20 LORD LILFORD 



' Farewell ray ever dear Sister, may heaven 

 bless and preserve you and yours and speedily 

 restore to Britain peace and good order. 



' Your affectionate, 



1 Char. Moore.' 



Holland House with its milieu would have 

 been stimulating even to a dull mind, and my 

 mother, whose natural intelligence was brought 

 out and strengthened by long talks on all manner 

 of subjects with the father to whom she was so 

 deeply attached, profited by them to the fullest 

 extent. But her charms were not all of the 

 mind. Even Leslie's picture at Holland House 

 and Sir William Boss's miniature scarcely 

 do her justice, for an expression of extreme 

 sweetness on a face which yet shows character 

 is apt to mislead the painter, who registers the 

 sweetness and omits the indications of strength. 



Miss Fox, from the age of eighteen, kept 

 a journal, which contains the record of many 

 conversations with her father. Here are a few 

 specimens, which, although youthful in style, 

 show intelligence in the writer. 



'Saturday, February 26, 1823. — Papa and 



