Frugal in bis domestic concerns, and habitually regular in all bis duties as a man, the inroads of age, notwithstanding his intense application, are less apparent than the length of his days would naturally induce one to suppose ; aud, although on the verge of eighty, his locomotive powers ar* amazingly energetic, and would rival the hale limbs of youth in the accomplishment of pedestrian exploits.
High as his fame stands in a literary point of view, the benevolence of bis heart is not less conspicuous to those with whom be is best known.  Frugal in bis domestic concerns, and habitually regular in all bis duties as a man, the inroads of age, notwithstanding his intense application, are less apparent than the length of his days would naturally induce one to suppose ; aud, although on the verge of eighty, his locomotive powers ar* amazingly energetic, and would rival the hale limbs of youth in the accomplishment of pedestrian exploits.  f Horsley's Britannia Romana, p. 37.