Sculptors, painters, and medallists exerted their utmost skill in the work of transmitting his features to posterity ; and his features were such as no artist could fail to seize, and such as, once seen, could never be forgotten. His name at once calls... The New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Sivu 351Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 874 sivua
...naturally passionate temper under a phlegmatic exterior ; a stern but affectionate husband. He had a slender and feeble frame, a lofty and ample forehead, a nose curved like the beak of an eagle, a keen, bright eye, a thoughtful and somewhat sullen brow, and a firm and somewhat peevish mouth. WILLIAM... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1864 - 816 sivua
...fail to seize, and such as, onco wen, could never be forgotten. His lame at once calls up before xis a slender and feeble frame, a lofty and ample forehead, a nose curved like the l*ak of an eagle, an eye rivalling that of an eagle in brightness and keenness, a thoughtful and somewhat... | |
| 1864 - 444 sivua
...William Henry, Prince of Orange, Nassau, Stadtholder of Holland, and King of England as William III. " His name at once calls up before us a slender and...forehead, a nose curved like the beak of an eagle, an eye rivaling thft of an eagle in brightness and keenness, a thoughtful and somewhat sullen brow, a firm... | |
| 1864 - 546 sivua
...Stadtholder of Holland, and King of England as William III. " His name at once calls up before us a elender and feeble frame, a lofty and ample forehead, a nose curved like the beak of an engle, an eye rivaling that of an eagle in brightness and keenness, a thoughtful and somewhat sullen... | |
| 1849 - 636 sivua
...features were such as no artist could fail to seize, and such as once seen could never be forgotten. His name at once calls up before us a slender and...feeble frame, a lofty and ample forehead, a nose curved !ike the beak of an eagle, an eye rivalling that of an eagle in brightness and keenness, a thoughtful... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 636 sivua
...features were such as no artist could fail to seize, and such as, once seen, could never be forgotten. His name at once calls up before us a slender and...somewhat sullen brow, a firm and somewhat peevish mouth, a cheek pale, thin, and deeply furrowed by sickness and by care. That pensive, severe, and solemn... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 sivua
...features were such as no artist could fail to seize, and such as, once seen, could never be forgotten. His name at once calls up before us a slender and...somewhat sullen brow, a firm and somewhat peevish mouth, a cheek pale, thin, and deeply ftirrowed by sickness and by care. That pensive, severe, and... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 458 sivua
...features were such as no artist could fail to seize, and such as, once seen, could never be forgotten. His name at once calls up before us a slender and feeble frame, a lofty and l The chief materials from which I have taken my description of the Prince of Orange will be found... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 458 sivua
...features were such as no artist could fail to seize, and such as, once seen, could never be forgotten. His name at once calls up before us a slender and feeble frame, a lofty and 1 The chief materials from which I have taken my description of the Prince of Orange will be found... | |
| 1864 - 408 sivua
...feeble frame, a lofty and ample forehead, a nose curved like the beak of an eagle, an eye rivaling that of an eagle in brightness and keenness, a thoughtful and somewhat sullen brow, a firm and peevish mouth, a cheek pole, thin, and deeply furrowed by sickness and by care. .... From a child he... | |
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