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192 LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE
sake of the air, and its situation. It is to be noted, that as
a ground-work of these recommendations, to the knowledge
of the French language, and other accomplishments, a good
character, and a prepossessing address, were no trivial stimu-
lants towards his advancement in life. Hence, his first re-
commendation to the family of Sir Thomas Robinson, was
for the purpose of that gentleman’s making him a travelling
companion to his son. This offer, however, from a misre-
presentation of the temper and disposition of Sir Thomas,
Mr. Van Butchell did not think advisable to accept of; but
in lieu of the same, very soon after went into the family of
the Viscountess Talbot, where, as Groom of the Chambers,
he remained nine years. As this situation was probably
lucrative, it enabled him, on leaving it, to pursue his favourite
studies of mechanics and medicine, and particularly anatomy.
And as the human teeth accidentally became a principal
object of his attention, through the breaking of one of his
own, and having engaged himself as a pupil to the celebrated
Dr. J. Hunter, the profession of a Dentist was that by which
he first appeared in the world as a public character. In this
he was so eminently successful, that for a complete set of
teeth, he is known to have received a price as high as eighty
guineas.
And of one lady we have heard, that being dissatisfied with
her teeth for which she had paid him ten guineas, he volun-
tarily returned her the money, though in a very early, and
consequently not the most lucrative period of his practice ;
however, he had scarcely slept upon the contemplation of
this disappointment, before she returned, soliciting the set of
teeth which he had made her, as a favour, with an immediate
tender of the price which she had originally paid for them,
and received them back again accordingly.
Of another lady we have been told, who m the course of
Mr. Van Butchell’s practice as a dentist, exhibited a strik-
ing proof in her own person, that the character of the
painted
sake of the air, and its situation. It is to be noted, that as
a ground-work of these recommendations, to the knowledge
of the French language, and other accomplishments, a good
character, and a prepossessing address, were no trivial stimu-
lants towards his advancement in life. Hence, his first re-
commendation to the family of Sir Thomas Robinson, was
for the purpose of that gentleman’s making him a travelling
companion to his son. This offer, however, from a misre-
presentation of the temper and disposition of Sir Thomas,
Mr. Van Butchell did not think advisable to accept of; but
in lieu of the same, very soon after went into the family of
the Viscountess Talbot, where, as Groom of the Chambers,
he remained nine years. As this situation was probably
lucrative, it enabled him, on leaving it, to pursue his favourite
studies of mechanics and medicine, and particularly anatomy.
And as the human teeth accidentally became a principal
object of his attention, through the breaking of one of his
own, and having engaged himself as a pupil to the celebrated
Dr. J. Hunter, the profession of a Dentist was that by which
he first appeared in the world as a public character. In this
he was so eminently successful, that for a complete set of
teeth, he is known to have received a price as high as eighty
guineas.
And of one lady we have heard, that being dissatisfied with
her teeth for which she had paid him ten guineas, he volun-
tarily returned her the money, though in a very early, and
consequently not the most lucrative period of his practice ;
however, he had scarcely slept upon the contemplation of
this disappointment, before she returned, soliciting the set of
teeth which he had made her, as a favour, with an immediate
tender of the price which she had originally paid for them,
and received them back again accordingly.
Of another lady we have been told, who m the course of
Mr. Van Butchell’s practice as a dentist, exhibited a strik-
ing proof in her own person, that the character of the
painted