delicately-flushed

Updated: July 18, 2025

The deep-blue eyes, the ivory skin, the delicately-flushed cheeks, the oval face, the auburn curls that fell over brow and temple, and hung over the rounded and beautiful shoulders; the perfect arm, displayed in its full beauty by the short plain sleeve; the simple dress of white; the whole figure, so fair and interesting, with no ornaments to dim its youthful charms; but one flower, a lily, drooping over her bosom.

Mary H. (Mary Henderson) Eastman - Aunt Phillis's Cabin: Or, Southern Life As It Is