London Characters: Or, Fashions and Customs, of the Present Century, Том 1booksellers in Bondstreet, 1809 - 3 страници |
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... countenance of those he painted the very perceptions and passions of their mind , he could not help using , in his writings , the vivid tints of a picturesque and glowing style ; and his works are full of images and por- traits , In ...
... countenance of those he painted the very perceptions and passions of their mind , he could not help using , in his writings , the vivid tints of a picturesque and glowing style ; and his works are full of images and por- traits , In ...
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... , who painted not this or that individual , but selecting the most inter- esting parts from all existing features , exhibited the general countenance of man under the influence of all sorts of passions , Sir a 4 PREFACE . vii.
... , who painted not this or that individual , but selecting the most inter- esting parts from all existing features , exhibited the general countenance of man under the influence of all sorts of passions , Sir a 4 PREFACE . vii.
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... , when the natural bloom of youth vanishes , she re- flected on her countenance , and it struck her , for the first time , that she never had any Eye - brows . She A Note on Eye - brows . and wife to B 3 A MORNING CONVERSATION . 5.
... , when the natural bloom of youth vanishes , she re- flected on her countenance , and it struck her , for the first time , that she never had any Eye - brows . She A Note on Eye - brows . and wife to B 3 A MORNING CONVERSATION . 5.
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... countenance ; so that flatterers still buzzed their soft nonsense in her ear , and she thought herself as young and lovely as ever . She therefore trod on the steps of those fashionable fe- males , who heed neither age nor the mar ...
... countenance ; so that flatterers still buzzed their soft nonsense in her ear , and she thought herself as young and lovely as ever . She therefore trod on the steps of those fashionable fe- males , who heed neither age nor the mar ...
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... countenance an old and sallow appearance ; an hollow eye , a concave cheek , a spindle form , and pro- minent chin , and an under - sized figure , completed the tout - ensemble of a mean looking meagre being . He had a good natural ...
... countenance an old and sallow appearance ; an hollow eye , a concave cheek , a spindle form , and pro- minent chin , and an under - sized figure , completed the tout - ensemble of a mean looking meagre being . He had a good natural ...
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