His visage was long, and neither full nor meagre ; his complexion fair and freckled, and inclined to ruddy; his nose aquiline; his cheek-bones were rather high ; his eyes light grey, and apt to enkindle; his whole countenance had an air of authority. Columbus: Or, The Discovery of America - Pàgina 19per George Cubitt - 1878 - 160 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1828 - 722 pàgines
...Las Casas, and others of his contemporaries. According to these accounts, he was tall, well-formed, muscular, and of an elevated and dignified demeanour....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. He was... | |
| Washington Irving - 1828 - 574 pàgines
...Las Casas, and others of his contemporaries *. According to these accounts, he was tall, wellformed, muscular, and of an elevated and dignified demeanour....days, was of a light colour; but care and trouble, according to Las Casas, soon turned it grey, and * Ilist. del Ahnirantc, cap. 3. La5 Casa*, Ili.-t.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 pàgines
...Las Casas, and others of his contemporaries. ' According to these accounts, he was tall, well-formed, muscular, and of an elevated and dignified demeanour....his youthful days, was of a light colour; but care ' Hist, del Almirante, cap. 3. Las Casas, Hist. 1ml., 1. i, c. 2. MS. and trouble, according to Las... | |
| 1828 - 438 pàgines
...and inclined to ruddy ; his nose aquiline ; his cheek-bones were rather high, his eyes light-grey, and apt to enkindle ; his whole countenance had an...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. He was... | |
| 1829 - 762 pàgines
...and inclined to ruddy ; his nose aquiline ; his cheek-bones were rather high, his eyes light gray, and apt to enkindle; his whole countenance had an...days, was of a 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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1829 - 346 pàgines
...freckled, and inclined to ruddy ; his nose aquiline, his cheek bones were rather high, his eyes light gray, and apt to enkindle; his whole countenance had an air of authority. 'His hair, in his youthful-days, was of a light colour, but care and trouble soon turned it gray, and at thirty years... | |
| William Grimshaw - 1830 - 262 pàgines
...fair and freckled, and inclined to ruddy ; his nose aquiline, his eyes light-gray and sparkling, and his whole countenance had an air of authority. His...light colour, but care and trouble soon turned it gray, and at thirty years of age, it was entirely white. He was moderate in his diet . and simple in... | |
| Washington Irving - 1830 - 392 pàgines
...his cheek bones were rather high, his eyes light gray, and apt to enkindle; his whole countenance hud an air of authority. His hair, in his youthful days,...light colour, but care and trouble soon turned it gray, and at thirty years of age it was quite white He was moderate and simple in diet and apparel,... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 634 pàgines
...of an elevated and dignified demeanor. His visage was long, his nose aquiline, his eyes light-gray, and apt to enkindle. His whole 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... | |
| C. B. Taylor - 1831 - 514 pàgines
...freckled, and inclined to ruddy ; his nose aquiline, his cheek bones were rather high, his eyes light gray, and apt to enkindle ; his whole countenance had an...light colour, but care and trouble soon turned it gray, and at thirty years of age it was quite white. He was moderate and simple in diet and Apparel,... | |
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