 | 1827 - 790 pages
...certainly has a great deal of fancy and a very good memory ; but with a perverse ingenuity he employs these qualities as no other person does — for he employs...accuracy of his memory, and 'tis only when he states liis facts, that you admire the flights of his imagination. " " Lady Clio. ' What am I reading ? '... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 654 pages
...certainly has a great deal of fancy and a very good memory; but with a perverse ingenuity he employs these qualities as no other person does — for he employs...he makes his jokes you applaud the accuracy of his me* This simile is repeated in various shapes through his manuscripts — "She moves her eyes up and... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 524 pages
...as no other person does — for he employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his recollection for his wit: — when he makes his jokes, you applaud...facts that you admire the flights of his imagination." After many efforts to express this thought more concisely, and to reduce the language of it to that... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 826 pages
...has a great deal of. fancy, and a very good memory ; but, with a perverse ingenuity, he employs these qualities as no other person does — for he employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his recollection for his wit: — when he makes his jokes, you applaud the accuracy of his memory, and... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 564 pages
...certainly has a great deal of fancy and a very good memory; but with a perverse ingenuity he employs these qualities as no other person does — for he employs his fancy in his narratives f and keeps his recollections for his wit — when he makes his jokes you applaud the accuracy of his... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 462 pages
...good memory ; but will ia perverse ingenuity he employs these qualities as no other person does—for he employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his recollections for his wit—when he makes his jokes, you applaud the accuracy of his memory, and 'tis only when he states... | |
 | 1826 - 792 pages
...as no other person ' does ; for he employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his ' recollection for his wit. When he makes his jokes, you applaud...facts, that you admire the flights of his imagination." After " many efforts to express this thought more concisely, and to " reduce the language of it to... | |
 | 1826 - 868 pages
...person does—for he employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his recollection for his wit:—when he makes his jokes, you applaud the accuracy of his...facts that you admire the flights of his imagination.' After many efforts to express this thought more concisely, and to reduce the language of it to that... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1826 - 570 pages
...has a great deal of fancy, and a very good memory; but, with a perverse ingenuity, he employs these qualities as no other person does — for he employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his recollection for his wit : — when he makes his jokes, you applaud the accuracy of his memory, and... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1826 - 362 pages
...has a great deal of fancy, and a very good memory ; but, with a perverse ingenuity, he employs these qualities as no other person does— for he employs his fancy in his narratives, and keeps his recollection for his wit : — when he makes his jokes, you applaud the accuracy of his memory, and... | |
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When he makes his jokes, you applaud the accuracy of his memory, and 'tis only when he states his facts that you admire the flights of his imagination. 
