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" If the thought (he would say) is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and, when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it. "
The Wits and Beaus of Society - Page 117
by Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1890
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 2

Thomas Moore - Dramatists - 1825 - 654 pages
...one of his favourite helps to inspiration ; — " If the thought, (he would say,) is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and, when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it." Having taken a cursory view of his Literary, Political, and Social qualities, it remains for me to...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 2

Thomas Moore - 1825 - 510 pages
...favourite helps to inspiration ; — " If the thought (he would say) is slow to come, a glass of good CHAP, wine encourages it, and, when it does come, a . glass of good wine rewards it." Having taken a cursory view of his Literary, Political, and Social qualities, it remains for me to...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1

Thomas Moore - Dramatists, English - 1826 - 570 pages
...was one of his favourite helps to inspiration; — " If the thought, (he would say,) is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and, when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.'' Having taken a cursory view of his Literary, Political, and Social qualities, it remains for me to...
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Captain Rock in London; Or, The Chieftain's Gazette for the Year 1825

Catholics - 1825 - 362 pages
...was one of his favourite helps to inspiration ; — " If the thought (he would say) is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and, when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it," Next week I shall give an analytical review and copious extracts from this interesting volume. ABSENTEEISM....
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ...

English poetry - 1826 - 868 pages
...was one of his favourite helps to inspiration :—' If the thought (he would say) is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and, when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.' Of the poetical part of The Foresters, an unfinished operatic sketch, Mr. M. observes, " The only specimens...
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The Literary lounger

1826 - 562 pages
...united navies of the world. that " when the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine quickens it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it." 1 recommend this maxim to the notice of Professor Milman, and I will bet a dozen of champaigne to a...
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The Quarterly Register of the American Education Society, Volume 3

Clergy - 1831 - 352 pages
...Byron, often stole his inspiration from the flask. His own words are ; " If an idea is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it." Concerning the influence of this practice upon his intellect, some may be skeptical, although we are...
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Quarterly Register and Journal of the American Education Society, Volumes 3-4

Christian education - 1831 - 716 pages
...Byron, often stole his inspiration from the flask. His own words are ; " If an idea is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it." Concerning the influence of this practice upon his intellect, some may be skeptical, although we are...
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Quarterly register and journal of the American education society ..., Volume 3

American education society - 1831 - 378 pages
...Byron, often stole his inspiration from the flask. His own words are ; " If an idea is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it." Concerning the influence of this practice upon his intellect, some may he skeptical, although we are...
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The works of Thomas Moore, Volume 13

Thomas Moore - 1832 - 520 pages
...too, was one of his favourite helps to inspiration;— "If the thought (he would say) is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it, and, when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it." Having taken a cursory view of his Literary, Political, and Social qualities, it remains for me to...
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