WAS mentioning that some one had said of Sharpe's very dark complexion that he looked as if the dye of his old trade (hat making) had got engrained into his face. "Yes," said Luttrell, "darkness that may be felt!"
Thomas Moore, Diary.
T seems that poor Bruin has never had peace
'Twixt bald men in Bethel, and wise men in grease.
Frederick Locker, London Lyrics.
HE term sound divine being used, I said, "I do not know what is a sound divine," quoting Pope—
"'Dulness is sacred in a sound divine.'"
"But I do," said Donaldson. "It is a divine who is vox et præterea nihil."