 He was of about the middle height, and had been athletic and well-proportioned. Broad in the shoulders, deep in the chest, thin in the flank, very muscular in the arms and legs, he had been able to match himself with all competitors in the tourney and...  The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History - Page 102by John Lothrop Motley - 1856 - 664 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American literature - 1860 - 620 pages
...Broad in the shoulders, deep in the chest, thin in the flank, very muscular in the arms and legs, ho had been able to match himself with all competitors...a crutch, with the aid of an attendant's shoulder. In face he had always been extremely ugly, and time had certainly not improved his physiognomy. His... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1860 - 626 pages
...power, was — mind and body — one of the most remarkable of men: " Ho was about the middle hight, and had been athletic and well-proportioned. Broad...a crutch, with the aid of an attendant's shoulder. In face he had always been extremely ugly, and time had certainly not improved his physiognomy. His... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - American literature - 1872 - 378 pages
...muscular in the arms and legs, he had been able to match himself with all competitors in the tourney arid the ring, and to vanquish the bull with his own hand...a crutch, with the aid of an attendant's shoulder. In face he had always been extremely ugly, and time had certainly not improved his physiognomy. His... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - American literature - 1872 - 382 pages
...with his own hand in the favorite national amusement of Spain. He had been able in the field to do fhe duty of captain and soldier, to endure fatigue and...a crutch, with the aid of an attendant's shoulder. In face he had always been extremely ugly, and time had certainly not improved his physiognomy. His... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 656 pages
...CHARLES AND PHILIP. [The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. 1855.] the Fifth was then fifty -five years and eight months old ; but he was already decrepit...a crutch, with the aid of an attendant's shoulder. In face he had always been extremely ugly, and time had certainly not improved his physiognomy. His... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - American literature - 1889 - 702 pages
...premature old age. He was of about the middle height, and had been athletic and well proportioned. Broad in the shoulders, deep in the chest, thin in...a crutch, with the aid of an attendant's shoulder. In face he had always been extremely ugly, and time had certainly not improved his physiognomy. His... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - American literature - 1894 - 680 pages
...Revolution. PORTRAITS OF CHARLES AND PHILIP. [The Rise of the Dutch, Republic. A Hittory. 1855.] S the Fifth was then fifty-five years and eight months...a crutch, with the aid of an attendant's shoulder. In face he had always been extremely ugly, and time had certainly not improved his physiognomy. His... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 530 pages
...premature old age. He was of about the middle height, and had been athletic and well proportioned. Broad in the shoulders, deep in the chest, thin in...a crutch, with the aid of an attendant's shoulder. In face he had always been extremely ugly, and time had certainly not improved his physiognomy. His... | |
 | Ellen M. Cyr - Readers - 1899 - 456 pages
...in the tourney and the ring, and to vanquish the bull with his own hand in the favorite national 20 amusement of Spain. He had been able in the field...departed. Crippled in hands, knees, and legs, he supported 25 himself with difficulty upon a crutch, with the aid of an attendant's shoulder. In face he had always... | |
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