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A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Age: 64 †
Born: 1751
Born: October 30
Died: 1816
Died: July 7
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Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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I'll make my old clothes know who's master. I shall straightaway cashier the hunting-frock, and render my leather breeches incapable. My hair has been in training some time.
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