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orn 1771; died1832. Sir Walter Scottthough he excelled all his cotemporaries in
the humorous delineation of characterwrote little humorous verse. The two pieces published in this volume
are so excellent that one is surprised to find no more of the same description in his writings.
SHERIDANDR. THOMAS--Noted for being an intimate friend of Dean Swiftand the grandfather of
Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Born in 1684; died in 1738. He was an eccentricwittysomewhat learnedDublin
schoolmaster. He published some sermons and a translation of Persius; acquired great celebrity as a teacher;
but through the imprudence that distinguished the familyclosed his life in poverty. We may infer from the
few specimens of his facetious writings that have been preserved that he was one of the wittiest of a nation of
wits. One or two of his epigrams are exquisitely fine.
SHERIDANRICHARD BRINSLEY--Author of the "Rivals and the School for Scandal." Born at Dublin
in 1751; died1816. Sheridan must have written more humorous poetry than we have been able to discover. It
is probable that most of his epigrams and verified repartees have either not been preservedor have escaped
our search. Moorein his "Life of Sheridan gives specimens of his satirical verses
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