Seventeen has come; its dignity and seriousness have followed upon the frolics of untutored youth; and the sweet charm of maidenhood has smoothed down such angularities as were formerly permissible.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
The statement is perfectly true, but the reason is not hard to find: simply that a shaven face, without well-marked features or strong lines of character, and, above all, without angularities, gives the artist extremely little to "take hold of."
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
It was a pleasant vagueness in which all angularities of feeling were lost, and you were disposed to a tolerance of the things that had hurt or offended you before.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells