COMPLEXION in Classic Quotes

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1  There was no recovering the complexion from the moment that I spoke of 'Fanny,' and spoke of her as a sister should.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XL
2  To see the expression of her eyes, the change of her complexion, the progress of her feelings, their doubt, confusion, and felicity, was enough.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
3  Miss Crawford, rallying her spirits, and recovering her complexion, replied only, "If I had known this before, I would have spoken of the cloth with more respect," and turned the subject.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  They were too handsome themselves to dislike any woman for being so too, and were almost as much charmed as their brothers with her lively dark eye, clear brown complexion, and general prettiness.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
5  She was small of her age, with no glow of complexion, nor any other striking beauty; exceedingly timid and shy, and shrinking from notice; but her air, though awkward, was not vulgar, her voice was sweet, and when she spoke her countenance was pretty.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER II
6  His hopes from both gentleman and lady suffered a small depression in consequence; but when he looked at his niece, and saw the state of feature and complexion which her crying had brought her into, he thought there might be as much lost as gained by an immediate interview.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
7  I used to think she had neither complexion nor countenance; but in that soft skin of hers, so frequently tinged with a blush as it was yesterday, there is decided beauty; and from what I observed of her eyes and mouth, I do not despair of their being capable of expression enough when she has anything to express.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIV