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" His stature is noble and lofty ; he is well made, and exactly proportioned, his physiognomy mild and agreeable, but such as to render it impossible to speak particularly of any of his features, so that in quitting him, you have only the recollection of... "
The English Review, Or, An Abstract of English and Foreign Literature - Page 9
1787
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Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782, Volume 1

François Jean marquis de Chastellux - History - 1787 - 490 pages
...fpeak particularly of any of his features, fo that in quitting him, you have only the recollection of a fine face. He has neither a grave nor a familiar...thought, but never with inquietude ; in infpiring refpect, he infpires confidence, and his fmile is always the fmile of benevolence.* But above all,...
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The Washingtoniana: Containing a Sketch of the Life and Death of the Late ...

1802 - 440 pages
...speak particularly of any of his features, so that in quitting him, you have only the recollection of a fine face. He has neither a grave nor a familiar air ; his brow is sometimes marked with thought, but never with inquietude.— Inspiring respect, he inspires confidencC|...
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American Scenery: Or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic ...

Nathaniel Parker Willis - Middle Atlantic States - 1840 - 302 pages
...speak particularly of any of his features ; so that on quitting him, you have only the recollection of a fine face. He has neither a grave nor a familiar air ; his brow is sometimes marked with thought, but never with inquietude ; in inspiring respect he inspires confidence,...
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The New Mirror, Volume 1

George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1843 - 500 pages
...speak particularly of any of his features ; so that on quilting him, you have only the recollection of a fine face. He has neither a grave nor a familiar air ; hiu hrow is sometimes markrd with thought, h,n never with inquietude ; in inspiring respect he inspires...
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The Book of Good Examples Drawn from Authentic History and Biography ...

John Frost - Conduct of life - 1846 - 332 pages
...speak particularly of any of his features, so that in quitting him, you have only the recollection of a fine face. He has neither a grave nor a familiar air, his brow is sometimes marked with thought, but never with inquietude ; in inspiring respect, he inspires confidence,...
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The Guardian, Volumes 14-15

Conduct of life - 1863 - 896 pages
...speak particularly of any of his features, so that in quitting him, you have only the recollection of a fine face. He has neither a grave nor a familiar air; his brow is sometimes marked with thought, but never with inquietude ; in inspiring respect, he inspires confidence,...
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The Republican Court: Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1856 - 466 pages
...to speak particularly of any of his features, so that in quitting him you have only the recollection of a fine face. He has neither a grave nor a familiar air. His brow is sometimes marked with thought, but never with inquietude. Inspiring respect, he inspires confidence,...
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America and Her Commentators: With a Critical Sketch of Travel in the United ...

Henry Theodore Tuckerman - History - 1864 - 478 pages
...speak particularly of any of his features, so that, in quitting him, yon have only the recollection of a fine face. He has neither a grave nor a familiar air; his brow is sometimes marked with thought, but never with inquietude ; in inspiring respect, he inspires confidence,...
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The Republican Court, Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1867 - 604 pages
...speak particularly of any of his features, -so that in quitting him you have only the recollection of a fine face. He has neither a grave nor a familiar air. His brow Is sometimes marked with thought, but never with inquietude. Inspiring respect, he inspires confidence,...
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The Republican Court, Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - United States - 1867 - 616 pages
...to speak particularly of any of his features, so that in quitting him you havo only the recollection of a fine face. He has neither a grave nor a familiar air. His brow 1s sometimes marked with thought, but never with inquietude. Inspiring respect, be inspires confidence,...
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