Category: Biographies
Speech in Answer to Lord Mornington.--Coalition of the Whig Seceders with Mr. Pitt.--Mr. Canning.--Evidence on the Trial of Horne Tooke.--The "Glorious First of June."--Marriage of Mr. Sheridan.--Pamphlet of Mr. Reeves--Debts of the Prince of Wales.--Shakspeare Manuscripts.--T...
AFFAIRS OF THE NEW THEATRE.--MR. WHITBREAD.--NEGOTIATIONS WITH LORD GREY AND LORD GRENVILLE.--CONDUCT OF MR. SHERIDAN RELATIVE TO THE HOUSEHOLD.--HIS LAST WORDS IN PARLIAMENT.--...
12. CHAPTER III.Mr. Sheridan had assuredly no reason to complain of any deficiency of excitement in the new career to which he now devoted himself. A succession of great questions, both foreign...
10. CHAPTER I.The motion of Mr. Burke on the 10th of May, 1787, "That Warren Hastings, Esq., be impeached," having been carried without a division, Mr. Sheridan was appointed one of the Manag...
15. CHAPTER VI.The domestic anxieties of Mr. Sheridan, during this year, left but little room in his mind for public cares. Accordingly, we find that, after the month of April, he absented him...
18. CHAPTER IX.STATE OF PARTIES.--OFFER OF A PLACE TO MR. T. SHERIDAN.--RECEIVERSHIP OF THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL BESTOWED UPON MR. SHERIDAN.--RETURN OF MR. PITT TO POWER.--CATHOLIC QUESTION.--ADM...
13. CHAPTER IV.We have now to consider the conduct and opinions of Mr. Sheridan, during the measures and discussions consequent upon the French Revolution,--an event, by which the minds of men...
16. CHAPTER VII.SPEECH IN ANSWER TO LORD MORNINGTON.--COALITION OF THE WHIG SECEDERS WITH MR. PITT.--MR. CANNING.--EVIDENCE ON THE TRIAL OF HORNE TOOKE.--THE "GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE."--MARRIAGE...
19. CHAPTER X.DESTRUCTION OF THE THEATRE OF DRURY-LANE BY FIRE.--MR. WHITBREAD.--PLAN FOR A THIRD THEATRE.--ILLNESS OF THE KING.--REGENCY. LORD OBEY AND LORD GRENVILLE.--CONDUCT OF MR. SHERID...
14. CHAPTER V.There has seldom, perhaps, existed a finer combination of all those qualities that attract both eye and heart, than this accomplished and lovely person exhibited. To judge by wh...
17. CHAPTER VIII.The theatrical season of 1798 introduced to the public the German drama of "The Stranger," translated by Mr. Thompson, and (as we are told by this gentleman in his preface) alte...
11. CHAPTER II.In the summer of this year the father of Mr. Sheridan died. He had been recommended to try the air of Lisbon for his health, and had left Dublin for that purpose, accompanied by...
5. CHAPTER VII.Speech in Answer to Lord Mornington.--Coalition of the Whig Seceders with Mr. Pitt.--Mr. Canning.--Evidence on the Trial of Horne Tooke.--The "Glorious First of June."--Marriage...
9. CHAPTER XI.Affairs of the new Theatre.--Mr. Whitbread.--Negotiations with Lord Grey and Lord Grenville.--Conduct of Mr. Sheridan relative to the Household.--His Last Words in Parliament.--...
7. CHAPTER IX.State of Parties.--Offer of a Place to Mr. T. Sheridan.--Receivership of the Duchy of Cornwall bestowed upon Mr. Sheridan.--Return of Mr. Pitt to Power.--Catholic Question.--Adm...
8. CHAPTER X.Destruction of the Theatre of Drury-Lane by Fire.--Mr. Whitbread--Plan for a Third Theatre.--Illness of the King.--Regency.--Lord Grey and Lord Grenville.--Conduct of Mr. Sherid...
3. CHAPTER IV.4. CHAPTER VI.6. CHAPTER VIII.1. CHAPTER II.2. CHAPTER III.