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] "The person of this exquisite writer and delightful man is small, delicately formed, and neatly put together, without being little or insignificant. THE PERSON OF THIS EXQUISITE WRITER AND DELIGHTFUL MAN IS SMALL DELICATELY FORMED AND NEATLY PUT TOGETHER WITHOUT BEING LITTLE OR INSIGNIFICANT
g_. His face and person were rather on a small scale; his features regular; his eye lively and penetrating; and when he spoke, dimples played about his mouth, which, nevertheless, had something restrained and close in it. Some gentle puritan seemed to have crossed the breed, and to have left a stamp on his face, such as we often see in the female Scotch face rather than in the male. But he appeared not at all grateful for this; and when his critiques and his Virgilianism were over, very unlike a puritan he talked! He seemed to spite his restrictions, and, out of the natural largeness of his sympathy with things high and low, to break at once out of Delille’s Virgil into Cotton’s, like a boy let loose from school. When I had the pleasure of hearing him afterwards, I forgot his Virgilianisms, and thought only of the delightful companion, the unaffected philanthropist, and the creator of a beauty worth all the heroines in Racine.”--About 1809. [Sidenote: Patmore’s _Sketch from Real Life_.  THE LOVELY GERTRUDE OF WYOMING HIS FACE AND PERSON WERE RATHER ON A SMALL SCALE HIS FEATURES REGULAR HIS EYES LIVELY AND PENETRATING AND WHEN HE SPOKE DIMPLES PLAYED ABOUT HIS MOUTH WHICH NEVERTHELESS HAD SOMETHING RESTRAINED AND CLOSE IN IT SOME GENTLE PURITAN SEEMED TO HAVE CROSSED THE BREED AND TO HAVE LEFT A STAMP ON HIS FACE SUCH AS WE OFTEN SEE IN THE FEMALE SCOTCH FACE RATHER THAN IN THE MALE BUT HE APPEARED NOT AT ALL GRATEFUL FOR THIS AND WHEN HIS CRITIQUES AND HIS VIRGILIANISM WERE OVER VERY UNLIKE A PURITAN HE TALKED HE SEEMED TO SPITE HIS RESTRICTIONS AND OUT OF NATURAL LARGENESS OF HIS SYMPATHY WITH THINGS HIGH AND LOW TO BREAK AT ONCE OUT OF DE LILLE'S VIRGIL INTO COTTONS LIKE A BOY LET LOOSE FROM SCHOOL WHEN I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HEARING HIM AFTERWARDS I FORGOT HIS VIRGILIANISMS AND THOUGHT ONLY OF THE DELIGHTFUL COMPANION THE UNAFFECTED PHILANTHROPIST AND THE CREATOR OF A BEAUTY WORTH ALL THE HEROINES IN RACINE ABOUT EIGHTEEN O NINE FROM PATMORE'S SKETCH FROM REAL LIFE
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