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In short, all that is exterior in him, and all that goes to make up the first impression, is unfavourable. IN SHORT ALL THAT IS EXTERIOR IN HIM AND ALL THAT GOES TO MAKE UP THE FIRST IMPRESSION IS UNFAVORABLE
850. [Sidenote: Bayne’s _Two great Englishwomen_.] “I can only say of this lady, _vide tantum_. I saw her first just as I rose out of an illness from which I never thought to recover. I remember the trembling little frame, the little hand, the great honest eyes. An impetuous honesty seemed to me to characterise the woman.... She gave me the impression of being a very pure, and lofty, and high-minded person. A great and holy reverence of right and truth seemed to be with her always. Such, in our brief interview, she appeared to me.”--1851. HENRY, LORD BROUGHAM 1778-1868 [Sidenote: Ticknor’s _Life and Letters_.] “Brougham, whom I knew in society, and from seeing him both at his chambers and at my own lodgings, is now about thirty-eight, tall, thin, and rather awkward, with a plain and not very expressive countenance, and simple or even slovenly manners. He is evidently nervous, and a slight convulsive movement about the muscles of his lips gives him an unpleasant expression now and then.  SECTION ELEVEN OF WORD PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS WRITERS THIS IS A LIBER OF X RECORDING ALL LIBERAL VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY ADAILLE POOLEY WORD PORTRAITS ARE FAMOUS WRITERS EDITED BY MABEL E WOTTON HENRY LORD BROUGHAM SEVENTEEN SEVENTY EIGHT EIGHTEEN SIXTY EIGHT FROM TICKLER'S LIFE AND LETTERS BROWHAM WHO I KNEW IN SOCIETY AND FROM SEEING HIM BOTH AT HIS CHAMBERS AND AT MY LODGINGS IS NOW ABOUT THIRTY EIGHT TALL THIN AND RATHER AWKWARD WITH A PLAIN AND NOT VERY EXPRESSIVE COUNTENANCE AND SIMPLE OR EVEN SLOVENLY MANNERS HE IS EVIDENTLY NERVOUS AND A SLIGHT CONVULSIVE MOVEMENT ABOUT THE MUSCLES OF HIS LIPS GIVES HIM AN UNPLEASANT EXPRESSION NOW AND THEN
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