Vol. III. (of XXI.) 9/14 A somewhat anxious, creaky, close-fisted, ineffectual old Kaiser; [See Kohler (_Munzbelustigungen,_ vi. 89-96, &c.) for a vivid account of him.] distinguished by his luck in getting Max so provided for, and bringing the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands to his House. He is the first of the Hapsburg Kaisers who had what has since been called the "Austrian lip"-- protrusive under-jaw, with heavy lip disinclined to shut. He got it from his Mother, and bequeathed it in a marked manner; his posterity to this day bearing traces of it. |