...«Whose hntnor, as gay as the firefly'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 the uncouth mirth, that winds, stutters, wriggles, and screams, dark, scornful, and savage,...

...he who does one should never remember it." All have not the tact of him whose praises Moore sings : "Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade." An old adage says, " Leave jesting ere it ceaseth to please " ; while another warns us that " A joke...

...favorite of sensational reporters. Of how few debaters possessing wit can it be said as of Canning: "His wit in the combat as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade." Schopenhauer's hot blast against Hegel was introduced in the beginning of this paper as a test. Was...

...character were so rounded to a completeness rarely found among the best and the most gifted of men. "Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart stain away on its blade." A SUMMER DAY. Extract from a letter written by General Comley, from...

...Whose humour, as 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 ;— " 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 — Was as rapid...

...SHERIDAN. Whose humor, as gay as the firefly'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 ; — Whose eloquence — brightening whatever it tried, Whether reason or fancy, the gay or the grave — Was...

...showers I 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 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 as rapid,...

...— 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 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...

...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 gentle 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...