"Handsome" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... turned deprecating eyes to him. "My," she whispered shrilly, "he was just terrible, wasn't he? But so handsome! I can't help but think it was more seasickness with him than an ...
— The Nest Builder • Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
... lines, under cover of a heavy discharge of cannon and howitzers, frequently halting in order to allow their artillery time to demolish the works. While they were advancing, orders were given to set fire to Charlestown, a handsome village, which flanked their line of march, and ...
— The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 (of 5) • John Marshall
... hold your tongue, captain, your words are all in vain; I have a handsome sweetheart now across the main, And if I do not find him ...
— The Citizen-Soldier - or, Memoirs of a Volunteer • John Beatty
... the widow, "the only one that is left me. May God preserve him." The boy was handsome and intelligent, and Amine, for her own reasons, did everything she could to make friends with him, ...
— The Phantom Ship • Captain Frederick Marryat
... inclined downward to the scene of his labours. His hand sustained the cruise or little lamp, which he held so as to throw light upon his visitant; at the same time it displayed to the young knight the features of the person with whom he was now confronted, which, though neither handsome nor pleasing, were strongly marked, sagacious, and venerable, indicating, at the same time, a certain air of dignity, which age, even mere poverty, may be found occasionally to bestow, as conferring that last melancholy ...
— Waverley Volume XII • Sir Walter Scott
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