 | Addison Peale Russell - 1883 - 378 trang
...child of misery baptized in tears." Burns seemed much affected by the print: he actually shed tears. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, 1 think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1884 - 516 trang
...agriculturists who keep laborers for their drudgery, but the douce gudeman who held his own plough. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...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 such another... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, Truman Jay Backus - 1884 - 504 trang
...expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical temperament. It was large and of a dark cast, and...when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw puch another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men in my time'. His conversation... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, Truman Jay Backus - 1884 - 508 trang
...extraordinary talents I think his countenance was more massive than it looks in any of the portraits There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, 1 think, indicated the poetical temperament. It was large and of a dark cast, and glowed (I say literally... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 612 trang
...agriculturists who keep laborers for their drudgery, but the douce gudeman who held his own plough. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...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 such another... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 trang
...agriculturists who keep laborers for their drudgery, but the douce gudeman who held his own plough. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...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 such another... | |
 | Thomas Hutchinson - 1887 - 74 trang
...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." About the beginning of 1787, Burns made the acquaintance of Mrs. M'Lehose, a lady whose husband had... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - 1888 - 366 trang
...his extraordinary talents. His countenance was more massive than it looks in any of the portraits. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed when... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1889 - 328 trang
...in perspective. I think his countenance was more massive than it looks in any of the portraits. . . There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...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 such another... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1890 - 488 trang
...which received part of its effect, perhaps, from one's knowledge of his extraordinary talents. . . . There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...large, and of a dark cast, and glowed (I say literally (/lowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human head, though... | |
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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 or... 
