. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. he preferred to assume—was seated with his hat cocked very niuchon one ear, and the observer might remark, by the si^e and shabbi-ness of the boots which the Captain wore, that times did not go very well withhim. Poverty seems as if it were disposed, before it takes possession of aman entirely, to attack his extremities first: the coverings of bis head, feet,and hands are its first prey. All these parts of the Captains person wererakish and shabby. . The Captain was inclined to be bald, but he broughta quantity of lank iron-gray hair over
. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. he preferred to assume—was seated with his hat cocked very niuchon one ear, and the observer might remark, by the si^e and shabbi-ness of the boots which the Captain wore, that times did not go very well withhim. Poverty seems as if it were disposed, before it takes possession of aman entirely, to attack his extremities first: the coverings of bis head, feet,and hands are its first prey. All these parts of the Captains person wererakish and shabby. . The Captain was inclined to be bald, but he broughta quantity of lank iron-gray hair over his pate, and had a couple of wispsof the same falling down on each side of his face. Much whisky had Spoiledwhat complexion Mr. Costigan may have possessed in his youth. His oncehandsome face had now a copper tinge. He wore a very high stock, scarredand stained in many places; and a dress-coat tightly buttoned upon thoseparts where the buttons had not parted company from the garment. Thackerays History of Pendennis. Vr\i^\\l?iv3 V\\\^\<\^.. CAPTAIN COSTIGAN. COWPER 267 CEANE Cowper, called Author of The Task,^from his principal poem (1731-1800). Coxcomb {The Prince of) Charles JosephPrince de Ligne (1535-1614). Richard II. of England (1366, 1377-1400). Henri III, of France, Le Mignon (1551,t574r-1589). Coxe {Captain), one of the masques atKenilworth.—Sir W. Scott, Kenilworth(time, Elizabeth). Coy Bishop. Best friend and uncon-scious foil to Avis Dobell in ElizabethStuart Phelps Story of Avis. Her faceis as innocent of sarcasm as a mockingbirds; she is one of the immortal few whocan look pretty in their crimping-pins;she has the glibness of most unaccentu-ated natures; she admires Avis withoutcomprehending her, and she makes anexcellent wife to John Rose, a practicalyoung clergyman. (1877). Crabshaw {Timothy), the servant of SirLauncelot Greavess squire.—Smollett, Ad-ventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves (1760). Crabtree, in Smolletts novel calledThe Adventures ofPeregine
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