Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Τόμος 1A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square., 1825 |
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Σελίδα 12
... sure that he read the Iliad now and then ; not as a professed scholar would do , critically , but with all the strong sympathies of a poet reading a poet . * Richard did not , and could not forget what he once knew , but his path to ...
... sure that he read the Iliad now and then ; not as a professed scholar would do , critically , but with all the strong sympathies of a poet reading a poet . * Richard did not , and could not forget what he once knew , but his path to ...
Σελίδα 19
... sure I must , but I always could get myself out of them again . Why , I'll tell you an instance of it . You must know I was once a jour- neyman sonnet - writer to Signor Squallini . Now , his method , when seized with the furor ...
... sure I must , but I always could get myself out of them again . Why , I'll tell you an instance of it . You must know I was once a jour- neyman sonnet - writer to Signor Squallini . Now , his method , when seized with the furor ...
Σελίδα 28
... sure enough.- Good Heavens ! ' said I , how great events depend upon little circumstances ! ' However , I looked upon this as a memento for me no longer to trifle away my time and resolution ; and thus I began to reason , — I mean , I ...
... sure enough.- Good Heavens ! ' said I , how great events depend upon little circumstances ! ' However , I looked upon this as a memento for me no longer to trifle away my time and resolution ; and thus I began to reason , — I mean , I ...
Σελίδα 37
... the translator has ill spent his time . We have been as idly employed in reading it , and our readers will in proportion lose their time in perusing this article . " I. 1771 . CHAP . I. 1771 would be sure to purchase the D 3 37.
... the translator has ill spent his time . We have been as idly employed in reading it , and our readers will in proportion lose their time in perusing this article . " I. 1771 . CHAP . I. 1771 would be sure to purchase the D 3 37.
Σελίδα 38
Thomas Moore. CHAP . I. 1771 would be sure to purchase the second , and that the publication of the second would put it in the heads of others to buy the first . Under a sentence containing one of these sanguine anti- cipations , there ...
Thomas Moore. CHAP . I. 1771 would be sure to purchase the second , and that the publication of the second would put it in the heads of others to buy the first . Under a sentence containing one of these sanguine anti- cipations , there ...
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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