...Whose humour, as gay as the fire-fly's light, Play'd round every subject, and shone as it play'd ; — Whose wit, in the combat as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade. Whose eloquence, brightening whatever it tried, Whether reason or fancy, the gay or the grave, Was...

...Letter vi. Who ran Through each mood of the lyre, and was master of all. On the Death of Sheridan. Whose wit, in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade. Ibid. Weep on, and as thy sorrows flow, I '11 taste the luxury of woe. Anacreontic. The minds of some...

...humour, as gay as the fire-fly's light, " Play'd round every subject, and shone as it play'd ; — " Whose wit, in the combat, as gentle as bright, " Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade ; — "Whose eloquence — bright'ning whatever it tried, " Whether reason or fancy, the gay or the...

...; ЛУ1.о?е wit in the eombnt. ¡is цеп[1е as LirÍL'ht, Xe'er carried a heart-stain away uu its blade. There is the uncouth mirth, that winds,...scornful, and savage, among the dislocated joints of t'arlyle's spavined sentences. There is the lithe, springv sarcasm, the hilarious badinnye, the brilliant,...

...outstrip his good nature — "Whose humour, as gay as the firefly's light. Played round every object, and shone as it played; 'Whose wit in the combat,...bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade." He was born at Weymouth, in 1785, and died in 1866, at his retreat on the banks of his favourite Thames,...

...called ungenerous or unkind : " Whose humor, as gay as the fire-fly's light, Played round every subject, and shone as it played ; Whose wit, in the combat...gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on ita blade." His favorite psalm was the twenty-third, which he paraphrased in verse, and many of his...

...Letters. Letter \\. Who ran Through each mood of the lyre, and was master of all. On the Death cfSheridan. Whose wit, in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade. n,;d. Weep on, and as thy sorrows flow, I 1l taste the luxury of WOe. Anacreontic. * From KEMBLE'S...

...Play not with a man till you hurt him, nor jest till you shame him." " True jokes never please." " Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade." MOORE. See " Adhibenda." " Temperate:." Cum larvis luctari. — To fight with ghosts. [To speak against...

...brilliancy of Sheridan, — " Whose humor, as gay as the fire-fly's light, Played round every subject , and shone as it played ; Whose wit, in the combat...stutters, wriggles and screams, dark, scornful and savage, amon;? tKe dislocated joints of Carlyle's spavined sentences. There is (he lithe, springy sarcasm,...

...she felt sure she could trust to Harry's tact and discretion ; she knew his wit, like Sheridan's, " as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade. " Glancing her eye over the company, she could think of no one likely to be over-sensitive except,...