A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own firesid…

Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside. ✨ On being encountered drinking a glass of wine in the street, while watching his theatre, the Drury Lane, burn down; in T. Moore 'Life of Sheridan' (1825) 2, 20
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A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside. ✨ On being encountered drinking a glass of wine in the street, while watching his theatre, the Drury Lane, burn down; in T. Moore 'Life of Sheridan' (1825) 2, 20

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