His character for sanctity, together with a venerable beard, might have discouraged advances towards an acquaintance, if his lively piercing eye, a countenance expressive of great mildness and kindness of disposition, and his courteous manners, had not yet more strongly invited it.

But the look she gave him was more expressive than words.

" Psyche spoke as if she had brought a treasure; and so she had, for though Mr. Dean's face usually was about as expressive as the turtle's, it woke and warmed with the affection which his daughter had fostered till no amount of flannel could extinguish it.

They did not seek to sweep away the old form, for it was prepared by the sainted doctors of the Church of all ages; but they would purge it of all superstitions, and retain what was most beautiful and expressive in the old prayers.

Beautiful and lonely hills they were, eloquent of toil, expressive with the brown squares in the green, the lowly homes of men, the long lines of roads running everywhither, overwhelmingly pregnant with meaningwheatwheatwheatnothing but wheat, a staggering visual manifestation of vital need, of noble promise.

So far as one could judge from the action of a square and deeply indented chin, his mouth was expressive at that timeand possibly at all timesof a humorous resignation.

Now the charm'd lovers dress their future years In forms of joy, then weep delicious tears, Expressive on the glowing cheek that hung, And spoke the fine emotions whence they sprung 50 'Twas truth's warm energy, love's sweet controul, 'Twas all that virtue whispers to the soul.

Expressive to his age of the high and hallowing Spirit of Modern Poetry.

She was never expressive toward her husband; generally, indeed, she rather shrank from any warm demonstration on his part.

And the cornice had a serpentine design with masksmasks altogether too expressive for proper plaster.