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was Charles' elder sister, and daughter of the same parents. 

 She was a woman of high character and great ability. 

 Charles VIII., after many follies, died at the age of 28, from 

 an accident. It is not safe to judge of character at so early 

 an age. Our Henry VIII., had he died as young, would have 

 had as good a reputation. 



It is recorded that Charles had an indifferent figure and 

 a very plain face, with bright sparkling eyes. He had some 

 defect in articulation and spoke slowly and with difficulty, 

 but the kindness of his manner and his sprightliness of 

 humour are said to have rendered these defects but little 

 noticed. He reigned fifteen years and died from a blow on 

 the head in passing under a low archway in a dark passage. 

 His three children had all died before him. It is said that 

 two of his attendants died of grief at his funeral. 



Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, earned the appellation of 

 Queen of Hearts. She was grand-daughter to Mary Queen 

 of Scots, who won a similar title. If she in any degree 

 rivalled her grandmother none of Elizabeth's portraits seem 

 to do her any sort of justice. That engraved for Lodge, is 

 not pleasing. She has a low, square forehead, partly con- 

 cealed by a straight-cut fringe of hair. Her features have a 

 pinched, melancholy, and almost cunning expression (she was 

 daughter to James I.). The bust is stout and waist large. 

 If there is anything captivating in the expression it is in the 

 mouth. (For notices of more pleasing portraits, see p. 242.) 



Oliver Goldsmith, whose portrait is well known, is repre- 

 sented with a full, round forehead and a high head, somewhat 

 like Sir Walter Scott's. It is interesting to note that Blake, 

 who when a boy saw Goldsmith, was struck with admiration 

 of his head, and longed that he might have one like it. It 

 looks like a head on which the hat might turn round (that 

 is, brachycephalic or broad ; see p. 11.) 



In the life of Margaret of Navarre, by Mary Robinson, we 

 have the following somewhat severe physiognomical judgment 



