...but it appears to have been of a very peculiar character : for he remarks in one of his letters ; * Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood, and but for that mood perhaps had never been written.' These selections are preceded by observations...

...so warm a friend, nor so able a one, as it had in him. If I trifle, and merely trifle, it is because I am reduced to it by necessity — a melancholy that...ever wrote, have been written in the saddest mood, and but for that saddest mood, perhaps had never been written at all. I hear from Mrs. Newton, that...

...as it had in him. If I trifle, and merely trifle, it is because I am reduced to it by necessity—a melancholy that nothing else so effectually disperses,...ever wrote, have been written in the saddest mood, and but for that saddest mood, perhaps had never been written at all. I hear from Mrs. Newton, that...

...so warm a friend, nor so able a one, as it had in him. If I trifle, and merely trifle, it is because I am reduced to it by necessity • — a melancholy...ever wrote, have been written in the saddest mood, and but for that saddest mood, perhaps had never been written at all. I hear from Mrs. Newton, that...

...so warm a friend, nor so able a one, as it had in him. If 1 trifle, and merely trifle, it is because I am reduced to it by necessity— a melancholy that...And strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines [ ever wrote, have been written in the saddest mood, and, but for that saddest mood, perhaps had never...

...so warm a friend, nor so able a one, as it had in him. If I trifle, and merely trifle, it is because I am reduced to it by necessity — a melancholy that...ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood, and, but for that saddest mood, perhaps had never been written at all. I hear from Mrs. Newton, that...

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...master-piece of humour, " John Gilpin," during one of his tits of morbid dejection, and he himself says " Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood, and but for that saddest mood, perhaps, had never been written at all. ***** I have never heard any...

...masterpiece of humour, John Gilpin, during one of bis fits of morbid dejection, and he himself eiys, " Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood, and but for that saddest mood, perhaps, had never been written at all." t The reconciliation which...

...of humour, Jnhn Gilpin, during one of hie fits of morbid dejection, end he himself lays. "Strange at it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood, and bnt for that saddest mood, perhaps, had never been written at nil." f The reconciliation which...