 | 1829 - 720 pages
...race, the Bishop writes thus : " Two observations struck me forcibly j first, that the deep bronre tint is more naturally agreeable to the human eye, than the fair skins of Europe, since we are nut displeased with it even in the first instance, while it is well known, that to them, a fair complexion... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1829 - 546 pages
...cei^Rinly much inferior to the generality of our ship's company. Two observations struck me forcibly; first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally agreeable to the human eye NATIVES. 43 than the fair skins of Europe, since we are not displeased with it even in the first instance,... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1832 - 430 pages
...observations struck me forcibly," says he ; " first, that the deep bronze tint (observable in the Hindoos) is more naturally agreeable to the human eye than...known that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill health, and of that sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino. There is, indeed,... | |
 | Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1836 - 550 pages
...good countenances and fine features; certainly a handsome race. Two observations struck me forcibly ; first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally...known that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill-health, and of that sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino. There is, indeed,... | |
 | System - 1842 - 894 pages
...in Bishop Hcbcr's Journal: — "Two observation* Rtruck rne forcibly," says the íiishop ; " flrst, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally agreeable...first instance, while it is well known that to them a tair complexion gives the idea of -ill health, and of th:,t sort of deformity which, in our eyes, belongs... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...country. Two observations," he elsewhere observes, " struck me forcibly; first, that the deep bronze is more naturally agreeable to the human eye than...displeased with it even in the first instance, while it is well-known that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill health, and of that sort of deformity... | |
 | 1852 - 702 pages
...country. Two observations," he elsewhere observes, " struck me forcibly ; first, that the deep bronze is more naturally agreeable to the human eye than...displeased with it even in the first instance, while it is well-known that to them a (air complexion gives the idea of ill health, and of that sort of deformity... | |
 | George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe - 1852 - 696 pages
...country. Two observations," he elsewhere observes, "struck me forcibly; first, that the deep bronze is more naturally agreeable to the human eye than the fair skins ol" Europe, since we are not displeased with it even in the tirst instance, while it is well-known... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1856 - 566 pages
...country. Two observations," he elsewhere observes, "struck me forcibly; first, that the deep bronze is more naturally agreeable to the human eye than...Europe, since we are not displeased with it even in 19 the first instance, while it is well-known that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1859 - 396 pages
...observations struck me forcibly," says he ; " first, that the deep bronze tint (observable in the Hindoos) is more naturally agreeable to the human eye than...known that to them a fair complexion gives the idea of ill health, and of that sort of deformity which in our eyes belongs to an Albino. There is, indeed,... | |
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Two observations struck me forcibly ; first, that the deep bronze tint is more naturally agreeable to the human eye than the fair skins of Europe, since we are not displeased with it even in the first instance, while it is well known that to them a fair... 
