Word: slenderization
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...statue will represent him as a rather slender and tall young man seated in an armchair with an open book, presumably a Bible, on one knee. He is buried in deep meditation, and his clear cut, noble features indicate great depth of character and refinement of intellect, combined with a strong will and well-defined purpose. Competent judges declare that the work is excellent, portraying the thinker, scholar, and preacher such as John Harvard...
...university. Among Emerson's classmates, were Upham, author of the "History of Salem Witchcraft," and Josiah Quincy, afterwards mayor of Boston. During his first year in college, Emerson was the "president's freshman," doing his errands and making his announcements for him. He was at this time "a slender, delicate youth, younger than most of his classmates, and of a sensitive, retiring disposition." He received, according to his own statement, but little instruction or criticism from his professors that was of value to him. His favorite study was Greek, and his translations of the classical authors were neat and happy...
...calling in the street if he would be safe from occasional maltreatment at the hands of coach-drivers and laborers. Excluded as he is from good society, and confined to that of his associates, poverty-stricken, neglected, despised, he is yet fond of life and enterprise, proud of his slender knowledge, and full of contempt for the blunders of the government. From his obscure corner he looks at everything with a hostile eye, and his opposition to the state and society becomes more pronounced with every new revolutionary rising and Nihilistic attempt. - [Kolnische Zeitung...
...These slender-stemmed, rich purple pansies...
...following comments on the personnel of the Harvard crew are given : "Curtis, slender, intellectual of countenance, as becomes a true Bostonian, who proved last year that a man may lack avoirdupois, wear eye-glasses, and yet row a splendid race, sets the crew a beautiful stroke. Behind him the ponderous Chalfant, with a trunk like Schwartz's and with massive legs and thighs, in boating parlance, "puts plenty of beef into his oar" at every stroke. Then come Hudgens, tall and squarely built; Clark and Hammond, men of height and brawn; Sawyer at No. 2, where he rowed last year...