curtail'd

Updated: June 21, 2025

"I that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature, by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time, Into the breathing world, scarce half made up; And that so lamely and unfashionably, That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them."

Sir John Carr - The Stranger in France: or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by: Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot.