..." I remember him as if it were yesterday, rri± as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow ; a tall, strong,...ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails ; and the sabre-cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white." 3 So much of description is sufficient to arouse...

...sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow; a till, strong, heavy, nut-brown man; his tarry pig- tail falling over the shoulders of his soiled blue coat;...ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the saber cut across one cheek, a dirty livid white. I remember him looking round the cove and whistling...

...details that follow. They strengthen the effect of the fundamental image instead of obliterating it. A tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man ; his tarry pigtail...ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the saber cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. In this manner write one hundred and fifty words...

...the man. " I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a handbarrow, a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man ; his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the saber cut across one cheek, a lurid white....

..."Admiral JBenbow " inn, and the brown old seaman, with the sabre cut, first took up his lodging under our roof. I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he...across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. I remember him lacking round the cove and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song...

...are telling. A few details, if rightly selected, will make you see a whole picture. For examples : "A tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man ; his tarry...sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white." "He was a pale, tallowy creature, wanting two fingers of the left hand ; and, though he wore a cutlass,...

...STEVENSON. I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a handbarrow ; a tall, strong,...the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty livid white. Another fine example of description of a person may be found in Ruskin's "King of The Golden River"—a...

...our roof. I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow; a tall, strong,...scarred, with black, broken nails; and the sabre cut acros's one cheek, a dirty, livid white. I remember him looking round the cove and whistling to himself...

...the sabre cut, first took up his lodging under our roof. I remember him as if it were yesterday, aa he came plodding to the inn door, his sea chest following...; his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulders of hie soiled blue coat ; his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails ; and the sabre cut across...

...Home. 4. I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow; a tall, strong,...ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails; and the saber cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. — ROBERT Louis STEVENSON: Treasure Island. 5. All...