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His complexion, originally clear and sanguine, looked weather beaten, and the contour of his face was rendered less pleasing by the breadth of his nose. HIS COMPLEXION ORIGINALLY CLEAR AND SANGUINE LOOKED WEATHER BEATEN AND THE CONTOUR OF HIS FACE WAS RENDERED LESS PLEASING BY THE BREADTH OF HIS NOSE
g which we like to have in a picture. He was dressed in black, his hair, just touched with gray, fell in thick waves down his back, and he had a frilled shirt on; and there was a sort of autumnal ripeness and brightness about him. His shrill voice, and his quick, authoritative ‘Right! right!’ and the chuckle with which he translated ‘rerum repetundarum’ as ‘peculation, a very common vice in governors of all ages,’ after which he took a turn round the sofa--all struck me amazingly.”--1837. [Sidenote: Derwent Coleridge’s _Memoir of Hartley Coleridge_.] “His manners and appearance were peculiar. Though not dwarfish either in form or expression, his stature was remarkably low, scarcely exceeding five feet, and he early acquired the gait and general appearance of advanced age. His once dark, lustrous hair, was prematurely silvered, and became latterly quite white. His eyes, dark, soft, and brilliant, were remarkably responsive to the movements of his mind, flashing with a light from within. DEA OF A GENTLEMAN TO BE SOMETHING WHICH WE LIKE TO HAVE IN A PICTURE HE WAS DRESSED IN BLACK HIS HAIR JUST TOUCHED WITH GRAY FELL IN THICK WAVES DOWN HIS BACK AND HE HAD A FRILLED SHIRT ON AND THERE WAS A SORT OF AUTUMNAL RIPENESS AND BRIGHTNESS ABOUT HIM HIS SHRILL VOICE AND HIS QUICK AUTHORITATIVE RIGHT RIGHT AND THE CHUCKLE WITH WHICH HE TRANSLATED RIBRUM REPERTUNDARUM AS PECULATION A VERY COMMON VICE IN GOVERNORS OF ALL AGES AFTER WHICH HE TOOK A TURN ROUND THE SOFA ALL STRUCK ME AMAZINGLY EIGHTEEN THIRTY SEVEN FROM DERWENT COLERIDGE'S MEMOIR OF HARTLEY COLERIDGE HIS MANNERS AND APPEARANCE WERE PECULIAR THOUGH NOT DWARFISH EITHER IN FORM OR EXPRESSION HIS STATURE WAS REMARKABLY LOW SCARCELY EXCEEDING FIVE FEET AND HE EARLY ACQUIRED THE GAIT AND GENERAL APPEARANCE OF ADVANCED AGE HIS ONCE DARK LUSTROUS HAIR WAS PREMATURELY SILVERED AND BECAME LATTERLY QUITE WHITE HIS EYES DARK SOFT AND BRILLIANT WERE REMARKABLY RESPONSIVE TO THE MOVEMENTS OF HIS MIND FLASHING WITH LIGHT FROM WITHIN
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