 | Periodicals - 1846 - 730 pages
...pulp. Her hair of the deepest brown, parted irregularly in 420 Typee : or, Life in the Marquesas. 421 the middle, flowed in natural ringlets over her shoulders,...inconceivably smooth and soft. " I may succeed, perhaps, in particularizing some of the individual features of Fayaway's beauty, but that general loveliness of... | |
 | Herman Melville - Indigenous peoples - 1847 - 324 pages
...Fayaway were as soft and delicate as those of any countess ; for an entire exemption from rude labour marks the girlhood and even prime of a Typee woman's...particularising some of the individual features of Faya way's beauty, but that general loveliness of appearance which they all contributed to produce... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 408 pages
...girlhood and even prime of a Typee woman's lite. H« feet, though wholly exposed, were as uiminu-.:-. and fairly shaped as those which peep from beneath...continual ablutions and the use of mollifying ointments, \^*s inconceivably smooth and" soft. "I ma; succeed, perhaps, inparticularisingsome of the individual... | |
 | Herman Melville - Marquesas Islands - 1892 - 462 pages
...Fayaway were as soft and delicate as those of any countess ; for an entire exemption from rude labour marks the girlhood and even prime of a Typee woman's...soft. I may succeed, perhaps, in particularising some ol the individual features of Faya way's beauty, but that general loveliness of appearance which they... | |
 | Herman Melville - American fiction - 1892 - 438 pages
...Fayaway were as soft and delicate as those of any countess ; for an entire exemption from rude . labour marks the girlhood and even prime of a Typee woman's...soft. I may succeed, perhaps, in particularising some oi the individual features of Fayaway's beauty, but that general loveliness of appearance which they... | |
 | Herman Melville - American fiction - 1892 - 484 pages
...Fayaway were as soft and delicate as those of any countess ; for an entire exemption from rude labour marks the girlhood and even prime of a Typee woman's...soft. I may succeed, perhaps, in particularising some ol the individual features of Fayaway's beauty, but that general loveliness of appearance which they... | |
 | Herman Melville - Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) - 1892 - 466 pages
...Fayaway were as soft and delicate as those of any countess ; for an entire exemption from rude labour marks the girlhood and even prime of a Typee woman's...soft. I may succeed, perhaps, in particularising some ot the individual features of Fayaway's beauty, but that general loveliness of appearance which they... | |
 | Herman Melville - Indigenous peoples - 1893 - 344 pages
...Fayaway were as soft and delicate as those of any countess; for an entire exemption from rude labour marks the girlhood and even prime of a Typee woman's...as diminutive and fairly shaped as those which peep froi" beneath the skirts of a Lima lady's dress. The skin of this young creature, from continual ablutions... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 498 pages
...valley which, when cleft in twain, shows them reposing in rows on either side, imbedded in the rich and juicy pulp. Her hair of the deepest brown, parted...inconceivably smooth and soft. I may succeed, perhaps, in particularizing some of the individual features of Fayaway's beauty; but that general loveliness of... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - Anthologies - 1897 - 656 pages
...valley which, when cleft in twain, shows them reposing in rows on either side, imbedded in the rich and juicy pulp. Her hair of the deepest brown, parted...inconceivably smooth and soft. I may succeed, perhaps, in particularizing some of the individual features of Fayaway's beauty; but that general loveliness of... | |
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The hands of Fayaway were as soft and delicate as those of any countess; for an entire exemption from rude labor marks the girlhood and even prime of a Typee woman's life. Her feet, though wholly exposed, were as diminutive and fairly shaped as those... 
