Both Uses of
visage
in
Middlemarch
- As Caleb looked on, his visage showed a growing depression, but when Fred handed him the paper he gave something like a snarl, and rapped the paper passionately with the back of his hand.†
Chpt 6 *
- Mrs. Vincy, in her fullest matronly bloom, looked at Mary's little figure, rough wavy hair, and visage quite without lilies and roses, and wondered; trying unsuccessfully to fancy herself caring about Mary's appearance in wedding clothes, or feeling complacency in grandchildren who would "feature" the Garths.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
-
(visage) someone's face or facial expression
or:
an easily seen aspect of something