Sheridan: A Biography, Volume 1R. Bentley and Son, 1896 |
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Pagina xvii
... interest . Though I have expressed in footnotes my gratitude to those who have lightened and given value to my labours , I wish here to return special thanks , firstly , b to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire for allowing me.
... interest . Though I have expressed in footnotes my gratitude to those who have lightened and given value to my labours , I wish here to return special thanks , firstly , b to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire for allowing me.
Pagina xxi
... interesting reminiscences of his talks in earlier years with one who knew Sheridan personally , while I have been encouraged in my task by the expression of his opinion that , “ a searching and impartial life of Sheridan will be a real.
... interesting reminiscences of his talks in earlier years with one who knew Sheridan personally , while I have been encouraged in my task by the expression of his opinion that , “ a searching and impartial life of Sheridan will be a real.
Pagina 2
... their scorn.1 1 " He might at any time , had he so chosen , ' have hid his head in a coronet , ' as he himself expressed it . " - " Memoir of Lady 1. ] DR . SHERIDAN'S MARRIAGE 3 His paternal grandfather 2 [ CHAP . SHERIDAN'S PROGENITORS.
... their scorn.1 1 " He might at any time , had he so chosen , ' have hid his head in a coronet , ' as he himself expressed it . " - " Memoir of Lady 1. ] DR . SHERIDAN'S MARRIAGE 3 His paternal grandfather 2 [ CHAP . SHERIDAN'S PROGENITORS.
Pagina 11
... expression from him . " 1 The custom of Swift passing many months at a time at Quilca , and Dr. Sheridan spending his holidays at the Deanery in Dublin , continued till 1738. In the earlier days of their acquaintance , he was pressed by ...
... expression from him . " 1 The custom of Swift passing many months at a time at Quilca , and Dr. Sheridan spending his holidays at the Deanery in Dublin , continued till 1738. In the earlier days of their acquaintance , he was pressed by ...
Pagina 32
... expressed their bitter disappointment.1 Mr. Sheridan did not regard Ireland as his home after 1758. If he owed much to it , he owed more in it . A compliment which was paid to him by the Irish Legislature excited Dr. Johnson's ...
... expressed their bitter disappointment.1 Mr. Sheridan did not regard Ireland as his home after 1758. If he owed much to it , he owed more in it . A compliment which was paid to him by the Irish Legislature excited Dr. Johnson's ...
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Pagina 36 - I allowed him all his own merit." He now added, " Sheridan cannot bear me. I bring his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, ' What do you mean to teach?' Besides, sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country, by his narrow exertions ? Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to show light at Calais.
Pagina 83 - At eight in the morning we go in dishabille to the pumproom, which is crowded like a Welsh fair...
Pagina 302 - This bottle's the sun of our table, His beams are rosy wine ; We, planets, that are not able Without his help to shine. Let mirth and glee abound ! You'll soon grow bright With borrow'd light, And shine as he goes round.
Pagina 15 - I need only tell you, that this ill-starred, good-natured, improvident man returned to Dublin, unhinged from all favour at court, and even banished from the castle. But still he remained a punster, a quibbler, a fiddler, and a wit. Not a day passed without a rebus, an anagram, or a madrigal. His pen and his fiddle-stick were in continual motion; and yet to little or no purpose...
Pagina 343 - Linley was with her ; she is very handsome, but nothing near her sister: the elegance of Mrs. Sheridan's beauty is unequalled by any I ever saw, except Mrs. Crewe.* I was pleased with her in all respects. She is much more lively and agreeable than I had any idea of finding her: she was very gay, and very unaffected, and totally free from airs of any kind.
Pagina 173 - Mr. Richard S having attempted, in a letter left behind him for that purpose, to account for his scandalous method of running away from this place, by insinuations derogating from my character...
Pagina 83 - I have of his tenderness and affection. Hard by the pump-room is a coffee-house for the ladies ; but my aunt says, young girls are not admitted, inasmuch as the conversation turns upon politics, scandal, philosophy, and other subjects above our capacity...
Pagina 329 - When an old bachelor marries a young wife, what is he to expect ? 'Tis now six months since Lady Teazle made me the happiest of men — and I have been the most miserable dog ever since ! We tiffed a little going to church, and fairly quarrelled before the bells had done ringing.
Pagina 82 - ... intoxicated with pride, vanity and presumption. Knowing no other criterion of greatness but the ostentation of wealth, they discharge their affluence without taste or conduct, through every channel of the most absurd extravagance ; and all of them hurry to Bath, because here, without any farther qualification, they can mingle with the princes and nobles of the land.
Pagina 276 - from play to study; never be doing nothing' — I say, 'Frequently be unemployed; sit and think.' There are on every subject but a few leading and fixed ideas; their tracks may be traced by your own genius as well as by reading. — a man of deep thought, who shall have accustomed himself to support or attack all he has read, will soon find nothing new: thought is exercise, and the mind, like the body, must not be wearied.