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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Failed to understand "made of his face and body powerful pleadings"

If it says "made his face and body sexy", it will be easily understood. But now, with the phrase "made of" and "powerful pleadings", I don't know how to understnad.

Context:
The mixed natures in him made of his face and body powerful pleadings, carnal, perhaps,, except in so far as they were transfused by character. No one could see him without the desire to see him again.
  

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NL888 The mixed natures in him made of his face and body powerful pleadings, carnal, perhaps ~ The mixed natures in him made powerful pleadings, which were carnal, perhaps, [out of / from] his face and body. This turn of phrase is rather literary. made of his face pleadings ~ made his face into pleadings ~ made pleadings out of his face Compare: made the clay into a statue ~ made a statue out of the clay.

— CalifJim

  • NL888 The mixed natures in him made of his face and body powerful pleadings, carnal, perhaps ~ The mixed natures in him made powerful pleadings, which were carnal, perhaps, [out of / from] his face and body.
  • This turn of phrase is rather literary.
  • made of his face pleadings ~ made his face into pleadings ~ made pleadings out of his face Compare: made the clay into a statue ~ made a statue out of the clay.
  • (Literary: made of the clay a statue) CJ
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NL888The mixed natures in him made of his face and body powerful pleadings, carnal, perhaps
~ The mixed natures in him made powerful pleadings, which were carnal, perhaps, [out of / from] his face and body.

This turn of phrase is rather literary.

made of his face pleadings ~ made his face into pleadings ~ made pleadings out of his face
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Does pleadings mean beseeching/begging for paying attention?
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NL888Does pleadings mean beseeching/begging for paying attention?
Right.

CJ
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