Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Τόμος 1A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square., 1825 |
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Σελίδα 16
... hope and spirit of young adven- turers , began and prosecuted a variety of works together , of which none but their translation of Aristænetus ever saw the light . There is something in the alliance between these boys peculiarly ...
... hope and spirit of young adven- turers , began and prosecuted a variety of works together , of which none but their translation of Aristænetus ever saw the light . There is something in the alliance between these boys peculiarly ...
Σελίδα 42
... hope or care : She was the goal , to which my course was bent , Where every wish , where every thought was sent ; A secret influence darted from her eyes , - Each look , attraction , and herself the prize . Concentred there , I liv'd ...
... hope or care : She was the goal , to which my course was bent , Where every wish , where every thought was sent ; A secret influence darted from her eyes , - Each look , attraction , and herself the prize . Concentred there , I liv'd ...
Σελίδα 46
... hope in his heart but that of seeing her happy . Halhed , too , who at that period corresponded constantly with Sheridan , and con- fided to him the love with which he also had been inspired by this enchantress , was for a length of ...
... hope in his heart but that of seeing her happy . Halhed , too , who at that period corresponded constantly with Sheridan , and con- fided to him the love with which he also had been inspired by this enchantress , was for a length of ...
Σελίδα 58
... You have paid sufficiently for your folly , but I hope the ill effects of it have been long since over . You and your brother are fond of quacking , a most dangerous disposition with regard to health . Let slight things pass away of 58.
... You have paid sufficiently for your folly , but I hope the ill effects of it have been long since over . You and your brother are fond of quacking , a most dangerous disposition with regard to health . Let slight things pass away of 58.
Σελίδα 68
... hope , I have now sent also . You will soon see me in England . Every thing on our side has at last succeeded . Miss ... hope , and I hope , too , that though you may have been ignorant , for some time of our II . 1772 . proceedings ...
... hope , I have now sent also . You will soon see me in England . Every thing on our side has at last succeeded . Miss ... hope , and I hope , too , that though you may have been ignorant , for some time of our II . 1772 . proceedings ...
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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 217 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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