 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 - 1881 - 910 pages
...appearance of a beer barrel on skids. His face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse, unfurrowed by any of those lines and angles...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 798 pages
...presented a vast expanse, unfurrowed by any of these lines and angles whieh disfigure the human eountenanee with what is termed expression. Two small gray eyes...twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitade in a hazy firmament; and his full-fed eheeks, whieh seemed to have taken toll of every thing... | |
 | 1821 - 774 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 the...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... | |
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