 ... 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 Quarterly Review - Page 62edited by - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1901 - 542 pages
...stirrups, which brought his knees nearly up to the pommel of the saddle, his sharp elbows stuck 10 out like grasshoppers', 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1902 - 204 pages
...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 short stirrups,...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... | |
 | Sherman Williams - 1902 - 504 pages
...there was more of the lurking devil in him than any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with short stirrups,...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 - 1903 - 814 pages
...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 short stirrups,...perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the napping of a pair of wings. A small... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1903 - 544 pages
...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 short stirrups,...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 napping of a pair of... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1903 - 296 pages
...elbows stuck out like grasshoppers' ; he 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 napping of a pair of wings. A small wool hat rested on the top of his nose, for so his scanty strip... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry - 1903 - 572 pages
...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 short stirrups, which brought his knees nearly ess up to the pommel of the saddle; his sharp elbows stuck out like grasshoppers'; he carried his whip... | |
 | Tuley Francis Huntington - 1904 - 412 pages
...every well-written paragraph has a clearly denned subject. ICHABOD ON HORSEBACK Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with short stirrups,...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 - 1905 - 460 pages
...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 short stirrups,...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... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 316 pages
...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 short stirrups,...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 napping of a pair of... | |
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