 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 430 Seiten
...this volume : — I. THE SCHOOLMASTER. 146 ity. He was a native of Connecticut. He was tall, but very lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, and feet that might have served as shovels. His 5 head was small, with huge ears, large glassy eyes,... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 Seiten
...forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodsmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was...huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind... | |
 | 1898 - 266 Seiten
...forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was...ears, large green, glassy eyes, and a long, snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind... | |
 | Arthur G. Adams - 1980 - 356 Seiten
...forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodsmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was...most loosely hung together. His head was small, and fiat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and long snipe nose, so that it looked like a... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 Seiten
...forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was...lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands diat dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1991 - 100 Seiten
...forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodsmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was...huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind... | |
 | H. Daniel Peck - 1992 - 166 Seiten
...the forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodsmen and country schoolmasters. ... He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. Crane's talent is also like Gamut's: the "singing-master of the neighborhood," his voice, with its... | |
 | David Grambs - 1995 - 420 Seiten
...deeply-furrowed face showed the struggle that was passing within. WASHINGTON lRVING, The Sketch Book The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was...huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind... | |
 | Catherine D. Holmes - 1996 - 236 Seiten
...unappeasable natural appetites: Cf. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" for physical resemblance to Ichabod Crane: "He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and Iris whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at the top, with huge ears,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1998 - 840 Seiten
...forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodsmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was...huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind... | |
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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... 
