 He was dressed in his pontificals, and, with his eyes bent to earth, his hands spread upon his breast, he joined his coadjutors. What a contrast to this saintly being now struck my view; a form almost gigantic in stature, yet gently thrown forward by...  The Wild Irish Girl: A National Tale - Pagina 59door Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1808 - 310 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1850 - 476 pagina’s
...almost gigantic in stature, yet gently thrown forward by evident infirmity; limbs of Herculean mould, and a countenance rather furrowed by the inroads of...the spirit of convivial enjoyment seemed to hover, though shaded by two large whiskers on the upper lip,* that still preserved their ebon hue; while time... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1855 - 440 pagina’s
...almost gigantic in stature, yet gently thrown forward by evident infirmity ; limbs of herculean mould, and a countenance rather furrowed by the inroads of...the spirit of convivial enjoyment seemed to hover, though shaded by two large whiskers on the upper lip,*which still preserved their ebon hue ; while... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 422 pagina’s
...forward by evident infirmity, limbs of Herculean mould, and a countenance rather furrowed by the myriads of vehement passions than the deep trace of years...the spirit of convivial enjoyment seemed to hover, though shaded by two large whiskers on the upper lip, that still preserved their ebon hue, while time... | |
 | Stephen Regan - 2004 - 628 pagina’s
...almost gigantic in stature, yet gently thrown forward by evident infirmity; limbs of Herculean mould, and a countenance rather furrowed by the inroads of...the spirit of convivial enjoyment seemed to hover, though shaded by two large whiskers on the upper lip,5 that still preserved their ebon hue; while time... | |
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