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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Age: 64 †
Born: 1751
Born: October 30
Died: 1816
Died: July 7
Dramaturge
Librettist
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Dublin city
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A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing.
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Through all the drama - whether damned or not - Love gilds the scene, and women guide the plot.
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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
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Soft pity never leaves the gentle breast where love has been received a welcome guest.
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Happiness is an exotic of celestial birth.
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When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover's apprehension.
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The throne we honour is the people's choice.
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