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His shrill voice, and his quick, authoritative 'Right! right!' and the chuckle with which he translated 'rerum repetundarum' as 'peculation, a very common vice in governors of all ages,' after which he took a turn round the sofa  all struck me amazingly." HIS SHRILL VOICE AND HIS QUICK AUTHORITATIVE RIGHT RIGHT AND THE CHUCKLE WITH WHICH HE TRANSLATED RIBRUM REPERTUNDARUM AS PECULATION A VERY COMMON VICE IN GOVERNORS OF ALL AGES AFTER WHICH HE TOOK A TURN ROUND THE SOFA ALL STRUCK ME AMAZINGLY
 leg over the other, his head slightly drooping, as if sleeping, on his breast, and his hat down almost to his eyes. His usual dress was a light-gray coat of a full make, a white waistcoat, and kerseymere breeches of a sandy colour. When he walked about the House, he generally had his hands inserted in his breeches’ pocket. Considering his advanced age, seventy-three, he looked remarkably hale and healthy, and walked with a firm but slow step.”--1835. HARTLEY COLERIDGE 1796-1849 [Sidenote: Derwent Coleridge’s _Memoir of Hartley Coleridge_.] “I first saw Hartley in the beginning, I think, of 1837, when I was at Sedbergh, and he heard us our lesson in Mr. Green’s parlour. My impression of him was what I conceived Shakespeare’s idea of a gentleman to be, something which we like to have in a picture. He was dressed in black, his hair, just touched with gray, fell in thick waves down his back, and he had a frilled shirt on; and there was a sort of autumnal ripeness and brightness about him.  SECTION TWENTY FOUR OF WORD PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS WRITERS THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBER VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY ADEL POOLY WORD PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS WRITERS EDITED BY MABEL E WOTTON HARTLEY COLERIDGE SEVENTEEN NINETY SIX EIGHTEEN FORTY NINE FROM DERWENT COLERIDGE'S MEMOIR OF HARTLEY COLERIDGE I FIRST SAW HARTLEY IN THE BEGINNING I THINK OF EIGHTEEN THIRTY SEVEN WHEN I WAS AT SAIDBURG AND HE HEARD US ON OUR LESSON IN MISTER GREEN'S PARLOUR MY IMPRESSION OF HIM WAS WHAT I CONCEIVED SHAKESPEARE'S IDEA OF A GENTLEMAN TO BE SOMETHING WHICH WE LIKE TO HAVE IN A PICTURE HE WAS DRESSED IN BLACK HIS HAIR JUST TOUCHED WITH GRAY FELL IN THICK WAVES DOWN HIS BACK AND HE HAD A FRILLED SHIRT ON AND THERE WAS A SORT OF AUTUMNAL RIPENESS AND BRIGHTNESS ABOUT HIM
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