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INSTANCES OF REMARKABLE LONGEVITY.
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Garden are fifty guineas a night for twelve nights, and a
clear benefit; and he is likewise to appear at Drury Lane
in the intervals between the Covent Garden nights.
In person Young Roscius may be described as a very
handsome boy. His complexion is remarkably fair, and
his countenance is admirably adapted to the expression of
contending passions. His hours of study are before break-
fast, and he very seldom looks at a book afterwards. In
his private deportment his manners are much the same as
those of boys of his own age, and he delights and partici-
pates in the usual sports of youth. His disposition is
represented as remarkably docile and benevolent, and he
may be considered as the dutiful child of his fond parents.
Instances of remarkable Longevity.
Instances of persons who have attained a much greater
age than that usually assigned to human existence, are not
so rare as is commonly supposed. Of this the subjoined
list, collected from various authentic sources, is a curious
proof. That it might not be swelled out to an inconvenient
length, the names of no persons have been inserted who
have not attained the age of 130 years, or whose longevity
has not appeared to be well attested. The date affixed to
each name, is the year in which each person died, or when
that could not be procured, the latest year in which each is
known to have been living.
TLccentric, No. II. k
Year.
Age.
Y ear.
Age
1759
Donald Cameron
130
1780
Robert Macbride
130
1766
John de la Somet
130
1780
William Ellis
130
1766
George King
130
1764
Elizabeth Taylor
131
1767
John Tayler
130
1775
Peter Garden
131
1774
William Beattie
130
1761
Elizabeth Merchant
133
1778
John Watson
130
1772
Mrs. Keith
133
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Garden are fifty guineas a night for twelve nights, and a
clear benefit; and he is likewise to appear at Drury Lane
in the intervals between the Covent Garden nights.
In person Young Roscius may be described as a very
handsome boy. His complexion is remarkably fair, and
his countenance is admirably adapted to the expression of
contending passions. His hours of study are before break-
fast, and he very seldom looks at a book afterwards. In
his private deportment his manners are much the same as
those of boys of his own age, and he delights and partici-
pates in the usual sports of youth. His disposition is
represented as remarkably docile and benevolent, and he
may be considered as the dutiful child of his fond parents.
Instances of remarkable Longevity.
Instances of persons who have attained a much greater
age than that usually assigned to human existence, are not
so rare as is commonly supposed. Of this the subjoined
list, collected from various authentic sources, is a curious
proof. That it might not be swelled out to an inconvenient
length, the names of no persons have been inserted who
have not attained the age of 130 years, or whose longevity
has not appeared to be well attested. The date affixed to
each name, is the year in which each person died, or when
that could not be procured, the latest year in which each is
known to have been living.
TLccentric, No. II. k
Year.
Age.
Y ear.
Age
1759
Donald Cameron
130
1780
Robert Macbride
130
1766
John de la Somet
130
1780
William Ellis
130
1766
George King
130
1764
Elizabeth Taylor
131
1767
John Tayler
130
1775
Peter Garden
131
1774
William Beattie
130
1761
Elizabeth Merchant
133
1778
John Watson
130
1772
Mrs. Keith
133