 ... he carried his whip perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small wool hat rested on the top of his nose, for so his scanty strip of forehead...  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Seite 311von Washington Irving - 1821 - 343 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 Seiten
...looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with...perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 570 Seiten
...looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with...knees nearly up to the pommel of the saddle ; his iharp elbows stuck out like grasshoppers' ; he carried his whip perpendicularly in his hand, like a... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 524 Seiten
...looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with...brought his knees nearly up to the pommel of the saddle ; hia sharp elbows stuck out like grasshoppers' ; he carried his whip perpendicularly in his hand,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 Seiten
...must have had fire and mettle in his day, if we may judge from his name, which was Gunpowder. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with...hand, like a sceptre ; and, as the horse jogged on, tho motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small wool hat rested on the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1875 - 98 Seiten
...looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with...perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small... | |
 | Edward Austin Sheldon - 1875 - 444 Seiten
...infused, very probably, some of his own spirit into the animal. SHELDON'S FIFTH READER. 7. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with...perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small... | |
 | Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 206 Seiten
...looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. era Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with...perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not MS unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 234 Seiten
...looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with...carried his whip perpendicularly in his hand, like a scepter, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 242 Seiten
...looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with...carried his whip perpendicularly in his hand, like a scepter, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair... | |
 | Washington Irving, Spraque Homer Baxter - 1880 - 146 Seiten
...lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. eoo Ichabod was a suitable figure^for such a steed. He rode with short stirrups, which brought...perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not ws unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small... | |
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