 | 1820 - 870 Seiten
...not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1820 - 636 Seiten
...not inapplicable to his person. ' He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew. ' The revenue arising from his school was small, and would have been scarcely^... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 438 Seiten
...not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 Seiten
...not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1821 - 596 Seiten
...not inapplicable to his person. He was tall but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely put together. His head was small and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glass eyes, and a long... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 Seiten
...not inapplicable to his person. He was tall but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely put together. His head was small and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glass eyes, and a long... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 490 Seiten
...He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dan-' gled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served...weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 Seiten
...not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day,, with his... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 Seiten
...description of Ichabod Crane. " He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...together. ' His head was small, and flat at top, with large ears, lasge green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 Seiten
...not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
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The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely... 
