 Two small gray eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament, and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusky red,...  Knickerbocker's History of New York: (books III-VII) - Page 5by Washington Irving - 1909 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 pages
...face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse perfectly unfurrowed or deformed by any of those lines and angles, which disfigure...countenance with what is termed expression. Two small grey eyes twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude, in a hazy firmament; and... | |
 | Penne L. Restad - 1996 - 240 pages
...particularly capacious at bottom." As to visage, he had "[t]wo small gray eyes" which "twinkled feebly . . . like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament,...full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of everything that went into his mouth, were curiously mottled and streaked with dusky red, like a spitzenberg... | |
 | Andrew Burstein - 2008 - 440 pages
...his success all the more mystifying. His face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse, unfurrowed by any of those lines and angles...human countenance with what is termed expression. . . . His habits were as regular as his person. He daily took his four scheduled meals, appropriating... | |
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