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Rather a shaggy, gnarled, battered, weather beaten, ugly, faithful, Scotch collie type. Not a soft, imploring, yielding face. Rather a tearing, mocking, pugnacious cast of countenance. RATHER A SHAGGY GNARLED BATTERED WEATHER BEATEN UGLY FAITHFUL SCOTCH COLLY TYPE NOT A SOFT IMPLORING YIELDING FACE RATHER A TEARING MOCKING PUGNACIOUS CAST OF COUNTENANCE
 at the opposite extremity of the House--you may see on one of the benches to the right, almost every forenoon, Saturday and Sunday excepted, during the session, a very old man with a white head, and attired in a simple frock and trousers of shepherd’s plaid. It is a leonine head, and the white locks are bushy and profuse. So, too, the eyebrows, penthouses to eyes somewhat weak now, but that can flash fire yet upon occasion. The face is ploughed with wrinkles, as well it may be, for the old man will never see fourscore years again, and of these, threescore, at the very least, have been spent in study and the hardest labour, mental and physical. The nose is a marvel--protuberant, rugose, aggressive, inquiring and defiant: unlovely, but intellectual. There is a trumpet mouth, a belligerent mouth, projecting and self-asserting; largish ears, and on chin or cheeks no vestige of hair. Not a beautiful man this, on any theory of beauty, Hogarthesque, Ruskinesque, Winclemenesque, or otherwise. ESERVED FOR THE PUBLIC THE THRONE AT THE OPPOSITE EXTREMITY OF THE HOUSE YOU MAY SEE ON ONE OF THE BENCHES TO THE RIGHT ALMOST EVERY FORENOON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EXCEPTED DURING THE SESSION A VERY OLD MAN WITH A WHITE HEAD AND ATTIRED IN THE SIMPLE FROCK AND TROUSERS OF SHEPHERD'S PLATE IT IS A LEONINE HEAD AND THE WHITE LOCKS ARE BUSHY AND PROFUSE SO TOO THE EYEBROWS PENT HOUSES TO EYES SOMEWHAT WEAK NOW BUT THAT CAN FLASH FIRE YET UPON OCCASION THE FACE IS PLOUGHED WITH WRINKLES AS WELL YET IT MAY BE FOR THE OLD MAN WILL NEVER SEE FOURSCORE YEARS AGAIN AND OF THESE THREESCORE AT THE VERY LEAST HAVE BEEN SPENT IN STUDY AND THE HARDEST LABOUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL THE NOSE IS A MARVEL PROTUBERANT RUGOSE AGGRESSIVE INQUIRING AND DEFIANT UNLOVELY BUT INTELLECTUAL THERE IS A TRUMPET MOUTH A BELLIGERENT MOUTH PROJECTING AND SELF ASSERTING LARGISH EARS AND ON CHIN OR CHEEKS NO VESTIGE OF HAIR NOT A BEAUTIFUL MAN THIS ON ANY THEORY OF BEAUTY HOGARTESQUE RUSCANESQUE WINKLE MONESQUE OR OTHERWISE
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