"[O]ne who was equally the delight of society, and the grace of literature — whom it has been for many years the fashion to quote as a bold reprover of the selfish spirit of party; and throughout a period fruitful of able men and trying circumstances, as the most popular specimen in the British senate of political consistency, intrepidity, and honour."
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'Mr. Sheridan', The Times (8 July 1816), p. 3
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1751 – 1816
irischer Dramatiker und Politiker
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