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At the same time, Effie's accounts of some of the notabilities she runs up against—Pope Pius IX is described as "a very nice, benevolent-looking old gentleman"—are not always terribly revealing.
A Far From Model Marriage D.J. Taylor 2011
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At the same time, Effie's accounts of some of the notabilities she runs up against—Pope Pius IX is described as "a very nice, benevolent-looking old gentleman"—are not always terribly revealing.
A Far From Model Marriage D.J. Taylor 2011
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The mixed-media piece features the face-to-face profiles of a small sea turtle and a benevolent-looking dolphin set against sparkling waves of green-tinged blue.
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The mixed-media piece features the face-to-face profiles of a small sea turtle and a benevolent-looking dolphin set against sparkling waves of green-tinged blue.
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I see again the benevolent-looking old gentleman in gold spectacles who stopped and spoke to me — prodding me first with his umbrella.
The Door in the Wall, and other stories Herbert George 2006
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Already seated at the table was the Medium, Chaffery, a benevolent-looking, faintly shabby gentleman with bushy iron-grey side-whiskers, a wide, thin-lipped mouth tucked in at the corners, and a chin like the toe of a boot.
Love and Mr Lewisham Herbert George 2004
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London to Euston Square at half past seven in the evening, put her in charge of a benevolent-looking, fat old man, saw that a letter to Geraldine was pinned to her stays, and returned home, exhausted, triumphant, yet, as happens often with the devotees of Mudieism, a prey to secret misgivings.
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She was quiet, and had a benevolent-looking smile while she worked.
Small Consolation 1997
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Here a benevolent-looking little man with a large nose, took off his hat.
A Love Story A Bushman
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He looked sixty years of age, or perhaps somewhat older, and had one of the most benevolent-looking faces I had ever seen.
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
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