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The Portrait Gallery—No. 2.
THE PORTRAIT GALLERY—No . 2 .
THE EARL OF YARBOROUGH , R . W . D . G . M . " "What figure of us think you lie will bear ] For you must know , we have with especial soul elected him our absence to supply ; * * * * and given his deputation all the organs of our own power : what think ye of it ?"Measure for Measure .
WE now seat ourselves at our figurative easel , for a sketch of the Deputy Grand Master . Behold a man rather beneath the middle stature , with a sharp eye , intelligent countenance , modest demeanour , and . a placid dignity of deportment , —and you have the outward form and appearance of Lord
Yarborough . There is nothing aristocratic or distingue in the air or manner of the Deputy Grand Master . If he fails in inspiring a lofty veneration , he succeeds in commanding a willing obedience . His powers of reasoning are homely and unadorned—devoid of brilliancy , but sententious and
forcible . If he does not touch the finer sensibilities , he captivates the sober judgment of his hearers . He prefers no claims to oratory : but whilst he feels an obligation to explain the reasons for his opinion or decision , he has the wisdom to think that brevity is not only the soul of wit , but the best test of discretion . He leaves to the dotage of senility and the pretensions of a second-rate mediocrity , the privilege to inflict
on their hearers the tedium of a twaddle , endurable by none but the conceited coxcombs who alone are charmed by their own wretched prattle .
In the manner of Lord Yarborough there is much of courtesy , but a firmness withal , which , whilst it elicits general admiration , extorts the obedience of those who are subject to his government . He appears to be conscious that his duty prescribes the necessity of holding the scales of justice with a steady but inflexible impartiality , —that nothing contributes so much to the high estimation in which a " Ruler in the Craft"
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The Portrait Gallery—No. 2.
THE PORTRAIT GALLERY—No . 2 .
THE EARL OF YARBOROUGH , R . W . D . G . M . " "What figure of us think you lie will bear ] For you must know , we have with especial soul elected him our absence to supply ; * * * * and given his deputation all the organs of our own power : what think ye of it ?"Measure for Measure .
WE now seat ourselves at our figurative easel , for a sketch of the Deputy Grand Master . Behold a man rather beneath the middle stature , with a sharp eye , intelligent countenance , modest demeanour , and . a placid dignity of deportment , —and you have the outward form and appearance of Lord
Yarborough . There is nothing aristocratic or distingue in the air or manner of the Deputy Grand Master . If he fails in inspiring a lofty veneration , he succeeds in commanding a willing obedience . His powers of reasoning are homely and unadorned—devoid of brilliancy , but sententious and
forcible . If he does not touch the finer sensibilities , he captivates the sober judgment of his hearers . He prefers no claims to oratory : but whilst he feels an obligation to explain the reasons for his opinion or decision , he has the wisdom to think that brevity is not only the soul of wit , but the best test of discretion . He leaves to the dotage of senility and the pretensions of a second-rate mediocrity , the privilege to inflict
on their hearers the tedium of a twaddle , endurable by none but the conceited coxcombs who alone are charmed by their own wretched prattle .
In the manner of Lord Yarborough there is much of courtesy , but a firmness withal , which , whilst it elicits general admiration , extorts the obedience of those who are subject to his government . He appears to be conscious that his duty prescribes the necessity of holding the scales of justice with a steady but inflexible impartiality , —that nothing contributes so much to the high estimation in which a " Ruler in the Craft"