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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, and glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or... "
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 317
by Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 454 pages
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Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc, Volume 12

William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1828 - 882 pages
...their drudgery, but the ttmice gudeman who held his own plough. There was a strong expression of seme and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character ;md temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowtd) when he spoke...
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Time's Telescope

1830 - 472 pages
...ie none of your modern agriculturists, who keep labourers for their drudgery, but the douce gudeman who held his own plough. There was a strong expression...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...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 2

1835 - 842 pages
...strong and robust: his manners rustic, not clownish, a sort of dignified plainness and simplicity. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...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...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 2

1836 - 802 pages
...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...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 1

John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 450 pages
...your modern agriculturists, who keep labourers for their drudgery, but the douce gudeman who VOL. i. M held his own plough. There was a strong expression...and temperament. It was large and of a dark cast, and glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another...
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The Romance of Biography: Or, Memoirs of Women Loved and ..., Volume 2

Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 382 pages
...received part of its effect, perhaps, from one's knowledge of his extraordinary talents ; * * * his eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character...say, literally, glowed) when he spoke with feeling and interest ;" — "his address to females was extremely deferential, and always with a turn either...
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The Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Life

Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 pages
...ie none of your modern agriculturists, who keep labourers for their drudgery, but the douce gudeman who held his own plough. There was a strong expression...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...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 1

John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 452 pages
...your modern agriculturists, who keep labourers for their drudgery, but the douce gudeman who VOL. I. M held his own plough. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness'in all his lineaments; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament....
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The Life of Robert Burns: With a Criticism on His Writings ...

James Currie - 1838 - 92 pages
...is, none of your modern agriculturists, who keep labourers for their drndgery, but the douce guidman who held his own plough. There was a strong expression...character and temperament. It was large, and of a cast, which glowed II say literally glowedI when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 1

John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 422 pages
...e. none of your modern agriculturists, who keep labourers for their drudgery, but the douce gudeman who Held his own plough. There was a strong expression...and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, and glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another...
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