Was this then the fate of that high-gifted man, " The pride of the palace, the bower and the hall, " The orator, — dramatist, — minstrel, — who ran " Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all... Littell's Living Age - Page 3601870Full view - About this book
| Percy Fitzgerald - 1886 - 516 pages
...awakened by the name — ' " of the rare gifted man — The pride of the Senate, the bower, the hall ; The orator, dramatist, minstrel, who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all !" He answered her letter in person, and thus began an intimacy destined to produce much trouble and... | |
| 1887 - 844 pages
...which Sheridan at this time occupied — which he had won for himself. He was the idol of society : — "The orator, dramatist, minstrel — who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all." And by his side a gifted wife, endowed with every charm which could adorn society, or make a home happy.... | |
| Alexander Dundas Ross Wishart Cochrane-Baillie Baron Lamington - 1890 - 146 pages
...gifts. If Sheridan, as Moore has expressed it, was " The pride of the palace, the bower, and the hall, The orator, dramatist, minstrel, who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all,"' — Miss Lindley was equally remarkable for the grace and charm of womanhood. The grandchildren possessed... | |
| Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1893 - 486 pages
..." ' Was this then the fate of that high-gifted man The pride of the palace, the bower and the hall, The orator — dramatist — minstrel — who ran...Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all ; it. Your countrymen behaved dreadfully on that occasion ; despair may support the chains of tyranny,... | |
| 1894 - 504 pages
...humorist, historian, lawyer, jndge, diplomat, theologian, soldier, orator, statesman, journalist — - Who ran through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all.' " The last chapter contains Doun Piatt's maxims, sentiments, and other epigrammatic selections from... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...Was this then the fate of that highgifted man, The pride of the palace, the bower and the hall, ITie orator — dramatist — minstrel — who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all ! " Whose mind was an essence, compounded with art From the finest and best of all oilier men's powers... | |
| Thomas Costley - 1897 - 404 pages
...illustrious Richard Brinsley Sheridan, of whom Thomas Moore, in his matchless monody, says : — " The orator, dramatist, minstrel, who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all . ' i Through him descended, in the sixth generation, the authoress of the song about to be quoted.... | |
| Thomas Costley - 1897 - 378 pages
...illustrious Richard Brinsley Sheridan, of whom Thomas Moore, in his matchless monody, says : — '* The orator, dramatist, minstrel, who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all.'. Through him descended, in the sixth generation, the authoress of the song about to be quoted. Lady... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
..."Was this then the fate of that highgifted man, The pride of the palace, the bower and the hall, Fhe orator — dramatist — minstrel — who ran Through each mode of the lyre, and was master of all ? "Whose mind was an essence, compounded with art From the finest and best of all other men's powers... | |
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