| Washington Irving - 1916 - 422 Seiten
...for the forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person....with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snip nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the... | |
| 1916 - 314 Seiten
...quiet little valley for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity. He was tall, but very lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of 169 his sleeves, and feet that might have served as shovels. His head was small, with huge ears, large... | |
| Milton Chase Potter, Harry Jewett Jeschke, Harry Orrin Gillet - 1917 - 386 Seiten
...caught in a thunderstorm. 167. Literature and Composition ICHABOD CRANE Ichabod, the schoolmaster, was tall but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat on top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock... | |
| William Dana Miller, Mrs. Margaret Wilhelmine Oberempt Palmer - 1918 - 560 Seiten
...will illustrate each of these kinds of description. Explain each. This name of Crane was not unfitting his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with...loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at the top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose so that it looked like a weathercock... | |
| 1918 - 590 Seiten
...VAN BRUNT, for the hand of KATHERINA VAN TASSBL, but put out of the running by a practical joke. "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person....long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of bis sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels and his whole frame most loosely hung together.... | |
| William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - 1919 - 456 Seiten
...Hollow, for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity. He 20 was a native of Connecticut. He was tall but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...might have served for shovels, and his whole frame was most loosely hung together. His head was small, 25 and flat at the top, with huge ears, large green... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 618 Seiten
...woodsmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He 10 was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it 15 looked like a weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see... | |
| William Harris Elson - 1921 - 520 Seiten
...woodsmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He 10 was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it i5 looked like a weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see... | |
| Lamont Foster Hodge, Arthur Lee - 1921 - 502 Seiten
...but also in describing people. Notice the following paragraph THE SCHOOLMASTER OF SLEEPY HOLLOW The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person...shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile cut of his sleeves, feet that might have served as shovels, and his whole frame loosely hung together.... | |
| Henry Adelbert White - 1922 - 360 Seiten
...fine picture of the oddness of Ichabod Crane, by comparing him in detail with several odd things. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person....loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at the top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock... | |
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