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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and Ilchester. The owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London, he wrote several prominent plays such as The Rivals (1775), The Duenna (1775), The School for Scandal (1777) and A Trip to…
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politics · Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and politician (1751–1816) · poet · politician · librettist · dramaturge · playwright · writer · also Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan, Sheridan
Born 30 October 1751 · Died 7 July 1816 · Q352725
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He was of opinion that the Press should be unfettered; that its freedom should be, as indeed it was, commensurate with the freedom of the People, and the well-being of a virtuous State: on that account, he thought that even one hundred libels had better be ushered into the world, than one prosecution be instituted which might endanger the liberty of the press of this country.
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You had no taste when you married me.
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2026· 5 entries
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1974· 1 entry
Which lies just west of the province's capital city of Toronto
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1881· 1 entry
To commemorate Sheridan at 14 Savile Row in Mayfair
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1843· 1 entry
They had at least one child: Charles Brinsley Sheridan (1796–1843).
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1825· 1 entry
The Irish writer Thomas Moore published a sympathetic two-volume biography, Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, which became a major influence on subsequent perceptions
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1816· 9 entries
Died 1816-07-07.
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“Be just before you're generous.”
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“Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.”
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“Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.”
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“He stated it distinctly...as what he conceived was the unalterable resolution of ministers, that no proposal for peace should be entertained, while a single French soldier had a footing on British ground. [This sentiment was universally applauded.]”
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“Take our constitution, wanting certainly as it did many reforms, yet, practically, it afforded the best security that human wisdom had ever given to man.”
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“You had no taste when you married me.”
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“He was of opinion that the Press should be unfettered; that its freedom should be, as indeed it was, commensurate with the freedom of the People, and the well-being of a virtuous State: on that account, he thought that even one hundred libels had better be ushered into the world, than one prosecution be instituted which might endanger the liberty of the press of this country.”
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And was buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey
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1812· 1 entry
His creditors closed in on him and his last years were harassed by debt and disappointment
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1806· 2 entries
Harriet sent Fanny to private school and eventually saw her marry quite well
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Career landmark: Treasurer of the Navy (1806–1807).
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1805· 1 entry
Sheridan had escalated his harassment of Harriet to anonymously sending her threatening letters; as they had been longtime friends and former lovers, Harriet quickly deduced the author's identity as Sheridan's from his h
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1751· 1 entry
Born 1751-10-30.
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