Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Τόμος 2H. C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 - 602 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 7
... Answer to " Taxation no Tyranny . " - Farce of " St. Patrick's Day . " CHAPTER IV . 79 The Duenna . - Purchase of Drury - Lane Theatre . - The Trip to Scarbo- rough . - Poetical Correspondence with Mrs. Sheridan . 105 The School for ...
... Answer to " Taxation no Tyranny . " - Farce of " St. Patrick's Day . " CHAPTER IV . 79 The Duenna . - Purchase of Drury - Lane Theatre . - The Trip to Scarbo- rough . - Poetical Correspondence with Mrs. Sheridan . 105 The School for ...
Σελίδα 8
... Answer to Lord Mornington . - Coalition of the Whig Seceders with Mr. Pitt.—Mr. Canning . - Evidence on the Trial of Horne Tooke . -The " Glorious First of June . " - Marriage of Mr. Sheridan . - Pam- phlet of Mr. Reeves . - Debts of ...
... Answer to Lord Mornington . - Coalition of the Whig Seceders with Mr. Pitt.—Mr. Canning . - Evidence on the Trial of Horne Tooke . -The " Glorious First of June . " - Marriage of Mr. Sheridan . - Pam- phlet of Mr. Reeves . - Debts of ...
Σελίδα 13
... answers to any common question were prompt and acute . We knew the esteem , and even ad- miration , which , somehow or other , all his school - fellows felt for him . He was mischievous enough , but his pranks were accompanied by a sort ...
... answers to any common question were prompt and acute . We knew the esteem , and even ad- miration , which , somehow or other , all his school - fellows felt for him . He was mischievous enough , but his pranks were accompanied by a sort ...
Σελίδα 28
... answer to Sheridan's enquiries as to the extent of sale they may expect in Oxford , he confesses that , after three coffee - houses had bought one a - piece , not two more would be sold . That poverty is the best nurse of talent has ...
... answer to Sheridan's enquiries as to the extent of sale they may expect in Oxford , he confesses that , after three coffee - houses had bought one a - piece , not two more would be sold . That poverty is the best nurse of talent has ...
Σελίδα 38
... answer to one which he had just 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 ...
... answer to one which he had just 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 ...
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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 144 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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!