On again taking pen in hand, I would fain make a few observations at the outset, by way of Bespeaking a right understanding.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
A thoroughly musical complexion, Bespeaking German ancestry."
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
And who could think of her costume at all when Nina herself came forward, with the pretty, pale, foreign face so pleasantly smiling, the liquid black eyes softly Bespeaking kindness, the half-parted lips showing a glimmer of milk-white teeth.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black