_Richard Brinsley Sheridan._--In the "Life of Sheridan," by G. G. S.,
prefixed to his _Dramatic Works_, published by Bohn in 1848, is the
following passage (p. 90.):
"At the age of twenty-nine he had achieved a brilliant reputation, _had
gained an immense property_, and was apparently master of large
resources."
And in an essay lately published, entitled _Richard Brinsley Sheridan_, by
George Gilfillan, is this statement:
"Young Sheridan had no patrimony, _not a shilling_, indeed, _all his
life that he could call his own_."
Which of these two contradictory accounts is true?
In the _Life_ by G. G. S. are two glaring slips of the pen or of the press;
at p. 8. it is said that Sheridan was born in the year 1771 (1751?), and at
p. 44. that _The Duenna_ was brought out on the 21st of November, 1755
(1775?).