Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-03-04

wits. and orators, some Of them poets also:
have ,eeo him cut up Whitehead quiz VIA
dame de Stael, annihila's Cslmau' ana 10 ~
lie less BY some others (whsse name ss it'e"aS
Sc, down. } Of good fame sud aoi''y . :,
The last time met him was, thinR, a.
Sill Glib. TT E!liol's, when he WIS as s'ea. a.
.ver-no il was no, the last time; The ia'l "me
wa. at DougIas Kinnaltds. =,
II have met with him in all places ana par
ties-a, Whitehall with the melbourne y a
the MARQUIS Of Tsvi,tock's, at Robins The anc
tion.ers, at sir Humphrey Days, at Sam No-
pe,s'-in short, ia most kinds OF compA'
nv. and always found him very eonvIvlai ano
delightful.
81 have seen Sheridan weep two or 'nres
times. # msy I've that he vas maudl';
but hi. only renders il more improper, i''
who would see
From Mslborougl's eye the tear OF dotage How
And Swift expire drivelier and snow
aOnce saw him crv al Robins the auction
eer, after a splendid dinner, foil oil gtaa' na'n''
and high spirit. bad The honor Of si!uns
mex, 70 Sheridan. The OCCASION OF his trsri
WAS some ob,er,ation or o,hr, upon The sub
iect of the stutdiness Of the Whigs, o" 'esis''
ing Office and keeping TO their 2rineipes'-
Sheridan turned round: Sir, il Is easy Tor my
Lord G.. or card Cor Msrquess b. or LORD n
with thousands upon thousands yrsr;'ome VI
il either presently derived, or inherited III sihe-
Gu es or acquisitions from TOE puo'lc mone!''
boast Of h, If patriotism keep @iooi ira0 's'hF
tatiob; but ,hev do not know from what emp
ta,ion those have kept a'oof, "he had eqas,
pride at lrasl, rqnai tslea's, hnd not Unequal
passioss, and never'helfss knew ho!, ~ we
course Of their lives, whist il Vas 70 Gave sh'!'
lue Of their owp.' AID in s.;iog ihi, ne ~sp'
al have heard hiS more than once say. 'h.'
he n,ver had shilling OF bis own 10 be su''
he conlrived 10 extract good many vi o'hxi
peoples
o. In 1915 ! had OCCASION 10 visit my law
yer in Chaneery-!ant; he was Wis Sheilda1
After mutual greetings, &c. Sheridan '.'ired
FIRST Before recurring TO my eva business,
could no, hsIp inquirrns hat Of sh'Fia an. 'oh,
replied the attorney, che usual 'h'ng. 10 sis'r
off an action from his wsne merchant, my ell
ent' We'll, said 'whst do you mesn 10 do!'
Nothing a, all for IN, present, said te--
: w ould you have Us proceed agsin" old SheE'
nv? VIVA, would be the a.s Of ii 2 Aud I've
began laughing,anG going ever S"sridsn's gsod
gifts Of conversation.
"'Now FROM nv personal experience, can
youeh that my attorney is by no means the
tenderest Of men, or particularly accessible ts
any KIDD Of impression out of the ss'u,e ar re-
cord; aud yet Sheridan, in half An hour, had
found the way 10 soften and seduse him n sue
a manner, that I almost think he wosId have
thrown his Glen IAN honest man, with oil the
law and some just ice on his side, out Of The
window, had be come 10 al his moment.
"Such was Sheridan! he could soften On at
toraey. There has been nothing like it since
the days Of Orpheus.
"'One day l saw him take up his own Mo.
nody Oh Carrie" II. ligated upon ,he dsdica &.
,ioa to the Dowsger Lady'"'. On seing i,
he few Into . rage, and exclaimed Il. mus; be
q forgery-that he had ne.er Aedira,ed any
thing OF his TO such ID Can ing &c. Sc. SC.
and so wen, on for half an hour, abusing his
own dedication, or a. least the object Of il. II
al! writer's were equally sincere il would be lu-
dicrous.
50" He told me ,haron the night of the good
success Of his School 70, Scandal, no ives knst K.
king row in the street, and being fouud in
toxicated by the wstchmeu.'
"'When dying, he was requested 10 under
60 an operation, He replied ,h.t he had a.
ready submitted to f,r0, which were enough
for one mans life time. Being asked whs,
they were, he answered, having his hair cut
and sitting Tor his picture
"I.hsve me, George Colman Occasionally,
and thought him extremely pleasant and cor.
vival. Sheridan's hvmor, or rather Wit, was a.,
ways sa,urins, and some times savage; he new
Or lavghe6, (anea,. that | saw, and ] watched
him, out Coleman did, If / had to choose, and
could not have both a, = time, | should say,
lie, me begin the evening with Sheridan, aud
finish it with Colnan;' Sheridan for dinner
Colman for supper; Sheridan for clarst or po,,;
but Colman for svsry thing from the Msderid
and champagne al diansr-.he olaret with .
layer Of por, between the glasses up 10 the
punch Of the night, and down 10 the grog, or
gin and water OF day break. All thes. have
threatened with both the same. Sheridan va.
a grsnseier company Of life guards, but Col
man whole'regimen,-ofL Light Infantry, 70 BE-
sSre-bu: still = regiment"
But We must close our extracts far the pre-.
sent,
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