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" ... tis only when he states his facts that you admire the flights of his imagination. "
Memoirs of the life of ... Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Page 328
by Thomas Moore - 1825
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45

1827 - 790 pages
...though never so little candid as when he's abusing himself. " He certainly has a great deal of fancy and a very good memory ; but with a perverse ingenuity...accuracy of his memory, and 'tis only when he states liis facts, that you admire the flights of his imagination. " " Lady Clio. ' What am I reading ? '...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 2

Thomas Moore - 1825 - 654 pages
...character of moroseness unoccupied in the society he lived with. "He certainly has a great deal of fancy and a very good memory; but with a perverse ingenuity...he makes his jokes you applaud the accuracy of his me* This simile is repeated in various shapes through his manuscripts — "She moves her eyes up and...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 2

Thomas Moore - 1825 - 524 pages
...Affectation, and which, in its first form, ran thus : — " He certainly has a great deal of fancy, and a very good memory; but, with a perverse ingenuity,...employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his recollection for his wit: — when he makes his jokes, you applaud the accuracy of his memory, and...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1

Thomas Moore - 1825 - 564 pages
...character of moroseness unoccupied in the society he lived with. " He certainly has a great deal of fancy and a very good memory; but with a perverse ingenuity...does — for he employs his fancy in his narratives f and keeps his recollections for his wit — when he makes his jokes you applaud the accuracy of his...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 2

Thomas Moore - 1825 - 512 pages
...Affectation, and which, in its first form, ran thus : — " He certainly has a great deal of fancy, and a very good memory ; but, with a perverse ingenuity,...qualities as no other person does — for he employs lns fancy in his narratives, and keeps his recollection for his wit: — when he makes his jokes, you...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1

Thomas Moore - 1826 - 570 pages
...Affectation, and which, in its first form, ran thus : — " He certainly has a great deal of fancy, and a very good memory; but, with a perverse ingenuity,...employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his recollection for his wit : — when he makes his jokes, you applaud the accuracy of his memory, and...
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Sheridaniana: Or, Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1826 - 362 pages
...Affectation, and which, in its first form, ran thus: — " He certainly has a great deal of fancy, and a very good memory ; but, with a perverse ingenuity,...employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his recollection for his wit : — when he makes his jokes, you applaud the accuracy of his memory, and...
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The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Volume 3

1826 - 792 pages
...following occurs : — " He certainly ' has a g.'eat deal of fancy, and a very good memory ; but, « ith a' ' perverse ingenuity, he employs these qualities...employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his ' recollection for his wit. When he makes his jokes, you applaud ' the accuracy of his memory, and...
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ...

1826 - 868 pages
...of Affectation, and which, in its first form, ran thus:—'He certainly has a great deal of fancy, and a very good memory; but, with a perverse ingenuity, he employs these qualities as no other person does—for he employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his recollection for his wit:—when he...
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The works of Thomas Moore, Volume 13

Thomas Moore - 1832 - 520 pages
...Affectation, and which, in its first form, ran thus: — " He certainly has a great deal of fancy, and a very good memory ; but with a perverse ingenuity,...employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his recollection for his wit : — when he makes his jokes, you applaud the accuracy of his memory, and...
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