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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. 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
e seemed to me to embody a Frenchman’s ideal notion of the Latin poet; something a little more cut and dry than I had looked for; compact and elegant, critical and acute, with a consciousness of authorship upon him; a taste over-anxious not to commit itself, and refining and diminishing nature as in a drawing-room mirror. This fancy was strengthened, in the course of conversation, by his expatiating on the greatness of Racine. I think he had a volume of the French poet in his hand. His skull was sharply cut and fine; with plenty, according to the phrenologists, both of the reflective and amative organs; and his poetry will bear them out. For a lettered solitude, and a bridal properly got up, both according to law and luxury, commend us to the lovely _Gertrude of Wyoming_. 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. SAID TO HAVE BEEN UGLY BUT HE SEEMED TO ME TO EMBODY A FRENCHMAN'S IDEAL NOTION OF THE LATIN POET SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE CUT AND DRY THAN I HAD LOOKED FOR COMPACT AND ELEGANT CRITICAL AND ACUTE WITH A CONSCIOUSNESS OF AUTHORSHIP UPON HIM A TASTE OVER ANXIOUS NOT TO COMMIT ITSELF AND REFINING AND DIMINISHING NATURE AS IN A DRAWING ROOM MIRROR THIS FANCY WAS STRENGTHENED IN THE COURSE OF CONVERSATION BY HIS EXPATIATING ON THE GREATNESS OF HASSEIN I THINK HE HAD A VOLUME OF THE FRENCH POET IN HIS HAND HIS SKULL WAS SHARPLY CUT AND FINE WITH PLENTY ACCORDING TO THE PHRENOLOGISTS BOTH OF THE REFLECTIVE AND AMATIVE ORGANS AND HIS POETRY WILL BEAR THEM OUT FOR A LETTERED SOLITUDE AND A BRIDLE PROPERLY GOT UP BOTH ACCORDING TO LAW AND LUXURY COMMENDOUS TO 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
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