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was and plump
There was a glass pane in the front door, and through this he could see into a hallway where a plump woman with red hair was arranging flowers.
She was described as having been physically attractive, albeit slightly plump ; however, she also possessed " lively eyes " and was " of lively grace ".
Isabella was said to resemble her father, and not her mother, queen regnant of Navarre, a plump, plain woman.
Innes said of their first meeting: " He was quite plump in those days.
"... or once the costumes were made for me, rather than my having to resort to some old dress that had been used before and had to have a new panel sewn in the back to accommodate my girth-which by now was unvaryingly plump.
There she was warmly welcomed by the owner who, to her surprise, was a plump fair-haired young woman wearing a garment that looked like a cross between a peasant ’ s dress and a nun ’ s habit, “ with a long full skirt … and a sort of tight-fitting velvet waistcoat over a white silk blouse.
Miss K, who was described as a plump, healthy girl until the beginning of 1887, began to refuse all food except half cups of tea or coffee in February that year.
A painted scene of Venice on the drop curtain and 4 other scenes by Erwin Lamoss ( 1901 ) and plaster scrollwork complete with plump cherubs built in Boston ornament the opera hall and balcony in this historic building, which was constructed with walls built of granite from Stanstead.
Victoria once remarked that Beatrice was " a pretty, plump and flourishing child ... with fine large blue eyes, pretty little mouth and very fine skin ".
The movie featured no famous performers, and starred a plump young woman who billed herself as Missy ( she was Artie Mitchell's girlfriend at the time and reportedly demanded the role ).
Joan was described as having been a plump, plain woman, whereas her beautiful daughter Isabella resembled her father more in physical appearance.
George Fletcher Moore said it bore little resemblance to the living Yagan, whose face was " plump, with a burly-headed look about it.
Moore's description of St. Nick led to an image of Santa that was warm, friendly, pleasantly plump and human.
One of the King's nicknames for her was ' Fubbs ', meaning plump or chubby.
The legends agree that even as a toddler, Kintarō was active and indefatigable, plump and ruddy, wearing only a bib with the kanji for " gold " ( 金 ) on it.
Based on collaborating evidence from other sources, however, it is probably safe to assume that he was tall, and not plump.
Jupiter's parents ( professional ballroom dancers ) died in a car crash when he was four years old, so now he lives with Uncle Titus Jones and Aunt Mathilda, who run a salvage business .< p > Jupiter is not very fit and a bit plump.
Canning was described as a plump 18-year-old, about 5 feet tall with a face pitted by smallpox, a long, straight nose, and wide-set eyes.
The loveliness of these women was seen by the males of their time as a result of their brown complexion, their " plump " but not " fat " body and face, and mostly, their difference from women of higher social strata such as the " society women " or the " coquettes ", namely their lack of artifices to enhance their beauty.
The short, bald, plump, oddly-impressive Scelba was probably the most powerful man in the successive governments of De Gasperi, after the Premier himself.

was and bald
By the time he was prosperous enough -- his goals were high -- he was bald and afraid of women.
The valley and trading post received their name from a bald eagle that was hunted and killed by one of the early settlers and was featured on a wall inside the post.
' In the wide scope this would then read: It is not the case that there existed a philosopher of Greece who was bald.
In the narrow scope it would read the Philosopher of Greece was not bald.
Rákosi, employed Stalinist political and economic programs, and was dubbed the " bald murderer " for establishing one of the harshest dictatorships in Europe.
Other evidence suggests Luthor's design was confused with that of a stockier, bald henchman in Superman # 4 ( Spring 1940 ); Luthor's next appearance occurs in Superman # 10 ( May 1941 ), in which Novak depicted him as significantly heavier, with visible jowls.
Mickey Dugan, better known as The Yellow Kid, was a bald, snaggle-toothed boy who wore an oversized yellow nightshirt and hung around in a slum alley typical of certain areas of squalor that existed in turn of the 19th to 20th century New York City.
He was also known as the " bald rat.
It has been suggested that Charles ' nickname was used ironically and not descriptively ; i. e. that he was not in fact bald, but rather that he was extremely hairy.
Cutting off one's hair is often associated with religious faith: Catholic nuns often cut their hair very short, and men who joined Catholic monastic orders in the eighth century adopted what was known as the tonsure, which involved shaving the tops of their heads and leaving a ring of hair around the bald crown.
Milland felt that it was this procedure that caused him to go prematurely bald, forcing him to go from leading man to supporting player earlier than he would have wished.
Silenus was also possibly a Latin term of abuse around 211 BC, being used in Plautus ' Rudens to describe Labrax, a treacherous pimp or leno, as "... a pot-bellied old Silenus, bald head, beefy, bushy eyebrows, scowling, twister, god-forsaken criminal ".
Charles Laughton was originally cast in the role of Mr. Micawber, and was authentically made-up with a bald cap, since Dickens describes the character as hairless.
The eagle itself was unmistakably a bald eagle, without a crest.
Later, at his 1986 hearings for the slot of Chief Justice, Rehnquist put further distance between himself and the 1952 memo: " The bald statement that Plessy was right and should be reaffirmed, was not an accurate reflection of my own views at the time.
Another reminder of Napoléon was the splendid Allée de Cyprès chauves de Louisiane, a double-lined bald cypress ( Taxodium distichum ) avenue.
The Forest of Rambouillet lost hundreds of thousands of trees, and among the over five thousand downed trees in the park of Rambouillet, was the handsome, historical Allée de Cyprès chauves de Louisiane, the bald cypress avenue planted in 1810.

was and ebullient
Despite Elizabeth ’ s volatile, often violent reactions in regards to her appearance, the Empress was ebullient in most other matters particularly when it came to Court entertainment.
In his biography of Stanwyck, author Axel Madsen wrote, " The set was so ebullient that instead of going to their trailers between setups, the players relaxed in canvas chairs with their sparkling director, listening to his fascinating stories or going over their lines with him.
Sati, ebullient at the thought of such a great event, and assuming that the daughter of the king was welcome no matter what, attended the festival.
Reflecting on the speech he had written on taking his consulship in 143, when he had praised the young Marcus, Fronto was ebullient: " There was then an outstanding natural ability in you ; there is now perfected excellence.
However, Wise's skill and dedication as the duo's manager was essential to their joint success, and Tynan praised Wise's performance as " unselfish, ebullient and indispensable ".
One of the numbers recorded at the first session was the ebullient boogie " Rockin ' the House ," from which his band would take its name.
This new group of Cacophonists is occasionally referred to by its members as Cacophony 2. 0 and emphasize their chaotic, ebullient spirit with the motto “ If you don ’ t live it, it won ’ t come out your horn .” The Society ’ s newsletter was briefly revived under the name 2econd Draft.
The New Yorker reviewer wrote that the film was " an ebullient and absurdly entertaining account of the famous love affair of George Sand and Frédéric Chopin.
As a player, Guillén was regarded for his passion, speed, hustle, intensity and defensive abilities and his ebullient love for the game.
# Lastly, on the day of Edwin's disappearance, Jasper was in an ebullient state of mind all day, performing in the choir with great self command.
Having found people of Paris, mutinous, seditious and ebullient, he was flexible and handy like a glove of chevrotin of Vendôme, to which the King was greatly satisfied ".
Ultimately, his fence-straddling on civil rights was a significant contribution to the fatigue and disenchantment with which the citizenry received his administration's actions in its final years-a sharp contrast with the comparatively ebullient 1950s.
Indeed, his fiery and ebullient soloing was quite reminiscent of his earlier playing.
He went further saying " I was, and remain, perplexed by an attitude of ebullient optimism that ’ s particularly characteristic of Pinker ’ s book.
Baume witnessed the emergence of a new generation, and the young William Baume, a great visionary and an accomplished watchmaker, was eager to take advantage of the new opportunities afforded by the ebullient mood of the era.
She was a regular on at least two other series, as ebullient neighbor Clara Randolph on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ( ABC ) and on Our Miss Brooks ( CBS ), in which she reprised her radio role as Miss Daisy Enright, the title character's rival.
This fame he owed in large measure to his devotion to the New England colleges, where … by the students he was received with an enthusiasm that quickly permeated the community and mounted to a height of ebullient demonstration scarcely distinguishable from a riot .… An impressive but quite unofficial convocation at Dartmouth College conferred on him the degree of C. O. D .”
As a young man he was a cheerful, often ebullient individual who ran film societies, performed in amateur theatre productions and inspired those around him with his seemingly boundless enthusiasm for the cinema.
Often compared to British bands, especially Joy Division, with whom they shared a moody, bass-driven sound, although the Projections ’ guitar was less metallic and more ebullient than Joy Division ’ s.
Nove ware was fashioned in the Rococo style common in the 18th century, with an emphasis on light, decorative works that conformed to a sense of stylistic elegance, as opposed to the ebullient style of the baroque.
Peabody served in World War I on an S-14 submarine and it was during this period he received the nicknames " Happiness Boy " ( for his ebullient personality, especially when performing ) and " Little Eddie " ( a comic reference to his tall stature ).

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