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“His eyes don’t match neither. An ill-favored thing.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
“Someone half clever might dub you Pitch or Scuttle, ill-favored names. Or Slate, a sedentary name. Heaven forbid you end up Blackie, that’s an ill-fitting name for a prince like you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
And she saw the ill-favored one, whose sun-ravaged skin was healing in the citadel’s shade—though he was no more appealing for it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Actually, so far as he could judge, the majority of people in Airstrip One were small, dark, and ill-favored. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
The primary character is Marek, a uniquely homely and ill-favored young man. Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘Lapvona’ Is Gloomy Folk Horror Set Long Ago 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z
And there came out against me a certain ill-favored Egyptian with his helpers, to fight with me. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
They have spread their ill-favored spawn over various of the central states in a veritable flood of imbecility and petty crime. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z
The picture, too, is good of a pretty servant walking home in the evening behind an elderly and ill-favored lady to "protect" her from insult. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z
So ugly was Madame de Stael that when she once said to an ill-favored man: "You abuse the masculine prerogative of homeliness," her hearers laughed—at her, not at her victim. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z
Even the king of gods was slighted, and, to punish her for her pride, he decreed she should marry Vulcan, god of the forge, the most ill-favored of all the heavenly council. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z
And, behold, seven other cows came up after them, lean and ill favored; and the lean and ill-favored cows did eat up the fat and well-favored cows. The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z
He waved his hand toward his island home, as if to say, "An ill-favored thing, sir, but mine own." Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z
Here are some that catch the eye in running over its shabby, ill-printed pages: Picture of an ill-favored father contemplating a worse-favored boy, aged about six years. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z
In themselves, these blossoms are not ill-favored, with their slender, recurved petals; but to us the root is the most interesting part of the plant. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z
Cologne has got an ill name from Coleridge's ill-favored compliment, which implied that its streets had not always 128 the fragrance of that Cologne water which it exports to all countries. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z
And the ill-favored and lean cows did eat up the seven well-favored and fat cows. The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z
I loved you—ay! writhe under the word—I loved you; but I was ill-favored, misshapen, stunted, and loathsome to look upon. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z
Jutting forth in a rich mass from the delicate symmetry of her breast, they became her to perfection, as their lovely contact becomes all save the most ill-favored of women. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z
The inventions of an enemy have risen against him in Rome; even hath the ill-favored sire of the story been discovered, and Agrippa, conscious of his integrity toward thee, is restive. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z
In 'our town'—a poor virgin, sir, an ill-favored thing, sir, but mine own!—I dare say it was possible in that post bellum era to find men competent to deal with almost any problem. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z
And, behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean. The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z
Oh, Heaven! yes; had she been blind to read such nobility in yon ill-favored face? Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z
Mrs. Diggs was inwardly thinking, as one ill-favored but generous woman will sometimes think of another, how purely enchanting was her manner, and how richly she deserved to win the social distinction she had attained. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z
In youth he was bashful, eccentric, and amazingly ill-favored. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z
Darcy could mark that the crowd consisted of the very lowest and most miserable-looking class of the capital, the dwellers in the dark alleys and purlieus of the ill-favored region. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z
The young lady was apparently listening to an ill-favored man who was talking to her with immense volubility. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z
Directly in front of us sat three ill-favored old fellows in black gowns and square black caps, modelled after those brown-paper helmets so popular with plasterers and stucco men in our country. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z
There would be poverty again, or something closely akin to it; there would be the mother's unpardoning disapprobation of her child's ill-favored lot. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z
"Why, what have you to do with her?" says Ryan, addressing Rodney, a gleam of something that savors of amusement showing itself even in his ill-favored face. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z
The population were all seated at their doors, it being some festa, and were, I am bound to admit, about as ill-favored a set as one would wish to see. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z
He had a faithful mental picture of the ill-favored fellow he had caught spying on Harry Ashley at Rockley Cove, and was sure he would recognize the rascal on sight. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z
Directly in the centre of it all, in an enormous platter of flowered china, rested the head of the ill-favored boar, swimming in a lake of white wine sauce. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z
The sunshine of the pea-garden faded away from Miss Martha, and poor Bell found himself engaged—and his hand pledged to that bond in a thousand letters—to a coarse, ill-tempered, ill-favored, ill-mannered, middle-aged woman. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z
Moreover, the space was eked out with tattered paper editions that with too much room at their disposal collapsed with an appearance of ill-favored intoxication. Sinister Street, vol. 2
One wanted to give concerts with me, another, who was an elderly man and tired of his bachelor life, needed a housekeeper, and that she should be ill-favored he rather preferred than otherwise. The Children of the World
There was so much that was ill-favored in the face of the man, something so sinister in his pose, that it suggested to Tom the lurker with a purpose. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z
In one stall he saw a chemist with tubes and retorts brewing pretty smells to scent ill-favored women. The Book of Gud
"And who are you to talk, forsooth, Horse Shoe Robinson!" exclaimed the ill-favored dame, tartly. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency
Nursed back to health and rampageous vivacity, he soon mastered the neighborhood, peopled it with his ill-favored offspring, and wailed his obscene balladry to the moon. The Book of Susan A Novel
He was once in the cuirassiers, and this faithful, but rough and ill-favored lad, is Gundel's lover. On the Heights A Novel
It rather seems to have been confined to limited groups of people in especially ill-favored localities or to times of great scarcity of food. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
The women especially were ill-favored, and with an air of savage daring and effrontery I had never seen before. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience
Her companion, older but not too old, less handsome but not too ill-favored, less richly dressed but not too plainly, nudged her. Young Wallingford
The female guests—old, young, married, single, ill-favored or beautiful—were subjected to the review. International Short Stories American
And, at the word, a short, beetle-browed, ill-favored young fellow appeared at the door, pen in hand. That Boy Of Norcott's
The prince—that is, the swineherd, for no one knew that he was other than an ill-favored swineherd—let not a day pass without working at something. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series
Still, there is a little force in the argument, for it seems to lead to the conclusion that beautiful women will enjoy undue advantage when dressed as are the ill-favored. The Intelligence of Woman
There were always a shabby lot of hang-dog, prowling, ill-favored off-scourings of the Sioux lurking about Skid's premises day and night, bartering when they had anything to barter, but generally begging or stealing. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade
It seemed so natural to her accusers that so lovely and so young a woman should have desired to rid herself of a husband, old, ill-favored, exacting, and unloved. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June
For a few seconds they talked together in whispers, and then a tall ill-favored fellow, with a deep scar from the cheek-bone to the upper lip, came abruptly up to me. That Boy Of Norcott's
Shakespeare employs the word “sunburned” in the sense of uncomely, ill-favored. Folk-lore of Shakespeare
They were in that ill-favored district he had penetrated earlier in the day, but if it had been offensive then it was doubly so now, with its muffled sounds of debauchery and wickedness. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure
I looked up from the chair where I sat, into the faces of my two guardians, and a more ill-favored pair of gentlemen I never beheld. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas
A modest rap brought to the door a large ill-favored man with a red nose and a ponderous pair of boots, whose speciality seemed to be drinking whatever spirituous liquors were consumed about the establishment. The Witches of New York
And he indicated with a nod a sturdy, ill-favored man, who, with pack on his back, was just emerging from a grassy lane that opened out from the street directly opposite the court-house. Hand and Ring
Bands of ill-favored men, in bushy hair, bad whiskey, and seedy homespun, staggered from the railway-stations, and hung about the street-corners. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865
His clothing and his face were 138 dirty, and altogether he presented a decidedly ill-favored appearance. Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone
Something intangible and ill-favored had been streaked across the clean page of his life. The Wilderness Trail
Of these there are two gigantic species represented here—the conger, a dark-skinned, rather ill-favored fellow, and the beautiful Italian eel, with a velvety, leopard-spotted skin. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science
"To return quickly," replied Percy, relieved at the thought of escaping from such an ill-favored locality. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts
This Comanche was more ill-favored than the other and was in middle life. The Great Cattle Trail
Mr. Hughes may claim it—"an ill-favored thing, sir, but mine own." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)
His whole appearance was ill-favored enough to have aroused distrust in anybody but a man like Scipio. The Twins of Suffering Creek
Cf. 'well-favored,' 'ill-favored,' and such a provincial expression as 'the child favors his father.' The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar
All this time there was no sign of life about the premises save the barking of an ill-favored little dog that was energetically disclaiming any acquaintance with Brusa. The Land of Thor
They were an ill-favored set, and Peveril was not pleased to note that they seemed to make sneering remarks concerning the task on which he was engaged. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines
Oh, what a world of vile ill-favored faults looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year!—Shakespeare. Pearls of Thought
Then he rushed over to Polly; and although he had small love for cats in general, this particular one, being extremely ill-favored and lean, met with his favor. Five Little Peppers at School
He was an ill-favored man, poorly dressed, and might have passed for a brother of the first comer so far as his moral qualities and general appearance were concerned. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia
The poor chap was undoubtedly a little wrong in the head, but likable withal, and not ill-favored in appearance, and a man that one should try to make allowances for. The Prairie Mother
His broad, ill-favored countenance was darkened by a frown, and it was easy for the lady to see that the fellow still doubted her word. Camp-fire and Wigwam
Three of them, they was; 62 and ill-favored. All the Brothers Were Valiant
In spite of all his care a branch snapped under him and the second time the door was flung wide and the ill-favored leader of the gang stepped out and peered about him. The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery
The three quickly followed Sagasta’s lead, and were soon clambering up the side of the Sea Eagle, like so many overgrown, ill-favored monkeys. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892
"There will soon be a time when the treatment we have received here will be returned with compound interest," said Grundy with a savage and revengeful look on his ill-favored countenance. A Lieutenant at Eighteen
I was satisfied that Emily did not think I was an ill-favored young man. Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants
He had picked up by the way an ill-favored assistant, whose tent stood on the hill side some little distance from the right flank of the regiment. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac
Added to its simplicity, the custom had the merit of improving the race, as unhealthy and ill-favored girls were not pursued, and similar men were clubbed out of the pursuit by stronger. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea
Warned by no dream of thin and ill-favored kine, the Pharaohs of Westminster had passed an Act, enforced while the famine was well begun, against the importation of meal into Scotland. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I
No noisier or more ill-favored crew, Janice Day thought, could ever have been gathered under the roof of the Inn, than she now saw as she pushed open the screen. How Janice Day Won
The premises being reviewed, I returned with my ill-favored guard to take a lesson in piratical cookery. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
Long, lank, ill-favored, a white scrawny beard, stained from the corners of his mouth with tobacco juice; but for all, I'd pick him out of a thousand for an orderly. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac
When the spectators were silent, he would glance timidly at his ill-favored keeper, but when they cheered, the poor little figure would strive to outdo itself, in spite of laboring breath and trembling limbs. Plantation Sketches
The public of all parties seem to have very cordially detested the ill-favored ladies whom George had brought over from Hanover. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I
They were a black-a-vised, ill-favored pair, these miners upon whose hospitality fate had thrown them. The Highgrader
In England, this word is restricted to meaning ill-favored; with us it is often used—and not without authority—in the sense of ill-tempered, vicious, unmanageable. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety.
"And a good harbor and a good seat shall you find it in spite of its ill-favored name." Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims
Let the ill-favored, chance-bred, mongrel beasts in their barn yards testify. The Principles of Breeding or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals
Lady Mary always had a dread of growing old; and she grew old and ill-favored, as Horace Walpole was spiteful enough to put on record. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I
The most ill-favored of the trio was an acquaintance of Ike Hardman. Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them
So he just took the best that came to hand, and that is not saying much, for this is a rare ill-favored parish: and he has made an angel of her, a very angel. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866
Abandonment is an ill-favored finding, which cannot be presumed, but must be conclusively proven. Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
If all who keep cattle would exercise a tithe of the patriarch's shrewdness and sagacity in improving their stock, we should see fewer ill-favored kine than at present. The Principles of Breeding or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals
Mrs. Pipchin was an ill-favored old woman, with mottled cheeks and grey eyes. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3
And he had not a thought of the ill-favored urchin who had once tumbled up on the driver's seat of a carriage similar to this one, and peered down curiously at the boy Pliny inside. Three People
His wife was engaged in washing a baby—the seventh—and Beile, an ill-favored, sallow-complexioned girl, sat at the window sewing. Rabbi and Priest A Story
I was wondering the beasts were not let out against us, when there appeared a very ill-favored Egyptian, who came to encounter me with others. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
Yea, I remember, for they took from me my last penny for the ill-favored bird and at a dry breast didst thou, my little one, struggle that night unsatisfied. The Coming of the King
So agreeable and insinuating was his conversation, that more than one fair dame as she listened found herself forget his sinister squint and his ill-favored countenance. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II
The boy Freckles also took his breakfast to the other table; but Agnes sat boldly down, and pushing her ill-favored face forward, addressed Simeon in familiar style:89 "I nabbed her—yer see." Sue, A Little Heroine
Out from the endless wilds of Scythia had poured a vast swarm of nomad horsemen, ill-favored, fierce, ruthless, the scions of the desert and seemingly sworn to make a desert of Europe. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French.
When Pharaoh's lean ill-favored kine Have grazed the pastures brown. War Rhymes by Wayfarer
Half-naked, with tangled, matted and ragged beards, we did look supremely ill-favored; and unless the country was a bandit land, we were not likely to alarm the inhabitants! A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Cacosotte was a most ill-favored knave, of a purplish yellow complexion and mumbling speech. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett
"I am the captain," replied an ill-favored looking man, stepping forward with very ill grace. Fighting for the Right
She was neither old nor ill-favored, and she was most evidently nervous. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.)
Surely, I am not so ill-favored, and though twice her age, I am still a young man. Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World
And it was good for them that they did, for the women had things all their own way generally, and Warren Holbrook, ill-favored and formed, was their idol. The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family
But he caught sight of two Mexicans coming toward them, one handsome and well built and the other slouching and ill-favored. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories
The canalman was a short, ill-favored brute, with coarse red hair and freckled skin. From the Valley of the Missing
Mr. O'Shea rather fancied himself in the rôle of comforter, when the sufferer was neither old nor ill-favored. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.)
Ye ill-favored little jades, puling because no man will have ye, and putting each other up to this d— mischief for lack of something better. Giles Corey, Yeoman A Play
Was it possible after all that the tale was true,—that the children were there at the Gila, making wide détour around Ceralvo's and taking the northward route around that ill-favored ranch? Foes in Ambush
"Do you not think I remember my sister, Marie Antoinette?" queried the somewhat ill-favored queen. Great Italian and French Composers
She was ill-favored enough to look at, that hulk—weather-beaten, begrimed, stripped of all that makes a ship sightly. The Blood Ship
Her marriage brought her no happiness; sickly, ill-favored, childless, unloved, the poor woman spent herself for naught. The Leading Facts of English History
I trow all ill-favored folk might be fair would they have such arts used upon them. Giles Corey, Yeoman A Play
It was there that they met with a series of mishaps which they laid at the door of an ill-favored man who had vainly tried to become their guide. The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea Or The Loss of The Lonesome Bar
She was a full-blooded squaw, and one of the most ill-favored specimens of the female sex I had ever set eyes upon. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories
It is past understanding why she exacts obedience to this law most diligently, which fathers these ill-favored images of her gods, when their habitations are most splendidly and most beautifully built. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt
Thence ill-favored creatures, 60 Elves and giants, monsters of ocean, Came into being, and the giants that longtime Grappled with God; He gave them requital. Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem
But your mummy is an ill-favored wedding-guest, whatever honor we may owe the man who once lived in it. Idolatry A Romance
She was too angry to experience the slightest fear of this scowling, ill-favored youth. Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
Never before had I seen such an ill-favored, uninviting-looking fowl placed upon a table; its naturally white, smooth skin was now as seamy, black and arid-looking as the mouth of an ancient crater. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories
"I do," replied the most ill-favored of the crew, stepping forward. "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War
He was, I suppose, the most ill-favored mortal, however, in the whole northern half of America—thin, angular, cadaverous of visage and solemn out of all reason. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales
Thersites, bandy-legged, round-shouldered, lame of one foot, with ugly head covered with scanty stubble, most ill-favored of all men in the host, would not hold his peace. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories
We approached the anxious-looking slave-mother with her two boys on her left-hand; close on her right sat an ill-favored white man having a cane in his hand which I took to be a sword-cane. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.
That the latter generally prefer European gentlemen to these ill-favored beaux, follows as a matter of course. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal
He was an ill-favored person at best, and his habit of turning his head constantly as though to compel his single eye to perform double service gave one an impression of restless watchfulness. A Reversible Santa Claus
These are largely the unorganized and ill-favored groups rendered reckless because, having little to lose from a revolution, whatever the outcome might be, they fear none. A History of Trade Unionism in the United States
But, I repeat, to me it was an ill-favored scene, and the fact that it was a warm and peaceful day, with a radiant blue sky above, merely added to the irony. The Living Present
She nodded her head toward the ill-favored man, signifying with him. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.
The poor damsel, while in quest of her lover, had been seen and pursued by an ill-favored forester, and the dwarf feared some harm might have befallen her. The Book of the Epic
The girl you fall in love with may be silly and ill-favored; but what of that? she is your love. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs
In the delicious twilight that reigned, golden-green, beneath their umbrageous branches, among the mysterious recesses of romantic, moss-carpeted retreats, Death showed his ill-favored, grinning face. The Downfall
The land is more level and better cultivated; villages are thicker and more populous, and the people are no longer conspicuously ill-favored. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama
I slept a few times with an ill-favored boy of fine parentage. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy
Did she mean that her sympathy with those who were weak and ill-favored arose from some strange consciousness that she herself was both? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875
Who was that woman, with mad eyes, that came Into our camp, ill-favored, hardly cast In mortal mould? Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala
Susan, be it understood, was by no means an ill-favored woman even in her old-fashioned dress. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876
Mr. Palethorp, the landlord, had a visage harsh and ill-favored, and he insisted on my discharging my debt. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4
There seemed to be no pupils, and no one haunted the place except a short, ill-favored person who appeared monthly and paid the rent. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office
On horseback alongside prance the ill-favored eunuchs, ready to swear at or smite the insolent Frank venturing too near the moon-eyed beauties in the teleki. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873
The first is, as has been already said, that the people are so low, barbarous, poor, ill-favored, rude, ignorant, and unworthy of being mingled with Spanish nobility and valor. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 1583-1588 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century
Where was the image of the ill-favored little old Jed, so present to my imagination? Hillsboro People
Walking along Water Street one day, near the corner of Vine Street, the eyes of this reserved and ill-favored man were caught by a beautiful servant-girl going to the pump for a pail of water. Famous Americans of Recent Times
The short, ill-favored man strolled over and condescended to make Mr. Felix's acquaintance. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office
"Our old Anglo-Saxon breed, the best in the whole world!"—how much that is harsh and ill-favored there is in this best! Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold
He had expected their occupants to be asleep, for they were nighthawks who reversed man's usual order in the prosecution of nocturnal and ill-favored trades. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
The chiefs turned their ill-favored countenances on each other, and talked for a while in their own language. Overland
And yet she was not, according to my idea, by any means an ill-favored young woman. Mr. Scarborough's Family
"Make the odds 5 to 3," shouted a short, ill-favored man, who sat at a desk puffing a large black cigar. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office
I asked," said Jorian, "what was the reason of this so ill-favored noise. Red Axe
They had evidently been, though not to any great extent, at the rum cask again, for Bill looked sheepish and shaky, while the ill-favored Johnnie was more sulky than ever. Mr. Meeson's Will
Taking color, brutality, grotesqueness, and filth together, it seemed as if here were a mob of those malignant and ill-favored devils whom Dante has described and the art of his age has painted and sculptured. Overland
He cut himself, and she poured over his body the water from the nether-world; but from him there arose a spirit more ugly and ill-favored than imagination could picture. Philippine Folk-Tales
He had been unable to find out who it was that had attempted once before to damage the monoplane, but he suspected it was the ill-favored man who was working with Andy. Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, or, the Quickest Flight on Record
To dream that you attend a wake, denotes that you will sacrifice some important engagement to enjoy some ill-favored assignation. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition
One of the ill-favored men by the fire had shuffled toward the dresser and was ordering a mug of beer, just as Ludwig, who brought up the rear, was stepping from the apartment. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates
Bunny, he was a miserable little undersized wretch—ill-favored—servile—surly—and second only to his master in bestial cunning and hypocrisy. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
It seemed to him that he had never seen a man more ill-favored, or villainous-looking. Driven from Home, or Carl Crawford's Experience
No further noises occurring to frighten him, he soon reached the door to Til's house and, inserting the key, crept noiselessly to the garret room which he had rented from his ill-favored hostess. The Outlaw of Torn
To dream that you find a wall obstructing your progress, you will surely succumb to ill-favored influences and lose important victories in your affairs. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition
For then, then, what would it matter to me That I was the harsh, ill-favored one? An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry
He was an ill-favored runt of a boy, with a sedate manner and a face somewhat resembling a hickory-nut. Captivating Mary Carstairs
The one is handsome and chivalrous, the other ill-favored and cruel. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
If a man have a crooked, ill-favored wife, who yet in his eye may stand in competition with Venus, is it not the same as if she were truly beautiful? The Praise of Folly
"Faust has had his lesson," thought Crane, as he took from a drawer the stable-boy's ill-favored note. Thoroughbreds
And then, what would it matter to her that she was ill-favored? An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry
His ill-favored and weather-beaten visage was covered with streaks of paint, like the face of a wild Indian on the war-path. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
The cretins are ill-favored in face and figure. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency
They were not ill-favored, these comforters of the French-Creole workmen, and were dressed in bright calicos and red strouding, plentifully adorned with bright beads. The Way of an Indian
So they came to have a rendezvous at the rear of a vacant lot not far from the deserted cottage, which lifted its ill-favored roof above the scrub oaks. The Web of Life
This Mr. Addison was indeed a first-class servant, but uncommonly ill-favored. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form
His kindness to Hawthorne was at least some compensation for having originated the most ill-favored looking public building in the city. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne
A loose hat, with a torn crown, surmounted a singularly ill-favored visage. The Store Boy
I, too, am tall and straight and clean, and not ill-favored, and, in addition, I have that curse of unmarried women—I have money. The Turquoise Cup, and, the Desert
"Hm! boys an' men, ye 're all alike,--all for looks," said the cook, who was a lean and ill-favored spinster, at least fifty years old. Mercy Philbrick's Choice
Here and there, as far as could be seen, mounds, covered with ill-favored vegetation, dotted the valley; each of these patches of vegetation marked the place of a buried regiment. The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
"Some men eat more an' some less," remarked Sarah Jane, as ill-favored a spinster as ever the sun shone on; "generally it means so much grub ter so much weight." Old Lady Number 31
He stood by his bicycle, drawing just a little aside to let them pass, but not far enough to prevent the light from the passage showing up his ill-favored countenance. The Secret of the Tower
But for present purposes it is sufficient to say that this jewelsmith of words was slight and dark and hook-nosed, and that his hair was thin, and that he was not ill-favored. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations
While I was wondering if he could be a more ill-favored or dirtier specimen of humanity than the others the last comer suddenly appeared—the jolliest and breeziest English naval Second Lieutenant. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition
The modern Greek woman indeed appeared to me, upon the whole, about the most ill-favored I have met with in any country.' Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. Types of Children's Literature
It was finally revealed as the figure of a rather ill-favored Mexican, unusually tall for one of his race who are, as a rule, squat and small. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings
One of the daughters of the sovereign married out of the family, because she was so ill-favored that no one in her circle was willing to have her as wife. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic
Seven ill-favored children clamored about the table, fighting with their even more ill-favored mother. The Making of an American
The self-appointed guardian coaxed him away from the place, conducting him to the cheap, ill-favored thieves' lodging-house where he had taken a single room for temporary occupancy. The Rose in the Ring
And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favored and fat kine. Types of Children's Literature
There is a man of an ill-favored countenance who hath too high a conceit of his heauty, and wanting the benefit of a glass, he still stands in his own conceit. The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works
There he was, flushed and sullen, sitting on a black nag as bony and woe-begone as himself, guarded by two ill-favored fellows. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel
She must be nice-looking, for I couldn't stand an ill-favored child. Five Little Peppers Midway
Two burly policemen were dangling his ill-favored body almost clear of the floor. The Rose in the Ring
In person, and in physical qualities generally, this individual was mean and ill-favored; and squalid habits contributed to render him even less attractive than he might otherwise have been. Oak Openings
Coming sinner, thy temptations are these painters; they have drawn out thy ill-favored heart to the life, and have set it before thine eyes, and now thou seest how ill-favored thou art. The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works
Observing that my attention was strongly attracted to this party, the ill-favored Savoyards immediately commenced a series of experiments in saltation, with the sole view, beyond a question, to profit by my curiosity. The Monikins
There was an ill-favored skull of a crocodile hanging up to dry, with teeth three inches long. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
So the most beautiful of the goddesses became the wife of the most ill-favored of the gods. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable
On their heads they had hats which were painted with tar and soot, and this had run from their hats down their faces, so that they were still uglier and more ill-favored to behold. The Junior Classics — Volume 1
And he was ill-favored beyond all men that came to Ilios. The Iliad
He is not long for this world," I remarked, eyeing his ill-favored steed, "but neither are we far from Jamestown. To Have and to Hold
Amyntas," he said, "is somewhat older than Tyrcis; he is not an ill-favored shepherd; it is even said that the muses condescended to smile upon him at his birth, even as Hebe smiled upon youth. Ten Years Later
"Madame," I answered, "he is accounted not ill-favored." Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys...
Our friend," he continued, "is described to me as a brawny, shaggy, grim, and ill-favored personage, not particularly well calculated, one would say, to insinuate himself with the softer sex. The Blithedale Romance
Two or three ill-favored beings were loitering about the place, whom my fancy pictured into retainers of the law. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
I am an ill-favored Spanish grandee, for whom she feels an aversion to which she will not confess. Letters of Two Brides
It is true that most of the Palace ladies are chosen for anything but beauty, yet she is the most ill-favored. The ninth vibration and other stories
Though keenly alert for any touch of weakness or absurdity in the new President, calling him "the most ill-favored son of Adam I ever saw," the Public Man found him "crafty and sensible." Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War
But, enough of this at present: keep a sharp eye on thy ill-favored assistants, and tell me no tales to-morrow of vases broken, and cups miraculously vanished, or thy whole back shall be one pain. Last Days of Pompeii
She had expected—founding her anticipations on the letter which the housekeeper had written to her—to see a hard, wily, ill-favored, insolent old woman. No Name
But the ill-favored birds had flown; the dugout was deserted. Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister
"I'll do the best I can," said Will; and he had scarcely driven away when he suspected the two ill-favored passengers he carried. Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister
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