 Casas, soon turned it gray, and at thirty years of age it was quite white. He was moderate and simple in diet and apparel, eloquent in discourse, engaging and affable with strangers, and his amiableness and suavity in domestic life strongly attached his...  Columbus: Or, The Discovery of America - Pàgina 19per George Cubitt - 1878 - 160 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1828 - 722 pàgines
...youthful days, was of a light colour ; but care and trouble, according to Las Casas, soon turned it grey, and at thirty years of age it was quite white....that strongly attached his household to his person. Hig temper was naturally irritable ; but he subdued it by the magnanimity of his spirit, comporting... | |
 | 1829 - 762 pàgines
...light colour ; but care and trouble, according to Las Casas, soon turned it gray, and at thirty jears of age it was quite white. He was moderate and simple...discourse, engaging and affable with strangers, and of an amiablcness and suavity in domestic life, that strongly attached his household to his person. His temper... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1830 - 632 pàgines
...countenance had an air of authority. Care and trouble had turned his hair white at 30 years of age. He was moderate and simple in diet and apparel, eloquent...discourse, engaging and affable with strangers, and of great amiableness and suavity in domestic life. His temper was naturally irritable, but he subdued... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 636 pàgines
...countenance had an air of authority. Care and trouble had turned his hair white at 30 years of age. He was moderate and simple in diet and apparel, eloquent...discourse, engaging and affable with strangers, and of great arniableness and suavity in domestic life. His temper was naturally irritable, but he subdued... | |
 | William Grimshaw - 1830 - 258 pàgines
...and at thirty years of age, it was entirely white• He was moderate in his diet, and simple in his apparel; eloquent in discourse; engaging and affable...and of an amiableness and suavity in domestic life, which strongly attached his household to his person. The great object of the Portuguese, at that period,... | |
 | Spain - 1834 - 300 pàgines
...trouble soon turned it grey, and at thirty years of age it was quite white. He was simple and moderate in diet and apparel, eloquent in discourse, engaging and affable with strangers, and of so much amiability in domestic life, that his servants were greatly attached to him. He was remarkable... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - 1846 - 384 pàgines
...authority. His hair in his youthful days was of a light colour ; but care and trouble soon turned it gray, and at thirty years of age it was quite white. He...that strongly attached his household to his person." -H.] * [She was styled Dona Felipa Monis de Perestrello. Hei father was Bartolomeo Monis de Perestrello,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pàgines
...according to Las Casas, soon turned it grey, and at thirty years of age it was quite white. Ha wa* moderate and simple in diet and apparel, eloquent...discourse, engaging and affable with strangers, and of an amiablene^s and suavity in domestic life, that strongly attached his household to his person. His temper... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 454 pàgines
...days, •was of a light color ; but care and trouble, according to Las Casas, soon turned it gray, and at thirty years of age it was quite white. He...discourse, engaging and affable with strangers, and Ids amiableness and suavity in domestic life strongly attached his household to his person. His temper... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 756 pàgines
...youthful days, was of a light color; but care and trouble, according to Las Casas, soon turned it gray, and at thirty years of age it was quite white. He...discourse, engaging and affable with strangers, and his amiableness and suavity in domestic life strongly attached his household to his person. His temper... | |
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