| 单词 | rubicund |
| 例句 | Mr. Loring had a vulnerable, rubicund face with eyebrows arched into constant and natural inquisitiveness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the rubicund features and close-cropped white hair suggest a mix of military autocrat and merry patriarch. King Lear - review 2010-12-08T00:05:00Z Some 350 cross-country skiers with rubicund faces from three days of playing outside were packed in the nave that caterers had transformed into a magnificent dining hall. In Quebec, a Winter Celebration on Skis 2013-01-25T18:23:12Z The phone, with its rubicund sheen, was instantly coveted. The Semiotics of “Rose Gold” 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z He was described in his Daily Telegraph obituary as being one of the most liberal-minded MPs of his generation with a demeanour variously described as "plump, balding and rubicund". The MPs and ex-MPs who died in 2017 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z From the bow of his trawler, bespangled with anti-EU banners and bobbing on the grey Thames outside the Houses of Parliament, a rubicund fisherman bellowed at the crowds on Westminster Bridge. The Nigel Farage Show 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Sheridan is depicted as a blazing meteor with an extremely rubicund nose. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The rubicund Provost had gone the way of all the earth, even of all provosts! The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Apolonia, a smiling, rubicund old dame, with a keen sense of humour, acted as laundress. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Her son's rubicund and puckered countenance lightened at her approach. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z His clean-shaven face was round and rubicund; his eyes had a cheery light in them; a jolly smile hovered about his mouth. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z The last time I had seen Herbert he was a rubicund cheerful gardener. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-11T03:03:44.993Z His rubicund visage exuded delight, and his short fingers caressed his blond mustache. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z At the moment when Colonel Bartlemy's rubicund face appeared over the horizon, Aunt Susannah, flushed but unconquered, drew herself up for a moment's rest from toil. Mr. Punch's Golf Stories 2012-01-28T03:00:25.907Z For a moment I was surprised to see the stout and rubicund Slingsby in Lisbon. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z I was sorry to see so many rotund and rubicund faces among the men, bearing unerring indications of intemperance. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z T. Mozley when the nineteenth century was well advanced saw the constituency of Old Sarum in the person of 'a bright looking old fellow with a full rubicund face and a profusion of white hair.' Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z "Short of what?" he demanded with sarcasm, blowing the ashes into Stearns' rubicund face. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z At my left was a rotund old party, with an amiable expression, and a full-blown, rubicund face. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z Major Slingsby, a square, short, rubicund man of forty, with the face of a faun, bowed, and, without moving from his chair, seemed, nevertheless, to remove himself completely from the room. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z One of her two companions, a very stout man, put down his mask, disclosing a jolly rubicund face, and roared out for a flagon of wine. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z He touched his hat to the governor--his honest, rubicund, somewhat pugnacious face, eloquent of the weight that was on his mind. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Outside, rubicund Thomas with heavily knobbed cane awaits her. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The elder woman’s normally rubicund cheeks had now gone nearly white. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z He often smiled to himself as he pictured the expression which would come on his uncle's rubicund countenance if he guessed what an intimate knowledge his office boy had of his affairs. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z Mr. McTavish had become rubicund with agitation; the doctor remained placid. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Of course they must!—the case was as plain as the portliest of noses on the most rubicund of faces. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Those who had known him in former days, rubicund, carrying a good paunch and a joyous face, wont to tell his matins with bottles and his vespers with flagons, would certainly never have recognized him. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z "Well, you see, they have sent our Major to the right about, don't ye?" observes Kvassoff, a little, rubicund, choleric, small-brained fellow, the same who had announced the supersession of the Major. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Already she had something of her father's rubicund countenance; her cheeks were red, even a trifle blotchy. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z Out of the bathtub, rubicund and rotund, stepped Mr. Ambrose Pottle. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Dollar took little, but the other grew a shade more rubicund, and it was good to hear him chat without restraint or an apparent care. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Ibbetson paid his bill to Landlord Burkett after a sketching and fishing excursion by a sign with one pale and wan face and one equally rubicund. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z He pushed against another convict round and small, with a lively rubicund countenance. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z It was an elderly man, white-haired, and with a rubicund countenance. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z That very ordinary looking personage, with the rubicund complexion and pimply features, is old Moneypenny, senior partner of the great firm of Moneypenny, Blodgers, and Wobbles, corn factors of Mark Lane. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z At the sight of them, the "pope" turned suddenly pale; his rubicund face became a ghastly grey, his hairs seem to bristle in terror. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Prominent among them was old Garrett, his rubicund visage now nearly purple. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The pope set a bright example, and his rubicund face fully declared the pleasure he took in fulfilling such functions of his office. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z He 15 took out a pipe, filled and lit it, and puffed away, with an expression of serene contentment on his rubicund dirty face. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z And Saint's face, when he appeared, was in marked contrast to Uncle's rubicund cheerful countenance. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z When he passed out of the front door, he brushed against a plainly dressed rubicund man with sharp grey eyes who glanced at him inquisitively. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z His eyes were following the movements of the rubicund conductor. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z His great rubicund countenance was sunken and emaciated, his figure bent and meagre, his voice weak and faint as a whisper, and his hearing entirely gone. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z His rubicund face looked troubled, great beads of perspiration stood out upon his forehead, and his fat fingers wandered along the velvety surface of his round, closely-cropped crown. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z He looked much the same, not quite so rubicund; he carried his left arm in a sling. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z He was a jolly man, with chestnut hair and rubicund face; his figure grew massive as the years went by. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z He was a genially rubicund specimen of the force, and inspired confidence. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z The other was the stolid, but rubicund, countenance of his subaltern, Stubbs. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z He wears white pantaloons, white frock, and white hat, and is, indeed, all white, with the exception of his polished Wellingtons and rubicund face. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z "The fellow with the long rubicund nasal protuberance?" asked the Professor. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z The salesman was younger and rather rubicund, and I judge that he was an Englishman and a Unionist. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z The spareness, alertness, fussiness, and excessive politeness of the people was as great a contrast to the characteristics of the rubicund Britons he had been among a day ago, as he could have imagined. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z He was rubicund, and looked like a man who might grow to be very stout later in life. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z He had never expected at forty-five to find himself so portly, so rubicund. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z The stealthy air of enjoyment that was hovering about Coverdale's rubicund visage seemed to deepen. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Ah! a fine-looking fellow, I can assure you; against whom the baronet’s son, with his rubicund cheeks and hay-coloured hair, wouldn’t stand the slightest chance—even were there nothing: more to recommend the martial stranger. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Ere the horrified pair could protest, he opened the door, sprang out, and pushed inside a stout, rubicund man with a festal rose in his holiday coat, but a miserable, shamefaced look in his eyes. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z But I recognized that cheerful, rubicund countenance with its bushy black eyebrows; and the thing that favored me most in my recollection was a half-smoked, unlighted cigar tucked in one corner of his mouth. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z The expression of his rubicund face is distinctly a happy one. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z The man looked as though usually his face was rubicund; now it was white as the traditional sheet. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z The round mellow voice of Madam Breeze answered the call, and a moment thereafter the merry Elf bobbed her rubicund face out of the window. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies The major was massive-framed, with a strong jaw and a rubicund complexion—the sort that might be supposed to have attained the utmost benefit to be conferred by a consistent indulgence in mint-juleps. The Valiants of Virginia The Vicar was a short, rather stout figure, rubicund, red-haired, clean-shaven, and with bright ruddy brown eyes. The Wonderful Visit Many a brave young Scotch undergraduate, with rubicund face and meagre purse, breakfasts off a plate of porridge which he prepares for himself, while ces messieurs of Oxford breakfast like princes. Friend Mac Donald He looked like a well-set-up New York business man, faultlessly dressed in an Albert frock coat, with rubicund countenance and flowing mutton-chop whiskers. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 Sir Benjamin reached for and filled his wine-glass and grew a little more rubicund than usual. Our Admirable Betty A Romance And down the steps from the house came his old friend Smith, smiling and rubicund. The New Gulliver and Other Stories Our old acquaintance, Burdo, the butcher, was rubicund with joy at the approaching conflict, for which, he said, he long had hungered. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs His antagonist was the burly and rubicund General Kruse, who had his nose buried in a whisky and soda. A Traitor's Wooing No smallest sign of shame disfigures his small rubicund countenance. Faith and Unfaith Cartmell was no gossip and a man of few questions unless about a horse; yet now he turned his rubicund face toward me with an air of humorous puzzle. The Great Miss Driver Another match was struck, revealing Sir Charles Custance's rubicund features, down which a slow trickle of blood wound its way. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Eulalie put a fat finger to rubicund lips and I retired, cautiously. A Top-Floor Idyl He was a big, burly man, with a rubicund complexion and a voice like a thunderstorm. A Traitor's Wooing He was very large and rubicund, with a resonant voice and a gusty dominant manner. Thirty The confidential wink with which he now turned his plump rubicund face toward me preserved his general harmony. The Great Miss Driver "You made those threats last night," he thundered, shaking his bony forefinger under the other's rubicund nose. Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895 O'Grady, after a conference of a few moments with the rubicund Cerberus I have mentioned, beckoned to me to follow him. Jack Hinton The Guardsman “You’re boss,” was the answer, but a look of relief—almost of contentment—spread over the rubicund face. Leerie And this flower, which always adorned his buttonhole, seemed to match well with his benevolent and somewhat rubicund countenance. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 The wearer, however, was rubicund and jovial-looking, though the angles of the mouth were somewhat dragged, and the wrinkles at the eyes were deep-worn. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier He was still rather a handsome man himself, with a rubicund face and bright gray eyes. Black Forest Village Stories His various nicknames among the sailors, “Billy go tight,” given on account of his rubicund complexion, “Billy Blue,” “Coachee,” and “Mr Whip,” seem to show that he was regarded with more of affection than reverence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" I saw by the moon's silver beams athwart his rubicund visage, that he relented; whereupon, paying him some sorrowful compliments upon the demise of his aged parent, I quite conquered his anger. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia The imposing old gentleman, whose rubicund nose and white waistcoat are the guarantees for a taste in port, has already inspired the landlord with a sincere regard. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life After a brief interval the Grand Duke came out of the hotel and entered the first car, followed by the stout rubicund officer I had seen in attendance on him at Wirballen. The Red Symbol How that old coach swayed to and fro, with its dignified elderly gentlemen and rubicund Lord Mayor, rejoicing in countless turtle feeds—for, reader, it was Sir William Curtis!... Old and New London Volume I A wild shout of joy burst from the rural party when the most portly and rubicund of the portly and red-faced judges advanced into the ring and decorated Jenkins Hollis with the blue ribbon. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories Word Study: Refer to the dictionary for the pronunciation and meaning of: perpetuity, constable, municipality, cognac, quaff, rubicund, Tophet, decanter, titillation, capacious. Eighth Reader One lightning glance at the thickness of the patrolman’s neck and the general contour of his rubicund countenance had translated to him the sort of man he had to deal with. Officer 666 The severe Sir Horace Davey sits writing letters; next to him the affable Dr. Tristram, then the rubicund Mr. Dankwerts, but no Bishop. Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890. It was apparent that they were going to meet with a keen disappointment; Rob knew this the second he saw the shade of regret pass over the rubicund face of Herr Haskins. The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields Mr. Phelps, the Minister, proved to be a rubicund, rather portly gentleman, with white side whiskers and an air of urbane courtesy that set her at her ease at once. The Ivory Snuff Box The man’s face became more rubicund as he placed a detaining hand on her shoulder, and roughly thrust her toward the seat. The Strollers A Jamaica planter, with a nose as fiery and rubicund as that of the illuminating Bardolph, was taking his siesta after dinner, when a mosquito lighting on his proboscis, instantly flew back. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. He rubbed his gray eyes, that he might peer through the gray of the morning; the fresh breeze blew about his grizzly locks, and cooled his rubicund nose. The Pirate, and The Three Cutters In one of the northern hotels, there used to be a portly and rubicund waiter who might have passed for the High Priest of the Goddess of Health. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland He has tucked his soutane well up under his sash, and he is running across the platform, his rubicund, kindly face streaming with excitement. A Bride of the Plains But just at this embarrassing point of the conversation they turned into Tresco’s doorway, and confronted the rubicund goldsmith, whose beaming smile seemed to fill the whole shop. The Tale of Timber Town "How high it is!" said the burgomaster, passing his handkerchief over his rubicund face. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories "I'm glad to see you, Abner, 'pon my honor," he began, smiling so that his rubicund visage glowed with good feeling. The Love Story of Abner Stone Cocardasse looked as gloomy as was possible for one of his rubicund countenance and jolly bearing. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama This prospect, however alarming to others, had great charms for Prue; nor was the Reverend Gamaliel Bliss repugnant to her, being a rubicund, bland personage, much given to fine linen, long dinners, and short sermons. Moods The portly, rubicund landlord of the Lucky Digger entered the room. The Tale of Timber Town The landlord, a rubicund old fellow whose baldness extended to his eyelids, was bursting with information. Malcolm Sage, Detective They exchanged a laugh as the Mayor bustled up, rubicund, important, and with a Member of the Committee to introduce. The Dop Doctor His face was rubicund, and not without p. 23keenness; but the most remarkable thing about him was his head, which was bald, and shone like polished ivory, nothing more white, smooth and lustrous. George Borrow in East Anglia "Let me look," said the King, his rubicund face becoming yet more rubicund. Once on a Time The master-goldsmith was a rubicund man, with a face which Jake, in a rage, had once described as that of “a pig with the measles.” The Tale of Timber Town Grandpapa, like a great many other persons in Finland, being a vegetarian, had gone to the rubicund and comfortable landlord that morning and explained that he wanted vegetables and fruit for his dinner. Through Finland in Carts I tell you, sir," the handsome, fair-haired young aide-de-camp was emphatically assuring that stout, rubicund personage, the Mayor, "the loveliest girl I ever saw in my life, or ever shall see—bar none! The Dop Doctor Her florid countenance had already become more than ordinarily rubicund, and her nostrils were breathing anger. The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm His rubicund cheeks were for the moment a snowy white. Once on a Time I waited on Captain Otter of the navy and the senior officer, who introduced me to the commandant, the Baron de Beauchêne, who, by his rubicund face, appeared to be fond of good living. A Sailor of King George "I am grieved," exclaimed the innkeeper, a portly man with rubicund face, "but monsieur can have a table for his refreshment, and he will not find the guests objectionable." My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France Stout, rubicund and healthy, with a loud voice and a somewhat aggressive manner, he belonged distinctly to the middle classes. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia "Good day," echoed the rubicund man with relief, and we all drew a deep breath of relief with him in concert, as though we had just witnessed the safe descent of some over-daring aviator. The Wonder I fear that these kindly geniuses would sometimes feel a twinge of chagrin at seeing their elaborate delicacies in process of being devoured by the most rubicund people in the house. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 As Joan remembered him he had been a gentleman of very rubicund complexion and rough manners. To Love The girl was surprised by his pallor, as compared with his formerly rubicund complexion. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 Thus it is that Philip Roche finds himself in Eleanor's family circle, discussing the crops and weather with her father, a rubicund, hale old man, whose life is centred in bucolic pursuits. When the Birds Begin to Sing I paused; my imagination was reconstructing the scene of the railway carriage, and I felt a reflex of the hesitation shown by the rubicund man when he had asked the same question. The Wonder Mine host, typical of his calling and of his race, rubicund of cheek, portly of figure and genial in manner, was over-anxious to please his guests. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days I noticed, too, that his complexion was somewhat rubicund—supposing he has had an apoplectic fit? The Prodigal Father Since his marriage there was a great change in the rubicund squireen. The House with the Green Shutters Then a clatter of horse’s hoofs was heard on the gravel outside, and a stoutly built, rubicund man, on a very large horse, drew rein at the front door. Girls of the Forest But the rubicund man was magnificent, though, like the lion tamer of my youthful experience, he was doubtless conscious of the aspect his temerity wore in the eyes of beholders. The Wonder His nose was peeled from sunburn, but his round and rubicund face fairly oozed good humour. Isle o' Dreams He was rubicund, and more youthful of countenance; shabbily smart in dress; excessively "horsey," and somewhat loud in manner. The Diamond Coterie On entering I met mine host, rubicund and jolly enough, who politely pioneered me upstairs, when I reported myself as in quest of the linnets. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis The newly-acquired striped dress was such a tight fit for her rubicund form, that it cracked ominously every time the wearer took a deep breath. Polly and Eleanor I thought of that urchin's scared, shrieking face now, as the rubicund man leant quickly back into his corner. The Wonder His complexion is clear, rather rubicund, and in health might be more so; while his hair, both on head and chin—the latter furnished with a long flowing beard—is snow-white. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea He smiled approvingly at a shrivelled form with hobbling gait; but from the fat and the rubicund he turned with severest frown. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 It was a rubicund and welcoming countenance under the edge of a rusty black oilskin sou'wester hat, and the man was manifestly the skipper. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Kelly, dear old burly rubicund Kelly, with his unfailing memory for an address and his delightfully abbreviated style. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, May 20, 1914 I stammered, and then reverted to the rubicund man's original phrase, "It—it was certainly a very remarkable child," I said. The Wonder His hair was grizzled; his face, and especially his nose, large and rubicund, and his belly portly. Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II The door opened here, and the rubicund visage of Mr. Fogg appeared like the head of the Medusa. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Captain Snaggs managed to stammer out after a bit, his long face perceptibly longer and his rubicund complexion turned to an ashy grey. The Island Treasure A tall lanky man with stiff sandy hair and a rubicund complexion was making his way around the room. Marcia Schuyler The next victim was a big, rubicund, healthy-looking man, clean shaved, with light-blue eyes that were slightly magnified by the glasses of his gold-mounted spectacles. The Wonder The lady in question was stout and rubicund, with smooth, tightly-braided brown hair, worn very flat and close to the head, and bright observant black eyes. The Ffolliots of Redmarley It was perhaps a month before I saw van Manderpootz again, but one bright spring evening his broad, rubicund face looked out of the phone-screen at me. The Point of View Monsieur Dupont's gentle knock produced a rubicund housekeeper, of about eighty, who blended in perfect harmony with the house, the creeper, and the flowers. The Crooked House In hurried the Chevalier de Villerai, heated, rubicund, confused, and his uniform partly in disorder, saluting the Marshal as if bereft of his senses. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette The child turned its head and looked the rubicund man full in the eyes. The Wonder Smiling, panting, rubicund, comes Sarah, ready for anything. Molly Bawn The face of his spouse was rubicund to a degree. Wilton School or, Harry Campbell's Revenge And there was a man with a rubicund nose, As bright as the bud of an opening rose, Disclosing a liking to 'live and be merry,' With a strong fellow feeling for brandy and sherry. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy A rubicund, easy-going old judge, Fraser by name, sat on the bench, the royal arms painted large in oils on a canvas behind him. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette "A very remarkable child, ma'am," said the rubicund man who sat facing the woman. The Wonder With his bluff and genial, yet dignified, manner, his rubicund complexion, closely-trimmed white beard, and piercing eyes, no one could have mistaken his calling. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Captain Wopper’s rubicund visage was pale, and his nose blue; the face of Lewis was white all over, and drawn, as if he were suffering pain; Dr Lawrence’s countenance was yellow, and Slingsby’s was green. Rivers of Ice Can this be the jovial and rubicund doctor? Rattlin the Reefer A short, though somewhat corpulent-looking gentleman, with ferrety eyes and rubicund nose, telling of numerous cups of sack which had gone down between the thick lips below it, occupied the magisterial chair. A True Hero A Story of the Days of William Penn "Water on the brain; I don't care what any one says," asserted the rubicund man. The Wonder The centre of the three was a short, portly gentleman, with a somewhat rubicund countenance—Doctor McCrab, just appointed surgeon to one of the forts in the west. The Frontier Fort Stirring Times in the N-West Territory of British America As the former’s rubicund visage disappeared beneath the companion-hatch, Mr Falconer returned aft. Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land Even the rubicund doctor’s mouth was twitched awry. Rattlin the Reefer He had a rubicund countenance, huge mustachios, and small, ferrety eyes. The Three Admirals "Mad, of course, that's to say imbecile," repeated the rubicund man. The Wonder In the gloom of the lobby this apostle of red hair and rubicund visage was a beacon light. The Masques of Ottawa There was something sinister in the squint of his eye, and uncanny in the way his rubicund nose gleamed. By the Christmas Fire Our Little Man is a chubby lad, standing about four foot ten in his stockinged feet, rubicund and corpulent, and he wears a mackintosh with a very mackintoshy smell in all weathers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 27, 1920 He possessed besides a pleasant rubicund countenance and an immaculate wardrobe. The Lunatic at Large It was the rubicund man who, most daring during the crisis, was now bold enough to admit curiosity. The Wonder A lady, whose fondness for generous living had given her a flushed face and rubicund nose, consulted Dr. Cheyne. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings He was a man of about fifty years of age, very corpulent, with a rubicund face, and a type of physiognomy as vulgar as it was repulsive. The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional The protruded veins of the second seemed ready to burst, and his rubicund visage decidedly proved that he had blood in his head; this was Rage! The Infernal Marriage His face was rubicund, and not without keenness; but the most remarkable thing about him was the crown of his head, which was bald, and shone like polished ivory, nothing more white, smooth, and lustrous. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends The rubicund man nodded and pursed his lips. The Wonder He was a short man with a smiling and rubicund face, and he wore yellow kid gloves. The Eternal City He had a chubby, rubicund face and a head of iron grey curls which shook as he laughed. Confessions of Boyhood "Blakely led 'em across no. 4's post" The tin reflector at the office window threw the light of the glass-framed candle straight upon Hart's rubicund face, and that face was a study. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier "Patty, you shock me!" the rubicund gentleman observed. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times The woman gathered her priceless possession carefully into her arms, and the rubicund man adroitly opened the door for her. The Wonder The blot there, I remember, was a very stout, rubicund Joseph, not at all worthy of the imperial Madonna.” Sword and Gown A Novel For so rubicund and noisy a person he left strangely little mark upon the world. The Prelude to Adventure In spite of all that he could do to prevent it, his gaze went furtively to Murray's rubicund jowl, and then shifted to the rapt, eager face of his young mistress. From the Housetops Mr. Harley's countenance had been of that quasi claret hue called rubicund. The President A novel "Nay, Mr. Pope, is not that assumption too sweeping?" put in the fourth man, of cheerful, rubicund countenance and, like Gay, inclined to corpulency. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' McGuffey coughed and tears as big as marbles cascaded down the honest Gibney's rubicund countenance. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates A hand, evidently accustomed to the outside management of the latch, lifted it, and Mr. Twitt entered, his rubicund face one broad smile. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches At the rise of the curtain, Thomas Rigby, the rubicund landlord, is lighting with a taper the candles that stand on the mantelshelf, the buttons on his plum-colored waistcoat twinkling in the gleam. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People His nose was not rubicund; on the contrary, his white hair hung around a pale and venerable face. Scenes of Clerical Life He was rubicund, and his little eyes looked me over with priestly mansuetude. Romance The dreadful admission brought a dull flush to Mr. Gibney's already rubicund countenance. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates A horrible suspicion came over the Grinstun man, and paled his rubicund visage. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life If, however, specie was scarce amongst his clients, spirits, as his rubicund, carbuncled face flamingly testified, were very plentiful. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 The Inspector’s rubicund countenance was white with fury. The Black Box "Pouf!" and he wiped his rubicund, round visage with a handkerchief as brilliant. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax The meridian sun had long ere this pierced the clouds that overhung our departure, and the sight of the lamb completely irradiated the rubicund visage of the plethoric clerk. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Alarmed now, Mrs. Maynard sprang after him, and the little major leaped upon a chair, his face aglow, jolly, rubicund, beaming with bliss and triumph. From the Ranks And while he yet pondered a rubicund little man, with leathern apron dark with wine-stains girded about his portly waist, stood at his side looking up at him with twinkling eyes. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine A young and rubicund priest was of the party, regarded evidently with affection and pride by his companions; for all that he seemed to say and do was applauded, and greeted with obstreperous Flemish laughter. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg But—it shows how Fate can blunder— No one could be rubicunder. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25 They were received by an old gray-headed seaman, with a rubicund face, whose open countenance betrayed only truth and loyalty. The Waif of the "Cynthia" Her rubicund visage, gaudy-colored chintz dress, and yellow bandanna handkerchief, produced a sort of glaring sun-flower effect, not mitigated by the contrast afforded by the other members of the group. Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick The driver of our fiacre was fat and rubicund, he wore a green coat, brass buttons, and a shiny top hat, and looked as if he drank constantly. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') He had a military carriage, a rubicund face, a heavy mustache, keen, twinkling eyes, and a head of iron-gray hair. In Friendship's Guise A momentary glimpse they got of Nick Lee's face, in all its rubicund helplessness, and then the door banged to. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Mr. Stockard was a fat, wheezy young man, with a reputation for humor based entirely upon his size and his rubicund face, for he had really never said anything humorous in his life. The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories She had never seen such a rubicund portly gentleman, with two double chins and expansive bald spot on his crown. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware "Wherefore we must walk warily, and not stir up strife," quoth the rubicund prior, who looked at once a benevolent and a strong-willed man. In the Wars of the Roses A Story for the Young A rubicund man, with a bald head, who evidently did justice to his own good cheer, if visitors did not. Verner's Pride And indeed Macleod could not have had a merrier companion to go South with him than this rubicund major just escaped from the thraldom of his wife. Macleod of Dare She walked across to the door, paused on the threshold, and glanced back; but there was no change in the rubicund face. Gladys, the Reaper Mr. Presson was short and fat and rubicund, and, just now, plainly worried. The Ramrodders A Novel Now this distinguished knight was heavy and well-fed, and of a rich and rubicund countenance. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Anything less suggestive of the supernatural, or in every way less like the typical ghost-seer, was surely never produced than the round and rubicund little person I found in conversation with the Atherleys. Cecilia de Noël Its rubicund tints quite deserted it, an alarming pallor spreading over every feature. The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls Looked all round the room; seemed remarkably decent lot; the man who was heckling me a little rubicund as to the nose; but that might be indigestion. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 27, 1892 He opened it carefully, powdered his knees with leather dust, and studied the faded entries; what flourishing, pale violet initials, what rubicund lines and endings! The Three Black Pennys A Novel The women's faces, hard in texture and rubicund as beef and good ale could make them, leaned silent a moment high above the dim pavement. Lazarre The coffin was coeval with us—sheets were rubicund compared to our cheeks. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 “That was the very objection, my Lord,” replied the rubicund functionary. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 14, 1841 He was as white as death, though naturally rubicund, and without another word he walked on. The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain Fox was as rubicund as ever, but his features were noticeably peaked and there were heavy lines under his eyes—lines cast into deep shadow by the light by which he was reading. The Inheritors Yes, there was one face; the rubicund countenance of the bandmaster. The Goose Girl A stalwart, hearty, rotund, and rubicund farmer he was, and in reply to my query how long the holdings he had lost had been in his family, he answered, “not far from two hundred years.” Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) Dr. Gunning was an amiable little Hollander, fat, rubicund, and well educated. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria It was none other than Master Benjamin Hardy, portly, rubicund, richly but quietly dressed in dark broadcloth, dark silk stockings and shoes of Spanish leather with large silver buckles. The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain I had been preparing myself to confront all the ethically excellent young men and Fox was, ethically speaking, far from excellent, middle-aged, rubicund, leery—a free lance of genius. The Inheritors He had rubicund cheeks, long hair very much pomaded, trailing in the back and drawn up in crescents along his temples. Là-bas Colonel Cowles had a heavy jaw and rather too rubicund a complexion. Queed One of them was a stout, rubicund person advanced in years. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance The rest of the party took up his complaint, and all besought her not to show too hard a heart to the bald and rubicund painter. The Magician The man was one of the rats of the lower journalism, large-boned, rubicund, asthmatic; a mass of flesh that might, to the advantage of his country and himself, have served as a cavalry trooper. The Inheritors I don't know the priest who was there, but he is rotund and rubicund, he shakes in his fat and seems bursting with joy. Là-bas The stage was a waving sea of scarlet, through which one white woman floated, like a sin with pale cheeks in the midst of the rubicund virtues. Flames Some with pale faces and bloodshot eyes, some with rubicund complexion and laughing lips, some bantering as if at a fair, some on the ground hailing their fellows on the roofs. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance When we reach the inn, and Dickon calls for the brown brandy, there in the bar sits a gamekeeper, whose rubicund countenance beams with good humour. The Amateur Poacher Drink and make room for that other fellow, who seeks my aid to quench the fiery fever of last night's potations, which he drained from no cup of mine.—Welcome, most rubicund sir! Twice Told Tales A good-looking girl of some sixteen years of age entered in company with an old man, short of stature but with a rubicund, chubby face. A Love Episode The doctor only remained a few minutes, and then Susie appeared, her rubicund face framed in the mighty antlers of my quarry. Sweetapple Cove Thomas Fell, the miller of Legberthwaite, is here, with rubicund complexion and fully developed nose. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance There was dear old Robert Livesay, of Blackburn parish church, whom every one knew, his large rubicund face beaming with good nature and humour--a very kindly old soul. The Parish Clerk Please, Your Honor," answered the drum-major, whose rubicund visage had lost all its color, "the fault is none of mine. Twice Told Tales The two men, as they stood opposite each other, were a strange contrast, the one tall, grave, white, and emotionless, the other noisy and pompous, with protuberant military chest and rubicund features. The Firm of Girdlestone Clarice was provoked to a reluctant smile by a mental picture of a violent rubicund face roaring the words. The Philanderers Joseph's rubicund complexion, brassy and distinctly Know-Nothing look, and nasal organ well developed by his experience on the olfactory committee, were just what might have been expected. A Collection of College Words and Customs The usually rubicund face of the Irishman was by this time a deadly pale. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. He therefore appeared, now, in some ten minutes—a fat, rubicund, spectacled man, with a cast in his left eye and two fingers missing, to remind him of early days in experimental work on explosives. The Air Trust It appeared to Tom, as he gazed at those rubicund, though anxious, features, that they should be well known to him. The Firm of Girdlestone In this world," said the rubicund man, shaking his head sceptically, "there ain't never no knowing. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People He enjoyed floating about, in a sort of unknown way, among the rotund and rubicund figures made jolly with ale and port-wine. Yesterdays with Authors The driver obscured a good deal of the front view, but he suddenly turned a rubicund and smiling face upon them. The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand One lady was evidently his wife—an altogether extensively constructed dame, gifted with a rubicund square mile of countenance, with dimples in her cheeks which looked like spittoons for cupids. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes She was a stout old lady, with large rubicund face and big blue eyes, surrounded by very abundant grey curls. What I Remember, Volume 2 Mary's jaw dropped, and a look of intense wonder overspread her rubicund face. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations This popular codger is of the rubicund and jovial sort, and has long been known as a piscatorial pedestrian on the banks of the Wye. Yesterdays with Authors "I've been meaning to ride over your way for ages," he declared, his rubicund face shining with geniality as he wrung his friend's hand hard. The Top of the World Many of the subalterns are obviously "new-jined"—as the shrewd old lady of Ayr once observed of the rubicund gentleman at the temperance meeting. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand His wrinkled rubicund face was a study as he leaned forth, nodding to his cronies, and shouting at intervals, "Thank'ee lads, thank'ee." North, South and over the Sea I used to pay my friend the rubicund surgeon to test some of these highly recommended animals in a short drive with me. Adopting an Abandoned Farm Cigar-smoke and the steam from the glasses fill the room—all too small—with a thick white mist, through which rubicund faces dimly shine like the red sun through a fog. Hodge and His Masters Then his glance would seek another head equally glorious although less white, with blonde and grizzled beard, rubicund nose and bilious cheeks that in certain moments scattered bits of scale. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel The man next the aisle was well past sixty, rotund of abdomen, rubicund of countenance, beetle-browed. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth Notwithstanding this attempt at concealment, it was easy to perceive that Doctor Furbisher's face was covered with scars, that he had a rubicund nose, studded with carbuncles, and a black patch over his left eye. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire Paramount over his studies, his loves, his dangers, over all his existence, loomed the rubicund face of the old villain! The Aspirations of Jean Servien As he shot up in the elevator some one slapped him on the back, and turning he saw Elmer Moffatt at his side, smooth and rubicund under a new straw hat. The Custom of the Country Jellyband's rubicund countenance brightened somewhat, at the mention of Sir Percy's name. The Scarlet Pimpernel Again, he assaulted a man of rubicund visage, and told him that few bosom serpents had more of the devil in them than those that breed in the vats of a distillery. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Please your honor," answered the drum-major, whose rubicund visage had lost all its color, "the fault is none of mine. From Twice Told Tales Toward the end of the meal a rubicund Frenchman opposite makes the startling proposition that if I wish to send a message home he will undertake to have it delivered. The Ways of Men Traces of the old Quaker effect which had been so characteristic of him still hung about his garb and mien, but there shone a new assurance on his benignant, rubicund face. The Market-Place "So this is England," she said, as she looked round with childlike curiosity at the great hearth, the oak rafters, and the yokels with their elaborate smocks and jovial, rubicund, British countenances. The Scarlet Pimpernel His eyes were blue, his complexion rubicund, his figure almost portly and well-built, his body muscular, and his physical powers fully developed by the exercises of his younger days. Around the World in 80 Days "I'm afraid it's rather an early call," began Mrs. Schilling, her rubicund countenance growing redder than ever, "but—" "Oh, aunt did not mean that," interposed Elsie, with gentle kindliness. Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" Discoloration of the veins of the nose, resulting in an appearance abnormally rubicund. 3d. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 Horse, foot, and charioteers, they thronged toward the rubicund fountain of education. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 An old gentleman, white-haired, with rubicund face and a jovial air, had taken the seat next to them. An Amiable Charlatan When he turned towards me, as I passed him, I saw that his face had lost much of its rubicund hue, and looked troubled and anxious. The Vicar's Daughter Anon came uncle Joe, with a pleasant rubicund visage beaming under a felt hat, to tell Lotta that dinner was ready. Birds of Prey As he spoke, he entered panting, and with the rubicund glow beginning to return upon a face from which the message had evidently banished it. Wilfrid Cumbermede Suddenly he was aware of a great rubicund face which surveyed him from round the angle of the door. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales Mr. Frayling came hurrying down, fat and fussy, and puffing a little, but cheerfully rubicund upon the success of the day's proceedings, and apprehending nothing untoward. The Heavenly Twins The French rural priests are generally rubicund, but this one was cadaverous. Two Summers in Guyenne He has been credited with a full moon of a face, the rubicund nose of an incorrigible toper, and thick coarse lips always apart because always laughing. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 As I drew near him I felt somewhat encouraged by a glimpse of his face, which was rubicund and, I thought, good-natured; but, approaching him rather from behind, I could not see it well. Wilfrid Cumbermede In it was seated the rubicund landlord of the Royal Oak, his whip going, his face continually flying round to glance behind him. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales And hastily touching Mrs. Dobson's hand, he slipped away: the expression in her rubicund face was pained as she gazed after him. War-time Silhouettes He instantly persuaded himself, as he looked at that rubicund and smiling figure, that Ronder had heard of his visit and determined to be one of the party. The Cathedral We sat smoking together in this little sea-cabinet of his, till it began to look much like a state-room in Tophet; and notwithstanding my host's rubicund nose, I could hardly see him for the fog. Redburn. His First Voyage The sight of the boy's rubicund, commonplace face gave her a feeling of reassurance, seeming to restore the normal, everyday atmosphere which the uncomfortable train of thought evoked by the Sphinx had momentarily dissipated. The Vision of Desire Here was another prosperous and well-fed appearing gentleman, with a rubicund visage shining over the top of his black silk robe. King Coal : a Novel He was a gentleman of a particularly round and rubicund countenance. 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 In the stern seat Regina Mortlake's rubicund aviation costume could be made out. The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise Many of these female patriots were proud to bear in the centre of their faces a rubicund nose, that rivalled in colour the Communal flag on the Hôtel de Ville. Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) A rubicund Mexican priest is the celebrant, while two old Mexicans in modern dress, and a Pueblo Indian in a red blanket, are acolytes. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young There was a side door to the court-room, with a corridor beyond it, and while he stood arguing with the clerk he saw the rubicund visage of the Judge flit past. King Coal : a Novel His face, latterly, became somewhat rubicund, and his utterance so confused, that Johnson compared it to the gobbling of a turkey. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives The congregation is tolerably numerous, has in it the high, the fair-middling, and the humble—the good-looking, the well-dressed, the rubicund, the mildly mahogany-featured, the simply-dressed, the attenuated, and the indigent. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston Here is choleric old "Father Duchesne" in a towering passion, with short legs, bare arms, and rubicund face, topped with an immense red cap. Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) "Ay, you may well look horrified," said Miss Crewys to the canon, whose admiration and delight were very plainly depicted on his rubicund countenance. Peter's Mother Alas! however, for dreams of ruddy welcome—rubicund host, and capon turning on the spit. October Vagabonds Judging from appearances, you would never have taken this portly, rubicund, iron-gray, bushy-browed gentleman for a statesman. The Secrets of the German War Office "Beautiful as Hebe, by Jove," exclaimed the rubicund major, in an undertone that implied he was also deeply interested in the fair young face and graceful supple form. Marguerite Verne Am I not eminently well, round, and rubicund? Memories of Hawthorne The pleasantly rubicund countenance of the Professor grew a shade paler. Temporal Power The doctor looked as rubicund, as jovial, as cynical as ever. Sleeping Fires: a Novel Nor could he help remarking that whereas the frati of Italy were fat, rubicund, and jolly, these seemed in search of death through the severest penitential methods. The Prince of India — Volume 02 Silence reigned in the lawyer's office for three minutes, when the door was reopened and Mose Spriggins' rubicund face once more adorned the apartment. Marguerite Verne The squire looked rubicund and patriarchal, with his broad physique and snow-white hair. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 The other is a rubicund youth, who seems to have arrived but recently in the country. The Social Cancer His rubicund visage, surrounded by shaggy hair and beard of yellow, here appeared in the dust and smoke he was making like the sun rising in a fog. Barriers Burned Away Red Bill paused and shoving back his sombrero scratched his rubicund poll. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings He has a face of that rubicund, knobby type I have heard an indignant mineralogist speak of as botryoidal, and about it waves a quantity of disorderly blond hair. A Modern Utopia To the "Moonshee," and to the rubicund veteran Simpson, the departing Andrew Fraser said solemnly, "The Prince is to be the master here until my return." A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story The rubicund youth began to glance about nervously. The Social Cancer "Splendid!" said Mr. Single, casting an admiring glance at the rubicund Napoleon. Mr. Bingle The Major arrived at his climax in a state of suppressed emotion, which culminated in a chuckle, which shook his rubicund visage and brought a series of twitches to his aching toe. The Moneychangers His face had lengthened considerably by this time, and its rubicund hue declined. Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood This time he walked with considerable difficulty, and I noticed an expression of pain and malaise upon his rubicund countenance. Doctor Therne “He’s in a bad humor because you haven’t treated him with deference,” murmured Señor Laruja into the ear of the rubicund youth. The Social Cancer A pale anxious youth stepping softly on long legs was being chaffed by a strutting and rubicund globe-trotter about his purchases in the bazaar. Lord Jim The Rev. James Perry was a sleek, rubicund man, with a bristling white moustache, bushy white eyebrows, and a shining bald head. Rainbow Valley Mrs. Jones came over, and we made her rubicund face beam and grow more round, if possible, as we all praised her boy. Driven Back to Eden "Surgeon Riley, sir; a very respectable practitioner," said he, waving his hand towards his rubicund confrere. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 2 “How do you mean that it has forgotten you?” inquired the rubicund youth. The Social Cancer His rubicund face expressed consternation and fatigue; he appeared to be in a spasmodic sort of hurry. The Invisible Man Such uni-dimensional thinking sends a frisson of rubicund belligerence down American spines. Terrorists and Freedom Fighters He poked his rubicund face out from the shadow of the chaise's canopy and peered to right and to left. The Landloper He was a great stout, rubicund man, very good- natured, and he had a voice like the cry of an expiring mouse, shrill and thin. Escape, and Other Essays “Which country of Europe pleased you the most?” asked the rubicund youth. The Social Cancer All round the Hall hung portraits of old worthies—peers, judges, and bishops, with some rubicund wigged Masters. From a College Window I see him now before me, with his jolly red face, twinkling black eyes, and rubicund nose. Roughing It in the Bush From the smoky glimmers, rubicund faces start forth in relief, and dark hands move about in the shadows like marionettes. Under Fire: the story of a squad What is there comic about a rubicund nose? Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic “But can you tell me, Señor Laruja, what kind of man our host is?” inquired the rubicund youth. The Social Cancer Old Mr. Steele, with his jovial rubicund face, his flowing white beard, and his bright blue umbrella, was a species of walking tricolour flag. The Days Before Yesterday He was astride a chair, over the back of which he had folded his arms; and his chubby, rubicund face glistened with moisture. Maurice Guest Your rubicund nose has scented the matter correctly. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times Shortly afterward appeared the doctor himself—short, rotund, rubicund, displaying behind a pair of clear, thick, gold-rimmed glasses, round, dancing, incisive eyes. The Titan “Do you see?” he said to the rubicund youth, at the same time flourishing his dessert spoon. The Social Cancer Mounted on the car is a huge chair, on which sits enthroned the majestic figure of the Carnival, a man of stucco about nine feet high with a rubicund and smiling countenance. The Golden Bough He asked the stout, rubicund young woman behind the counter for a whisky. The Captives The man in question was a comfortable apoplectic-looking man with the kind of merry rubicund face that is seen in countries where they don't have prohibition. My Discovery of England All day long, in the places of Tax, Of rubicund tape and sealingwax, He toils and moils till the hour of tea, Blessed old five o'clock, sets him free! Tea Leaves The Dominican was very busy talking to the rubicund youth. The Social Cancer Then Arcolano mounted too, puffing over the effort, for he was a corpulent, rubicund man with the fattest hands I have ever seen. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza The bolts were drawn as he said this; and at the open wicket appeared Blangin's rubicund face. Within an Inch of His Life "I guess he's doin' his best, Nathan Pilley," answered another man, stout and stocky, with bushy side whiskers flanking around a rubicund face, out of which stared two prominent blue eyes. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land "That is true!" broke in another officer, whose rather rubicund face told of credit somewhere, and the product of credit,—good wine and good dinners generally. The Golden Dog Herries then turned to the Justice, whose visage, wholly abandoned by the rubicund hue which so lately beamed upon it, hung out the same pale livery as that of his dismayed clerk. Redgauntlet "When first pronounced by your rubicund lips, it thrilled on my amazed senses like a beacon of light—" "Mr. Thurston—Mr. Thurston—what DO you mean?" Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief He had indeed all the outward signs of a sot; a sleepy eye, a rubicund face, and carbuncled nose. Travels through France and Italy If I live a thousand years, I can never forget the more than mortal agony which was depicted in that ghastly face of his, so lately rubicund with triumph and wine. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 He was of a full rubicund countenance, with a double chin, aquiline nose, and a pleasant twinkling eye. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon Out of the sky there appeared to Commander Raffleton the vision of "Cousin Christopher" as a plump, rubicund angel in a panama hat and a pepper-and-salt tweed suit holding out a lifebelt. The Fawn Gloves But he had hardly recognized the rubicund face now furrowed with blue lines, and seen the stiffened arms and the gunshot wound before he gave a stifled cry, exclaiming, "Let us be off, commandant." The Chouans De Batz, well content with the result of this evening's entertainment, wore an urbane, bland smile on his rubicund face. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel The rubicund stranger would have comforted his victim with a jest; the other was incapable of a smile. An Historical Mystery He was sixty-five, pompous, large, and rubicund—a "backwoodsman" of a pattern obsolescent. The Grey Room The first to come was Courtecuisse, in whom you would scarcely have recognized the once jovial forester, the rubicund do-nothing, whose wife made his morning coffee as we have before seen. Sons of the Soil This was the time for Wemmick to produce a little kettle, a tray of glasses, and a black bottle with a porcelain-topped cork, representing some clerical dignitary of a rubicund and social aspect. Great Expectations When I meet him—he is now stout and rubicund—he gives me the idea of a man who has attained to his ideals. Paul Kelver, a Novel The rubicund moon-head goes wagging; darker beams the copper visage, like unscoured copper; in the glazed eye is disquietude; he rolls uneasy in his seat, as if he meant something. The French Revolution Year by year he has become plumper, more rubicund and more and more of an item for the intelligent visitor to see. The New Machiavelli I stared at Cavor's rubicund face, and suddenly my imagination was leaping and dancing. The First Men in the Moon He had a chubby, rubicund face with reddish brown eyes—previously I had seen him only against the light. The First Men in the Moon A large looming, rubicund visage smiles kindly on me, bringing back into my heart the old, odd mingling of instinctive liking held in check by conscientious disapproval. Paul Kelver, a Novel As for the Elder Egalite he flies low at this time; appears in the Convention for some half-hour daily, with rubicund, pre-occupied, or impressive quasi-contemptuous countenance; and then takes himself away. The French Revolution |
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