Volume 1

Portraits and lives of remarkable and eccentric characters.

Date:
[1819?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Portraits and lives of remarkable and eccentric characters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    liis chin, which could not be concealed even by the posture he assumed, made its appearance be¬ tween his arms on each side. I immediately re¬ tired, and waited at a little distance until he awoke, which he did shortly after, when he open¬ ed the door, darted through the thicket, accom¬ panied by his dogs, and made directly for the house.” This characteristic anecdote accords exactly with other accounts that have been com¬ municated respecting this extraordinary noble¬ man. 3d. His manner of conducting his pater¬ nal estate, forms another singular trait in the character of his lordship. It was his mode to suffer every thing on his lands to run out m all directions. The woods and parks with which his mansion was encircled, were left to vegetate with a wild luxuriancy. Nature was not, in any respect, checked by art—she sported herself in ten thousand charms, and exhibited the countless forms of variety. The animals also, of every class, were left in the same state of perfect free¬ dom, and were seen bounding through his pas¬ tures with uncommon spirit and energy. In some respects, this general licence which he gave to the animate and inanimate objects around him may challenge admiration. Nature, in such &