 There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling...  The Life and Works of Robert Burns - Page 65by Robert Burns - 1854Full view - About this book
 | 1828 - 722 pages
...the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he...most distinguished men of my time. His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who were the most... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he...most distinguished men of my time. His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who were the most... | |
 | 1828 - 268 pages
...the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed, (I say literally glowed) when...most distinguished men of my time. His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who were the most... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he...most distinguished men of my time. His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who were the most... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1828 - 882 pages
...character ;md temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowtd) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw...most distinguished men of my time.* His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who were the most... | |
 | 1830 - 472 pages
...the eye alone, 1 think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he...most distinguished men of my time. His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who were the most... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 420 pages
...dark night, because they were first seen of any part of the Poet. — " I never saw," said Scott, " such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time." In his ordinary moods, Burns looked a man of a hundred ; but when animated in company, he was a man... | |
 | 1835 - 842 pages
...eye, alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed, (I say literally glowed,) when he spoke with feeling or interest." "I never saw another such eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time. His conversation... | |
 | 1836 - 694 pages
...the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he...I have seen the most distinguished men of my time *." Independently of temperament and expression, however, there is a sufficiency of direct evidence... | |
 | Silas Jones - 1836 - 348 pages
...the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large and of a dark cast, which glowed, (I say literally glowed) when...though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time.1 Independently of temperament and expression, however, there is a sufficiency of direct evidence... | |
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