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of his frequent companion, Sir Francis Burdett ; his nose is a 

 weak feature, but it is, perhaps, not out of harmony with the 

 rest of his face, nor with his character. 



" He was indeed one of the stoutest men in the House. 

 . . . His hair was of a milk-white colour, and his com- 

 plexion ruddy. His features were not strongly marked. 

 What struck you most about his face was his small, spark- 

 ling, laughing eyes. When disposed to be humorous yourself, 

 you had only to look at his eyes, and you were sure to 

 sympathise with his merriment. When not speaking the 

 expression of his eye and his countenance was very different. 

 He was one of the most striking refutations of the principles 

 of Lavater I ever witnessed. Never were the looks of any 

 man more completely at variance with his character. There 

 was something so heavy and dull about his whole appearance 

 that any one who did not know him would at once set him 

 down for some country clodpole, to use a favourite expres- 

 sion of his own. His usual dress was a light grey coat of 

 full make, a white waistcoat, and kerseymere breeches of a 

 sandy colour. When he walked about the House, he 

 generally had his hands inserted in his breeches pocket. 

 Considering his advanced age, seventy-three, he looked 

 remarkably hale and healthy, and walked with a firm but 

 slow step." — Watson, 1835. 



" Had I met him anywhere else save in the room and on 

 that occasion, I should have taken him for a gentleman 

 farming his own broad estate. He seemed to have that 

 kind of self-possession and ease about him, together with a 

 certain bantering jollity, which are so natural to fast-handed 

 and well-housed lords of the soil. He was, I should suppose, 

 not less than six feet in height, portly, with fresh, clear, and 

 round cheek, and a small grey eye, twinkling with good- 

 humoured archness. He was dressed in a blue coat, yellow 

 swan's-down waistcoat, drab kerseymere small-clothes, and 

 top-boots. His hair was grey, and his cravat and linen fine 

 and very white." — Bamford, 1818. 



