 | English literature - 1816
...that Sheridan surpassed them boih infinitely. And Sheridan the next day told me that he was quite lo>t in admiration of Fox, and that it was a puzzle to...knowledge, or his playful fancy, artless manners, and the benevolence of heart which shewed itself in every word he uttered." Mr. Garrick. having resolved... | |
 | John Watkins - 1817 - 374 pages
...met with, but that Sheridan surpassed them both infinitely : and Sheridan the next day told me that he was quite lost in admiration of Fox, and that it...heart, which shewed itself in every word he uttered. Ever afterwards we continued intimately and closely connected to the hour of his death, and nothing... | |
 | 1817 - 522 pages
...with, but that Sheridan surpassed them, both infinitely : and Sheridan, the next day, told me that he was quite lost in admiration of Fox, and that it...fancy, artless manners, and benevolence of heart, which showed itself in every word he uttered." Of praises like these, pronounced of each other by men about... | |
 | John Watkins - 1818 - 508 pages
...met with, but that Sheridan surpassed them both infinitely : and Sheridan the next day told me that he was quite lost in admiration of Fox, and that it...heart, which shewed itself in every word he uttered. Ever afterwards we continued intimately and closely connected to the hour of his death, and nothing... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Dramatists - 1825 - 654 pages
...ever met with, but that Sheridan surpassed them both infinitely ; and Sheridan told me next day that he was quite lost in admiration of Fox, and that it...heart, which shewed itself in every word he uttered." With Burke Mr. Sheridan became acquainted at the celebrated Turk's Head Club, — and, if any incentive... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 462 pages
...ever met with, but that Sheridan surpassed them both infinitely ; and Sheridan told me next day that he was quite lost in admiration of Fox, and that it...fancy, artless manners, and benevolence of heart, which showed itself in every word he uttered." With Burke Mr. Sheridan became acquainted at the celebrated... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 568 pages
...ever met with, but that Sheridan surpassed them both infinitely ; and Sheridan told me next day that he was quite lost in admiration of Fox, and that it...fancy, artless manners, and benevolence of heart, which showed itself in every word he uttered." 289 177s-9. at the celebrated Turk's Head Club, — and, if... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 564 pages
...ever met with, but that Sheridan surpassed them both infinitely ; and Sheridan told me next day that he was quite lost in admiration of Fox, and that it...•what he admired most, his commanding superiority of talents and universal knowledge, or his playful fancy, artless manners, and benevolence of heart, which... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 566 pages
...ever met with, but that Sheridan surpassed them both infinitely ; and Sheridan told me next day that he was quite lost in admiration of Fox, and that it...what he admired most, his commanding superiority of talents and universal knowledge, or his playful fancy, artless manners, and benevolence of heart, which... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Dramatists, English - 1826 - 570 pages
...ever met with, but that Sheridan surpassed them both infinitely; and Sheridan told me next day that he was quite lost in admiration of Fox, and that it...fancy, artless manners, and benevolence of heart, which showed itself in every word he uttered." With Burke Mr. Sheridan became acquainted at the celebrated... | |
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I shall never forget. Fox told me, after breaking up from dinner, that he had always thought Hare, after my uncle, Charles Townshend, the wittiest man he ever met with, but that Sheridan surpassed them both infinitely; and Sheridan told me next day that... 
