Hebrew Melodies
and the
Monody on the Death of Sheridan
. Talking of Kinnaird to Lady Blessington (
Conversations
, p. 215), Byron said,
"My friend Dug is a proof that a good heart cannot compensate for an irritable temper; whenever he is named, people dwell on the last and pass over the first; and yet he really has an excellent heart, and a sound head, of which I, in common with many others of his friends, have had various proofs. He is clever, too, and well informed, and I do think would have made a figure in the world, were it not for his temper, which gives a dictatorial tone to his manner, that is offensive to the amour propre of those with whom he mixes."
The Alfred Club (1808-55), established at 23, Albemarle Street, was the Savile of the day. Beloe, in his