...sincerely and particularly gay, and rather brilliant in company, my wife replying to me when I said (upon her remarking my high spirits). ' And yet, Bell, I...have been called and miscalled melancholy; you must see how falsely frequently ? ' ' No, Byron," she answered, 'it is not so; at heart you are the most...

...sincerely and particularly gay, and rather brilliant, in company, my wife replying to me when I said (upon her remarking my high spirits) " and yet, Bell, "...— you must have seen how falsely frequently." "No, B." (she answered) " it is not so : at heart " you are the most melancholy of mankind, and " often...

...sincerely and particularly gay, and rather brilliant, in company, my wife replying to me when I said (upon her remarking my high spirits) " and yet, Bell, " I have been called and mis-called Melancholy 1 The Antiquary, ch. xxiii. " — you must have seen how falsely frequently." " No, B." (she answered)...

...ii, 19, note), and despite his happier tendencies his wife, years later, was not far out in saying 'at heart you are the most melancholy of mankind; and often when apparently gayest' (De* tached Thoughts, 1821; 73; LJ, v, 446). Sir Walter Scott thought that the 'proper language' of...

...gay, and rather brilliant in company, my wife replying to me when I said (upon her remarking my nigh spirits), ' And yet, Bell, I have been called and...melancholy of mankind ; and often when apparently gayest.' " — Moore, vol. ip (¡41). This is the blessedness of him who has, on one hand, a genius that can...