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] "His manners and appearance were peculiar. HIS MANNERS AND APPEARANCE WERE PECULIAR
 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_.] “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. 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_. SE 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 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 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
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