The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-08-23
Personalities OF Literati.

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His face is sharp, angular ,and his eye
of a grcyish hue. He is probably one
Of the most caustic writers Of the age,
and with keen sensibility he often
writes, under the impulses of the mo-
ment, articles which his cooler judge
ment condemns. Although a believ-
er in hydropathy, his habits do mol
conform to the internal application ol
Adams ale. His Caudle Lectures
have been read by every one. In
conversation he is quick at retort-
not always refined. lie is husband
and grandfather.
MAoAULAY.-The Hon. Il. B. Mac
aulay is short iii stature, round, and
with growing tendency to alderman
ic disproportions. His head has the
same rotundity as his body, and seems
stuck on it as firmly as a pinhead.
This is nearly the sum of his personal
defects all else, except the voice,
(Which is monotonous and disagreea-
blc,) is certainly in his favor. His
face seems literally instinct with ex
preston ; the eye, above all, full Of
deep thought and meaning. AS he
walks or rather straggles along the
street, he seems as if in state of to-.
tai abstractian, unmindful Of all that
is going on around him, and solely oc-
cupied with his own working mind.
You cannot help thinking that lit
crature is with him. not a mere pro-
fession or pursuit, but that it has al
most grown part Of limself,as though
historical problems or analytical crit
icism were part of his daily intellec>
tual food.
DE QUINCEY.-IIe is one of the
smallest legged, smallest bodied, and
most attenuated efiigies of the human
form divine, that one could meet in a
crowded city during a days walk.
And if one adds to this figure clothes
that are neither fashionably cut nor
fastidiously adjusted, he will have a
tolerable rough idea of De Quincey's
outer man. But then his brow that
pushes his obtrusiue hat to the back
of his head, and his light grey eyes
that do not seem to look out, bnt to
be turned inward, sounding the depths
of his imagination, and searching out
the mysteries Of the most obtruse log
ic, are something that you would
search week to find the mates to,
and then you would be disappointed.
De Quincy now resides at Lasswode
a romantic rural village, once the res
idence of Sir Walter Scott. about sew
en- miles from Edinburgh, Scotland,
where an affectionate daughter watch
es over him, and where he is the won.
der of the country people for miles a
round.
LAMARTINE.-Lamartine is-yes,
young ladies, positively-a P,im-
looking man, with long face, short
grey hair, slender figure, and suit
Of black. Put pen behind his ear,
and he would look like confidential
clerk Give his face more charac-
ter, and he would remind you of Hen.
ry Clay. He has fine head, phre-
nologically speaking-large and round
at the top, with spacious forehead,
and scant allotment of cheek. P,iim
is the word. though. There is moth
ing in his appearance which is ever SO
remotely suggestive of the romantic.
lie is not even pale, and as for roll
ing shirt callar or Byronic tie, he is
evidently not the man to think of such
things. Romance, III fact, is the ar
ticle he lives by, and, like other men,
he chooses to sink the shop at least
when he sits for his portrait.
DuMAs.-On the contrary, is a bur
ly fellow. His large red, round
cheeks stand out, till they seem TO
stretch the very skin that cover them,
and it looks as smooth as a polished
apple.-His black crisped hair is
piled high above his forehead and
stands divided into two unequal mas
ses, one inclining to the right and the
other to the left. His eyes are dark
and his mouth sensuous, but not to
the degree of vulgarity. His person
is large and his flowing mantle red.
lie is gentleman to lay bare the
throat and look romantic, not Byroni-
cally so, but practically. Yet he looks
good humored, ,and like a man whose
capacity for physical enjoyments of all
kinds is boundless. HIS negro blood
is evident enough to one who knows
he has it-but it would not 0e detec-
ted by one who knew it not. 1t ap-
pears in the peculiar rotundity of the
man, and all his parts. 1t crisped
and heaped his hair; it made him
dress up in flowing red to have his pic {.
ture taken. But his complexion is
only shade darker than average.
The portrait reminds us for moment
Of the late Thomas Hamblin, the ac-
tor.
EUGENE SuE,-Is neither prim nor
curly, lie is man of large frame,
over which loose black coat is care
lessly buttoned. Complexion light
eyes bluc-hair, once black, now pep.
pei whiskers voluminous-l
eyebrows black and thick-good fore.
head, and the lower face ample. This
conveys no better idea of the mans
than a French passport.