His eyes so dim, so wasted each limb, that, heedless of grammar, they all cried, that's him!

Three years later he became one of the priests in ordinary of the King's Chapel Royal. )
Barham was a Tory politically; yet he was a lifelong friend of the liberal Sydney Smith. Thus deprived of the power of vigorous bodily activity he became a great reader and diligent student.

Richard Harris Barham (6 December 1788 – 17 June 1845) was an English cleric of the Church of England novelist and humorous poet.