From The Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers, by The Revd. Alexander Dyce
ONE OF THOSE DAYS
"During one of those days Sheridan, having observed Gibbon among the audience, took occasion to mention 'the luminous author of The Decline and Fall.' After he had finished, one of his friends reproched him with flattering Gibbon. 'Why, what did I say of him?' asked Sheridan. -- 'Luminous! oh, I meant -- voluminous.'"
From page 46
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