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But to my funeral. It would be a great satisfaction to me to see him,
but I don't wish him to come on my account."--He spoke of Mr. Lechmere,
whom "he well remembered to have seen come down daily, at a great age,
to walk in the old town-house,"--adding, "And I wish I could walk as
well as he did. He was Collector of the Customs for many years, under
the Royal Government"--E. said, "I suppose, Sir, you would not have
taken his place, even to walk as well as he."--"No," he replied, "that
was not what I wanted."--He talked of Whitefield, and "remembered, when
he was a Freshman in college, to have come in to the _Old South_, [I
think,] to hear him, but could not get into the house;--I, however, saw
him," he said, "through a window, and distinctly heard all. He had a
voice such as I never heard before or since. He cast it out so that you
might hear it at the meeting-house, [pointing towards the Quincy
meeting-house,] and he had the grace of a dancing-master, of an actor of
plays. His voice and manner helped him more than his sermons. I went
with Jonathan Sewall."--"And you were pleased with him, Sir?"--"Pleased!
I was delighted beyond measure."--We asked, if at Whitefield's return
the same popularity continued.--"Not the same fury," he said, "not the
same wild enthusiasm as before, but a greater esteem, as he became more
known. He did not terrify, but was admired." We spent about an hour in
his room. He speaks very distinctly for so old a man, enters bravely
into long sentences, which are interrupted by want of breath, but
carries them invariably t