Sheridan: A Biography, 1권R. Bentley and Son, 1896 |
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... manners , his handsome person , his gaiety , and , above all , his good nature , which was one of his principal characteristics , rendered him universally popular . But these engaging qualities were sometimes marred by the foibles and ...
... manners , his handsome person , his gaiety , and , above all , his good nature , which was one of his principal characteristics , rendered him universally popular . But these engaging qualities were sometimes marred by the foibles and ...
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... manner- Hah ! my friend , am I come to you at last ? ' Then turning to the people - Gentle- men , you need not stand so thick , for the farthest shall hear me as easily as the nearest . ' Upon this a fellow interrupted him and asked him ...
... manner- Hah ! my friend , am I come to you at last ? ' Then turning to the people - Gentle- men , you need not stand so thick , for the farthest shall hear me as easily as the nearest . ' Upon this a fellow interrupted him and asked him ...
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... manners of savages were common in front . A howling mob filled the gallery ; intoxicated profligates occupied the pit . It was deemed fine sport to insult and torment the performers , and the actresses were accounted fair game because ...
... manners of savages were common in front . A howling mob filled the gallery ; intoxicated profligates occupied the pit . It was deemed fine sport to insult and torment the performers , and the actresses were accounted fair game because ...
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... manners ; " he adds , after having seen him in the parts of Hamlet and Brutus , — " Churchill has given a just description of him in his Rosciad . " Both of these actors were already notable men in their profession , and each had an ...
... manners ; " he adds , after having seen him in the parts of Hamlet and Brutus , — " Churchill has given a just description of him in his Rosciad . " Both of these actors were already notable men in their profession , and each had an ...
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... manner of the ancients , in Smollett's Peregrine Pickle . Some of his guests had maintained that the cookery in the good old Irish days was superior to that of civilized times . Being a considerate and liberal host , he resolved to ...
... manner of the ancients , in Smollett's Peregrine Pickle . Some of his guests had maintained that the cookery in the good old Irish days was superior to that of civilized times . Being a considerate and liberal host , he resolved to ...
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329 페이지 - 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.
333 페이지 - I do. Here are two young men, to whom Sir Peter has acted as a kind of guardian since their father's death; the eldest possessing the most amiable character, and universally well spoken of — the youngest, the most dissipated and extravagant young fellow in the kingdom...
83 페이지 - At eight in the morning we go in dishabille to the pumproom, which is crowded like a Welsh fair...
82 페이지 - ... usurers, brokers, and jobbers of every kind; men of low birth, and no breeding, have found themselves suddenly translated into a state of affluence, unknown to former ages ; and no wonder that their brains should be 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...
15 페이지 - 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...
93 페이지 - Yes, on my faith, there are bouts-rimes on a buttered muffin, made by her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland ; receipts to make them, by Corydon the venerable, alias George Pitt ; others, very pretty, by Lord Palmerston ; some by Lord Carlisle ; many by Mrs. Miller herself, that have no fault but wanting metre; and immortality promised to her without end or measure.
173 페이지 - 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...
343 페이지 - 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.
328 페이지 - Friendly caution to the newspapers. " It is whispered " She is a constant attendant at church, and very frequently takes Dr. M'Brawn home with her. " Mr. Worthy is very good to the girl ; — for my part, I dare swear he has no ill intention. " What ! Major Wesley's Miss Montague ? " Lud, ma'am, the match is certainly broke — no creature knows the cause ; — some say a flaw in the lady's character, and others, in the gentleman's fortune. " To be sure they do say — — " I hate to repeat what...
83 페이지 - 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...