GENERAL WASHINGTON. 
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son of consequence in it, Quakers alone ex¬ 
cepted, made it a point to visit the General on 
sent day for his wisdom and moderation, and whose name 
will be transmitted with such honour to posterity, without 
being impressed with a certain degree of veneration and. awe; 
nor do these emotions subside on a closer acquaintance3 on 
the contrary, his person and deportment are such as rather 
tend to augment them. There is something very austere in 
his countenance, and in his manners he is uncommoly re¬ 
served. 1 have heard some officers, that served immediately 
under his command during the American war,'say, that they 
never saw him smile during all the time that they were with 
him. No man has ever yet been connected with h$n by 
the reciprocal and unconstrained ties of friendship ; and but 
a few can boast even of having been on an easy and familiar 
footing with him. 
The height of his person is about five feet eleven 3 his 
chest is full 3 and his limbs, though rather slender, well- 
shaped, and muscular. His head is small, in which respect 
he resembles the make of a great number of his countrymen. 
His eyes are of a light grey colour 3 and, in proportion to the 
length of his face, his nose is long. Mr. Stewart, the emi¬ 
nent portrait painter, told me, that there are features in his 
face totally different from what he ever observed in that of 
of any other human being 3 the sockets of the eyes, for in¬ 
stance, are larger than what he ever met with before, and 
the upper part of the nose broader. All his features, he ob¬ 
served, were indicative of the strongest and most ungovern¬ 
able passions, and had he been born in the forests, it was his 
opinion that he would have been the fiercest man amongst 
the savage tribes. In this Mr. Stewart has given a proof of 
his great discernment and intimate knowledge of the human 
countenance 3 for although General Washington has been 
extolled for his great moderation and calmness, during the 
very trying situations in which he has so often been placed, 
yet those who have been acquainted with him the longest 
