Sightliest

An old man draws nigh, he is mounted on a lean pony, and he leads by the bridle one of these animals; nothing very remarkable about that creature, unless in being smaller than the rest and gentle, which they are not; he is not of the sightliest look; he is almost dun, and over one eye a thick film has gathered. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The sightliest part is the vegetation, glorious ceibas (bombax) used for dug-outs; baobabs, tamarinds which supply cooling fruit and distilled waters; limes and bitter oranges. ❋ Unknown (2003)

It is one of the sightliest spots in beautiful southern California; in fact, though I have traveled all over the world, I have never seen a view to compare with that of the site of our future Headquarters. ❋ Unknown (1910)

Turks, their neighbours, they are a race with a future, and Budapest is from one point of view one of the sightliest capitals of Europe. ❋ Israel Zangwill (1895)

He was a big man and a strong, the sightliest of men and a good skald; and when he was fully grown he fared between sundry lands, and was well accounted of wherever he came. ❋ Anonymous (1865)

One of the sightliest of these was situated on a little hillock, about half a mile from the sea, which we ascended. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

"An old man draws nigh, he is mounted on a lean pony, and he leads by the bridle one of these animals; nothing very remarkable about that creature, unless in being smaller than the rest and gentle, which they are not; he is not of the sightliest look; he is almost dun, and over one eye a thick film has gathered. ❋ Edward Thomas (1897)

"It's one of the sightliest places in the country, and here's the very spot" -- he covered it with his huge forefinger -- "where my father found that paint, more than forty -- years -- ago. ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)

"Yes, sir, it's about the sightliest view I know of. ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)