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Indeed, one of his few infirmities was rather a deficiency of self esteem." [Sidenote: Chorley's _Personal Reminiscences_.] "Mr. D'Israeli was announced.... INDEED ONE OF HIS FEW INFIRMITIES WAS RATHER A DEFICIENCY OF SELF ESTEEM FROM CHARLEY'S PERSONAL REMINISCENCES MISTER DISRAELIE WAS ANNOUNCED
 was fair, with a Bourbon nose, and brown eyes of extraordinary beauty and lustre. He wore a small black velvet cap, but his white hair latterly touched his shoulders in curls almost as flowing as in his boyhood. His extremities were delicate and well formed, and his leg, at his last hour, as shapely as in his youth, which showed the vigour of his frame. Latterly he had become corpulent. He did not excel in conversation, though in his domestic circle he was garrulous. Everything interested him, and blind and eighty-two, he was still as susceptible as a child.... He more resembled Goldsmith than any man that I can compare him to: in his conversation, his apparent confusion of ideas ending with some felicitous phrase of genius, his _naïveté_, his simplicity not untouched with a dash of sarcasm affecting innocence--one was often reminded of the gifted and interesting friend of Burke and Johnson. There was, however, one trait in which my father did not resemble Goldsmith; he had no vanity.  CELEBRATED I WILL MENTION THAT HE WAS FAIR WITH A BOURBAN NOSE AND BROWN EYES OF EXTRAORDINARY BEAUTY AND LUSTRE HE WORE SMALL BLACK VELVET CAP BUT HIS WHITE HAIR LATTERLY TOUCHED HIS SHOULDERS IN CURLS ALMOST AS FLOWING AS IN HIS BOYHOOD HIS EXTREMITIES WERE DELICATE AND WELL FORMED AND HIS LEG AT HIS LAST HOUR AS SHAPELY AS IN HIS YOUTH WHICH SHOWED THE VIGOR OF HIS FRAME LATTERLY HE HAD BECOME CORPULENT HE DID NOT EXCEL IN CONVERSATION THOUGH IN HIS DOMESTIC CIRCLE HE WAS GARRULOUS EVERYTHING INTERESTED HIM AND BLIND AND EIGHTY TOO HE WAS STILL AS SUSCEPTIBLE AS A CHILD HE MORE RESEMBLED GOLDSMITH THAN ANY MAN THAT I CAN COMPARE HIM TO IN HIS CONVERSATION HIS APPARENT CONFUSION OF IDEAS ENDING WITH SOME FELICITOUS PHRASE OF GENIUS HIS NAIVETE HIS SIMPLICITY NOT UNTOUCHED WITH A DASH OF SARCASM AFFECTING INNOCENCE ONE WAS OFTEN REMINDED OF THE GIFTED AND INTERESTING FRIEND OF BURKE AND JOHNSON THERE WAS HOWEVER ONE TRAIT IN WHICH MY FATHER DID NOT RESEMBLE GOLDSMITH HE HAD NO VANITY
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