The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: With a Biographical and Critical SketchE. Moxon, 1840 - 153 pagina's |
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Pagina vii
... played so long and distinguished a part in it , in connexion with other celebrated men and public events , that our ... player . On leaving school , he did not go to the BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCH.
... played so long and distinguished a part in it , in connexion with other celebrated men and public events , that our ... player . On leaving school , he did not go to the BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCH.
Pagina xiii
... plays , highly characteristic of the mistrusting and artificial habits of his mind ; namely , the extreme and constant care with which they were elaborated , and brought to their final state of terseness and polish . He kept memorandums ...
... plays , highly characteristic of the mistrusting and artificial habits of his mind ; namely , the extreme and constant care with which they were elaborated , and brought to their final state of terseness and polish . He kept memorandums ...
Pagina xiv
... playing , whose end , both at the first and now , was , and is , to hold , as it were , the mirror up to Nature ... plays before them . " " Mr. Sheridan has been justly called a dramatic star of the first magnitude : ' and , indeed ...
... playing , whose end , both at the first and now , was , and is , to hold , as it were , the mirror up to Nature ... plays before them . " " Mr. Sheridan has been justly called a dramatic star of the first magnitude : ' and , indeed ...
Pagina xv
... play , there is a genial spirit of frankness and generosity about it , that relieves the heart as well as clears the lungs . It professes a faith in the natural goodness , as well as habitual depravity of human nature . While it strips ...
... play , there is a genial spirit of frankness and generosity about it , that relieves the heart as well as clears the lungs . It professes a faith in the natural goodness , as well as habitual depravity of human nature . While it strips ...
Pagina 1
... play seems generally to be considered as a kind of closet - prologue , in which - if his piece has been successful - the author solicits that indulgence from the reader which he had before experienced from the audience : but as the ...
... play seems generally to be considered as a kind of closet - prologue , in which - if his piece has been successful - the author solicits that indulgence from the reader which he had before experienced from the audience : but as the ...
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Acres Alonzo Aman Antonio believe Berinthia Beverley brother Captain ABSOLUTE Charles Chas Clara Cora Crab Dang Dangle dear devil Don Ferd Don Jer Duen Egad Elvira Exeunt Exit Fash father Faulk Faulkland fellow Gage gentleman give hear heart Heaven honour hope i'faith Isaac Jack Lady Sneer lady Sneerwell Lady Teaz Lord Fop Lory Louisa Loveless Lucy Lydia ma'am madam Maid Malaprop Maria married matter Miss Hoyd never Nurse O'Con O'Daub on't Peruvian Pizarro poor pray Puff Re-enter rogue Rolla Rosy SCENE School for Scandal Servant Sir Anth sir Anthony Sir Fret Sir Luc sir Lucius Sir Oliv Sir Pet sir Peter Sir Tun sir Tunbelly Soldiers soul speak sure Surf Teazle tell thee there's thou thought Tilb Townly what's wife word Zounds
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Pagina 11 - I'll tell you what, Jack — I mean, you dog — if you don't, by Capt. A. What, Sir, promise to link myself to some mass of ugliness ; to Sir A. Zounds ! sirrah ! the lady shall be as ugly as I choose : she shall have a hump on each shoulder ; she shall be as crooked as the crescent ; her one eye shall roll like the bull's in Cox's museum ; she shall have a skin like a mummy, and the beard of a Jew — She shall be all this, sirrah ! yet I'll make you ogle her all day, and sit up all night, to write...
Pagina 19 - Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with. ACRES. But David, now, you don't think there is such very, very, very great danger, hey? Odds life! people often fight without any mischief done!
Pagina 13 - tis all I desire. Not that I think a woman the worse for being handsome; but, sir, if you please to recollect, you before hinted something about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more graces of that kind — now, without being very nice...
Pagina 83 - 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...
Pagina 86 - Oh, to be sure! she has herself the oddest countenance that ever was seen; 'tis a collection of features from all the different countries of the globe. Sir Ben.
Pagina 91 - Agreed! agreed! And now, my dear Sir Peter, we are of a mind once more, we may be the happiest couple, and never differ again, you know: ha! ha! ha! Well, you are going to be in a passion, I see, and I shall only interrupt you — so, bye! bye!
Pagina 91 - tis evident you never cared a pin for me, and I was a madman to marry you — a pert, rural coquette, that had refused half the honest squires in the neighborhood.
Pagina 85 - I took you from ; but now you must have your coach — vis-a-vis — and three powdered footmen before your chair ; and, in the summer, a pair of white cats to draw you to Kensington Gardens.
Pagina 100 - Ah ! Charles, if you associated more with your brother, one might indeed hope for your reformation. He is a man of sentiment.
Pagina 10 - I did not expect it ; for I was going to write to you on a little matter of business. Jack, I have been considering that I grow old and infirm, and shall probably not trouble you long. Capt. A. Pardon me, sir, I never saw you look more strong and hearty, and I pray fervently that you may continue so.