| Frederic Rowland Marvin - 1905 - 346 Seiten
...before us as "a middle-sized spare man about forty years old, of a brown complexion and dark brown coloured hair, but wears a wig; a hooked nose, a sharp...chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth." The fame of Robinson Crusoe so overshadows all his other works that few think of him as the gifted... | |
| Mildred Lewis Rutherford - 1906 - 806 Seiten
...forty years old, of a brown complexion, and dark brown hair, (although he wears a wig), having a hook nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth.'' This was Daniel DeFoe, the founder of the English novel, the author of Robinson Cmsoc, a book that... | |
| 1907 - 750 Seiten
...about forty years old, of a brown complexion, and dark, browncoloured hair, but wears a wig ; a hook nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth." He surrendered, was fined two hundred marks, condemned to be pilloried three times, to be imprisoned... | |
| Walter Swain Hinchman, Francis Barton Gummere - 1908 - 608 Seiten
...The Gazette, in advertising a reward for his capture, described him as " a middle-aged, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion, and...chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth." The author of the True-born Englishman, however, was greeted with acclamation in the pillory, with... | |
| Albinia Lucy Cust Wherry - 1910 - 158 Seiten
...contains the only extant description of this remarkable personage. " He is a middle-aged spare man about forty years old, of a brown complexion and dark-brown...large mole near his mouth; was born in London and was for years a hose-factor in Freeman's Yard, Cornhill, and now is owner of the brick and pantile... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1913 - 394 Seiten
...is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion, and dark-brown colored hair, but wears a wig; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth." He was apprehended in May, "by 2 Messengers at a French Weaver's House in Spittlefields,"1 tried and... | |
| Edith Wyatt - 1917 - 390 Seiten
...advertisement gives us the clearest description we have of his appearance, that of "A middle-aged, spare man about forty years old, of a brown complexion and dark-brown...hair (but wears a wig), a hooked nose, a sharp chin, gray eyes and a large mole near the mouth." Upon his arrest he received an unfair trial with treacherous... | |
| Robert Farquharson Sharp - 1900 - 566 Seiten
...contemporary account we have of his personal appearance. It describes him as " a middle-aged, spare man ... of a brown complexion, and dark-brown coloured hair,...sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth ". He surrendered to his trial, and was found guilty of seditious libel. He was condemned to stand... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1922 - 154 Seiten
...description of his person as he appeared in January, 1703 : — " He is a middle-sized spare man, about 40 years old, of a brown complexion and dark-brown coloured...large mole near his mouth ; was born in London and was for many years a hose-factor in Freeman's Court in Cornhill ; and now is owner of the brick and... | |
| Henry Ezekiel Jackson - 1922 - 332 Seiten
...says, "He is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion and dark brown coloured hair; but wears a wig; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, and a large mole near his mouth : was born in London and is now owner of the brick and pantile works... | |
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