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The face is heavy, rugged, and unlovely, though full of force and intelligence; and his unheroic form and stature are points which Chesterfield himself does not attempt to conceal." THE FACE IS HEAVY RUGGED AND UNLOVELY THOUGH FULL OF FORCE AND INTELLIGENCE AND HIS UNHEROIC FORM AND STATURE ARE POINTS WHICH CHESTERFIELD HIMSELF DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL
ime he has gone through the circle, the great object of his daily ambition is accomplished--all the women are already half in love with him, and every man is desirous to be his friend.” [Sidenote: _Blackwood’s Magazine_, 1868.] “... Lord Hervey pauses in his story of Queen Caroline and her Court to describe with cutting and bitter force the character and appearance of his rival courtier.... ‘His person was as disagreeable as it was possible for a human figure to be without being deformed,’ he says. ‘He was very short, disproportioned, thick and clumsily made, with black teeth, and a head big enough for a Polyphemus. One Ben Ashurst, who said few good things though admired for many, told Lord Chesterfield once that he was like a stunted giant, which was a humorous idea, and really apposite.’... The defects of his personal appearance are evidently exaggerated in this truculent sketch; but his portrait by Gainsborough, which is said to be the best, affords some foundation for the picture. IS EVER ON HIS LIPS AND BY THE TIME HE HAS GONE THROUGH THE CIRCLE THE GREAT OBJECT OF HIS DAILY AMBITION IS ACCOMPLISHED ALL THE WOMEN ARE ALREADY HALF IN LOVE WITH HIM AND EVERY MAN IS DESIROUS TO BE HIS FRIEND FROM BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE EIGHTEEN SIXTY EIGHT LORD HERVEY PAUSES IN HIS STORY OF QUEEN CAROLINE AND HER COURT TO DESCRIBE WITH CUTTING AND BITTER FORCE THE CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE OF HIS RIVAL COURTIER HIS PERSON WAS AS DISAGREEABLE AS IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR A HUMAN FIGURE TO BE WITHOUT BEING DEFORMED HE SAYS HE WAS VERY SHORT DISPROPORTIONED THICK AND CLUMSILY MADE WITH BLACK TEETH AND A HEAD BIG ENOUGH FOR A POLYPHEMUS ONE BEN ASHURST WHO SAID FEW GOOD THINGS THOUGH ADMIRED FOR MANY TOLD LORD CHESTERFIELD ONCE THAT HE WAS LIKE A STUNTED GIANT WHICH WAS A HUMOROUS IDEA AND REALLY OPPOSITE THE DEFECTS OF HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE ARE EVIDENTLY EXAGGERATED IN THIS TRUCULENT SKETCH BUT HIS PORTRAIT BY GAINSBOROUGH WHICH IS SAID TO BE THE BEST AFFORDS SOME FOUNDATION FOR THE PICTURE
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