 ... public to hear him was unbounded. His sparkling and highly finished declamation lasted two days; but the Hall was crowded to suffocation during the whole time. It was said that fifty guineas had been paid for a single ticket. Sheridan, when he concluded,...  Historical Essays - Page 367by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1921 - 501 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 654 pages
...been paid for a single ticket. Sheridan, when he concluded, contrived, with a knowledge of stageefiect which his father might have envied, to sink back,...hugged him with the energy of generous admiration ! and the progress which had been made in the impeachment very satisfactory. There were twenty charges.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1853 - 596 pages
...paid for a single ticket. Sheridan, when he concluded, contrived, with a knowledge of stage effect which his father might have envied, to sink back,...not last much longer ; and the progress which had heen made in the impeachment was not very satisfactory. There were twenty charges. On two only of these... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 pages
...paid for a single ticket. Sheridan, when he concluded, contrived, with a knowledge of stage effect which his father might have envied, to sink back,...admiration. June was now far advanced. The session could no\ last much longer; and the progress which had been made in the impeachment was not very satisfactory.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 432 pages
...fifty guineas had been paid for a single ticket. Sheridan, when he concluded, contrived to sink hack, as if exhausted, into the arms of Burke, who hugged him with the energy of generous admiration.* Among the auditors sat Hannah More, who says of this powerful oration : " The recapitulation of the... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1874 - 346 pages
...paid for a single ticket. Sheridan, when he concluded, contrived, with a knowledge of • stage effect which his father might have envied, to sink back,...not very satisfactory. There were twenty charges. On only two of these had even the case for the prosecution been heard ; and it was now a year since Hastings... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1874 - 1100 pages
...paid for a single ticket. Sheridan, when he concluded, contrived, with a knowledge of stage effect which his father might have envied, to sink back, as if exhausted, into the amis of Burke, who hugged him with the energy of generous admiration. June was now far advanced. The... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1880 - 288 pages
...concluded his great speech in the impeachment of Hastings, contrived, with a knowledge of stage effect which his father might have envied, to sink back,...Burke, who hugged him with the energy of generous enthusiasm. 9. But we cannot have everything, as the man said when he was down with the small-pox and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 684 pages
...paid for a single ticket. Sheridan, when he concluded, contrived, with a knowledge of stage -effect which his father might have envied, to sink back, as if exhausted, into the arras of Burke, who hugged him with the energy of generous admiration. June was now far advanced. The... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 pages
...fiftyguineashad Sheridan, when he concluded, contrived, with a knowledge of stage effect which his father 1 might have envied, to sink back as if exhausted into the arms of Burke, been paid for a single ticket. 1 Sheridan's father was a teacher of elocution. who hugged him with... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Hastings.) - 1883 - 244 pages
...paid for a single ticket. Sheridan, when he concluded, contrived, with a knowledge of stage effect which his father might have envied, to sink back,...hugged him with the energy of generous admiration. :5 June was now far advanced. The session could not last much longer ; and the progress which had been... | |
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