Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-08-07
"PEN AND PENCIL sKErCuEs."


| Amongs, the members of the House OF Commons Art
sine OF our most celebrated writers OF fiction. In gene
ai they do not shine orators, ah ugh, rs IN The cast
Of Dlsraell, they put themselves pretty considerably
forward. SournEY, 10 whom place III Parliament was
frequently offered had the good SENSE ~ declioe H. aud
would have been we'll for the reputation OF some OF ouI
writers II they had followed his example.
Let me continue my sketches OF political lterau and
conclude my notices OF politicians by selecting lew sre
cmens oi Those whose names by their Writings rcn
defed familiar 10 the dwollers this side of the Allan
ile And first. aew me 10 describe BuLwEn. OF rather
SIR EDWARD BuLwrn lirroN. he having adopted the
latter surname since ho came into property on the
death OF his mother
| The first time | ever saw BuLwrn. was in the
mer OF eighteen hundred aud thirty six when was
strollng IN Chipprnhan Mead. near tho of Mon
mouth, place. which, like Boston Common, sllot>
ted as promenade Tor Tho people, and which the
layorIc resort Of the poet GGM, who styled II the de.
light Of his eyes, aud the very seat OF pleasure The
author ut Polham was evidently enjoying the beauties
OF the place did mol know the celebrated writer, une
I'll one OF HE boa'mcn who had brongh, him from the
town OF Ross, some twelve miles up the Wye, informed
me who his passenger Was.
H. was dressed in the extreme OF fashion, vugarly
so, thought; but should not have recognised his lea
lures from my acquaintance with the published likeues.
ses OF him. He was by means we'll lormed and was
rather awkward IN his carrlsgr. As | shall have
sion to describe his personal appearance when after
wards saw him under mafr avefabe circumstances,
shall defer describing LIN af tAe pfesrnt.
Ii was some year alter ths. when again observed
him. he was then III - place n The louso ot Commons,
and, IN the interval the aep4fauuu between him aud his
beautiful vile had made considerable IN the fashion,
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rho ,.n -, '''' w 'p'. VI ''"
amtabe light well remember that The generally
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wv u,.' '"u o'uo "e' very aloc''onaie aocn'
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About eleven O'Clock In the morning succeeding that
one, when he had pol.ssed'y le his wife for the pnf
P'se OF attending 10 pressing business IN The country the
popular novelist "n- rhe, cad III magnificent dIes.
l"s ROBE ''nhs eha"o rs III The Temple IN e,"y WI,
'alf out ''sh auv' VINO WIN MP, was "'''s "'F ',
justice 10 an elegant breakfast ''e '''s'a'' , w
Tue Mocha perry h''eo '''e cn"ho'i ''""" =, "
tempting PERCUSSION III me 'hha "'s" p""'"' ~
looking like pmroses on snow banks, gaudeneo ho eye
cresses from 'he brook III I'll 'ne'' ue"y W.
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snoo'd oe-ahs '"e e'y '''oo '" ',""', ~. n w.
snvey aaeh'e' VI ~" '''''le"'o"' "o n''' ''',''
h'l'"efi Poca""en '',s' 'sc ',' a""',e wa "".E "
Tue "'huS' Du' ass 'oi a" summary "'Ns's
came zap AZ ','o uoo'' n"o """,u'',,y "e'
""hou' u'o st''.e' o'e,o"y' 1i,, o"'"'' nv Wv
appearance, ana scene e"S",u' ~ was o"i''"', 10
ported ava oe'leVeo ,'s' W aooo, !" ''oen ""'1e'
eye" p'o"S "e'e MISREPRESENTATION, " u.s. noN','''
,s' we "o,r,'s' a"u "'s WIZ ,o'i, '"h' Jay i,,,'
no" INC aay mas revenge" ne'Se'' ,ne mover VI
'eeyi VI ''o ma" W '','''' '" ""'o" ne "'''"' 10
'ne'c''ess'y aaaeheu' snh'e'eh,y SHOWS
uansa p..Ianan, Xand", III p,,,,., oanvnr.ing
.,,h on,laman no.r ,La Jo, n ynn h,y. GrrJ
INV ies If Tho m,n ,o,n ,hs ,id,cn,onsly e1emn.,e
ILin hns, If hin, n,e6,.d IN his :. p,l,,ims of The
Rhine ar from ,be ,hree onar,e, martini, him NV Mai,
cliso yo, ,., .,nec, Il, H., ds,nnnined "a, ,he navel
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d,s s,nnnsa him, f., ho Is,oad ., ,bo sn,nc. nnn,iay
nsrson.,n Nh, f,,,os !, ,ho ,,c,n,. IN which have
aIl,dJ v, hahII nun ,vh'n il s IA, hsln,v H.. me.
din, ha,h, a. =, ha .v.n sI,, in s,,,,rs Mar ia he
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sa,,loooars n h, nno .n,Id ,s. Inn tn be ,andv of
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H., u. us h;, A ;.o. :, III. ,,,oa I, tho
I,so -, e,oaL n, H., h;s h, /; ,oorJ III. vol
sbaned ho,d 10 .a,v.hIa ,a,hans nh,onnloas, y,,ld
be somewha, puzzled by the forehead which Is low and
recrdne: VIVA it Ioses, however, in height. it amply
makes up Tor IN breadth. He has a very large, aqui
line nose much large for his face; but. il are 10
nost to be relied for achieving great Deeds that must
be rather beauty than defect. Ills hair Is curly and
Of light brown color but his whiskes. which half Gov
his cheeks aud chin. red, aud very bushy. There
i, nothing extraordinary about the expression Of his
mouth or eye. Such is EDgands most popular no