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I have seen Lord Brougham in evening dress and in the customary black continuations; but I never met him by daylight without the inevitable checks." I HAVE SEEN LORD BROOM IN EVENING DRESS AND IN THE CUSTOMARY BLACK CONTINUATIONS BUT I NEVER MET HIM BY DAYLIGHT WITHOUT THE INEVITABLE CHECKS
d Isaac of Grantham; the voice of one who is worthily a lord, but who will be yet better remembered, and to all time,--remembered enthusiastically and affectionately,--as the champion of all good and wise and beautiful human things--Harry Brougham.” [Sidenote: _Temple Bar_, 1868.] “The personal man, the bodily man, the private man, did not vary. From 1830 to 1866,--the period between his brightest glow of fame and his mental eclipse,--he was always the same gaunt, angular, raw-boned figure, with the high cheek-bones, the great flexible nose, the mobile mouth, the shock head of hair, the uncouthly-cut coat with the velvet collar, the high black stock, the bulging shirt front, the dangling bunch of seals at his fob, and the immortal pantaloons of checked tweed. It is said that one of his admirers in the Bradford Cloth Hall gave him a bale of plaid trousering ‘a’ oo’’[1] in 1825, and that he continued until the day of his death to have his nether garments cut from the inexhaustible store. AC OF GRANTHAM THE VOICE OF ONE WHO IS WORTHILY A LORD BUT WHO WILL BE YET BETTER REMEMBERED AND TO ALL TIME REMEMBERED ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND AFFECTIONATELY AS THE CHAMPION OF ALL GOOD AND WISE BEAUTIFUL HUMAN THINGS HARRY BROWHAM FROM TEMPLE BAR EIGHTEEN SIXTY EIGHT THE PERSONAL MAN THE BODILY MAN THE PRIVATE MAN DID NOT VARY FROM EIGHTEEN THIRTY TO EIGHTEEN SIXTY SIX THE PERIOD BETWEEN HIS BRIGHTEST GLOW OF FAME AND HIS MENTAL ECLIPSE HE WAS ALWAYS THE SAME GAUNT ANGULAR RAW BONED FIGURE WITH THE HIGH CHEEK BONES THE GREAT FLEXIBLE NOSE THE MOBILE MOUTH THE SHOCK HEAD OF HAIR AND UNCOUTHLY CUT COAT WITH THE VELVET COLLAR THE HIGH BLACK STOCK THE BULGING SHIRT FRONT THE DANGLING BUNCH OF SEALS AT HIS FOB AND THE IMMORTAL PANTALOONS OF CHECKED TWEED IT IS SAID THAT ONE OF HIS ADMIRERS IN THE BRADFORD CLOTH HALL GAVE HIM A BALE OF PLAYED TROUSERIN ALL WOOL IN EIGHTEEN TWENTY FIVE AND THAT HE CONTINUED UNTIL THE DAY OF HIS DEATH TO HAVE HIS NETHER GARMENTS CUT FROM THE INEXHAUSTIBLE STORE
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