EARLY LIFE. II 



little interest even for me, compared to her account 

 of the execution of Charles. 



I have alluded to the intimacy that existed between 

 my grandfather's family and the Howards of Norfolk. 

 Among many letters now at Brougham from different 

 members of that family, but on subjects too private 

 for publication, I give, as a specimen of the style and 

 habits of the time, the following, verbatim et liter- 

 atim : 



" NORFOLK HOUSE, March 9 [1778]. 



" The Duchess of Norfolk presents her compliments 

 to the two Miss Broughams. She has taken the liberty 

 to send 30 yds. of silk, with triming, for a night 

 gown & pettycoat for each, which I hope they will 

 do me the favour to accept of. 



" The Duchess desires her compliments to Mrs 

 Brougham. 



" To the two Miss Broughams." 



So much for my paternal grandmother; but I 

 should be most ungrateful if I said nothing of my other 

 grandmother, Dr Kobertson's sister, for to her I owe 

 all my success in life. From my earliest infancy till 

 I left college, with the exception of the time we passed 

 at Brougham with my tutor, Mr Mitchell, I was her 

 companion. Eemarkable for beauty, but far more for 

 a masculine intellect and clear understanding, she in- 

 stilled into me from my cradle the strongest desire for 

 information, and the first principles of that persever- 

 ing energy in the pursuit of every kind of knowledge 



