THE

WORKS

OF

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN,

WITH A MEMOIR

BY

JAMES P. BROWNE, M.D.

CONTAINING EXTRACTS FROM THE LIFE

BY

THOMAS MOORE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

BICKERS AND SON, 1, LEICESTER SQUARE, W.C.

H. SOTHERAN AND CO., 186, STRAND.

1873.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY W. WILFRED HEAD, PLOUGH COURT, FETTER LANE, E.C.

CONTENTS

OF

VOL. I.

MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HON.

RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN

PAGE

i

THE RIVALS: A COMEDY.

Preface

Prologue

Prologue, spoken on the Tenth Night.

Epilogue.

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3

357

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3

70

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A TRIP TO SCARBOROUGH: A COMEDY. 217

21970

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