Citations:aspect

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English citations of aspect

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  • 1719Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
    He had a very good countenance, not a fierce and surly aspect, but seemed to have something very manly in his face; and yet he had all the sweetness and softness of a European in his countenance, too, especially when he smiled.
  • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
    But it was especially the aspect of the three chief officers of the ship, the mates, which was most forcibly calculated to allay these colourless misgivings, and induce confidence and cheerfulness in every presentment of the voyage.