"Tawny-brown" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... come upon him, the work of his pet aversions, the Gainsboroughs. He had seen Mr Gainsborough once, and retained a picture of a small ineffectual man with a ragged tawny-brown beard and a big soft felt hat, who had an air of being very timid, rather pressed for money, and endowed with a kind heart. Now, it seemed, Mr Gainsborough was again overflowing with family affection (a disposition not always ...
— Tristram of Blent - An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House • Anthony Hope |
