itician on the unpopular side. The
causes are, his high character for probity, honour, and talents; his fine
countenance; the benevolent interest he took in the concerns of all his
friends; his simple and gentlemanlike manners; his untimely death."

LADY MARY BENNETT (_n.d._, but late in 1817).--"The few words I said of
Mrs Fry . . . were these:--'To see that holy woman in the midst of
wretched prisoners,--to see them calling earnestly upon God, soothed by
her voice, animated by her look, clinging to the hem of her garment, and
worshipping her as the only human being who has ever loved them . . . or
spoken to them of God!--this is the sight which breaks down the pageantry
of the world,--which tells us that the short hour of life is passing
away, and that we must prepare by some good deeds to meet God; that it is
time to give, to pray, to comfort--to go, like this blessed woman, and do
the work of our heavenly Saviour, Jesus, among the guilty, among the
broken-hearted, and the sick; and to labour in the deepest and darkest
wretchedness of life!'"

LADY DAVY, _n.d._--"Luttrell, before I taught him better, imagined
muffins grew!"

JEFFREY, 7_th Aug._ 1819.--There was universal complaint of the dullness
of the _Edinburgh Review_, and Sydney writes: "Too much, I admit, would
not do of my style; but the proportion in which it exists enlivens the
Review, if you appeal to the whole public, and not to the eight or ten
grave Scotchmen with whom you live."

LORD HOLLAND, 11_th June_ 1820.--"You gave me great pleasure by what you
said to the Chancellor of my honesty and independence. I sincerely
believe I shall deserve the character at your hands as long as I live."

MRS MEYNELL, 1820.--"The usual establishment for an eldest landed baby
is, two wet nurses, two ditto dry, two aunts, two physicians, two
apothecaries; three female friends of the family, unmarried, advanced in
life; and often in the nursery, one clergyman, six flatterers, and a
grandpapa! Less than this would not be decent."

MRS MEYNELL, 11_th Nov._ 1821.--"My pretensions to do well with the world
are three-fold:--First, I am fond of talking nonsense; secondly, I am
civil; thirdly, I am brief. I may be flattering myself; but if I am not,
it is not easy to get very wrong with these habits."

JOHN MURRAY [of Edinburgh], 29_th Nov._ 1821.--"How little you understand
young Wedgwood! If he appears to love waltzing, it is only to catch
fresh figures for cream-ju