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His appearance was interesting and handsome. Though rather below the middle size, he did not seem little; and his large dark eye and countenance bespoke great sensibility and acuteness. His thin quivering lip and delicate nostril were highly expressive. HIS APPEARANCE WAS INTERESTING AND HANDSOME THOUGH RATHER BELOW THE MIDDLE SIZE HE DID NOT SEEM LITTLE AND HIS LARGE DARK EYE AND COUNTENANCE BESPOKE GREAT SENSIBILITY AND ACUTENESS HIS THIN QUAVERING LIP AND DELICATE NOSTRIL ARE HIGHLY EXPRESSIVE
ightful man is small, delicately formed, and neatly put together, without being little or insignificant. His face has all the harmonious arrangement of features which marks his gentle and refined mind; it is oval, perfectly regular in its details, and lighted up not merely by ‘eyes of youth,’ but by a bland smile of intellectual serenity that seems to pervade and penetrate all the features, and impart to them all a corresponding expression, such as the moonlight lends to a summer landscape; the moonlight, not the sunshine; for there is a mild and tender pathos blended with that expression, which bespeaks a soul that has been steeped in the depths of human woe, but has turned their waters (as only poets can) into fountains of beauty and of bliss.” [Sidenote: Beattie’s _Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell_.] “He was generally careful as to dress, and had none of Dr. Johnson’s indifference to fine linen. His wigs were always nicely adjusted, and scarcely distinguishable from natural hair. ON OF THIS EXQUISITE WRITER AND DELIGHTFUL MAN IS SMALL DELICATELY FORMED AND NEATLY PUT TOGETHER WITHOUT BEING LITTLE OR INSIGNIFICANT HIS FACE HAS ALL THE HARMONIOUS ARRANGEMENT OF FEATURES WHICH MARKS HIS GENTLE AND REFINED MIND IT IS OVAL PERFECTLY REGULAR IN ITS DETAILS AND LIGHTED UP NOT MERELY BY EYES OF YOUTH BUT BY A BLAND SMILE OF INTELLECTUAL SERENITY THAT SEEMS TO PERVADE AND PENETRATE ALL THE FEATURES AND IMPART TO THEM ALL A CORRESPONDING EXPRESSION SUCH AS THE MOONLIGHT LENDS TO A SUMMER LANDSCAPE THE MOONLIGHT NOT THE SUNSHINE FOR THERE IS A MILD AND TENDER PATHOS BLENDED WITH THAT EXPRESSION WHICH BESPEAKS A SOUL THAT HAS BEEN STEEPED IN THE DEPTHS OF HUMAN WOE BUT HAS TURNED THEIR WATERS AS ONLY POETS CAN INTO FOUNTAINS OF BEAUTY AND OF BLISS FROM BEATY'S LIFE AND LETTERS OF THOMAS CAMPBELL HE WAS GENERALLY CAREFUL AS TO DRESS AND HAD NONE OF DOCTOR JOHNSON'S INDIFFERENCE TO FINE LINEN HIS WIGS WERE ALWAYS NICELY ADJUSTED AND SCARCELY DISTINGUISHABLE FROM NATURAL HAIR
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