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 right hand holds a representation of the old crab-tree walking-stick which Franklin bequeathed to Washington with such honorable mention in his last will." The form is taken from the original bust by Houdon now in the Boston Athenæum.

"Johnson had a tall, well-formed, and massive figure, indicative of great physical strength, but made grotesque by a strange infirmity. Madame D'Arblay speaks