Diary Illustrative of the Times of George the Fourth: Comprising ..., volume 4
Diary Illustrative of the Times of George the Fourth: Comprising ..., volume 4
Bury Charlotte Campbell Lady
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In one respect, certainly, he was like them — he was a meteor; and his effects have vanished with himself. Before I conclude, perhaps I should add that Digitized by Google AND REIQN OF GBOROE THE FOURTH. 211 in conversation he was much less brilliant than is commonly supposed. In the House of Commons he undoubtedly emitted scintillations^ always bright, often splendid, and seemingly unstudied ; but nobody ever reported the social sparklings of Canning. Of one who had so greatly the reputation o...f being a wit, this is extraordinary ; but perhaps, like the flint, he required a smart concussion to bring out his latent fires. Canning was, take him for all and all, not only an ornament to the time, but an admirable specimen of the intellects of an age in which talents and accomplishments were correctiy ap* predated. p2 Digitized by Google 212 PUBLIC CHARACTERS OF THE REGENCY LETTER X. Dr. Walcot. What literary man in his day was more no- torious than Peter Pindar ? Of his history we know little, but his works show that he was endowed with a wonderful perception of the ludicrous, and a heart incapable of feeling like other men.
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