... loose-lipped, nerveless, quivering and gasping mouth, filled with a flacid tongue; but from chin and upper lip, there streamed a venerable, long, wavy, intermingling moustache and beard of white, which again all but retrieved his aspect. His hands... My Diary in India, in the Year 1858-9 - Side 67av Sir William Howard Russell - 1860Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Charles Ball - 1858 - 750 sider
...but retrieved his aspect. His hands and feet were delicate and fine, his garments scanty and foul. Recalling youth to that decrepit frame, restoring...decay and penurious greed in its poorest haunts among та." In the following sentences, which occur towards the end of Mr. Russell's most interesting narrative,... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - 1879 - 632 sider
...but retrieved his aspect. His hands and feet were delicate and fine, his garments scanty and foul. Recalling youth to that decrepit frame, restoring...decay and penurious greed in its poorest haunts among us."f In one respect, at least, the king retained and exhibited the characteristic of his race. "The... | |
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