The small, delicate features, the long, liquid, iridescent eyes, the sweet, indolent Morbidezza, that make southern beauty so perilously fascinating, are not uncommon here, and are often united to a clearness and brilliancy of complexion scarcely to be found nearer the tropics.
"Border and Bastille"
George A. Lawrence
It has Morbidezza-unquiet melancholy charm, then passionate gaiety-everything that is most modern grafted on things Greek and old.
"Marcella"
Mrs. Humphry Ward
The rather triste expression, the veiled look of the eyes, the Morbidezza of the flesh tones, and the general sense of amplitude and grace give us a Fortuny who knew how to paint broadly.
"Promenades of an Impressionist"
James Huneker