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Latterly he had become corpulent. He did not excel in conversation, though in his domestic circle he was garrulous. Everything interested him, and blind and eighty two, he was still as susceptible as a child.... LATTERLY HE HAD BECOME CORPULENT HE DID NOT EXCEL IN CONVERSATION THOUGH IN HIS DOMESTIC CIRCLE HE WAS GARRULOUS EVERYTHING INTERESTED HIM AND BLIND AND EIGHTY TOO HE WAS STILL AS SUSCEPTIBLE AS A CHILD
viously of a tender, loving nature, and certainly more than willing to give me what I asked for. I do not recall him as like his illustrious son; if my memory serves me rightly, he was rather fair than dark; not above the middle height, with features calm in expression; his eyes (which, however, were always covered with spectacles) sparkling, and searching, but indicating less the fire of genius than the patient inquiry that formed the staple of his books.”--1823. [Sidenote: Beaconsfield’s _Memoirs of Isaac D’Israeli_.] “As the world has always been fond of personal details respecting men who have been celebrated, I will mention that he was fair, with a Bourbon nose, and brown eyes of extraordinary beauty and lustre. He wore a small black velvet cap, but his white hair latterly touched his shoulders in curls almost as flowing as in his boyhood. His extremities were delicate and well formed, and his leg, at his last hour, as shapely as in his youth, which showed the vigour of his frame.  KINDLY AND COURTEOUS GENTLEMAN OBVIOUSLY OF A TENDER LOVING NATURE AND CERTAINLY MORE THAN WILLING TO GIVE ME WHAT I ASKED FOR I DO NOT RECALL HIM AS LIKE HIS ILLUSTRIOUS SON IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHTLY HE WAS RATHER FAIR THAN DARK NOT ABOVE THE MIDDLE HEIGHT WITH FEATURES CALM IN EXPRESSION HIS EYES WHICH HOWEVER WERE ALWAYS COVERED WITH SPECTACLES SPARKLING AND SEARCHING BUT INDICATING LESS THE FIRE OF GENIUS THAN THE PATIENT INQUIRY THAT FORMED THE STAPLE OF HIS BOOKS EIGHTEEN TWENTY THREE FROM BEACONSFIELD'S MEMOIRS OF ISAAC DISRAELI AS THE WORLD HAS BEEN FOND OF PERSONAL DETAILS RESPECTING MEN WHO HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED I WILL MENTION THAT HE WAS FAIR WITH A BOURBAN NOSE AND BROWN EYES OF EXTRAORDINARY BEAUTY AND LUSTRE HE WORE SMALL BLACK VELVET CAP BUT HIS WHITE HAIR LATTERLY TOUCHED HIS SHOULDERS IN CURLS ALMOST AS FLOWING AS IN HIS BOYHOOD HIS EXTREMITIES WERE DELICATE AND WELL FORMED AND HIS LEG AT HIS LAST HOUR AS SHAPELY AS IN HIS YOUTH WHICH SHOWED THE VIGOR OF HIS FRAME
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