Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Τόμος 2H. C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 - 602 σελίδες |
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... considerable fortune in Wiltshire , who proved the reality of his attachment to her in a way which few young lovers would be romantic enough to imitate . On her secretly representing to him that she never could be happy as his wife , he ...
... considerable fortune in Wiltshire , who proved the reality of his attachment to her in a way which few young lovers would be romantic enough to imitate . On her secretly representing to him that she never could be happy as his wife , he ...
Σελίδα 54
... considerable warmth , which were overheard by some of the family . As soon as the young ladies had re- tired to bed , the two brothers , without any announcement of their intention , set off post together for London , Sheridan having ...
... considerable warmth , which were overheard by some of the family . As soon as the young ladies had re- tired to bed , the two brothers , without any announcement of their intention , set off post together for London , Sheridan having ...
Σελίδα 72
... considerable change in his writing after- wards ) a collection of remarks on Sir William Temple's works , which may likewise have been among the fruits of his reading at Waltham Abbey . These remarks are confined chiefly to verbal ...
... considerable change in his writing after- wards ) a collection of remarks on Sir William Temple's works , which may likewise have been among the fruits of his reading at Waltham Abbey . These remarks are confined chiefly to verbal ...
Σελίδα 75
... considerable mortification to him ; and it must be owned , that the helpless irresolution of this gentleman during the duel , and his weak acquiescence in these misrepresentations after- wards , showed him as unfit to be trusted with ...
... considerable mortification to him ; and it must be owned , that the helpless irresolution of this gentleman during the duel , and his weak acquiescence in these misrepresentations after- wards , showed him as unfit to be trusted with ...
Σελίδα 99
... considerably in- creased by the success of The Rivals ; and , gifted as he and his beautiful wife were with all that forms the magnetism of society , the power to attract , and the disposition to be at- tracted , their life , as may ...
... considerably in- creased by the success of The Rivals ; and , gifted as he and his beautiful wife were with all that forms the magnetism of society , the power to attract , and the disposition to be at- tracted , their life , as may ...
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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!