...Moore declared in the stanzas written immediately after the death of the dramatist-orator, Sheridan's "wit, in the combat as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade." A more didactic bard than Moore has broadly proclaimed a general principle that even the repartee,...

...Moore declared in the stanzas written immediately after the death of the dramatist-orator, Sheridan's "wit, in the combat as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade." A more didactic bard than Moore has broadly proclaimed a general principle that even the repartee,...

...— Whose humour, a« gay as the fire-fly's light, Played round every subject and shone as it played, Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er 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...

...Sheridan's good-nature, good-humor, unwillingness to hurt or to wound were conspicuous. [As Moore said — " Whose wit, in the combat as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade." Well, then, another trait in his character was his | extreme power of application. As in the case of...

...feelings and manners, as .well as birth, witty and pleasant in conversation, though "... Hia wit in combat as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade," he was a universal favourite ; his colleagues appreciated his sterling good qualities ; in royal circles...

...Whose humor, as gay as the firefly's light, Play'd round every subject, and shone as it played ; — Whose wit, in the combat, as gentle as bright Ne'er carried a heart stain away on its blade ; — 44 Whose eloquence, — brightening whatever it tried, Whether...