... he ever possessed. His cold eyes would hardly have been eyes, but for the short ends of lashes which, by bringing them into immediate contrast with something paler than themselves, expressed their form. His short-cropped hair might have been a mere... Hard Times for These Times - Pàgina 9per Charles Dickens - 1854 - 376 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Charles Dickens - 1890 - 424 pàgines
...bringing them into immediate contrast with something paler than themselves, expressed their form. His short-cropped hair might have been a mere continuation...freckles on his forehead and face. His skin was so unwholeaomely deficient in the natural tinge, that he looked as though, if he were cut, he would bleed... | |
| Hubert Marshall Skinner - 1894 - 604 pàgines
...bringing them into immediate contrast with something paler than themselves, expressed their form. His short-cropped hair might have been a mere continuation...looked as though, if he were cut, he would bleed white. u Bitzer," said Thomas Gradgrind. " Your definition of a horse." " Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty... | |
| Adams Sherman Hill - 1895 - 452 pàgines
...bringing them into immediate contrast with something paler than themselves, expressed their form. His short-cropped hair might have been a mere continuation...that he looked as though, if he were cut, he would Weed white." l u He [De Quincey] was a pretty little creature, full of wiredrawn ingenuities; bankrupt... | |
| Adams Sherman Hill - 1895 - 454 pàgines
...into immediate contrast with something paler than themselves, expressed their form. His shortrcropped hair might have been a mere continuation of the sandy...he looked as though, if he were cut, he would bleed while." * V "He [De Quincey] was a pretty little creature, full of wiredrawn ingenuities; bankrupt... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1895 - 708 pàgines
...bringing them into immediate contrast with something paler than themselves, expressed their form. His short-cropped hair might have been a mere continuation...in the natural tinge, that he looked as though, if it were cut, he would bleed white. "Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely twentyfour grinders,... | |
| Adams Sherman Hill - 1895 - 452 pàgines
...bringing them into immediate contrast with something paler than themselves, expressed their form. His short-cropped hair might have been a mere continuation of the sandy freckles on his forehead and face. Hia skin was so unwholesomely deficient in the natural tinge, that he looked as though, if he were... | |
| Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1896 - 456 pàgines
...Paris.' " So there you have a fact. And, now you have it, doesn't it look rather like Bitzer's horse? " Bitzer," said Thomas Gradgrind. " Your definition...? " "Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely twenty- four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring ; in marshy countries... | |
| Gilbert Ashville Pierce - 1900 - 796 pàgines
...trlnging them Into Immediate contrast with something paler thu themsclTes, expressed their form. Bis short-cropped hair might have been a mere continuation of the sandy freckles on his forehead and face. Bis skin was so unwholesomcl) deficient In the natural tinge, that he looked a» though, If he were... | |
| James Laughlin Hughes - 1900 - 356 pàgines
...in the definition repetition as given by Bitzer, and so highly praised by Mr. Gradgrind: " Bitzer, your definition of a horse: " " Quadruped, graminivorous....namely, twenty-four grinders, four eyeteeth, and twelve incisors. Sheds coat in the spring; in marshy countries sheds hoofs, too. Hoofs hard, but requiring... | |
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