Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 2H. C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 - 602 páginas |
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... received , is happy to take this opportunity of paying . The young Sheridans , however , were little more than a year under his care - and it may be consoling to pa- rents who are in the first crisis of impatience , at the sort of ...
... received , is happy to take this opportunity of paying . The young Sheridans , however , were little more than a year under his care - and it may be consoling to pa- rents who are in the first crisis of impatience , at the sort of ...
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... received private tuition from Mr , Lewis Kerr , an Irish gentleman , who had formerly practised as a physician , but having , by loss of health , been obliged to give up his profession , supported himself by giving lessons in Latin and ...
... received private tuition from Mr , Lewis Kerr , an Irish gentleman , who had formerly practised as a physician , but having , by loss of health , been obliged to give up his profession , supported himself by giving lessons in Latin and ...
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... received the sketch of this piece from his friend , and though they both looked forward most sanguinely to its 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 ...
... received the sketch of this piece from his friend , and though they both looked forward most sanguinely to its 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 ...
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... received from Sheridan , in which Miss Linley had written a few words expressive of her wishes for his health and happiness . Mr. Halhed sailed for India about the latter end of this year . To this period of Mr. Sheridan's life we are ...
... received from Sheridan , in which Miss Linley had written a few words expressive of her wishes for his health and happiness . Mr. Halhed sailed for India about the latter end of this year . To this period of Mr. Sheridan's life we are ...
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... received my answer to his , and the 201. from Whately . I shall order an- other to be sent at Christmas for the rent and other necessa- ries . I have not time at present to enter upon the subject of English authors , & c . but shall ...
... received my answer to his , and the 201. from Whately . I shall order an- other to be sent at Christmas for the rent and other necessa- ries . I have not time at present to enter upon the subject of English authors , & c . but shall ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 144 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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!