CHAPTER XIII.

Fuseli's personal appearance and habits.--Existing Memorials of him

in Pictures and Busts.--His method of dividing his time.--Anecdotes

exemplifying his irritability.--His attainments in classical and in

modern Languages.--Instances of his Powers of Memory.--His intimate

knowledge of English Poetry and Literature.--His admiration of

Dante.--His Passion for Entomology.--His opinions of some

contemporary Artists.--His conversational powers, and

Anecdotes.--His deficient acquaintance with the pure Physical

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