under-lids

Updated: May 23, 2025

A figure not too tall, but full of wavy lines, two dark-blue eyes, whose full under-lids gave an expression of arch sweetness to the glance, a delicate complexion of roses and lilies, as suggestive of fading as of blossoming, features small, and not at all of the Greek pattern, and the rather large head and slightly developed bust, typical of American rural beauty.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863