 ... 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
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1880 - 286 Seiten
...conceit ; as who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark." 2. Ichabod rode with short stirrups, which brought his knees...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 - 1881 - 970 Seiten
...looked, there was more of the larking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. lehabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with...pommel of the saddle ; his sharp elbows stuck out like prass-« hoppers'; he carried his whip perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 258 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 the horse jogged on the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 712 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...pommel of the saddle ; his sharp elbows stuck out ¡ike grasshoppers' ; he carried his whip perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and as the horse... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 Seiten
...looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young (illy in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with...short stirrups, which brought his knees nearly up to tho pommel of the saddle ; his sharp elbows stuck out like grasshoppers' ; he carried his whip perpendicularly... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1883 - 52 Seiten
...looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. 6lo 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... | |
 | 1885 - 544 Seiten
...looked, there was more of the lurking xlevil 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... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1894 - 782 Seiten
...was a broken down plough horse that had outlived almost everything but his viciousness. Ichabod Crane was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with...short stirrups which brought his knees nearly up to pommel of the saddle; his sharp elbows stuck out the like grasshoppers; he carried his whip perpendicularly,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1886 - 152 Seiten
...knees nearly up to the pom-*3 mel of the saddle ; his sharp elbows stuck out like grasshoppers' ; C/> he carried his whip perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not aw unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1888 - 286 Seiten
...conceit ; as who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, ^ let no dog bark." 2. Ichabod rode with short stirrups, which brought his knees...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... | |
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