 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 páginas
...form the Figure of a Man more admirably tura'd from head to foot. His Face was not of that brown rusty l end ; and if I succeed, and folks should read, till a few are broug Jett. His Eyes were the most awful that cou'd be seen, and very piercing ; the White of 'em being like... | |
 | Bayard Tuckerman - 1882 - 352 páginas
...form the Figure of a Man more admirably turned from Head to Foot. His face was not of that brown rusty Black which most of that Nation are, but a perfect Ebony or polished Jet. His Eyes were the most aweful that could be seen, and very piercing ; the White of 'em being like Snow, as were his teeth.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1885 - 438 páginas
...from head to foot. His face were not of that brown, rusty black which most of that nation are, but of a perfect ebony, or polished jet. His eyes were the...piercing ; the white of them being like snow, as were bis teeth. His nose was rising and Roman, instead of African and flat; his mouth, the finest-shaped... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1908 - 476 páginas
...to foot. His face was a perfect ebony, his nose was Roman, and his eyes were the most aweinspiring that could be seen and very piercing; the white of them being like snow; as were his teeth. Nor did the perfections of his mind come short of his person, for his discourse was admirable upon... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Morgan - 1911 - 294 páginas
...form the figure of a man more admirably turned from head to foot. His face was not of that brown rusty black which most of that nation are, but a perfect ebony, or polished jet. . . . His nose was rising and Roman, instead of African and flat; his mouth the finest shaped that could be seen,... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Morgan - 1911 - 296 páginas
...form the figure of a man more admirably turned from head to foot. His face was not of that brown rusty black which most of that nation are, but a perfect ebony, or polished jet. . . . His nose was rising and Roman, instead of African and flat ; his mouth the finest shaped that could be... | |
 | Annette Brown Hopkins - 1915 - 824 páginas
...form the figure of a man more admirably turned from head to foot. His face was not of that brown rusty black which most of that nation are, but a perfect...them being like snow, as were his teeth. His nose rising and Roman, instead of African and flat: his mouth the finest shaped that could be seen; far... | |
 | Annette Brown Hopkins - 1915 - 824 páginas
...form the figure of a man more admirably turned from head to foot. His face was not of that brown rusty black which most of that nation are, but a perfect...very piercing ; the white of them being like snow, I as were his teeth. His nose rising and Roman, instead of African and flat : his mouth the finest... | |
 | Peter Fryer - 1984 - 652 páginas
...Behn's 'noble savage' looked more like a European than an African: His Face was not of that brown, rusty Black which most of that Nation are, but a perfect Ebony, or polish'd Jett. His Eyes were the most awful [ie impressive] that cou'd be seen, and very piercing;... | |
 | Janet Todd - 1996 - 346 páginas
...does not make him 'dusky'. Instead, it makes him brilliant: 'His face was not of that brown, rusty black which most of that nation are, but a perfect ebony or polished jet' (pp. 8o-1). He is not a hrown black, but a black black. Behn's distinction between brown blacks and... | |
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em being like Snow, as were his Teeth. His Nose was rising and Roman, instead of African and flat : His Mouth the finest shaped that could be seen ; far from those great turn'd Lips, which are so natural to the rest of the Negroes. 
