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If Milton were by far the best poet, there is yet that in 

 some lines from Selden's pen which closely approaches his. 

 Milton had, it must be admitted, the keener perception of 

 beauty, nor did he lag behind in his appreciation of social 

 order and individual freedom. He was the younger man ; 

 Selden died, aged 70, in 1654, and Milton, aged 66, in 1574, 

 It is of their portraits when advancing in age that we speak 

 in remarking on the resemblance of Selden to Milton. In 

 earlier life the portrait of Selden is so like that of John 

 Evelyn that it is difficult not to believe them to represent 

 the same man. Unfortunately, we have no portrait of Milton 

 at this age with which to compare it. We may believe that 

 there was much mutual similarity in the three. 



It is generally held that Dick Turpin, the famous highway- 

 man, was a fascinating and handsome man. Capt. Twyford, 

 however, in his records of York Castle, where, in April, 1739, 

 Turpin was confined and ultimately hanged, thus describes 

 him : " He was not at all prepossessing, having high, broad 

 cheek-bones, a short visage, the face narrowed towards the 

 chin and much marked by the small-pox." The description 

 suggests that of a Cymric celt. 



The celebrated Sir Kenelm Digby was brachycephalic, with 

 full lips. We have a fine portrait of him by Van Dyck. He 

 was the son of the Sir E. Digby who was executed for his 

 share in the Gunpowder Plot. He is described as " a 

 minor Bacon," of universal attainments and great mental 

 activity. He was a friend of Descartes and of Cromwell. 

 He was of great physical strength, of independent mind and 

 manners, and able to make himself very agreeable. Someone 

 said, " If Sir Kenelm fell from the clouds he would be 

 welcomed wherever he chanced to descend." "Yes," it was 

 replied, " but he must not stay more than six weeks." He 

 was four years younger than Cromwell, and lived to be 62. 



A prejudice against red hair is of much antiquity. One of 

 Alfred's proverbs runs: "The red man is a rogue; quarrel- 



