...About the year 433 the famous At'tila became their king. " His portrait," says Gibbon, 46StA?b.488~ ' ' exhibits the genuine deformity of a modern Cal'muck...head, a swarthy complexion, small deep-seated eyes, a flat nose, a few hairs in place of a beard, broad shoulders, and a short square body." By his own genius...

...descent from the ancient Huns, who had formerly contended with the monarchs of China. His features, according to the observation of a Gothic historian, bore the stamp of his national origte ; and the portrait of Attila exhibits the genuine deformity of a modern Calmuk ; a large head,...

...from the ancient Huns, who had formerly contended with the monarchs of China. His features, nii'dch"- according to the observation of a Gothic historian,...Calmuck" — a large head, a swarthy complexion, small deep4 See Prisons, p. 47, 48 [edit. Paris; p. 166-170, edit. Bonn], and Hist, des Peuples de I'Knrope,...

...the ancient Huns, who had formerlj contended with the monarchs of China. His features, accord • ing to the observation of a Gothic historian, bore the...Attila exhibits the genuine deformity of a modern Calmuk ; 6 a large head, a swarthy complexion, small, deep-seated eyes, a flat nose, a few hairs in...

...he was a great warrior and ruler, he was far from being a handsome man. He had a large head, a flat nose, a few hairs in the place of a beard, broad shoulders, and a short square body. The chief god of the Huns was a god of war. As they did not know how to make statues or images of him,...

...descent from the ancient Huns, who had formerly contended with the monarchs of China. His features, according to the observation of a Gothic historian,...Attila exhibits the genuine deformity of a modern Calmuk; a large head, a swarthy complexion, small, deep-seated eyes, a flat nose, a few hairs in the...

...descent from the ancient Huns, who had formerly contended with the monarchs of China. His features, according to the observation of a Gothic historian,...Attila exhibits the genuine deformity of a modern Kalmuck ; a large head, a swarthy complexion, small deep-seated eyes, a flat nose, a few hairs in the...

...descent 6 from the ancient Huns, who had formerly contended with the monarchs of China. His features, according to the observation of a Gothic historian, bore the stamp of his 4 See Prisons, p. 47, 48 [fr. 1], and Hist, des Peuples de 1'Earope, tom. vii. c. xii. xiii. liv. xv....

...French translation by Leclerc de Sept-Chenes which Pushkin had read. The original reads: "His features bore the stamp of his national origin; and the portrait...Calmuck: a large head, a swarthy complexion, small, deap-seated eyes, a flat nose, a few hairs in the place of a beard, broad shoulders, and a short, square...

...to racial characteristics, and Gibbon employed contemporary barbarians as a standard of reference: "The portrait of Attila exhibits the genuine deformity...head, a swarthy complexion, small deepseated eyes, a flat nose, a few hairs in the place of a beard, broad shoulders, and a short square body, of nervous...