| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - Literature - 1854 - 868 pages
...twinkled feebly in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitude in a hazy firmament ; and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed to have taken toll of every thing...streaked with dusky red, like a Spitzenberg apple. His hahits were as regular as his person. He daily took his four stated meals, appropriating exactly an... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 798 pages
...in the midst, like two stars of lesser magnitade in a hazy firmament; and his full-fed eheeks, whieh seemed to have taken toll of every thing that went into his mouth, were euriously mottled and streaked with dusky red, like a spitzenberg apple. His habits were as regular... | |
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