...preceding dinner. ' " Mr. Moore ! " cried the footman at the bottom of the staircase. " Mr. Moore ! " cried the footman at the top. And with his glass at...home on a carpet. Sliding his little feet up to Lady Blessington (of whom he was a lover when she was sixteen, and to whom some of the sweetest of his songs...

...occasion soon arrives, when he meets at her ladyship's house, among a dinner party, the poet Moore. " ' Mr. M !' cried the footman at the bottom of the staircase....Lady B , he made his compliments with a gaiety and an case combined with a kind of worshipping deference that was worthy of a prime-minister at the court...

...might, the melancholy twilight half hour preceding dinner. "'Mr. M !' cried the footman at the hottom of the staircase. ' Mr. M !' cried the footman at...top. And with his glass at his eye, stumbling over an an ottoman between his near-sightedness and the darkness of the room, entered the poet. Half a glance...

...few minutes when — " Mr. Moore," cried the footman, at the bottom of the staircase. " Mr. Moore," cried the footman at the top ; and with his glass...the room, enter the poet. Half a glance tells you he is at home on the carpet. Sliding his litte feet up to Lady Blessington, he made his compliments...

...few minutes when — "Mr. Moore," cried the footman, at the bottom of the staircase. " Mr. Moore," cried the footman at the top ; and with his glass...near-sightedness and the darkness of the room, enter the poet. Haifa glance tells you he is at home on the carpet. Sliding his litte feet up to Lady Blessington,...

...bottom of the staircase ; ' Mr. Moore,' eriid the footman at the top ; and with his glass at his eve, stumbling over an ottoman between his near-sightedness and the darkness of the room, enters the poet. Half a glance tells you he is at home on the carpet. Sliding his little feet up to...

...least be certain." " ' Mr. Moore !' cried the footman at the bittom of the staircase. ' Mr. Moore!' cried the footman at the top. And with his glass at...a glance tells you that he is at home on a carpet. * * * He had the frank, merry manner of a confident favorite, and he was greeted like one. He went...

...least be certain." " ' Mr. Moore !' cried the footman at the bottom of the staircase. ' Mr. Moore!' cried the footman at the top. And with his glass at...glance tells you. that he is at home on a carpet. * * * He had the frank, merry manner of a. confident favorite, and he was greeted: like one. He went...

...least be certain." " ' Mr. Moore !' cried the footman at the bottom of the staircase. ' Mr. Moore !' cried the footman at the top. And with his glass at his eye, stumblingover an ottoman between his near-sightedness and the darkness of the room, enter the poet....

...arrived but a lutes when • •. Moore,' cried the footrnan, at the bottom of the staircase ; )ore,' cried the footman at the top ; and with his glass at his ubling over an ottoman between his near-sightedness and the ; of the room, enters the poet. Half a...