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The lips were rather full than otherwise; one saw in them potentialities of heroic passion, and tenderness, and generosity, and, if you will, temper. THE LIPS WERE RATHER FULL THAN OTHERWISE ONE SAW IN THEM POTENTIALITIES OF HEROIC PASSION AND TENDERNESS AND GENEROSITY AND IF YOU WILL TEMPER
th you, her head drooped forward a little. The frank, intent gaze of these eyes was very flattering and, in its ultimate effect, perilous, since it led you fatuously to believe that she had forgotten there were any other trousered beings extant. Later on you found this a decided error. Item, she had a quite incredible amount of yellow hair, that was not in the least like gold or copper or bronze--I scorn the hackneyed similes of metallurgical poets--but a straightforward yellow, darkening at the roots; and she wore it low down on her neck in great coils that were held in place by a multitude of little golden hair-pins and divers corpulent tortoise-shell ones. Item, her nose was a tiny miracle of perfection; and this was noteworthy, for you will observe that Nature, who is an adept at eyes and hair and mouths, very rarely achieves a creditable nose. Item, she had a mouth; and if you are a Gradgrindian with a taste for hairsplitting, I cannot swear that it was a particularly small mouth. EYES AND WHEN SHE TALKED WITH YOU HER HEAD DROOPED FORWARD A LITTLE THE FRANK INTENT GAZE OF THESE EYES WAS VERY FLATTERING AND IN ITS ULTIMATE EFFECT PERILOUS SINCE IT LED YOU FATUOUSLY TO BELIEVE THAT SHE HAD FORGOTTEN THERE WERE ANY OTHER TROUSERED BEINGS EXTANT LATER ON YOU FOUND THIS A DECIDED ERROR ITEM SHE HAD A QUITE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF YELLOW HAIR THAT WAS NOT IN THE LEAST LIKE GOLD OR COPPER OR BRONZE I SCORN THE HACKNEYED SIMILES OF METALOGICAL POETS BUT A STRAIGHTFORWARD YELLOW DARKENING AT THE ROOTS AND SHE WORE IT LOW DOWN HER NECK IN GREAT COILS THAT WERE HELD IN PLACE BY A MULTITUDE OF LITTLE GOLDEN HAIRPINS AND DIVERSE CORPULENT TORTOISE SHELL ONES ITEM HER NOSE WAS A TINY MIRACLE OF PERFECTION AND THIS WAS NOTEWORTHY FOR YOU WILL OBSERVE THAT NATURE WHO IS AN ADEPT AT EYES AND HAIRS AND MOUTHS VERY RARELY ACHIEVES A CREDITABLE NOSE ITEM SHE HAD A MOUTH AND IF YOU ARE A GRAD GRINDIAN WITH A TASTE FOR HAIR SPLITTING I CANNOT SWEAR THAT IT WAS A PARTICULARLY SMALL MOUTH
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