The awful consciousness that one is the sole object of attention to that immense space, lined as it were with human intellect from top to bottom, and on all side round, may be perhaps be imagined but can not be… — Sarah Siddons Copy Share Image
customary interruptions are not only gratifying and cheering, but they are also really necessary in order to gain breath and voice to carry one… — Sarah Siddons Copy Share Image
The awful consciousness that one is the sole object of attention to that immense space, lined as it were with human intellect from top… — Sarah Siddons Copy Share Image
. . . I know, by sad experience, with what difficulty a mind, weakened by long and uninterrupted suffering, admits hope, much less assurance. — Sarah Siddons Copy Share Image
Alas, how wretched is the being who depends on the stability of public favour! — Sarah Siddons Copy Share Image
I pant for retirement and leisure, but am doomed to inexpressible and almost unsupportable hurry. — Sarah Siddons Copy Share Image
. . . I believe one half of the world is born for the convenience of the other half . . . — Sarah Siddons Copy Share Image
Sorry am I to say, I have often observed that I have performed worst when I most ardently wished to do better than ever. — Sarah Siddons Copy Share Image