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should like done with the horses, or relating to them. 

 In fact, he was one to whom Johnson's lines will 

 fitly apply, ' whose life has passed without a contest, 

 and who can boast neither success nor merit, can 

 survey himself only as a useless filler of existence ; 

 and if he is content with his own character, must owe 

 his satisfaction to insensibility.' 



To his credit, however, it should be recorded that 

 to two things, dress and deportment, he devoted much 

 attention. In person he was short, but always stately, 

 and in manner both affable and obli° - iiii>;. His dark 

 frock-coat and double-breasted waistcoat were always 

 of the most stylish cut and an exquisite fit. His 

 black satin stock was fastened with a costly diamond 

 pin, and round his neck he wore a long massive 

 gold watch-chain, which was fully displayed outside 

 his waistcoat ; whilst his tiny fingers were richly 

 ornamented with rings of great value. He was as 

 dandified in old age as he had been vain of his person 

 in youth. A splendid head of hair — whose long jet- 

 black curls were probably ' the dowry of a second 

 head, the skull that bred them in the sepulchre ' — 

 served favourably to set off his other attractions. In 

 fact, the artistic work of this peruke, and the display 

 afforded by faultless dentistry, caused it to be specially 

 remarked how highly in these adornments he had been 

 favoured by nature. 



His voice was not powerful, and he spoke slowly, 

 in a subdued tone, which gave him an air of im- 



