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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.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Age: 64 †
Born: 1751
Born: October 30
Died: 1816
Died: July 7
Dramaturge
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Dublin city
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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