... at the end of the four or five years of endeavour which follow the close of placid pupilage. He already showed that thought is a disease of flesh... Belgravia - Page 256by Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1878Full view - About this book
| Literature - 1878 - 968 pages
...meditation, people would have said, " A handsome man." Had his brain unfolded under hard contours, they wonld have said, "A thoughtful man." But an inner strenuousness...from a perception of his environment, such as are not unfrequeutly found on men at the end of the four or five years of endeavor which follow the close of... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1878 - 314 pages
...habit of meditation, people would have said ' A handsome man.' Had his brain unfolded under sharper contours they would have said ' A thoughtful man.'...had certain marks derived from a perception of his surroundings, such as are not unfrequently found on men at the end of the four or five years of endeavour... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1898 - 392 pages
...unfolded under sharper contours they would have said, "A thoughtful man." But an inner strcnuousness was preying upon an outer symmetry, and they rated...had certain marks derived from a perception of his surroundings, such as are not unfrequently found on men at the end of the four or five years of endeavor... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1906 - 328 pages
...habit of meditation, people would have said, ' A handsome man.' Had his brain unfolded under sharper contours they would have said, ' A thoughtful man.'...had certain marks derived from a perception of his surroundings, such as are not unfrequently found on men at the end of the four or five years of endeavour... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1906 - 534 pages
...have said, ' A handsome man.' Had his brain unfolded under sharper contours they would have said, CA thoughtful man.' But an inner strenuousness was preying...had certain marks derived from a perception of his surroundings, such as are not unfrequently found on men at the end of the four or five years of endeavour... | |
| Thomas Hardy - Adultery - 1917 - 472 pages
...habit of meditation, people would have said, "A handsome man." Had his brain unfolded under sharper contours they would have said, "A thoughtful man."...was overlaid with legible meanings. Without being thought- worn he yet had certain marks derived from a perception of his surroundings, such as are not... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1920 - 532 pages
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| Thomas Hardy - 1920 - 530 pages
...meditation, people would have said, ' A handsome man.' Had his brain unfolded under sharper contours 167 t they would have said, ' A thoughtful man.' But an...had certain marks derived from a perception of his surroundings, such as are not unfrequently found on men at the end of the four or five years of endeavour... | |
| College readers - 1920 - 512 pages
...habit of meditation, people would have said, " A handsome man." Had his brain unfolded under sharper contours they would have said, " A thoughtful man."...preying upon an outer symmetry, and they rated his looks as singular. Hence people who began by beholding him ended by pernsing him. His countenance was... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1922 - 534 pages
...handsome man.' Had his brain unfolded under sharper contours they would have said, ' A thoughtful 161 man.' But an inner strenuousness was preying upon...had certain marks derived from a perception of his surroundings, such as are not unfrequently found on men at the end of the four or five years of endeavour... | |
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