...1822, when the news of Shelley's death reached him in Paris. Shelley wrote of him quaintly : " Strange that the only truly generous person I ever knew who...should be a stockbroker. And he writes poetry too — he writes poetry and pastoral dramas — and yet he knows how to make money, and does make it,...

...R. FARQUHARSON, 1897, A Dictionary of English Authors, p. 261. PERSONAL Mr. Shelley said to me once, "I know not what Horace Smith must take me for sometimes...stockbroker! and he writes poetry too," continued Mr. Shelley, his voice rising in a fervour of astonishment — "he writes poetry and pastoral dramas,...

...31, 1817. (d) Hunt, Correspondence, I, p. 114; August 27, 1817. 20 Shelley said of Horace Smith: " but is it not odd that the only truly generous person...money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker." (Hunt, Autobiography, I, p. 211.) See also Letter to Maria Gisborne, ll. 247-253; Forman, Works of...

...combined in Horace Smith,' and is recorded to have pronounced a yet more significant tribute privately : ' Is it not odd that the only truly generous person I ever knew, who had money to be HORACE SMITH — PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. 239 generous with, should be a stockbroker ? And he writes poetry...

...writes that Shelley once said to him, " I know not what Horace Smith must take me for sometimes : 1 am afraid he must think me a strange fellow : but...person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with. wa^A stockbroker ? And he writes poetry too," continued .' Bb voice i.->mg in a fervour of astonishment—"...

...entire absence of selfreflection, with which itwould come from them.* Mr. Shelley said to me once, " I know not what Horace Smith must take me for sometimes...stockbroker ! And he writes poetry too," continued Mr. Shelley, his voice rising in a fervour of astonishment ; "he writes poetry and pastoral dramas,...

...(or at least one of them) eager to lend a helping hand to their clients. "Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker?" Today's brokers may be less likely to send large, unsolicited donations to their clients, but as information...

...Shelley said to me once, " I know not what Horace Smith moat take me for sometimes: I am afraid he most think me a strange fellow : but is it not odd, that...poetry, too," continued Shelley, his voice rising in a fervor of astonishment ; " he writes poetry and pastoral dramas, and yet knows how to make money, and...