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For the first time civil-service reform was advocated by the Republicans, in accordance with the recommendations of General Grant in his message, and was opposed by those who (to paraphrase Brinsley
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Benjamin Perley Poore 1853
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Frankenstein became very popular, particularly after Richard Brinsley
Literary References 2010
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Well, I owe that song's success to Elvis because I wrote that song for my old band, Brinsley Schwarz, when I was with them.
Mike Ragogna: The Old Magic: A Conversation with Nick Lowe, Plus Sharif's "I Don't Miss You" Premiere Mike Ragogna 2011
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The visitors 'centre is in Durban House, which was built in 1896 by the mining company Barber and Walker and is the "mansion-like building" the young Lawrence had to visit to pick up his father's pay packets during the period Arthur Lawrence worked at Brinsley colliery.
Campaign to save DH Lawrence legacy unites arts elite Vanessa Thorpe 2010
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Well, I owe that song's success to Elvis because I wrote that song for my old band, Brinsley Schwarz, when I was with them.
Mike Ragogna: The Old Magic: A Conversation with Nick Lowe, Plus Sharif's "I Don't Miss You" Premiere Mike Ragogna 2011
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Brinsley Sheridan's play Pizarro was a wild hit in 1799.
Letter 18 2009
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It was produced at the Cobourg Theatre within a month after Richard Brinsley Peake's dramatic adaptation, Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein, premiered at the
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751 – 1816): Irish playwright of The Rivals (1775), School for
Index of People 2009
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As early as 1823, Frankenstein had been adapted for the stage: Richard Brinsley Peake's Presumption; or, the Fate of
Plays 2010
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It isn't quite right to say that nobody does "The Critic" nowadays, but Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play, written in 1779, is far less familiar to American audiences than "The School for Scandal" and "The Rivals," the works of his that remain perennially popular.
Those Who Cannot Do… Terry Teachout 2011
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