He was fresh and young, a strong man rejoicing to run the race.

Mr.Ticknor says, in speaking of the oration:-- "The passage at the end, where, spreading his arms as if to embrace them, he welcomed future generations to the great inheritance which we have enjoyed, was spoken with the most attractive sweetness and that peculiar smile which in him was always so charming.

The effect of the whole was very great.

As soon as he got home to our lodgings, all the principal people then in Plymouth crowded about him.

He was full of animation, and radiant with happiness.