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... Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Página 102por Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 568 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1835 - 842 páginas
...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 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... | |
| Robert Burns - 1834 - 420 páginas
...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... | |
| 1836 - 694 páginas
...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)...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 páginas
...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)...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... | |
| 1836 - 802 páginas
...the poetical character and tfrm[>çr3(iiçht. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed, (1 sny literally glowed,) when he spoke with feeling or interest." "I never saw another such tye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time. His conversation... | |
| Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 páginas
...character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (1 say literally gloiced] when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw...men of my time. His conversation expressed perfect •elf-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who were the most learned of their... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 páginas
...intelligence .... his eyes were large, dark, and lustrous." " I never saw," said Sir Walter Scott, " such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time,'' There Is nothing finer than the writing of Burn, except the writing of Shakspeare. We do not in this... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 páginas
...intelligenee .... his eyes were large, dark, and lustrous." " I never saw," said Sir Walter Seott, " sueh another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time." There is nothing finer than the writing of Burn, exeept the writing of Shaksp«are. We do not in this... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 382 páginas
...* * his 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 and interest;"—" his address to females was extremely deferential, and always with a turn either... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 476 páginas
...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)...men of my time. His conversation expressed perfect self-confi dence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who were the most learned of their... | |
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