...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 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...