...other men's powers ;— " 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,—...

...UICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN. Whose humor, as gay as the firefly'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...

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

...judge his character. He could not after all have been a very bad man of whom Tom Moore could say : " 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 —...

...might well be extended — Whose humor, as gay as the fire-fly's light, Played round every subject and shone as it played, Whose wit in the combat, as...carried a heart-stain away on its blade. There is no difficulty in comprehending why a social function which held within itself the power of attracting...

...np." ' English translation. " Whose humour as gay as the firefly's light Shone round every object, and shone as it played ; Whose wit in the combat as...bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade." Moore's Monody on the death of Sheridan. " Our old friend ! our old friend ! He's here again, our old...

...soon." Towards the end, too, his humour became illconditioned, in spite of Moore's saying that his " Wit, in the combat as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade." "His humour, or rather wit," declared Byron, "was always saturnine and sometimes savage : he never...

...soon." Towards the end, too, his humour became illconditioned, in spite of Moore's saying that his . "Wit, in the combat as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade." "His humour, or rather wit," declared Byron, "was always saturnine and sometimes savage : he never...

...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...

...been malicious also; but his worst enemy has not insinuated this of a man, as Moore sang of him, ' Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade." None the less, the self-torment of jealousy was a part of his being, as is shown by his personal delineation...