...piercing eye."1 Since, however, Bishop Atterbury gave quite the opposite description ("In the whole of his face and make, there was nothing of that penetrating sagacity which appears in his compositions. . . . "), we mention this description, not to suggest that it was accurate in itself, but to remind...

...'at least, says he, not for twenty years past, about which time 1 became acquainted with him. 1ndeed in the whole air of his face and make there was nothing...of that penetrating sagacity, which appears in his composures. He had something rather languid in his look and manner, which did not raise any great expectation...

...for posterity. The Bishop of Rochester, who knew Newton for twenty years, remarked to a friend that 'in the whole air of his face and make, there was...of that penetrating sagacity which appears in his composures'.7 As the Bishop realized, painters emphasize different characteristics to convey a sitter's...

...baldness, and when his peruke was off he was a venerable sight. However, others said: and In the whole of his face and make, there was nothing of that penetrating sagacity which appears in his compositions; he has something rather languid in his look and manner, which did not raise any great expectation in those...

...him, at lead not for twenty years pall, about which time I firft became acquainted with him. Indeed, in the whole air of his face and make, there was nothing of that penetrating iagacity which appears in his works. He had fomething rather languid in his look and manner, which...

...obviously the remark of Bishop Atterbury (1662-1732)2 about Newton in his last years is suggested: 'Indeed, in the whole air of his face and make, there was nothing...of that penetrating sagacity which appears in his composures. He had something rather languid in his look and manner, which did not raise any great expectation...

...baldm-.-, and when his peruke was off was a venerable sight.' Bishop Atterbury asserts, on the other hand, that the lively and piercing eye did not belong...Atterbury is confirmed by an observation of Mr. Thomas Ilearne, who says, ' that Sir Isaac was a man of no very promising aspect. He was a short well-set...

...Atterbury says that his eye, during the last twenty ymrs of his life, could not be so characterised ; that he had " something rather languid in his look and...great expectation in those who did not know him." With nil the little jealousies into which controversy irritated Newton, he had undoubtedly the modesty...

...white as silver.' Bishop Atterbury, however, does not altogether agree with this. ' Indeed," he says, ' in the whole air of his face and make there was nothing...sagacity which appears in his compositions." ' He never wore spectacles,' says Hearne, ' and never lost more than one tooth to the day of his death."...

...that his eye, during the last twenty years of ™> life, could not be so characterised ; that he had which did not raise any great expectation in those who did not know him." With all the little jealousies into which controversy irritated Newton, he had undoubtedly the modesty...