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] "I first saw Hartley in the beginning, I think, of 1837, when I was at Sedbergh, and he heard us our lesson in Mr. Green's parlour. My impression of him was what I conceived Shakespeare's idea of a gentleman to be, something which we like to have in a picture. I FIRST SAW HARTLEY IN THE BEGINNING I THINK OF EIGHTEEN THIRTY SEVEN WHEN I WAS AT SAIDBURG AND HE HEARD US ON OUR LESSON IN MISTER GREEN'S PARLOUR MY IMPRESSION OF HIM WAS WHAT I CONCEIVED SHAKESPEARE'S IDEA OF A GENTLEMAN TO BE SOMETHING WHICH WE LIKE TO HAVE IN A PICTURE
ks of any man more completely at variance with his character. There was something so heavy and dull about his whole appearance, that any one who did not know him would at once set him down for some country clodpole, to use a favourite expression of his own, who not only had never read a book, or had a single idea in his head, but who was a mere mass of mortality, without a particle of sensibility of any kind in his composition. He usually sat with one leg over the other, his head slightly drooping, as if sleeping, on his breast, and his hat down almost to his eyes. His usual dress was a light-gray coat of a full make, a white waistcoat, and kerseymere breeches of a sandy colour. When he walked about the House, he generally had his hands inserted in his breeches’ pocket. Considering his advanced age, seventy-three, he looked remarkably hale and healthy, and walked with a firm but slow step.”--1835. HARTLEY COLERIDGE 1796-1849 [Sidenote: Derwent Coleridge’s _Memoir of Hartley Coleridge_.  SECTION TWENTY FOUR OF WORD PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS WRITERS THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBER VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY ADEL POOLY WORD PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS WRITERS EDITED BY MABEL E WOTTON HARTLEY COLERIDGE SEVENTEEN NINETY SIX EIGHTEEN FORTY NINE FROM DERWENT COLERIDGE'S MEMOIR OF HARTLEY COLERIDGE
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