somewhat spare and tallish tall , yet of no
ill figure upon the whole. His hand was
too small and shapely to have been
accustomed to hard toil. The face His contenance was
a notable one; the features all except the chin cleanly cut
as those on a fine Greek medallion;
yet the chin, beardless as Tecumsah's, had
something of strange protuberant broadness in its make that strangely recalled the
prints of the Revd Dr. Titus Oates, the historic veracious
clergyman and historic deponant and drawling historic deponant with the drawl, clerical drawl deponant witness in the time
of Charles II and the infamous fraud of the alleged Popish
Plot. It served Claggart in his function office
that his eye could cast a tutoring glance.
His brow was of the sort phrenologically
associated with more than average
intellect; thinish silken fla jet curls partly
somewhat spare and tallish tall , yet of no
ill figure upon the whole. His hand was
too small and shapely to have been
accustomed to hard toil. The face His contenance was
a notable one; the features all except the chin cleanly cut
as those on a fine Greek medallion;
yet the chin, beardless as Tecumsah's, had
something of strange protuberant broadness in its make that strangely recalled the
prints of the Revd Dr. Titus Oates, the historic veracious
clergyman and historic deponant and drawling historic deponant with the drawl, clerical drawl deponant witness in the time
of Charles II and the infamous fraud of the alleged Popish
Plot. It served Claggart in his function office
that his eye could cast a tutoring glance.
His brow was of the sort phrenologically
associated with more than average
intellect; thinish silken fla jet curls partly
Transcribed by: John Bryant