At first they thought only of how pretty it looked to see all the rosy-cheeked little children scattered over the gray hills.

"It's beastly cheek, that's what I call it.

And with the vision of her in his heart, In all the splendour of her state and pride, In golden-threaded samite strewn with pearls, He turned, in the quick pacing of his walk, And faced her in her simple russet gown, Her hair unbound, and blowing in the wind, Her cheeks as colourless as white May flowers, Save on the one a deep and crimson stain.

The latter, somewhat red of face, as if from the effort of a long speech, was talking low and earnestly, sometimes brandishing his clenched fist with such violence that it made his flabby cheeks quiver.

The men were as pink-cheeked as athletes; they marched with the buoyancy of men in perfect health.

Amazed, he involuntarily cheeks his horse.

"I swear to Your Highness," protested Tellier, his cheeks livid, his lips quivering convulsively, "that I told only the truth!

Sleek and plump, without corpulence, neat boots, clothes black and glossy, waistcoat up to the throat, neat black gloves, a snowy tie, a face shaven like an egg, hair and eyebrows grizzled, cheeks rubicund, but not empurpled, as one who drank only his pint of port, but drank it seven days in the week.

" The General reappeared with the whisky, stamping the snow off his feet before he joined the group at the table, where the Christmas-tree was seasonably cheek by jowl with the punch-bowl between the low-burnt candles.

Whatever color my cheeks areI believe they are of the devil's own paintingI feel that my eyes are honest.

And he kissed her on both cheeks rather solemnly, in the manner of one conferring a decoration.

His head was bare, his cheek colorless, his throat and neck uncovered from the shoulders, his body in its linen, and the rest of his form was clad in the ordinary dress of a gondolier.

But presently a shrill cry is heard: "Johnnie's rubbing all the paint off my dolly's cheeks.

" She leaned forward, eagerly, her cheeks glowing with color.

goodly, dapper, tight, jimp^; gimp; janty^, jaunty; trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy, neat, spruce, smart, tricksy^. bright, bright eyed; rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked; rosy, ruddy; blooming, in full bloom.