...Woodfall, the reporter, used to relate that Sheridan came to him in the gallery, when the speech was ended, and asked with much anxiety what he thought of his first attempt. ' I am sorry to say,' replied Woodfall, ' that I don't think this is your line ; you had better have...

...2oth November was listened to with breathless attention. After its conclusion, he went to Woodfall in the gallery, and asked with much anxiety what he thought of his first attempt. " I am sorry to say I do not think that this is your fine," he replied ; "you had much better have...

...before. Moore tells us that he made his first speech on November 20.1780. "It was on this night, as Mr. Woodfall used to relate, that Mr. Sheridan, after...courage afterwards to own. was. ' I am sorry to say that I don't think that this is your line : you had much better have stuck to your former pursuits.'...

...Woodfall, the reporter, used to relate that Sheridan came to him in the gallery, when the speech was ended, and asked with much anxiety what he thought of his first attempt. 'I am sorry to say,' replied Woodfall, ' that I don't think this is your line ; you had better have...

...to them, would always treat them and speak of them with respect." It was on this night, as VVoodfall used to relate, that Mr. Sheridan, after he had spoken,...Woodfall, as he had the courage afterwards to own, was, " Ijim_sorry to say I do not think that this is your line — y^u_hajijiiuch__better have.. stuck to_...