It must not be forgotten, either, that there existed a certain kind of timidity among the other elements of his character, and that jesting often helps to season a tiresome conversation, rendering it less difficult, besides enabling us to hide our real sentiments.
FOOTNOTES:
[149] Galt, p. 218.
[150] Kennedy, p. 301.
[151] See Galt, with regard to Hunt.
[152] Moore, Letter 468.
[153] See chapter on "Religion."
[154] Ibid.
[155] "Don Juan," canto xiv.
[156] See Lord Byron's letter to Mrs. Shelley.