...contemporary at Eton, he could recall nothing except that Swinburne was "a horrid little boy, with a big red head and a pasty complexion, who looked as though...course of physical exercise would have done him good." The disproportionate size of his head — which was noticeable all through his life, although ridiculously...

...The late Viscount St Aldwyn, who had been his contemporary there, answered Mr Gosse's application for a few reminiscences with 'a horrid little boy, with...his hands violently when excited. It resembled ' St Virus' dance,' and is not the sort of thing that makes sympathetic appeal to the average senior and...

...The kte Viscount St Aldwyn, who had been his contemporary there, answered Mr Gosse's application for a few reminiscences with 'a horrid little boy, with...shake his head. Anyhow the little victim refused to pky, preferring to read. He had a trick, too, then and all his life, of jerking his arms and fluttering...

...apart among normal boys, and that Lord St. Aldwyn's memory of " a horrid little boy with a big red head and a pasty complexion, who looked as though...course of physical exercise would have done him good," must be taken as a fair index of contemporary Eton opinion, even if we did not know that he was also...