 Ask a northern Indian, says a traveller who has lately visited them, ask a northern Indian what is beauty? and he will answer, a broad flat face, small eyes, high cheek bones, three or four broad black lines across each cheek, a low forehead, a large...  Tales and Novels - Страница 220по Maria Edgeworth - 1834Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - 254 страници
...in a popular period* Appendix to Monthly Review, from January to April 1798, page 8 16. F 5 105 ical work shows that the public mind is not bigoted in...he will answer, a broad flat face, small eyes, high cheek bones, three or four broad black lines across each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1824 - 408 страници
...excellent men. This remark in a popular periodical work shews that the public mind is not bigotted in matters -of taste, and that the standard is no...he will answer, a broad flat face, small eyes, high cheek bones, three or four broad black lines across each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin,... | |
 | Maria [collections] Edgeworth - 1825 - 382 страници
...subject for a picture ': •f Milton. on the Causes of the Perfection of Antique Sculpture, which I have just seen, it is observed, that our exclusive...he will answer, a broad flat face, small eyes, high cheek bones, three or four broad black lines across each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 390 страници
...taste, and that the standard is no longer supposed to be fixed by the voice of ancient authorityThe changes that are made in the opinions of our sex as...he will answer, a broad flat face, small eyes, high cheek bones, three or four broad black lines across each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin,... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, James Wilson - 1832 - 516 страници
...ones at that age are perfect antidotes to the tender passion. Ask a Northern Indian what is beauty? he will answer, a broad flat face, small eyes, high...each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin, a hook nose, and a tawny hide. These beauties are greatly heightened, or at least rendered more valuable,... | |
 | 1884 - 362 страници
...in Pinkerton's " Collection," 1808-14, vol. xvi. p. 589.) "Ask a Northern Indian, What is beauty ? He will answer, A broad flat face, small eyes, high...cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin, a clumsy hook-nose." (S. Hearne," Journey from Prince of Wales' Fort," 1795, p. 89.) " The insular Caribs regarded... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1833 - 404 страници
...are curious and striking. Ask a • Appendix to Monthly Review, from January to April 1798, page 516. northern Indian, says a traveller who has lately visited...he will answer, a broad flat face, small eyes, high cheek bones, three or four broad black lines across each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin,... | |
 | 1837 - 304 страници
...are curious and striking.—Ask a northern Indian, says a traveller who has lately visited them—ask a northern Indian what is beauty, and he will answer, a broad flat face, small eyes, high cheek bones, three or four broad black lines across each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin,... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1841 - 376 страници
...ones at that age are perfect antidotes to the tender passion. Ask a Northern Indian What is beauty * he will answer, A broad flat face, small eyes, high...each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin, a hook nose, and a tawny hide. These beauties are greatly heightened, or at least rendered more valuable,... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1853 - 472 страници
...ones at that age are perfect antidotes to the tender passion. Ask a Northern Indian what is beauty? he will answer, a broad flat face, small eyes, high...each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin, a hook nose, and a tawny hide. These beauties are greatly heightened, or at least rendered more valuable,... | |
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