Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square., 1825 |
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... least every year . He went through his lessons in Horace , and Virgil , and Homer well enough for a time . But , in the absence of the upper master , Doctor Sumner , it once fell in my way to instruct the two upper forms , and upon call ...
... least every year . He went through his lessons in Horace , and Virgil , and Homer well enough for a time . But , in the absence of the upper master , Doctor Sumner , it once fell in my way to instruct the two upper forms , and upon call ...
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... least of the triumphs of Sheridan's talent , to have been able to persuade so acute a scholar as Dr. Parr , that the extent of his classical acquirements was so great as is here represented , and to have thus impressed with the idea of ...
... least of the triumphs of Sheridan's talent , to have been able to persuade so acute a scholar as Dr. Parr , that the extent of his classical acquirements was so great as is here represented , and to have thus impressed with the idea of ...
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... least , I brought in a cloud in the next stanza , and matters , you see , came about at once . " Monop . An excellent transition . " O'Cul . Vastly ingenious indeed . " Sim . Was it not ? hey ! it required a little com- I. 1770 . CHAP ...
... least , I brought in a cloud in the next stanza , and matters , you see , came about at once . " Monop . An excellent transition . " O'Cul . Vastly ingenious indeed . " Sim . Was it not ? hey ! it required a little com- I. 1770 . CHAP ...
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... least , get the freedom of the play - house by it . But at all times he chides , with good - humoured impatience , the tardiness of his fellow - labourer in applying to the managers . Fears are expressed that Foote may have made other ...
... least , get the freedom of the play - house by it . But at all times he chides , with good - humoured impatience , the tardiness of his fellow - labourer in applying to the managers . Fears are expressed that Foote may have made other ...
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... least finished before you print any , in order to have time to prepare the subsequent numbers , and ensure a continuance of the work . As to the coffee - houses , you must not depend on their taking it in at first , except you go on the ...
... least finished before you print any , in order to have time to prepare the subsequent numbers , and ensure a continuance of the work . As to the coffee - houses , you must not depend on their taking it in at first , except you go on the ...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1 Thomas Moore Visualização integral - 1825 |
Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1 Thomas Moore Visualização integral - 1825 |
Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1 Thomas Moore Visualização integral - 1825 |
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Página 486 - 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 217 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We...
Página 177 - 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 239 - ... 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 212 - Why, to be sure, a tale of scandal is as fatal to 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. True, madam, there are valetudinarians in reputation as well as constitution, who, being conscious of their weak part, avoid the least breath of air...
Página 123 - He, and some of his friends, also who have heard it, assure me in the most flattering terms that there is not a doubt of its 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 vol.. l. i ° pounds. I shall make no secret of it towards the time of representation, that it may not lose any support my friends can give it.
Página 178 - 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 481 - ... have this day listened with ardour and admiration. From poetry up to eloquence there is not a species of composition of which a complete and perfect specimen might not, from that single speech, be culled and collected.
Página 330 - When he makes his jokes, you applaud the accuracy of his memory, and 'tis only when he states his facts that you admire the flights of his imagination.
Página 278 - ... 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