[62] Among the more recent acquaintances of Fuseli, there was no one for whom he entertained a higher regard than for Mr. Samuel Cartwright; he has said to me, "Cartwright is a friendly, liberal man, and has the mind of a gentleman." [63] At this time, his age could not be accurately ascertained: he was in his eighty-fifth year, having completed his eighty-fourth on the 7th of February preceding his death. [64] At this time, his age could not be accurately ascertained: he was in his eighty-fifth year, having completed his eighty-fourth on the 7th of February preceding his death. [65] Fuseli made this remark in reference to the capital employed, and the encouragement given to the Slave Trade by some of the merchants of Liverpool, and the consequent wealth which was derived by many from this traffic. Every one who is acquainted with the parliamentary history of this country knows the arduous struggle made for its abolition, and the part which Mr. Roscoe took, when member of parliament for Liverpool, to effect this measure. In these efforts he was cordially joined by many of his intelligent and liberal townsmen. [66] This and other remarks on the pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, were written at Hastings, in the year 1813, shortly after the first exhibition of Sir Joshua's works at the British Institution, and sent thence by Fuseli in letters to Sir Thomas Lawrence. [67] The passage is thus rendered by Cowper: "My temper, Sir, inclines not me t' extol Or to depreciate much, or much admire,-- Full well I recollect thee as thou wert." [68] First part of Shakspeare's "King Henry the Fourth," Act 3rd. [69] These statues, which have been named Castor and Pollux by some, (and by an absurd anachronism, Alexander, by others,) were considered by Fuseli to be the work of Phidias, and designed for a monument. He was of opinion that they are duplicate figures; and the subject, "Achilles curbing and addressing his steed, and astonished at the answer of his prophetic courser." [70] This picture is lost: his celebrated work of "Sin pursued by Death," being painted over it. On this canvass there are no less than three finished pictures. [71] Darwin. [72] See Pilkington's Dictionary, by Fuseli, second edition, page 191. [73] They are now the property of the Countess of Guilford. [74] This character of Fuseli was written a short time previously to his death. [75] Dante. [76] Ibid. END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. LONDON: PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY, Dorset Street, Fleet Street. * * * * * TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES 1. Accents and breathings in the Greek quotations have been left unchanged (both are included somewhat at random). The one exception is the rough breathing before Ἀνδρασι in footnote 17, which should be a smooth breathing, and has been corrected. 2. Obvious typos have been silently corrected.