![]() ![]() Not that he had been a renowned politician, or a great general, or an eminent statesman, or even an active member in the Upper House not for any of these had the earl’s name been in the mouths of men. His years were barely nine and forty, yet in all save years, he was an aged man.Ī noted character had been the Earl of Mount Severn. It would seem-to look at the man as he sat there-that he had grown old before his time. One of his feet was cased in folds of linen, as it rested on the soft velvet ottoman, speaking of gout as plainly as any foot ever spoke yet. His hair was gray, the smoothness of his expansive brow was defaced by premature wrinkles, and his once attractive face bore the pale, unmistakable look of dissipation. ![]() In an easy-chair of the spacious and handsome library of his town-house, sat William, Earl of Mount Severn. CARLYLE INVITED TO SOME PATE DE FOIE GRAS. APPEARANCE OF A RUSSIAN BEAR AT WEST LYNNE. ![]()
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