Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1A. and W. Galignani, 1825 - 543 páginas |
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... seems to have been determined to owe all his excellence to nature alone , was found as im- practicable a pupil at home as at school . But , however inattentive to his studies he may have been at Harrow , it appears , from one of the let ...
... seems to have been determined to owe all his excellence to nature alone , was found as im- practicable a pupil at home as at school . But , however inattentive to his studies he may have been at Harrow , it appears , from one of the let ...
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... seems to have tempted into its wake a number of these musical parodies upon heathen fable . The amour of Jupiter with Major Am- phitryon's wife , and Sir Richard Ixion's court- ship of Juno , who substitutes Miss Peggy Nubilis in her ...
... seems to have tempted into its wake a number of these musical parodies upon heathen fable . The amour of Jupiter with Major Am- phitryon's wife , and Sir Richard Ixion's court- ship of Juno , who substitutes Miss Peggy Nubilis in her ...
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... seem to me elegant and poetical ; in others I could not observe equal beauty , and here and there I could wish there were some little amendment . You will pardon this liberty I take , and set it down to the account of old - fashioned ...
... seem to me elegant and poetical ; in others I could not observe equal beauty , and here and there I could wish there were some little amendment . You will pardon this liberty I take , and set it down to the account of old - fashioned ...
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... seems , had given the work a tolerable character , and quoted the first Epistle . The Weekly Review in the Public Ledger had also spoken well of it , and cited a specimen . The Oxford Magazine had transcribed * * In one of the Reviews I ...
... seems , had given the work a tolerable character , and quoted the first Epistle . The Weekly Review in the Public Ledger had also spoken well of it , and cited a specimen . The Oxford Magazine had transcribed * * In one of the Reviews I ...
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... seem chiefly to have fallen to the department of Halhed , who was far less gifted than his coadjutor with that artist - like touch , which polishes away the mark of vulgarity , and gives an air of elegance even to poverty . As the ...
... seem chiefly to have fallen to the department of Halhed , who was far less gifted than his coadjutor with that artist - like touch , which polishes away the mark of vulgarity , and gives an air of elegance even to poverty . As the ...
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Página 241 - 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.
Página 194 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We...
Página 302 - 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 158 - 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 236 - That's very true, indeed, Sir. Peter; and after having married you, I should never pretend to taste again, I allow...
Página 157 - 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 413 - the most astonishing effort of eloquence, argument, and wit united, of which there was any record or tradition." Fox said, " 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 232 - 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.
Página 129 - Faulkland, you have not been more faulty in your unkind treatment of me than I am now in wanting inclination to resent it. As my heart honestly bids me place...
Página 250 - I can tell you it is not always so safe to leave a play in the hands of those who write themselves. SNEER. What, they may steal from them, hey, my dear Plagiary ? SIR FRET.