Theoe Political Career Of Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Author : Michael Sadleir
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ISBN 13 : 9781331230496
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Political Career of Richard Brinsley Sheridan written by Michael Sadleir and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Political Career of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: The Stanhope Essay for 1912 "Sheridan became great, as it were, by stealth. He sauntered into notice and glided into fame. He stole into the affections of men and women by a wizardry of his own... Through the changeful scenes of his earlier political life, he is felt like some noiseless presence prompting the chief actors, and in one episode actually directing the stage. He lurks unseen till the moment is ripe - a moment often deferred by himself. His power seldom disappoints, often surprises. The knight of the free-lance enters the lists at the eleventh hour, bows to the queen of beauty, charges redoubtable heroes, tilts at bewitched quintains, and in every tournament carries away the prize. In vain does envy outstrip admiration. He owns the talisman of personal magnetism, and often as the courtiers turn on their heel - their wont when genius blocks the way - he calmly pursues the zig-zag of his path with an inscrutable smile that wins them back again. But the plaudits die away. Without an audience he broods and pines. He waits, drowning reflection, draining bumper on bumper to the past which he vows to retrieve. A fresh bugle-call dispels his apathy. He starts eager from his cups, charges new enemies and gathers fresh laurels. Once more he feels invincible, till, too often the world's dupe and his own, disillusioned though never soured, battered by disease, intemperance and distresses, he sinks at length into a neglected death-bed, but an honoured grave." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.