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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan : Monody on Garrick

Byron's "Detached Thoughts" (15 October 1821-18 May 1822), on R. B. Sheridan, 15 October 1821: 'One day I saw him take up his own "Monody on Garrick". -- He lighted upon the dedication to the Dowager Lady Spencer -- on seeing it he flew into a rage -- exclaimed "that it must be a forgery -- that he had never dedicated anything of his to such a d-- --d canting b-- --h &c. &c. &c." and so went on for half an hour ...'

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Ann Radcliffe : novels

'We must not judge [Ann Radcliffe's novels], now that the taste in which they were written is exhausted and palled, by our modern feelings. The best test of their worth is contemporary opinion, and tales which delighted Burke, Fox, and Sheridan, must, when compared with the novels then published, have possessed a singular amount of merit.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Richard Brinsley Sheridan      Print: Book

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