Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volumen1Redfield, 1853 - 487 páginas |
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Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volumen1 Thomas Moore Vista completa - 1858 |
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan. V1 Thomas Moore Vista de fragmentos - 1968 |
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66 Lady admiration affair afterwards appears Aristænetus Bath brother brought Burke called character Clerimont comedy dear doubt Duenna effect eloquence England Ewart eyes fame fancy father feel Garrick genius gentleman give Halhed hand Hastings heart honor House House of Commons India Bill interest Ireland Irish least letter Lord Lord John Cavendish Lord North Lord Shelburne lover marriage Mathews mind minister Miss Linley nature never night object occasion opinion paper Parliament party perhaps person Pitt play poetry political present principles R. B. SHERIDAN remarkable Richard Sheridan Rivals Robert Sumner Rolliad scene School for Scandal Sir Benjamin song speech spirit style suppose sword talents taste theatre thee thing thou thought tion Tom Sheridan verses Whig Whiggism whole William Linley wish writing written young youth
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Página 171 - That's very true, indeed, Sir Peter ; and after having married you, I should never pretend to taste again, I allow...
Página 145 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We have...
Página 142 - ... 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.
Página 180 - Steal ! — to be sure they may ; and, egad, serve your best thoughts as gipsies do stolen children, disfigure them to make 'em pass for their own.
Página 116 - To gain one smile from thee. " And only thou should'st not despise " My weakness or my woe. " If I am mad in others' eyes,
Página 118 - 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.
Página 119 - Cheeks of rose, untouch'd 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.
Página 97 - Ay, just as the eyes do of a person who squints: when her love-eye was fixed on me, t'other, her eye of duty, was finely obliqued: but when duty bid her point that the same way, off t'other turned on a swivel, and secured its retreat with a frown!
Página 97 - Then let us study to preserve it so: and while Hope pictures to us a flattering scene of future bliss, let us deny its pencil those colours which are too bright to be lasting. — When hearts deserving happiness would unite their fortunes, Virtue would crown them with an unfading garland of modest hurtless flowers; but ill-judging Passion will force the gaudier rose into the wreath, whose thorn offends them when its leaves are dropped! [Exeunt omnes. EPILOGUE BY THE AUTHOR SPOKEN BY MRS. BULKLEY...
Página 175 - 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.