 | 1872 - 900 σελίδες
...lineaments of such a personage, and in one sentence, which we quote, we have him admirably portrayed : " To see him striding along the profile of a hill on...fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a corn-field." But Scott,... | |
 | 1874 - 820 σελίδες
...served for shovels, and his whole frame hung loosely together. His head was small, and flat at the top, with huge ears, large, green, glassy eyes, and...fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield." And Rip Van... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1875 - 98 σελίδες
...hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small,...fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a corn-field. , His school-house... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 σελίδες
...hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small,...clothes bagging and fluttering about him, one might hare mistaken him for the genius of Famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 σελίδες
...hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small,...spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To sce him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and fluttering... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 σελίδες
...sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. H:s head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large...fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth,- or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. His school-house... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 σελίδες
...hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small,...fluttering about him, one might have mistaken him for the genius of famine descending upon the earth, or some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield. His school-house... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1877 - 512 σελίδες
...graphic personal representative of Romeo's apothecary, as regards his lank proportions ; to see whom striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes (too big for his shrunk shank and wasted waist) bagging and fluttering about him, was like seeing the... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1878 - 446 σελίδες
...hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small,...the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile pf a hill on a windy day, with his clothes bagging and fluttering about him, one might have mistaken... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1878 - 152 σελίδες
...hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small,...weathercock perched upon his spindle neck to tell uo which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his... | |
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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... 
