 As for his person, he was tall of stature, strong-boned, though not corpulent, somewhat of a ruddy face, with sparkling eyes, wearing his hair on his upper lip, after the old British fashion ; his hair reddish, but, in his latter days, time had sprinkled...  The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical ... - Page 283edited by - 1813Full view - About this book
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1874 - 606 pages
...his hair reddish, but in his latter days sprinkled with grey, his nose well cut, his mouth moderate large, his forehead something high, and his habit always plain and modest ; " as surely also as he was known amongst his neighbours as " in countenance of a stern and rough... | |
 | 1874 - 586 pages
...his hair reddish, but in his latter days sprinkled with grey, his nose well cut, his mouth moderate large, his forehead something high] and his habit always plain and modest ; " as surely also as he was known amongst his neighbours as " in countenance of a stern and rough... | |
 | James Simson - 1875 - 222 pages
...his hair reddish, but in his latter days sprinkled with grey ; his nose well cut, his mouth not too large, his forehead something high, and his habit always plain and modest." To the History of the Gipsies, and to the forthcoming Contributions — in both of which Mr. Borrow... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1877 - 1092 pages
...fashion; his hair reddish, but in his latter days, time had sprinkled it with grey; his nose well set, but not declining or bending, and his mouth moderately...something high, and his habit always plain and modest. And 78 thus have we impartially described the internal and external parts of a person whose death hath... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 858 pages
...his later days time had sprinkled it with grey ; his nose well set, but not declining or bending ; his mouth moderately large, his forehead something high, and his habit always plain and modest." His manner and presence were as impressive as his writings. " He was mild and affable in conversation,"... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1880 - 212 pages
...time had sprinkled it with grey ; his nose well set, but not declining or bending ; his mouth moderate large, his forehead something high, and his habit always plain and modest.' He was himself indifferent to advancement, and he did not seek it for his family. A London merchant... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1881 - 428 pages
...fashion ; his hair reddish, but in his later days time had sprinkled it with grey ; his nose well set, but not declining or bending, and his mouth moderately...something high, and his habit always plain and modest.* And thus have we impartially described the internal and external parts of a person who had tried the... | |
 | James Simson - 1881 - 90 pages
...his hair reddish, but in his latter days sprinkled with grey ; his nose well cut, his mouth not too large, his forehead something high, and his habit always plain and modest." To the History of the Gipsies, and to the forthcoming Contributions — in both of which Mr. Borrow... | |
 | 1883 - 836 pages
...time had sprinkled it with grey; his nose well set, but not declining or bending; his mouth moderate large, his forehead something high, and his habit always plain and modest." He was himself indifferent to advancement, and he did not seek it for his family. A London merchant... | |
 | Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1885 - 812 pages
...his later days time had sprinkled it with grey ; his nose well set, but not declining or bending ; his mouth moderately large, his forehead something high, and his habit always plain and modest." His manner and presence were as impressive as his writings. " He was mild and affable in conversation,"... | |
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