 | Wells Hawks Skinner - 1897 - 282 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,...weathercock 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... | |
 | Arnold Tompkins - 1897 - 376 Seiten
...neighboring stubblefields." 7. " He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...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 - 1897 - 152 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,...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 - 1897 - 72 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,...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 - 1897 - 152 Seiten
...tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile ont 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... | |
 | 1898 - 266 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,...weathercock 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... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 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,...weathercock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a lull on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 Seiten
...exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeve's, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole...weathercock 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... | |
 | James N. Patrick - 1898 - 234 Seiten
...narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame was loosely hung together. His head was small and flat...with huge ears, large, green, glassy eyes, and a long spine nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1899 - 220 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,...weathercock 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... | |
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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... 
