...one of his favourite helps to inspiration ; — " If the thought (he would say ) is slow-to come , a glass of good wine encourages it , and , when it does come , a glass of good wine rewards it." Having taken a cursory view of his Literary, Political , and Social qualities , it remains for me to...

...reflections on their destructive tendency." Sheridan used to say, " If the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it." At this rate several bottles must have been consumed in writing a few pages of the School for Scandal....

...was one of his favorite helps to inspiration;—" If the thought, (he would say,) is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and, when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it." Having taken a cursory view of his Literary, Political, and Social qualities, it remains for me to...

...downfall. One of the causes of this — as far as money was concerned — was his extreme indolence arid utter negligence. He trusted far too much to his ready...left sealed many that he was most anxious to read. 144 UNOPENED LETTEBS — AN ODD INCIDENT. He once appeared with his begging face at the Bank, humbly...

...now and then appeared in the green-room with a fresh relay of dialogue, and setting all in good-humor by his merry abuse of his own negligence. In spite...him. He never took the trouble to open any that he dictnot expect, and often left sealed many that he was most anxious to read. He once appeared with...

...it was generally with a bottle of Madeira at his side. " If the thought is slow to come," he used to say, " a glass of good wine encourages it ; and, when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it." SYDNEY SMITH. * HAT would the world be without its wits ? Perhaps we might dispense with an epic poet...

...When asked if his green bag contained old clothes. " If the thought," he once said, " is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it ; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it."" When Lord Lauderdale said he should repeat a certain joke of Sheridan's, the latter discouraged him...

...Moore, was one of his favourite helps to inspiration : ' If the thought (he would say) is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.' To the same effect, Leigh Hunt remarks : ' His table songs are always admirable. When he was drinking...

...he happened to be silent, to forget who he was. " If the thought," he would say, " is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it." But, as Captain Gronow remarks, " many of the follies, and extravagances, that marked the life of this...

...unconstitutional, — as they were a race that could not meet to remonstrate, TF the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and, when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it. " '"THE life of a manager of a theatre," S: dan said, "was like the life of 1 Sheriof the ordinary...