. Richard Henry Dana, jr. ... speeches in stirring times, and letters to a son . alled at Uncle Edmunds last evening [Dec. 6,1851]. He was very entertaining. Talked about hisfriend Arthur Maynard Walter and their good timestogether in London. He said he hardly knew whichWalter preferred, the Theatre or the House of Com-mons. He enjoyed a front seat in the gallery as muchas in the pit, and rubbed his hands when the housefilled as much as when the curtain rose. He describeda debate he heard on the bill for a levy en masse, whenBonaparte was at Boulogne. Pitt, Fox, Sheridan,Canning, and Windham s
. Richard Henry Dana, jr. ... speeches in stirring times, and letters to a son . alled at Uncle Edmunds last evening [Dec. 6,1851]. He was very entertaining. Talked about hisfriend Arthur Maynard Walter and their good timestogether in London. He said he hardly knew whichWalter preferred, the Theatre or the House of Com-mons. He enjoyed a front seat in the gallery as muchas in the pit, and rubbed his hands when the housefilled as much as when the curtain rose. He describeda debate he heard on the bill for a levy en masse, whenBonaparte was at Boulogne. Pitt, Fox, Sheridan,Canning, and Windham spoke. Fox, he said, had along back, was corpulent, with a narrow upper partand wide lower part to his head, heavy-looking, butwith fine eyes. His manner was entirely withoutgraces, and his utterance very rapid, but he was fullof illustration and very interesting. Pitt, he says,had a less original mind than Fox, and less variety, buthis manner was very impressive, his voice full andmelodious, his utterance slow and emphatic, witha certainty and copiousness of speech which made. CONVERSATIONS WITH UNCLE EDMUND 65 you perfectly certain that he would not fail or be-come embarrassed or confused. His arrangement wasmethodical, and he made every subject clear. Hismoral character gave him great weight, and he wasconsidered independent and disinterested. Sheridanlooked and acted like a theatrical manager, full offlourish and graces. He was particularly severe onthe late administration (Pitts, for Addington wasthen premier), and Pitt replied. Sheridan had notspoken for a long time, and Pitt congratulated himon his recovery of his speech, and said he had beenbottled up so long that he came out with a next day there was a caricature, entitled Un-corking Sherry, representing Pitt in a wine vault,each bottle being a likeness of a member, and Pittwith a towel and a bottle under his arm, drawing thecork, the bottle being Sheridan. Sir William Pulteney, who was then a very old manand
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