"Well-rounded" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... uneventful days. As I turned this notion over in my mind, my longing to behold his reverence increased, that I might read life at Arqua in the smooth curves of his well-padded countenance. I thought it must be that his "bowels of compassion were well-rounded," and, making sure of absolution, I was half-minded, if I got speech with him, to improve the occasion by confessing one or two ...
— Italian Journeys • William Dean Howells
... mouth, with inclination to droop at the corners; broad, split chin; well-rounded ...
— The Night Riders - A Romance of Early Montana • Ridgwell Cullum
... — N. ornament; floridness c^. adj.. turgidity, turgescence^; altiloquence &c adj.^; declamation, teratology^; well-rounded periods; elegance &c 578; orotundity. inversion, antithesis, alliteration, paronomasia; figurativeness &c (metaphor) 521. flourish; flowers of speech, flowers of rhetoric; frills of style, euphuism^, euphemism. big-sounding words, high-sounding ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... feet in height, though his compact, well-rounded figure made him seem less tall; his straight, muscular limbs were in harmony with his deep chest and symmetrical shoulders. His rather large but beautifully turned neck and throat rose straight from the spinal column, firmly supporting a ...
— Solaris Farm - A Story of the Twentieth Century • Milan C. Edson
... practices have served to set this country apart from the other countries of the world. Because of the traditions which have been handed down to us, we are healthier-bodied and cleaner-minded men and women. We are more efficient, not merely in making money, but in everything that goes to make a full and well-rounded life. ...
— The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know • Thomas Forsyth Hunt
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