The gold-headed cane . tleto say, for his physician was Dr. Highness was an invalid, labouring, likethe King, under an asthma; and during hisillness, which was protracted, his Queen wasvery attentive to him. He died six yearsafter King William. He had the Danishcountenance, blonde, was of few words—spakeFrench but ill, seemed somewhat heavy, buthad the character of a good made no figure in politics, and did notunderstand much of the post of High Admiral,which he filled, though he possessed many goodqualities; was brave, mild, and gentle. - But I must descend from
The gold-headed cane . tleto say, for his physician was Dr. Highness was an invalid, labouring, likethe King, under an asthma; and during hisillness, which was protracted, his Queen wasvery attentive to him. He died six yearsafter King William. He had the Danishcountenance, blonde, was of few words—spakeFrench but ill, seemed somewhat heavy, buthad the character of a good made no figure in politics, and did notunderstand much of the post of High Admiral,which he filled, though he possessed many goodqualities; was brave, mild, and gentle. - But I must descend from these high mat-ters, and speak again of my master, and, I amsorry to say, of another disappointment whichoccurred in our house. Two years after thedeath of Prince George, when Radcliffe wasin his sixtieth year, I was somewhat sur-prised, one morning after breakfast, to ob-serve him attired with more than ordinaryexactness. His full-bottomed wig was dressedwith peculiar care; he had put on his best suit 28 of lilac-coloured velvet with yellow basket but-tons, and his air upon the whole was verycommanding. He reminded me strongly ofhis appearance some ten or fifteen years be-fore. He had an elevated forehead, hazeleyes, cheeks telling of the good cheer of for- This sketch is from an original picture by his friendSir Godfrey Kneller, which is placed in the Library ofthe College of Physicians, in one of the closets of whichI am now immured. RADCLIFFE. 29 mer days, if any thing a little too ruddy; adouble chin, a well-formed nose, and a mouthround which generally played an agreeablesmile. When he sat in his easy chair, withhis right hand expanded, and placed upon hisbreast, as if meditating a speech, and clearinghis voice for the purpose of giving it utter-ance; his left wearing his glove, and restingon his side immediately above the hilt of hissword, which was a very usual attitude withhim, he certainly had a most comely and well-favoured appearance. I love to dwell
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