I think that you once told me you had some knowledge of the Marquis
of Lansdowne, when he was Lord Henry Petty. I can hardly hope that,
after an interval of so many years, you will recognise him in the
following sketch:- His appearance is much more that of a Whig than
Lord Grey--stout and sturdy--but still withal gentlemanly; and there
is a pleasing simplicity, with somewhat of good-nature, in the
expression of his countenance, that renders him, in a quiescent
state, the more agreeable character of the two. He speaks
exceedingly well--clear, methodical, and argumentative; but his
eloquence, like himself, is not so graceful as it is upon the whole
manly; and there is a little tendency to verbosity in his language,
as there is to corpulency in his figure; but nothing turgid, while
it is entirely free from affectation. The character of respectable
is very legibly impressed, in everything about the mind and manner
of his lordship. I should, now that I have seen and heard him, be
astonished to hear such a man represented as capable of being
factious.
I should say something about Lord Liverpool, not only on account of
his rank as a minister, but also on account of the talents which
have qualified him for that high situation.
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