 | John Walker - English letters - 1813 - 326 pages
...Alderman Whitson, of Bristowe, wc*' 1 suppose was the common fashion in their young dayes), but this Dr. would be apt to drawe out his dagger upon every slight...little eie, round, very black, full of spirit ; his haire was black as a raven, but quite white 20 yeares before he dyed. I first sawe him at Oxford, 1642,... | |
 | Medicine - 1816 - 582 pages
...alderman Whitson, of Bristowe, wch. I suppose was the common fashion in their young dayes,) but this Dr. would be apt to drawe out his dagger upon every slight...little eie, round, very black, full of spirit; his haire was black as a raven, but quite white twenty yeares before he dyed. I first sawe him at Oxford,... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - Medicine - 1839 - 544 pages
...very cholerique ; and in his younger days wore a dagger (as the fashion then was) ; but this doctor would be apt to drawe out his dagger upon every slight occasion. He rode on horseback with a foot-cloath to visit his patients, his man following on foot, as the fashion... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1842 - 242 pages
...written on them. Dr. WILLIAM HARVEY, (author of that great discovery, the circulation of the blood). He was not tall, but of the lowest stature; round...little eie, round, very black, full of spirit. His haire was black as a raven, but quite white 20 years before he died. Sir JOHN DENHAM'S eie was a kind... | |
 | Medicine - 1856 - 654 pages
...Alderman Whitson, of Bristowe, wch. I suppose was the common fashion in their young dayes,) but this Dr. would be apt to drawe out his dagger upon every slight...little eie, round, very black, full of spirit; his haire was black as a raven, but quite white twenty years before he dyed. I first sawe him at Oxford,... | |
 | American literature - 1871 - 730 pages
...hundred pounds." DR. WILLIAM HARVEY, (author of that great discovery, the circulation of the blood). He was not tall, but of the lowest stature ; round...little eie, round, very black, full of spirit. His haire was black as a raven, but quite white 20 years before he died. SIR JOHN SUCKLING was of the middle... | |
 | Robert Willis - Blood - 1878 - 422 pages
...nevertheless so interesting, that they cannot be left unnoticed. " In person," Aubrey informs us, " Harvey was not tall, but of the lowest stature ; round faced ; olivaster (like wainscot) complexion ; little eye, round, very black, full of spirit ; his hair black as a raven, but... | |
 | William Harvey - Blood - 1894 - 200 pages
...appearance and disposition we have the testimony of his friend JOHN AUBREY who thus describes him : ' He was not tall, but of the lowest stature,* ' round faced, olivaster (like wainscot) complexion, little eie, ' round, very black, full of spirit, his haire was black as a raven,... | |
 | National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) - Great Britain - 1896 - 526 pages
...was, as all the rest of the " brothers, very cholerique; and in his younger days would be apt to drawc out his dagger upon every slight occasion. He was...the lowest stature ; round faced, olivaster (like waiuscott) complexion ; little eic, round, very black, full of spirit ; his hair was black as a raven,... | |
 | John Aubrey, Andrew Clark - Great Britain - 1898 - 454 pages
...common fashion in * MS. Aubr. 6,fol.65'. their young dayes), but this Dr. would be to(o) apt to draw-out his dagger upon every slight occasion •. He was...but of the lowest stature, round faced, olivaster b complexion ; little eie, round, very black, full of spirit ; his haire was black as a raven, but... | |
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He was not tall ; but of the lowest stature, round faced, olivaster, (like wainscott) complexion ; little eie, round, very black, full of spirit ; his haire was black as a raven, but quite white 20 yeares before he dyed. 
