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buttons and star , white waistcoat and small-clothes , white stocking's and gold buckles in his shoes . His hat somewhat resembled that worn by the clergy , with the addition of a g-old button and loop , mounted by a black cockade , which marks him out conspicuously from the rest of the company . His Majesty looked ruddy and
full ; his voice sonorous , and he converses with cheerfulness , though , when he attempts to speak rather hastily , it is with hesitation . His want of sig-ht is very apparent , for his hat is drawn over the upper part of his face , and he feels about with
his cane , especially ascending- or descending * a step . It is affecting * to see him , though he appears cheerful when he gpeaks , and seems as if nothing were the matter with him . He now and then stops to converse either with the officers or with
the nobility and gentry . We saw him leveral times on the Terrace ; but on this first evening" there was a more than ordinary degree of conversation . He was full of inquiries respecting" the installation of Lord Grenville , as Chancellor of the University of Oxford , which had taken place during" the week . He inquired also about the balloon in which Mr . Sadler had
ascended on the occasion , and was particularly anxious to know how long- it continued in the air and where it had alighted . Harrow on the Hill was mentioned , though the spot had not then been ascertained . He conversed at all times on a variety of topics with the utmost freedom and even hilarity . This daily promenade must benefit both his mind and body , while the
presence , as well as the attention , of so many of his subjects , some coming- from distant parts , must yield him no inconsiderable gratification . The countenances of the Princesses are replete with g * ood
nature , and most exemplary is their attention to their aged parent . This , indeed , is their best praise , their noblest recommendation . Filial piety is the characteristic attribute of humanity . It sheds a lustre upon all the other virtues which enrich
and adorn the g-reat family of mankind . It should be mentioned that the King-, in returning back to his apartments in the Castle , passing * by the band of musicians on the steps , always touched his hat , and said , in an audible voice , 4 Gentlemen , good night , I thank you . ' Indeed , his Majesty , during" the whole time , seemed in
pertect good humour with all the company . " The only etiquette observed on the terrace is , that when the King" passes , the ladies and gentlemen withdraw on either s « de , the latter merely uncovering the nea d bows and curtsies being dispensed ^ nh on the occasion . A police officer is jn attendance , who , with a little switch , Keeps individuals from pressing too much » H the King" when he stop ! to converse ;
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but this is done with the greatest urbanity . "—Pp . 291—295 . Mr . Evans paid a visit to Dr . Herschel , which he thus relates : u We now pushed on to the little village of Slough ^ and paid our respects to the venerable Herschel , of astronomic renown . Introduced to him by a letter , he received us politely , and in shewing us his
wonderful apparatus in the g-arden paid every possible attention . His immense telescope , forty feet long , raised and supported by complicated appendages , is seen by every passing traveller from the public road . The lesser instruments are ranged around , like so many Satellites in the planetary system !
u . Herschel , a native of Germany , and originally a musician in the army , was the discoverer ( 13 th of March , 1781 , ) of a new planet , denominated the Georgiuin Sidus , out of compliment to his Majesty . It is apparently at the extreme boundary of the solar system . Other discoveries have been made by this indefatigable astro .
noraer . He was pleased to present me with a well-executed engraving of his great telescope , upon my telling him that I always explained its construction to my pupils at the conclusion of my lecture on astronomy . Mentioning , also , an excellent Orrery I had lately purchased , he replied , with reat good humour Orreries
g , ' are pretty play-thing's—my Orrery is up there . * —pointing to the sky . The old gentleman was very af fable , and , notwithstanding his extraordinary merit , is distinguished for his modesty . He is evidently an enthusiast in his profession , enamoured of the divine science of' astronomy ; its pleasures are ineffable . "—Pp . 359 , .
The account of Bishop Pearce [ p , 421 ] , bears marks of a too hasty pen . For " Commentary on the . Epistles /' should be read Commentary on the Gospels ; and something more might surely have been said of this invaluable work , than it " is held in
estimation , " and some higher eulogium might have been passed upon the author , as a scholar , than that he " possessed a considerable portion of theological learning . " Mr . Evans relates the slory of this prelate ' s wishing to resign his bishopric , and being opposed by his brethren the bishops , whp reckoned that the measure would form an
invidious precedent . The latter part of the volume is furnished , as the title-page announce * , by Mr . Evans , Junior ; and his Journal is introduced in a manner creditable to both father and son .
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Review . ' —Evanss Excursion to Windsor . 619
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1817, page 619, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2469/page/47/
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