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
| Frederick Starr - 1895 - 322 страници
...exceedingly variable. Thus, old Hearne tells us that the Chippeway ideal of beauty in the woman demanded "a broad flat face, small eyes, high cheek-bones,...across each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin, clumsy hooked nose, and breasts hanging down to the belt." It is natural that women should strive to... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1896 - 890 страници
...excellent observer, who lived many years with the American Indians, says, in speaking of the women, " Ask a ' Northern Indian what is beauty, and he will answer, a broad " tiat face, small eyes, high cheek-bones, three or four brof.d •' black linos across each cheek,... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1897 - 768 страници
...excellent observer, who lived many years with the American Indians, says, in speaking of the women, " Ask a * Northern Indian what is beauty, and he will...small eyes, high cheek-bones, three or four broad •' Mack lines across each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad ' chin, a clumsy hook nose, a tawny... | |
| Frederick Starr - 1901 - 288 страници
...exceedingly variable. Thus, old Hearne tells us that the Chippeway ideal of beauty in the woman demanded "a broad flat face, small eyes, high cheek-bones,...across each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin, clumsy hooked nose, and breasts hanging down to the belt." It is natural that women should strive to... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1905 - 450 страници
...excellent observer, who lived many years with the American Indians, says, in speaking of the women, "Ask a Northern Indian what is beauty, and he will...flat face; small eyes, high cheek-bones, three or 64 See, for references, Gerland, "Ueber das Aussterben der Naturv61ker," 1868, s. 51, 53, 55; also... | |
| Thomas Nixon Carver - 1905 - 826 страници
...excellent observer, who lived many years with the American Indians, says, in speaking of the women, "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,... | |
| Samuel Hearne, Joseph Burr Tyrrell - 1911 - 518 страници
...there is no such thing as any rule or standard for beauty. 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, a tawny hide, and breasts hanging down to the belt. Those beauties are greatly heightened,... | |
| 1911 - 536 страници
...there is no such thing as any rule or standard for beauty. 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, a tawny hide, and breasts hanging down to the belt. Those beauties are greatly heightened,... | |
| 331 страници
...Chipewyan also had the custom. The writer quoted describes the typical Northern Indian woman as having "a broad flat face, small eyes, high cheek-bones,...cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin, a clumsy hook-nose, a tawny hide, and breasts hanging down to the belt." * The tools and utensils of the Chipewyan... | |
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