...about, and was checked only by a sensitive desire to avoid giving pain : — "His wit in the comhat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade ! " His was the ardent temperament of a genuine child of song, yet dedicated to the direst and hardest...

...or bring down its showers 'Whose humour, as gay as the fire-fly's light, Played round every subject, and shone as it played — • Whose wit, in the combat,...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...

...brighten days to come, And memory gild the past. Cum jocus est verus, jocus est malus atque severus — Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade. Heu ! quanto minimum est cum reliquis morari Quam tui meminisse — To live with them is far less sweet...

...Letter vi. Who ran Through each mode 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 'll taste the luxury of woe. Anacreontic. The minds of...

...Act\\\. Sc. I. Who ran Through each mode 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. Though an angel should write, still 't is devils must print The Fudges in England. Weep on ;...

..." Whose humour, as gay as the firefly'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." T. MOOKE. " T HAVE met George Colman occasionally, and -L thought him extremely pleasant and convivial....

..." Whose humour, as gay as the firefly's light, Play'd round ev'ry 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 grave, Was...

...or bring down its showers 'Whose humour, as gay as the fire-fly's light. Played round every subject, and shone as it played — Whose wit, in the combat,...bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade ; 1 Whose eloquence — brightening whatever it tried, Whether reason or fancy, the gay or the grave...

...Sheridan: Whose fancy, as bright as the flrc-fly's light, Played round every object, and shone while it played; Whose wit, in the combat, as gentle as...bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade. His capacity for labor was great, and it was freely exerted; for even while taking an active and important...

...MONTAIGNE— Essays. Bk. II. Ch. XIL When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness. r. MONTESQUIEU. II. Sc. 2. How would you be, If He, who is the top of Judgment, should But judge you as you s. MOOKE — Lines on Sheridan. Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face...