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William Faulkner is a small, wiry man with closely cropped iron-gray hair; an upswept mus¬tache of a darker color; a thin, high-bridged aqui¬line nose; heavy-lidded and deeply set brown eyes in which melancholy, calculation and humor variously are reflected; and a face tanned and webbed, especially near the eyes, with the creases and lines and tiny tracings of advancing middle age and the erosion of many days spent in the open in all weathers.
norbert blei | minding faulkner | part 1 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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His thin, hollowed-out face still had a hawk-like imperiousness to it, the silver hair swept back from a broad forehead that topped a high-bridged nose, intense brown eyes, and pale fleshy lips.
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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William Faulkner is a small, wiry man with closely cropped iron-gray hair; an upswept mus¬tache of a darker color; a thin, high-bridged aqui¬line nose; heavy-lidded and deeply set brown eyes in which melancholy, calculation and humor variously are reflected; and a face tanned and webbed, especially near the eyes, with the creases and lines and tiny tracings of advancing middle age and the erosion of many days spent in the open in all weathers.
October « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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It showed a young man with tousled hair, a high-bridged nose, large, dark eyes, and a beautifully curved mouth.
The Season of Risks Susan Hubbard 2010
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It showed a young man with tousled hair, a high-bridged nose, large, dark eyes, and a beautifully curved mouth.
The Season of Risks Susan Hubbard 2010
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It showed a young man with tousled hair, a high-bridged nose, large, dark eyes, and a beautifully curved mouth.
The Season of Risks Susan Hubbard 2010
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She was in profile, surveying the distance with a chilling contempt which sat perfectly on a rather horsy face with a curved high-bridged nose.
Watershed 2010
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Aged around forty, he was tall and lean with dark hair and narrow features, a thin high-bridged nose giving him a hawk-like aspect.
Archive 2009-09-01 Megan Arkenberg 2009
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Aged around forty, he was tall and lean with dark hair and narrow features, a thin high-bridged nose giving him a hawk-like aspect.
A Matter of Honor Megan Arkenberg 2009
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Requirements: 5 years of experience required, preferably "Western-looking" with deep-set eyes and a high-bridged nose
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