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"My father," says Andrew Henkel, "was a large man, within half an inch of six feet in height, well developed, with a keen black eye, as erect as an Indian; somewhat inclined to corpulency, and yet athletic and rapid in his movements.
"It's not corpulency at all," replied the prompter, "she's just puffed up with pride." Now she lived in the attic and looked out on a large plantation. In the middle of this plantation stood a tobacco shed, which pleased her, because it had no windows behind which curious people could sit and stare at her.
Q. Why are the thighs and calves of the legs of men flesh, seeing the legs of beasts are not so? A. Because men only go upright; and therefore nature hath given the lower parts corpulency, and taken it away from the upper; and thus she hath made the buttocks, the thighs, and calves of the legs fleshy.
My mother now besought, urged, even commanded me to make my escape at any rate, which, as I was young, I might easily do; as for herself, she said, her age and corpulency rendered all attempts of that sort impossible; however, she would willingly meet death if she could have the satisfaction of seeing that she was not the occasion of mine.
His younger son, the Duke of Cumberland, a character far more pronounced and vigorous, had won the day at Culloden, and lost it at Fontenoy; but whether victor or vanquished, had shown the same vehement bull-headed courage, of late a little subdued by fast growing corpulency.
Great and common men Portrait of Bonaparte The varied expression of his countenance His convulsive shrug Presentiment of his corpulency Partiality for bathing His temperance His alleged capability of dispensing with sleep Good and bad news Shaving, and reading the journals Morning, business Breakfast Coffee and snuff Bonaparte's idea of his own situation His ill opinion of mankind His dislike of a 'tete-a-tete' His hatred of the Revolutionists Ladies in white Anecdotes Bonaparte's tokens of kindness, and his droll compliments His fits of ill humour Sound of bells Gardens of Malmaison His opinion of medicine His memory His poetic insensibility His want of gallantry Cards and conversation The dress-coat and black cravat Bonaparte's payments His religious ideas His obstinacy.
Hugh dropped to his knees beside the machine and examined it closely. Muttered exclamations broke from his lips. For the first time in his life he was not embarrassed in the presence of another person. The two men, the one almost grotesquely tall, the other short of stature and already inclined toward corpulency, stared at each other. "What is it you're inventing?
He was, in stature, of the lower order of mankind, but endowed with an inclination towards corpulency, by which he had acquired some show of a belly, and his face was round, and his cheeks both red and sleeky.
He is about 54 years old altho' he doesn't look to be over 45. He has sandy hair and whiskers is of medium height and is a little inclined to corpulency. He was born in the State of Vermont.
He was of robust temperament, with a tendency to corpulency, which he fought against by taking considerable exercise; his face was round and good-natured, his calm gray eyes reflected the tranquillity and uprightness of his soul, and his genial nature was shown in his full smiling mouth, his thick, wavy, gray hair, and his quick and cordial gestures.
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