Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan V1
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. BIRTH AND EDUCATION OF MR.
SHERIDAN.—HIS FIRST ATTEMPTS IN LITERATURE.
CHAPTER II. DUELS WITH MR. MATHEWS.—MARRIAGE WITH
MISS LINLEY.
CHAPTER III. DOMESTIC CIRCUMSTANCES.—FRAGMENTS OF
ESSAYS FOUND AMONG HIS PAPERS.— COMEDY OF “THE RIVALS.”—ANSWER TO
“TAXATION NO TYRANNY.”—FARCE OF “ST. PATRICK'S DAY.”
CHAPTER IV. THE DUENNA.—PURCHASE OF DRURY LANE
THEATRE.—THE TRIP TO SCARBOROUGH.— POETICAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH MRS.
SHERIDAN.
CHAPTER V. THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
CHAPTER VI. FURTHER PURCHASE OF THEATRICAL
PROPERTY.—MONODY TO THE MEMORY OF GARRICK.—ESSAY ON METRE.-THE
CRITIC.—ESSAY ON ABSENTEES.—POLITICAL CONNECTIONS.—THE
“ENGLISHMAN.”—ELECTED FOR STAFFORD.
CHAPTER VII. UNFINISHED PLAYS AND POEMS.
CHAPTER VIII. HIS FIRST SPEECHES IN
PARLIAMENT.—ROCKINGHAM ADMINISTRATION.— COALITION.—INDIA
BILL.—RE-ELECTION FOR STAFFORD.
CHAPTER IX. THE PRINCE OF WALES.—FINANCIAL
MEASURES.—MR. PITT'S EAST INDIA BILL.— IRISH COMMERCIAL
PROPOSITIONS.—PLAN OF THE DUKE OF RICHMOND.—SINKING FUND.
CHAPTER X. CHARGES AGAINST MR.
HASTINGS.—COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH FRANCE.—DEBTS OF THE PRINCE OF
WALES.
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