Show glass of wine by his own fire when drury lane theater was first destroyed by fire sheridan its oin owner was occupied in the commons with his parliamentary duties and his sympathetic colleagues collea sues immediately voted the adjournment of the house and hurried oft off to see the conflagration sheridan himself opposed the adjournment but being outvoted went and watched tho the destruction 0 of his property from a neighboring house bouso of 0 refreshment shaling a bottle of 0 port with barry ills apparent indifference prompted some friends to expostulate with him whereupon the author of the school for scandal petulantly observed it is hard lien a man cannot drink a glass of wino wine by his own fire this tire fire Shoil Sheri dans financial dowD downfall fall and forsaken by hia friends he died soon coon after the new theater began its check checkered eTed career westminster gazette |