, To warn me off from the encumber'd scene. This must not be ; — and higher duties crave Some space between the theatre and the grave ; That, like the Roman in the Capitol, I may adjust my mantle ere I fall : My life's brief act in public service flown, The last, the closing scene, must be my own.
Página 448 - All that he had ever heard — all that he had ever read — when compared with it dwindled into nothing, and vanished like vapour before the sun.
Página 176 - Cheeks of rose, untouched by art ? 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 sigh ? I will do so, when I see That heaving bosom sigh for me.
Página 175 - I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip.
Página 237 - ... phaeton, she desired me to write some verses on her ponies; upon which, I took out my pocketbook, and in one moment produced the following : " Sure never were seen two such beautiful ponies ; Other horses are clowns, but these macaronies : To give them this title I'm sure can't be wrong, Their legs are so slim, and their tails are so long.
Página 276 - There new-born plays foretaste the town's applause, There dormant patterns pine for future gauze. A moral essay now is all her care, A satire next, and then a bill of fare. A scene she now projects, and now a dish, Here Act the First, and here 'Remove with Fish.