Miscellanea
Long Sir Thomas Robinson
There were two Sir Thomas Robinsons alive at the same time. The one above mentioned was called Long as a distinguishing characteristic. Some one told Lord Chesterfield that Long Sir Thomas Robinson was very ill. “I am sorry to hear it.”—“He is dying by inches.”—“Then it will be some time before he dies,” was the answer.
One of Sir Thomas Robinson’s freaks was to go to Paris in his hunting suit, wearing a postilion’s cap, a tight green jacket, and buckskin breeches. In this strange dress he joined a large company at dinner; when a French abbé, unable to restrain his curiosity, burst out with, “Excuse me, sir, are you the famous Robinson Crusoe so remarkable in history?”