ABSTRACT
I no sooner became a personage in this moving and busy scene, than among all my school-fellows one individual instantly fixed my attention and observation. His name was Clifford. To me, who had seen so little of the varieties of human character, he was an extraordinary creature indeed. He seemed both to attract all eyes, and to win all hearts. There was something in him perfectly fascinating and irresistible. His countenance was beautiful, and his figure was airy. The bloom of health revelled in his cheeks. There was a vivacity in his eye, and an inexpressible / and thrilling charm in the tone of his voice, that appeared more than human. His gaiety was never-ceasing and eternal; and it was sustained by 83such lively fancies, such whimsical and unexpected sallies, and so inexhaustible a wit, that The air, a chartered libertine, was still; And the mute wonder lurked in men’s ears, To steal his sweet and honied sentences. a
