| 单词 | ill-favoured |
| 例句 | One of the travellers, a squint-eyed ill-favoured fellow, was foretelling that more and more people would be coming north in the near future. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “The weak must be hammered away,” declared Hitler, another physically ill-favoured fascist. The crisis in modern masculinity 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z The next was a man several years younger; and the third, a stout ill-favoured personage, of nearly fifty years of age. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z If you had grown to be ill-favoured or plain, you might hesitate, thinking my heart would change. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Fidunia knew not that her ill-favoured countenance protected her from many a rough jest and coarse compliment. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z The sullen, lowering looks of the ill-favoured assemblage about the hatch foretold the fate which threatened her and him. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z It is more than probable that these ill-favoured creatures belong to a particular race; for we must take care not to confound goître with cretinism, since goître is common where cretinism is prevalent. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z In one part it wound under the timbers of a house; it was dark and somewhat foul, and altogether so ill-favoured a path that I was glad I had brought my arms. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z It is related during a fierce debate on the hustings, O’Connell with his biting, witty tongue attacked his opponent on account of his ill-favoured countenance. England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z We ne'er saw monsters so vilely ill-favoured; with their nasty horns that make one afeard, and their foul nostrils cast up into the air. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Unhappily I could do nothing for him; all I could hope for was that the ill-favoured little one should soon die. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z Mr. and Mrs. Smallweed vegetated, with their grandchildren, “in a rather ill-favoured and ill-savoured neighbourhood, though one of its rising grounds bears the name of Mount Pleasant.” Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z However, we were at last on the move; everything was packed and prepared for leaving, when there arrived an ill-favoured young woman, with some papers and a little child, two years old. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z An ill-favoured fellow in a light drab great coat wi' a cape to it. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z "We say that none run women down, but such as are too old or too ill-favoured, or too witless, to please them." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Thus the youth became fair of countenance, ready of speech, with hair curling in comely fashion, whereas before he had been ill-favoured, miserable, and dumb. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z It would have been hard to find a more ill-favoured pair of ruffians in a day's posting. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The latter was a squat, ill-favoured, heavy man, with small piercing eyes that were never at rest. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z The cottage was one of a squat, ill-favoured row on a side street, within a stone's throw of the railway station. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z The soldier eyed him from head to foot: "Now but for that little tuft on your chin I should take you for a girl: and by the fingernails of St. Luke, no ill-favoured one neither." The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z She was not ill-favoured; and he might make a steady husband. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z She was very ill-favoured and ugly in appearance and very foolish, as well as being of a lazy disposition, and, like all lazy people, she was slovenly and dirty in her habits. Folk-Tales of the Khasis 2011-11-01T02:00:19.730Z Upon the steps of the scaffold stood the executioner,—a square-built, ill-favoured personage, busied in arranging a bundle of straw upon the boards. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Many of the Army among the Crowd, and strange, to compare them and others of our Gentry, in Air and Manner, with one or two dingy Foreigners with their stubbly Beards and ill-favoured Looks. Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick 2011-10-15T02:00:25.137Z There was but one—a square, blue-looking, ill-favoured sort of document, sealed with a big office seal and addressed in a trim business hand. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z I declare you're as ill-favoured as any pug I ever met sitting on a Brussels hearthrug, if it were not for that face.' Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z And these were an ill-favoured crew, I can tell you, past masters of robbery, pillage, and murder, such as it is not good to meet at too close quarters. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Inspired by their companion's cheerfulness, the lads turned their backs upon the scene of their ill-favoured labours and set off towards the house. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z They sit at a Table in the midst of the Chamber, where, among them, Lords Brougham and Campbell look mighty ill-favoured and droll. Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick 2011-10-15T02:00:25.137Z Men like you do not love an ill-favoured creature like me, old, bad-tempered . . . with something of the brute under the queenly robes. . . . The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z I come not to be taunted with thy ill-favoured speech! Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z There be old Tramp for one now—did'st ever see such an ill-favoured beast? A Maid of Many Moods 2011-08-23T02:00:27.517Z It adds insult to this injury that his countenance should be described as "stern and ill-favoured." William de Colchester Abbot of Westminster 2011-08-05T02:00:50.197Z Ráby no longer dreaded the poisoned food that he expected his gaoler to bring him, but next morning, strange to say, Janosics appeared with empty hands and a malicious leer on his ill-favoured features. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z He was ill-favoured in appearance, and weak and vacillating in his conduct. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z For those who from birth so ill-favoured are, They find not husbands. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z An' this pantry fashion of wooing should last, woe to the ill-favoured! The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts 2011-07-05T02:00:33.083Z At best it was but an ill-favoured face, but this gives to it an expression truly horrible. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z The giant then began to knit his brows, and to breathe forth some threatening words to the Governor, who, indeed, was a little surprised at the approach of such a monstrous and ill-favoured brute. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z He found life sweet, and embraced the ill-favoured maiden. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z "Well, yes, you're right there," came from the man, with a rather ill-favoured leer. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z The dwellers in these scherms were of the same ill-favoured type as my guides. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z In spite of his flourishing circumstances, his bulky build, and his not specially ill-favoured appearance, no girl could ever be got to take him seriously. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z This change of sense into nonsense he called “the changeling,” in allusion to the nursery legend when fairies steal the fairest child, and substitute an ill-favoured one. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z I took the opportunity to scan faces, and could not fail to be struck by the general ill-favoured expression. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z He was first seen standing on the edge of the Whibley cover, his ill-favoured face protruding stealthily through a screen of “witheys.” The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Marion! in thy presence—or absence either—all other faces seem ill-favoured. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The agricultural clans, on the other hand, are short, ill-favoured looking men and women with broad noses of the negro type, lean and unkempt. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Myself.—A short, thick fellow, very much like yourself, with a hump upon his back, and, excuse me, of a very ill-favoured countenance. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Of a somewhat masculine aspect, she was withal far from ill-favoured—rather the contrary. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z I always think that the sick of Corunna have more ill-favoured countenances than those from other places; but what good can come from Corunna?” The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z An exceedingly ill-favoured fellow, striding into the tent, exhibited a node upon the forehead, which he desired might be instantly removed. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z During that moment the finely-cut features wore a hard and ill-favoured look, which disappeared in an instant when the lips were again parted. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z He was quite as ill-favoured as the delinquent just punished. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z This Sultan was a man of middle age, having only one eye, and also otherwise ill-favoured, besides being cowardly and fat. Khaled, A Tale of Arabia 2011-01-16T03:00:23.317Z But Lady Kishlaki, who had hitherto paid no attention to the ill-favoured young man, looked kindly at him. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z A debauched, ill-favoured, bloated specimen of mortality, the lines of intemperance were deeply graven on his truculent visage, which was at once cunning, sinister, and forbidding. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Now, the beast I sat behind was about as ill-favoured and lean-fleshed an animal as his master. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z They have a son named Avagddu, who was the most ill-favoured man in the world. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race "He would not show them; had other things to do; we must come another day," hurriedly buttoning his heavy black cloak as he spoke; an ill-favoured example of his race, short, swarthy, unshaven. Glories of Spain Two marvellously ill-favoured fellows, with unshaven beards, and their garb all in tatters, hardly tasted of the pitcher of wine before them, and conversed together in low voices, and with uneasy aspect. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 But it appears they have always been the most beautiful thing in nature even in the most unfavourable and ill-favoured ages. Underground Man Through the mist and in the darkness it was impossible to see whether the woman was young or old, handsome or ill-favoured, but her attitude was unmistakable. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Cephas was one of those ill-favoured little creatures, who astonish everybody by never forgetting a favour. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction If for this alone, the territory, no matter how ill-favoured and unattractive, would be worth visiting and revisiting. Hastings and Neighbourhood I may also add that a more awkward-looking, ill-favoured clergyman I never saw ascend the pulpit stairs. The Religious Life of London Meet president of such a court was the scowling, ill-dressed, and ill-favoured fellow who, with two squalid clerks at his side, sat judge of the tribunal. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier It is easy to label this with the ill-favoured name of opportunist. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) "But yes, Monsieur can have a chamber, but certainly," is the cheerful announcement of the concierge, a very pearl among women, who advances from the lodge with a smile to welcome the travel-stained, ill-favoured guest. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) "I have told you already to be gone," replied Jane, angrily; "you will not get any money from me by your juggleries, you ill-favoured monster." Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Three fair things that hide ugliness: good manners in the ill-favoured; skill in a serf; wisdom in the misshapen. Ancient Irish Poetry Three fair things that hide ugliness: good manners in the ill-favoured, skill in a serf, wisdom in the misshapen. The Triads of Ireland Never had any one, without being at all ill-favoured in the usual acceptation of that term, made by her exterior such a disagreeable impression upon the Count as did this Baroness. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Whatever her story, at least she had nothing in common with the two ill-favoured persons whose faces I had seen looking in at the casement. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories So then the old hag had likewise changed his person; and hence it was his mother did not know him, and people called him an ill-favoured dwarf. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors The gross of the native passengers were more ill-favoured: tall, powerful fellows, well tattooed, and with disquieting manners. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Even then, there would be no chance for the ill-favoured and unattractive. Modern marriage and how to bear it In the centre, where the five ways all met, a somewhat ill-favoured alehouse displayed the sign of the “Chequers”; and here the Duke of Gloucester chose his headquarters for the day. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) But the other consequences were of a darker colour and brought the whites immediately face to face in a spirit of ill-favoured animosity. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) He is black and ill-favoured as a carrion crow. Legends & Romances of Brittany And then there was Madame von Rosen, upon whom he looked down with some of that ill-favoured contempt of the chaste male for the imperfect woman. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Macfarlane made some ill-favoured jest about the farmer’s wife, but it came hollowly from his lips, and was allowed to drop in silence. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) Time being precious, Don Rodrigo, afraid of causing a disturbance, was fain to avail himself of the benefit of an ill-favoured looking mule that stood ready saddled in an outhouse. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. He was a hard-working, ill-favoured, saving man; but, as he was able to keep a comfortable home over a wife, he had no difficulty in getting one. The Macdermots of Ballycloran The more deformed a jester happened to be, the more he was valued in his profession, and Rigoletto was a very ugly little man, and as vindictive and wicked as he was ill-favoured in appearance. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Not that he was awkward or ill-favoured in the matter of figure, but that he lacked individuality. What's-His-Name “Bad luck to you for an ill-favoured old thief!” screamed Grannie. The Irish Twins A handsome master will charm a girl much more than one who is ill-favoured or deformed. The Sexual Life of the Child Neither can you say they are exceptionally ill-favoured human beings. Too Old for Dolls A Novel "What the hell do you mean?" demanded he who had spoken, a dark, ill-favoured fellow with a brow like a rainy sky. Malcolm Sage, Detective "I hear no tramp, and see no reason why you should interrupt us thus with your hooting, you ill-favoured owl," he exclaimed fiercely. The Buccaneer A Tale We turned our backs on the hospitable white Customs House and the ill-favoured sea with a muttered imprecation. In the Tail of the Peacock He knew that he was anything but ill-favoured as far as face went. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley In a doorway one of these fellows, a swarthy brigand, was feeding a particularly ill-favoured mongrel, kneeling beside it and admonishing it to eat. Juggernaut Daudet can feel in his heart that love which Dickens felt towards those who are ill-favoured or poor. Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant "A truce to your jests, you ill-favoured loon: I want no man's labour for nothing—there are some broad pieces to stop your mouth; and now, when saw you Hugh Dalton?" The Buccaneer A Tale Looking back upon his penury, he could not wish that he had been spared those lean, ill-favoured days. Anthony Lyveden He discharged all these fair-faced ladies and kept only the ill-favoured ones, his assigned reason being that as ugly females find a difficulty in getting husbands, it would be only charitable to retain their services. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era They were not altogether ill-favoured men, although I could not help feeling that there was a kind of reckless expression on their faces which was not common among Cornish fisherfolk. The Birthright She was ill-favoured, of middle age, thin; but every part of her was imbued with grace, expressive, from the tips of her toes to the tips of her fingers. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia He has made many children fatherless," thought the Ranger, "and yet see how fond he is of that ill-favoured girl, who is the very picture of himself! The Buccaneer A Tale Stung to the quick by the painful accuracy of this appellative, her husband was understood to mutter that he had rather be an ill-favoured worm than an overdressed parrot with a swollen head. Anthony Lyveden The men are rather less ill-favoured, though they are stunted and lean, and covered with ulcers and leprosy scars. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century On his journey through the forest he was stopped by a man black and ill-favoured, holding a large knife in his hand. The Book of Romance Tut, tut, boy, why shouldn't she? you're young and wouldn't be ill-favoured either, had God or thy mother given thee another face. Vera or, The Nihilists It is a humour runs through many things besides, but is an ill-favoured ostentation in all, and thrives not:—and the best use of such men is, they are good parts in a play. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters I soon became a familiar figure to its ill-favoured master and his beautiful niece. Marjorie This is surely an unfair presentment of the worthy landlady; besides, Dodson and Fogg were too astute practitioners to imperil their chances by exhibiting to his Lordship and the Jury so ill-favoured a plaintiff. Bardell v. Pickwick And a well-fed, ill-favoured gentleman he was, as ever served Her Majesty at Portland. The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby “If that is all your grief,” replied Sir Gawayne, “things shall soon be settled; I will wed this ill-favoured dame, and will be your ransom.” Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race The Lapps were rather good-looking young fellows, with a bright, coppery, orange complexion, and were by no means so ill-favoured, short, and stunted as I had imagined. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland "In truth, I forgot to say that they devoured the fat kine wholly and completely, yet it could not be known that they had eaten anything, they were still so lean and ill-favoured." Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner He was not ill-favoured, but there was altogether something boyish and effeminate throughout his appearance, which seemed not of the hue to win a lady's love. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 An ill-favoured breed youth followed; his face struck a chord in Garth's memory; but so hard is it to distinguish alien faces that for the moment he could not place him. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest “She must be an ill-favoured maiden; but I heed it not,” said Sir Gawayne gallantly, “so that I can save you from trouble and care.” Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race With its ill-favoured head protruding above the surface of the water near the banks of slow-flowing rivers, pools, and swamps, the vast anaconda lies in wait for its prey. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America They eyed with no very friendly glances the ill-favoured Arabs who, grasping the poor girls by their arms, claimed them henceforth as their chattels. The Three Commanders “I wish that it had not been by so ill-favoured a person, at all events, Tim,” replied I; “I cannot return her affection.” Japhet in Search of a Father He was of a sober grey colour, somewhat of the wagtail shape, with long black legs, and claws of a dirty hue; and was altogether an ill-favoured bird, not any better-looking than a common house-sparrow. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness He looked very much as Touchstone must have looked when he presented the rustic Audrey to the exiled Duke as "a poor virgin, sir, an ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own." General John Regan This is the time for the pretty who can have many chances, and for the ill-favoured who have few. Romola Dust clung unpleasantly to its hairy and ill-favoured person. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Susannah—a middle-aged, ill-favoured spinster, daughter of a yeoman-farmer, with whose second wife she could not agree—scorned the sea and all sailors. Shining Ferry A gleam of intelligence shot across the ill-favoured face of the gypsy. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication I went in a small skiff, with no other companion than an ill-favoured cur-dog, with which I had been furnished, and which was represented to me as one of the best ‘duck-dogs’ in the country. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire He was an ill-favoured savage, with various expressions on his ugly visage which were not so much Nature’s gifts as the result of his own evil passions. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains Jack had expected to find a somewhat rough, and perhaps ill-favoured, dame the wife of Master Pearson. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea And vet it was not an ill-favoured one. The Scalp Hunters Being of a sociable disposition, Mr Sudberry was about to address this ill-favoured beggar—for such he evidently was—when the coach came round a distant bend in the road at full gallop. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication For he is far from being ill-favoured; only in a sense moral, not physical. The Death Shot A Story Retold No woman was ever more lonely or loveless than the ill-starred and ill-favoured Queen Mary. The Reign of Mary Tudor An exceedingly ill-favoured man, and a no more prepossessing woman, were sitting upon the bank, by the road-side, discussing a dinner of broken victuals. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn By grey dawn I was in my saddle; and, followed by Gode and a couple of heavily packed mules, I rode out of the ill-favoured town, and took the road for the Rio Abajo. The Scalp Hunters In other parts he uses realistic terms, noisy, ill-favoured expressions, which it is impossible to quote. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance It cannot be denied that the academic expression "Literature" is an ill-favoured word. Maxim Gorki Now my dread was not of the 'doppies,' but I did fear the return of the recent ill-favoured visitor. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 449 Volume 18, New Series, August 7, 1852 They are no longer the squalid, filthy, and ill-favoured race they formerly were. An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners Swarthy, ill-favoured faces appear behind the folds of dingy rebozos. The Scalp Hunters One of these faces is handsome, the other rather ill-favoured. A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 “Blockhead!” exclaimed the irate Osman, who was a sturdy but ill-favoured specimen of Moslem humanity. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story Too true, Disco; we are both ill-favoured fellows here, whatever we may be elsewhere; however, as we don’t intend to take Manganja wives it won’t matter much. Black Ivory Only once during the first hour did the big, ill-favoured man venture a remark. The Lighthouse He was a very tall, raw-boned, ill-favoured fellow, of great muscular strength, and with a most forbidding countenance. The Lifeboat This was an extraordinary condescension on the part of Mr Allfrey, senior, who was a grim, hard-featured man, with little or no soul to speak of, and with an enormously large ill-favoured body. Digging for Gold Adventures in California “What right have you to ask?” replied the captain of the strange ship, an ill-favoured, powerful man, whose countenance was sufficient to condemn him in any society, save that of ruffians. The Red Eric He was a thick-set, ill-favoured fellow, with garments of a disreputable appearance, and had a slouch that induced honest men to avoid his company. Life in the Red Brigade London Fire Brigade The son-in-law elect was, as we have elsewhere said, an ill-favoured elderly man with only one eye. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale “Are none but ill-favoured people brave, then?” replied Amine, smiling. The Phantom Ship I took the present, and was about to return thanks, when the three ill-favoured Moussul merchants gradually took the form of celestial beings, and vanished.” The Pacha of Many Tales He went down into the slimy liquid an ill-favoured Portuguese, clad in white duck; he came up a worse-favoured monstrosity, clothed in mud! The Red Eric Presently we saw him returning, accompanied by Sinné and several other fellows, mostly as ill-favoured as himself. Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures There were heaps of filth in front, and troops of ill-favoured dogs were prowling about them. Peter the Whaler We were received on shore by a guard of ill-favoured blacks—“regular blackguards,” as O’Driscoll observed—between whom we were conducted to the residence of his Excellency Governor D’Argu. Hurricane Hurry “You will step on shore, Count Funnibos,” said the skipper, with an ill-favoured grin on his countenance. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin “And an uncommonly ill-favoured rascally-looking cook you are,” thought the captain; but he did not say so, for he was not utterly regardless of men’s feelings. The Red Eric Ben soon came up to us, laughing and slapping his legs to exhibit his pleasure at the trick he had played the ill-favoured savage. Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures They approaching slowly and with hesitation, we discovered that they were human beings, though marvellously ill-favoured in aspect. The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific Among them was a dwarf, a misshapen, ill-favoured creature. The Seven Champions of Christendom Their countenances wore the same ill-favoured expression as did that of the skipper. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin Such of his features as were visible were as ill-favoured as well could be. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea Perhaps they understood each other better than we did the ill-favoured curs’ masters or their masters did us. On the Banks of the Amazon She can think of him as the "harsh, ill-favoured one!" Browning's Heroines He was an ill-favoured, ferocious-looking savage; and the boys, although they knew not a word that was uttered, could tell by his manner that he was speaking against them. The Boy Hunters Thou hast been afoot all night, and lookst so grimed and ill-favoured a varlet that no man would think thou camest from an honest wife’s house. The Armourer's Prentices Although singularly ill-favoured, he had personal qualities which attracted men and women. Heroes of Modern Europe The one comfort was, that there was little enough danger of her seeing in the ill-favoured Bolsover cad anything which need make him—Scarfe—jealous. A Dog with a Bad Name “There was a son of old Sorley’s in the pageant to-day; a plaguey ill-favoured hound, who walked with his father,” said the landlord, “with a face sour enough to curdle all the milk in Dublin.” Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess Above all, the vision of that ill-favoured effigy under the grating rose gibbering and mocking me to my face, and claiming me for penal servitude, if not for the gallows itself. Tom, Dick and Harry Drink, disease and want were the masters of the ill-favoured men who shambled within at intervals, thrusting the price of a bed through a pigeon-hole at the entrance, receiving a dirty ticket in exchange. The Hand in the Dark They are terrible fellows; and ugly or not, I have no doubt that even your Majesty would not find them so ill-favoured were they seated in the halls of Olympus.' The Infernal Marriage It is related during a fierce debate on the hustings, O'Connell with his biting witty tongue, attacked his opponent on account of his ill-favoured countenance. At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History It was truly the most ill-favoured sector on the whole of the front held by our armies. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery Were she beauteous as the crescent at even, or ill-favoured as a bird of prey, she shall yet be welcome for thy sake, O faithful Servant, be she a slave or a queen. A Book of Quaker Saints He was an ill-favoured specimen of an immortal soul, with a bloated face, a pendulous stomach, and a week's growth of beard on his dirty chin. The Hand in the Dark She was lame and singularly ill-favoured, but her manners were spirited and amusing. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Externally, the juice will cleanse and heal foul ulcers, and ill-favoured eruptions. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure At sight of the ill-favoured young Indian all of Cabot's former resentment flamed up, and springing to his feet he dashed from the tent, determined to give Arsenic the thrashing he deserved. Under the Great Bear He might have been at bottom, but he certainly was not at top, seeing that his coat was of the roughest, and most ill-favoured kind. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 Like some ill-favoured terrier, he had persisted in spite of odds, and had worried his great antagonist into wondering submission. The Mayor of Warwick Where but in a dream had she seen that bold, ill-favoured face, that horrible smile, that sandy hair? The Wide, Wide World This photographic realism of conversation is common enough now: but it has too often the defects of photography; it is bleared, coarse, and ill-favoured. Studies in Early Victorian Literature It is said that he even went to the theatre to see himself caricatured, laughed as heartily as any, and stood up to show the audience how correctly his ill-favoured countenance had been reproduced. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour The Duchess of Kendal was then very 'lean and ill-favoured.' The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 But he found her still firm in her declaration that she would love neither himself nor another, which he could not believe, however, seeing how ill-favoured was her husband, and how great her own beauty. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. II. (of V.) Madame d'Aché even kept Henriette, one of the little girls who was ill-favoured and hunchbacked but remarkably clever, with her for five years. The House of the Combrays She smiled at Sally, the smile that opens confidence and invites you within; no grudging of it between the teeth, ill-favoured and starved, as we do the thing in this country. Sally Bishop A Romance The one rider was a dark, ill-favoured man, whose pale flaccid cheeks and drooping form betrayed the utmost fatigue. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster If the manner is light, I can only say, in the words of Touchstone, that it is "an ill-favoured thing, sir, but my own; a poor humour of mine, sir." Amusements in Mathematics She is not ill-favoured, but she is poor and thin. Morocco It was rare indeed; for although children were generally handsome and well formed, the adult too often became misshapen and ill-favoured. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah Close behind him stood the tall gaunt figure of Marvel, with his large bony hands, his scraggy neck, and ill-favoured countenance. Jack Sheppard A Romance Up and down he raged in his fury, cursing like a madman, while all about him—blaming, reviling, advising—cursed the men of his ill-favoured crew. The Gun-Brand From time to time, she was stopped by fits of coughing, when an ill-favoured hunchback, who accompanied her on a tambourine, swore and scowled at her. The Brownies and Other Tales She is both sickly, and ill-favoured, and not young,—but what a capital wife she would make for an honest, well-educated man! A Reckless Character And Other Stories I had seen numbers of interesting children, with handsome features and well-formed limbs, who in their riper years had become ugly, with ill-favoured features, sallow complexions, bad expressions of countenance, misshapen forms, and crooked limbs. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah They were all stout ill-favoured men, attired in the regular jail-livery of scratch wig and snuff-coloured suit; and had all a strong family likeness to each other. Jack Sheppard A Romance "I wish that it had not been by so ill-favoured a person, at all events, Tim," replied I; "I cannot return her affection." Japhet, in Search of a Father "And as ill-tempered as she is ill-favoured," rejoined Sampson Harrop; "and, though she cannot help being ugly, she might help being malicious." The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest A swarthy and ill-favoured wight he was, with a beard, as the story goes, that would have swept off the prickly gorse-bush in its progress. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Only once during the first hour did the ill-favoured man venture a remark. The Lighthouse I find no account of this ill-favoured one elsewhere. Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers This was to the ill-favoured person with the broken nose. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh The order was promptly obeyed by the ill-favoured attendant, who was stationed near the gate. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest "She!" cried the ingrate, with a contemptuous sneer; "her wits are so set upon it, that she would worship any ill-favoured lout that should call himself her husband." Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 He, that foul ill-favoured brute, A fevered age's most repulsive fruit, The murderous coxcomb, the assassin sleek? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 23, 1892 It is reputed the most ill-favoured town in Donegal, and it certainly is not a dream of beauty. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) If one touch of such a love as hers could ever come to her in a thought of his, he might turn into a being as ill-favoured as herself. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) He walked between two ill-favoured personages habited in black, whom he had chosen as assistants. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest This Sir Osmund is both lean and ill-favoured. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Grief is an ill-favoured thing, but she is Love's own child, and her mother loves her. Hope of the Gospel Sordid and ill-favoured men may there be seen buying on Saturday, chickens, ducks, and geese, which they eat for supper; and in some instances, bottled porter and wine. Thrift Sir Gideon Murray decided to hang him, but his lady interposed: "Would ye hang the winsome Laird o' Harden," she said, "when ye hae three ill-favoured daughters to marry?" From John O'Groats to Land's End You have seen the child, and know what an ill-favoured, deformed little creature she is, with round high shoulders, eyes set strangely in her face, and such a malicious expression—oh! The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Nor would he cease until my lord clouted him twice or thrice rudely on his ill-favoured crown with a "Hist, folly, stay thy devil's clatter." The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel de Bessin, Knight, of Things that Happed in Guernsey Island, in the Norman Seas, in and about the Year One Thousand and Fifty-Seven She moulded him as she willed, for she was as crafty and diplomatic as she was ill-favoured. Love Romances of the Aristocracy Ay, and would have made my oak rung acquaint with the side of his ill-favoured head, too, had not a woman's voice cried down the stair to know the reason of the disturbance. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 I bid him enter, and I see a tall slim youth, not ill-favoured, wearing well-cut clothes, and carrying a most beautiful, gold-topped Malacca cane delicately in his hand. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 18, 1891 There was also Jennet, Elizabeth's daughter, a mischievous and ill-favoured little creature, who inherited all the ill qualities of her parents. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest They have good complexions, being white and red, but very ill-favoured features. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time During the ceremony George had no eyes for any but the vision of peerless beauty he had lost, who, compared with his ill-favoured bride, was "as a queenly lily to a dandelion." Love Romances of the Aristocracy Those in the court, however, begged the judge to spare the goldsmith's life; "for," said they, "he is very sick and ill-favoured, and would not make at all a pretty spectacle." The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies "Are none but ill-favoured people brave, then?" replied Amine, smiling. The Phantom Ship His face was round and not ill-favoured, and showed colour, even after a two days' fast. The Secret History of the Court of Justinian About eight feet in length, extremely fat, thick-limbed, ill-favoured, heavy of movement, and generally unpretty, he did not at first sight impress his new master any too favourably. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull Our lodger shuffled away abruptly, as if disconcerted; but the ill-favoured cat, whisking round, stood like a demon sentinel upon the corpse, growling and hissing, with arched back and glaring eyes. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 This one looked ill-favoured enough to do so. The Man Who Laughs So, because you would have it a dolphin, he consented to it, but it is like an ill-favoured knot of ribbon. The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 It was at this time, before her husband had been many weeks in his grave, that the Comte de Riom, the last and most ill-favoured of her many lovers, came on the scene. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe The Russians are not ill-favoured but ill-flavoured, that is, in a crowd. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 16, 1890 For several years past, if a man had but an ill-favoured nose, the deep-thinkers of the age would some way or other contrive to impute the cause to the prejudice of his education. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 As they reach the ground, they meet with an ill-favoured boot of leather, which acknowledges that it has ill-treated the delicate slipper of Mercury. Gossip in a Library She has an excellent fancy, sure, and a great wit; but, I am sorry to tell it you, they say 'tis the most ill-favoured creature that ever was born. The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 The two lovers made little secret of their hope that one or both of their ill-favoured spouses would pass away. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 I thought the people very ill-favoured by nature here, but perhaps they are not more so than others in the district. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine The woman acceded to both proposals readily enough, but followed her companion into the ill-favoured little tavern with a weary step and a heavy heart. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." Before returning an answer, Leonard looked hard at the newcomer, and thought he had never beheld so ill-favoured a person before. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire He might have been at bottom, but he certainly was not at top, seeing that his coat was of the roughest and most ill-favoured kind. Nicholas Nickleby It was so profoundly dark, however, and so ill-favoured, that he concluded they had but turned up there, missing their way, and were pouring out again when he observed them. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty His own wife was ill-favoured and ill-natured; Dee's was comely and agreeable: and he longed to make an exchange of partners, without exciting the jealousy or shocking the morality of Dee. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Of a truth, thy mother will not be merry when she sees thee, for thou art more ill-favoured than the toad of the marsh, or the adder that crawls in the fen. A House of Pomegranates "Count upon me," rejoined Gregory, a smile of satisfaction illumining his ill-favoured countenance. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire There he sat, with folded arms; paler than usual, certainly, and sufficiently ill-favoured, but quite collected—far more so than the brothers or the exasperated Tim—and ready to face out the worst. Nicholas Nickleby Bark on, ill-favoured, ill-conditioned cur; fortune has ever been with me—I like to hear you.' Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty The most ill-favoured, ill-mannered, ill-natured, ill-omened, ill-tempered dog in Christendom! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Come, let us drive her hence, for she is ugly and ill-favoured.’ A House of Pomegranates "Your master has a beautiful daughter, has he not?" asked the ill-favoured watchman. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire I saw the same ill-favoured smile upon his face again, and saw how he watched me. David Copperfield Who is this ill-favoured man, and what has he to do with you? Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty The other man, whom his companion had called Isaac, was of a more slender figure—stooping, and high in the shoulders—with a very ill-favoured face, and a most sinister and villainous squint. The Old Curiosity Shop For some years past, if a man had but an ill-favoured nose, the deep thinkers of the age would, some way or other contrive to impute the cause to the prejudice of his education. The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces But the other consequences were of a darker colour and brought the whites immediately face to face in a spirit of ill-favoured animosity. A Footnote to History Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa In the moment's pause I speak of, I saw Uriah's countenance form itself into a most ill-favoured smile. David Copperfield I saw a man extremely well dressed, but with a particularly ill-favoured countenance. Manon Lescaut Macfarlane made some ill-favoured jest about the farmer's wife, but it came hollowly from his lips, and was allowed to drop in silence. Tales and Fantasies And then there was Madame von Rosen, upon whom he looked down with some of that ill-favoured contempt of the chaste male for the imperfect woman. Prince Otto, a Romance Sue turned her head and saw an ill-favoured man, closely cropped, with a broad-faced, pock-marked woman on his arm, ruddy with liquor and the satisfaction of being on the brink of a gratified desire. Jude the Obscure "There's them that would do that," some of the guests replied, looking at the woman, who was by no means ill-favoured. The Mayor of Casterbridge I had not access to it—nor had any stranger, with the exception of two ill-favoured men, whom I had found, for weeks together, constant attendants upon my benefactor. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Thou hast been afoot all night, and lookst so grimed and ill-favoured a varlet that no man would think thou camest from an honest wife’s house. The Armourer's Prentices That driver's as ill-favoured a scoundrel as ever I see. The Bronze Bell "But there is poverty on the Free Level," maintained Marguerite; "many of the ill-favoured girls suffer from hunger and want better clothes than they can buy." City of Endless Night Why, I shall have but an ill-favoured courtier of ye. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 The door was at length slowly opened, and a most ill-favoured and inhospitable-looking dame demanded, in a sullen voice, "What's your will?" Vivian Grey Uzeda was not alone: with him was a man whose sallow complexion, ill-favoured features, and simple dress strangely contrasted the showy person and sumptuous habiliments of the duke. Calderon the Courtier, a Tale The new comer wore the republican beard and moustache—of a sandy grey—his hair was the same colour; and a black patch over one eye increased the ill-favoured appearance of his features. Night and Morning, Complete The new comer wore the republican beard and moustache—of a sandy grey— his hair was the same colour; and a black patch over one eye increased the ill-favoured appearance of his features. Night and Morning, Volume 3 Surely if they could we should not see so many ill-favoured faces haunting the assemblies of the great, nor would such numbers of feeble wretches languish in their coaches and palaces. Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 On one occasion when Blessed Francis was present some young lady in the company was ridiculing another who was conspicuously ill-favoured. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales M. LEGOUV�, the tragic writer, first brought forward on this stage Mademoiselle DUCHESNOIS, a girl about twenty, extremely ill-favoured by nature. Paris as It Was and as It Is To this same class we may refer the lover and beloved, the beautiful and the ill-favoured. Ethics I should have been just as bad as any of them, if the Lord had not kept me out of temptation in His great mercy, by making me the poor, ill-favoured creature I am. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography To be short, they occupied all, like good souls; only, to those that were horribly ugly and ill-favoured, I caused their head to be put within a bag, to hide their face. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 SHE: For two reasons—thou art of age mature and something ill-favoured. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn He was a wealthy man, ill-favoured to look upon, but swift of foot, and had asked that his reward should be the horses and the chariot of Achilles. Authors of Greece After many dry preliminaries, six prisoners were brought in—ill-favoured, half-scared, sullen fellows; and the jury of Mexicans and Americans having been empanelled, the trial commenced. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway She was a fleshly, gauche, vain, and ill-favoured woman. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Seymour Hicks was not ill-favoured, and was always well dressed, and he was very civil, but what he really owed his social advancement to was his indomitable will. Endymion "For though I do love her, she, by reason o' my ill-favoured looks, the which, woe's me, I may not alter, loveth not me, as I do judge." The Geste of Duke Jocelyn 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-favoured, ill-mannered, middle-aged woman. The History of Pendennis Now and then we passed a few black ill-favoured sheep feeding by the way-side, near a ruined sepulchre, just such animals as an ancient would have sacrificed to the Manes. Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents Your face is welcome everywhere, and is not one of those ill-favoured countenances which are never well received by sovereigns. The Magnificent Lovers (Les Amants magnifiques) Nothing could have been more ill-favoured and dirty than the wretched victims; but they met their fate in silence and with the most dogged composure. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 Mrs. Pipchin was a marvellous ill-favoured, ill-conditioned old lady, with a mottled face like bad marble, a hook nose, and a hard grey eye. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction The elder of the two, Cornelia, an ill-favoured virgin, whose affections are fixed on the young Lord Alberdure, has two contending suitors in the doctor and the merchant. A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 We passed several dirty villages, inhabited by an ill-favoured generation, infamous for depredations and murders. Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents It is a humour runs through many things besides, but is an ill-favoured ostentation in all, and thrives not:--and the best use of such men is, they are good parts in a play. Character Writings of the 17th Century True it is that thorns and thistles, ill-favoured and poisonous plants, well named by botanists “rubbish-plants,” mark the track which man has proudly traversed through the earth. At Last He took her hand and kissed it, but suddenly an ill-favoured face was thrust forward between the two lovers. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction And, a little after that, came a couple of spiteful ill-favoured crows, and trampled down the little remaining grass. An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments The big, awkward, ill-favoured old man stood with his disproportionately long arms hanging by his sides, staring at her, unaware that his presence half undid the good the leaping flames were doing her. The Power and the Glory This deformity alone was a tragedy to one like Michael Angelo who loved everything beautiful, yet must go through life knowing himself to be ill-favoured. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Of her there bred mortal > lethal 5 A thousand young ones, which she daily fed, 6 Sucking upon her poisonous dugs; each one 7 Of sundry shapes, yet all ill-favoured. The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 An ill-favoured old gipsy woman named Mary Squires was also declared by her to have been the main agent in ill- using and detaining her. Fielding Mr. O'Shea rather fancied himself in the role of comforter, when the sufferer was neither old nor ill-favoured. Little Citizens But this Joseph is an ill-favoured creature—and insolent. King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays Is it as separate from these, beauteous, or ill-favoured? Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 He considered himself a good judge of men, and he did not like the looks of this ill-favoured pair. Viola Gwyn The ill-favoured native below grinned, and, picking the paper up, handed it to her. Jess She was neither old nor ill-favoured, and she was most evidently nervous. Little Citizens She did not mean to be unnecessarily harsh; but she did mean to be decided, and as she spoke her face became stern and ill-favoured. Castle Richmond The negroes of Loanda struck me as unusually ill-favoured; short, "stumpy," and very dark, or tinged with unclean yellow. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 The fellow was an ill-favoured, deformed man, with great wounds in his face, which he had received from dogs' bites whilst he had been in his wolf's form. The Book of Were-Wolves When Eve saw that the Lord was so mild and gracious, she thought, "I will bring hither my ill-favoured children also, it may be that he will bestow his blessing on them likewise." Household Tales by Brothers Grimm He was not very handsome, though none so ill-favoured. Allan and the Holy Flower We say maledictions, as the expression of his fierce ill-favoured countenance too plainly showed that they could not be blessings. Jack Tier He had ever a wag of encouragement for the young, the ill-favoured, the belaboured, and the mangy. The Fiend's Delight The Lord de Corasse called to his servants to set the dogs on the ill-favoured creature, and kill it; but, as the kennel was opened, the sow vanished away, and was never seen afterwards. The Lances of Lynwood Thence on a run he wound to the tanners' quarter by the river: a district commonly as foul-tongued as it was ill-favoured, but tonight clean-purged of both evils by the vehement sweep of the storm. The Valley of Decision That Mr. Hassan-ben-Mohammed entirely disapproved of our presence on the ship, and especially of our proposed landing at Kilwa, was evident to me from the moment that I set eyes upon his ill-favoured countenance. Allan and the Holy Flower Then too he received the strangest visitors, odd looking men of suspicious appearance, and fellows of ill-favoured and sinister aspect. The Widow Lerouge It was all perfectly absurd, for why on earth should an ugly house, some overgrown trees, and a couple of ill-favoured servants so malignly affect him? Huntingtower Behind the substantial counter which was an impregnable fortification, was his popular son, Master Joseph; a short, ill-favoured cur, with a spirit of vulgar oppression and malicious mischief stamped on his visage. Sybil, or the Two Nations And she loved Marian Leslie also, though Marian was so sweet and lovely and she herself so harsh and ill-favoured. Miss Sarah Jack of Spanish Town, Jamaica I marle, sir, you wear such ill-favoured coarse stockings, having so good a leg as you have. Every Man in His Humour Presently, up came two ill-favoured fellows and said to him, "Come, O man, and speak with the Kazi; for thy wife hath complained of thee to him." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 He smiled that peculiar smile of his that rendered hateful his otherwise not ill-favoured countenance. The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes This was the place nearest the watching constable, and was allotted on that account to the most ill-favoured. For the Term of His Natural Life "Did you say that you were journeying to Cagli?" questioned I. He eyed me sourly, suspicion writ athwart his round, ill-favoured face, But my motley was hidden from his sight. The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro Thus, thus, yea thus doth the mind of man, thus blind and sick, foul and ill-favoured, wish to be hidden, but that aught should be hidden from it, it wills not. The Confessions of St. Augustine Lord Henry Goade, who had, as we shall see, some personal acquaintance with Sir Oliver Tressilian, tells us quite bluntly that he was ill-favoured. The Sea-Hawk He was a tall, powerfully built man, this Canaples, with a swart, cruel face that was nevertheless not ill-favoured, and a profusion of black hair. The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes At last, as the sun began to slope down to the west, a thin line of green was discerned, the bushes which skirt the banks of that ill-favoured stream. The Great Boer War Joseph, on the other hand, had never been aught but ill-favoured. The Tavern Knight Now the Black Hag was not only those things that have been said; she was also whiskered and warty and one-eyed and obstreperous, and she was notorious and ill-favoured in many other ways also. Irish Fairy Tales But they do say that this same Scarlet Pimpernel is mightily ill-favoured, and that's why no one ever sees him. The Elusive Pimpernel He was a lad of twenty, not ill-favoured in looks, but with an expression of distant and pondering vacuity. Cabbages and Kings I stood looking at him for about ten minutes, and shall always continue to maintain that he is a very ill-favoured gentleman as far as outward appearance is concerned. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 And the white-faced ill-favoured brute was off like a shot in the darkness. The Half-Brothers He had lately been disturbed by what he considered to be an ill-favoured omen. Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches Uninteresting towns clamoured, as ill-favoured spinsters in a photographic studio, to be made beautiful. The Angel and the Author, and others He was ill-favoured, but a good runner, and was an only son among five sisters. The Iliad Scragga stepped forward with an ill-favoured grin, and lifted his spear. King Solomon's Mines So, again, of Dolon: 'ill-favoured indeed he was to look upon.' The Poetics of Aristotle It was the house of the priest—a snuffy and ill-favoured old man who had not a civil answer to any of our questions. The Adventures of Gerard As he neared the town-gate, an old beldame begged an alms of him, and though Hind, not liking her ill-favoured visage, would have spurred forward, the beldame's glittering eye held his horse motionless. A Book of Scoundrels I warrant me, you think, what should such an ill-favoured, scrambling urchin do at court? Kenilworth "Oh! how they creak! and who is this man, I wonder? what an ill-favoured churl!" The Cloister and the Hearth Then an ill-favoured hag behind a blanket: "A charm to wither the face of the woman that my husband has taken instead of me!" The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable Spenser describes suspicion as "Foul, ill-favoured, and grim, under his eyebrows looking still askance," &c.; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals He was an ill-favoured, undersized, gruff sailor of fifty, coarsely hairy, short-legged, long-armed, resembling an elderly ape. Typhoon This lasted until Tressilian, from very weariness, stood still, and was about to abandon the pursuit with a hearty curse on the ill-favoured urchin, who had engaged him in an exercise so ridiculous. Kenilworth The soldier eyed him from head to foot: "Now but for that little tuft on your chin I should take you for a girl; and by the finger-nails of St. Luke, no ill-favoured one neither." The Cloister and the Hearth They entered, and in a moment were face to face with a lanky, ill-favoured white man that all three, including Skookum, recognized as Hoag, the man they had met at the trader's. Rolf in the Woods When Shakspeare speaks of Envy as lean-faced, or black, or pale, and Jealousy as "the green-eyed monster;" and when Spenser describes Suspicion as "foul, ill-favoured, and grim," they must have felt this difficulty. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals And a well-fed, ill-favoured gentleman he was, as ever served Her Majesty at Portland. The Water-Babies We ne'er saw monsters so viley ill-favoured; with their nasty horns that make one afeard, and, their foul nostrils cast up into the air. The Cloister and the Hearth "We say that none run women down, but such as are too old, or too ill-favoured, or too witless to please them." The Cloister and the Hearth |
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