...with the rosy glow of vigorous health in the cheeks, her face was full of character and ex. pression, her eyes were brown and liquid, and she had a heavy...which was also brown, but the fact was not apparent be, cause her head was bound about with a checkered handkerchief and the hair was concealed . under...

...cheeks, her face was full of character and ex...pression, her eyes were brown and liquid, and ^ .-r she had a heavy suit of fine soft hair which was .... also brown, but the fact was not apparent be... cause her head was bound about with acheck'„ ered handkerchief and the hair was concealed v...

...they considered it. Wilson stepped to the window to observe the combatants ; he could not work whrle their chatter continued. Over in the vacant lots was...when she was among her own caste — and a .high and "saggy ' ' way, withal; but of course she was meek and humble enough where white people were. To all...

...Idealität, wie sie auch den tragischen ocroroo«-Figuren der Populärliteratur zugewiesen werden: Only one-sixteenth of her was black, and that sixteenth...shapely, intelligent, and comely - even beautiful. (ll f.) Doch vor der visuellen Imaginationsvorlage kommt eine akustische: 147 '"As Free as Any Cretur...

...sixteenth did not show" (8). The physical description that follows plays with what is actually visible: She was of majestic form and stature, her attitudes...shapely, intelligent, and comely — even beautiful. (8) Roxy is "majestic" and "statuesque" — interesting diction implying that she approaches the standard...

...show. . . . Her complexion was very fair, with the rosy glow of vigorous health in the cheeks, . . . her eyes were brown and liquid, and she had a heavy suit of fine soft hair which was also brown. . . . She had an easy, independent carriage — when she was among her own caste — and a high and...

...language actually unsexed her, forcing Mark Twain to explain the situation in the following terms: From Roxy's manner of speech, a stranger would have...shapely, intelligent, and comely— even beautiful. ... To all intents and purposes Roxy was as white as anybody, but the one-sixteenth of her which was...