27/72 A noble phrase. Sedley had a more sudden and copious wit, which furnished a perpetual run of discourse: But he was not so correct as Lord Dorset, nor so sparkling as Lord Rochester .-- _Swift_. No better a critic in wit than style. Lord Roberts, afterwards made Earl of Radnor, [who succeeded the Duke of Ormonde in his government of Ireland,] was a morose man, believed to be severely just, and as wise as a _cynical_ humour could allow him to be .-- _Swift_. How does that hinder wisdom? |