He was charmingly handsome, with a nose of most fit aquilinity, smooth-shaven lips, "educated whiskers," and perfect glasses; his manner was beautiful, his voice delightful, when at our first meeting he made me his reproaches in terms of lovely kindness for having used in my 'Venetian Life' the briticism 'directly' for 'as soon as.
"Entire PG Edition of The Works of William Dean Howells"
William Dean Howells