 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1852 - 324 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, feet that might have served for slwvels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1853 - 524 Seiten
...tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and }egs, hands that dangled a mile but of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels,...weather-cock, 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 - 1853 - 304 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,...most loosely hung together. His head was small and fiat at top, with huge cars, large green glassy eyes, and a long smpe nose, so that it looked Eke a... | |
 | Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 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,...with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe-nose, so that it looked like a weather-cock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way... | |
 | 1857 - 588 Seiten
...Crane is an example in point : — "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, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose ; so that it looked like a weathercock perched... | |
 | 1857 - 588 Seiten
...shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small and flat at top, with large ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose;...weathercock perched upon his spindle neck , to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill, with his clothes bagging... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 478 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, feet that might Lave served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat... | |
 | A. De Puy Van Buren - 1859 - 336 Seiten
...him we have space only for one. " He was tall but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, large arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...at top, with huge ears, large green, glassy eyes, a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle-neck to tell which... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1860 - 478 Seiten
...inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and logs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet...weather-cock, 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... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1860 - 854 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...loosely hung together. His head was small and flat at the top, with huge ears ; large green, glassyeyes, and a long, snipe nose, so that it looked like a... | |
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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... 
