 The immoderate breadth of the features made me very much out of humour with my own countenance, upon which I threw it from me like a mask. It happened very luckily that one who stood by me had just before thrown down his visage, which it seems was too...  Select British Classics - Page 201803Full view - About this book
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...she held her magnifying glass full before my eyes. I no sooner saw my face in it, but ** startled at the shortness of it, which now appeared to me in its...aggravation. The immoderate breadth of the features made rue very much out of humour with my own couutenance, upon which I threw it from me like a mask. It... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 pages
...held her magnifying glass full before my eyes. I no sooner saw my tace in it, than I was startled at the shortness of it, which now appeared to me in its...seems, was too long for him. It was indeed extended to a most shameful length ; I believe the very chin was, modestly speaking', as long as my whole face.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...eyes. I no sooner saw my face in it, than I was startled at the shortness of it, which now appeared in its utmost ^aggravation. The ^immoderate breadth of the features made me very much out of humor with my own countenance, upon which, I threw it from me like a mask. It happened very luckily,... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...my eyes. The shortness of my face, which now appeared to me in its utmost aggravation, startled me. The immoderate breadth of the features made me very much out of humor with my own countenance, upon which I threw it from me like a mask. 10. It happened, very luckily,... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...held her magnifying-glass full before my eyes. I no sooner saw my face in it than I was startled at the shortness of it, which now appeared to me in its...seems, was too long for him. It was indeed extended to a most shameful length ; I believe the very chin was, modestly speaking, as long as my whole face.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 422 pages
...held her magnifying glass full before my eyes. I no soonei saw my face in it, than I was startled at the shortness of it, which now appeared to me in its utmost aggravation. 1 The immoderate breadth of the features made nle very much out ol humor wife my own countenance; upon... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pages
...held her magnifying-glass full before my eyes. I no sooner saw my face in it, than I was startled at the shortness of it, which now appeared to me in its...was too long for him. It was, indeed, extended to a most shameful length ; I believo the very chin was, modestly speaking, as long as my whole face.... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 pages
...held her magnifying-glass full before my eyes. I no sooner saw my face in it than I was startled at the shortness of it, which now appeared to me in its...aggravation. The immoderate breadth of the features made ine very much out of humour with my own countenance, upon which I threw it from me like a mask. It... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 pages
...held her magnifying glass full before my eyes. I no soonei saw my face in it, than I was startled at the shortness of it, which now appeared to me in its utmost aggravation.1 The immoderate breadth of the features made me very much out of humor wife my own countenance... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 pages
...held her magnifying glass full before my eyes. I no sooner saw my face in it than I was startled at the shortness of it, which now appeared to me in its...was too long for him. It was, indeed, extended to a most shameful length ; and I believe the very chin was, modestly speaking, as long as my whole face.... | |
| |
