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Sarah Siddons: I pant for...

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I pant for retirement and leisure, but am doomed to inexpressible and almost unsupportable hurry.

Source: Letter to Rev. Sedgwick Whalley, 21 Jun 1784; in Life of Mrs. Siddons, Vol. II by Thomas Campbell, 1834.
-- Sarah Siddons, (Jul 5 1755-1831), English actress, sculptor; She was one of the greatest of English tragic actresses, especially Lady MacBeth, 1785-1812.


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