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... The Eclectic Review - Pagina 285a cura di - 1820Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Washington Irving - 1851 - 488 pagine
...sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but...sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and Ms whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - 1852 - 324 pagine
...the writer to excite emotions of a ludicrous nature. It is Irying's description of Ichabod Crane. " He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...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 - 304 pagine
...sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but...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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1853 - 524 pagine
...sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was 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, and his... | |
| Joseph Gostwick - 1856 - 338 pagine
...Hollow was a schoolmaster — an intellectual pioneer, named Ichabod Crane. ' The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but...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 pagine
...indicative of a whole class. Washington Irving's description of Ichabod Crane is an example in point : — " He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 478 pagine
...sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but...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 pagine
...of 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...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... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1860 - 854 pagine
...sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoel-masters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but...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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1860 - 478 pagine
...sends forth yearly its legions of fix ntier woodsmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not 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 that might have served for shovels, and his... | |
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