Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Body; outer man; physique.
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The Plantagenet weakness, instead of the stern strength of the house of Anjou, had descended to him; and though he had what Fuller calls "a handsome man-case," his fair and beautiful face was devoid of the resolute and fiery expression of his father, and showed somewhat of the inanity of regular features, without
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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