Note 44 — Chapter the Eighth
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“The shape of the body,” says Bridges Adams, describing Coates’s carriage, “was that of a classic sea-god’s car, and it was constructed in copper. This vehicle was very beautiful in its outline, though disfigured by the absurdity of its ornamental work.” When Coates had a fall, Horace Smith, of Rejected Addresses fame, seized the occasion to write a mock condoling poem.