EYES THAT TELL.

North Otago Times, 6 September 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)

EYES THAT TELL.

' ,!« . Bismark had eyes of steely gray, deep sunken, almost hidden under bushy eyebrows. Robert Louis Stevenson had brown eyes, humorous and very expressive. Von Moltkc, the soldier, had bright blue eyes, Darwin's gray eyes looked out from under heavy overhanging brows. Dante Gabriel Rossetfi .had grey-' blue eyes, ■ Charles Lamb had very glittering eyes, of two colours, gray and hazel, with red spots on the iris, •Julius Caesar had black eyes of great brilliancy,, In the younger Pitt, the sole evidence of genius lay In his brown eyes, which glowed like live coals. I Cowper, physically timid, had weak;' blue eyes devoid of animation, Mahomet had coal-black eyes, : "' Milton had gray-blue eyes, clear and round. Michael Angelo had hazel eyes. Dr, Johnson's poor health so affected his eyes that they were dull and lifeless—of a watery blue. I Isaac Newton had blue eyes, small, ! bright,-and piercing, | Dante had, according to Boccaccio, | large black eyes. ■ • | Carlylc's eyes were described as I "the handsomest ever seen in n man's head—dark blue." 1 Harvey, tho discoverer of the circulation of the blood, had small eyes full of spirit. Goethe had beautiful dark-brown eyes. Voltairo had deep-set eyes of marvellous brilliancy, - Tope Leo XIII. had piercing black eyes, remleiwf more striking by his While! emaciated face. Beethoven had fimaU brown eyes, WW tunUilbt J