Word: foreheads
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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FROM A LADY'S DIARY, 1776. - Patches at the corner of the eye, passionnee; in the centre of the forehead, majestueuse; on the corner of the mouth, baiseuse; in the middle of the cheek, galante; on the dimple, enjouee; on the nose, effrontee; and on the lips, coquette...
...different buildings in the evening. About half the rooms we find locked; their inmates gone for amusement into Boston or elsewhere. We will take a look into some of the others. Here, in Matthews, is a man with one elbow resting on the table, the hand supporting his forehead, while a book is outspread before his half-closed eyes. He must be a deep thinker, he is so quiet. Across the hall we find a man stretched on his back on the lounge, reading Middlemarch. In Holworthy is a party engaged in a "square game of draw poker," following...
...ready guard, or escape them by a quick toss of the head, or by a light step backwards, you smile in conscious power, and feel a keen pleasure in thinking how the blows would sting did you not so skilfully shun them. To tap your adversary lightly on the forehead, or playfully swing your right hand against his ribs and see his look of injured innocence, gives a sense of calm satisfaction, - 't is an animal pleasure, if you please, but none the less real on that account, nor is delight in the manly feeling of being able to defend...
...COUNTRY editor wrote the following verses after having seen his adored one with a rose on her forehead...
...gazing on that forehead white...