 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 hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with...  Stories of the Hudson - Page 69by Washington Irving - 1912 - 289 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - 1830 - 346 pages
...its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank,...loosely hung together. His head was small and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank,...loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 284 pages
...its lemons of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank,...loosely hung together. His head was small and flat at top, with huge cars, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked Eke a weathercock,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 pages
...Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shonlders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out...loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weathercock... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 pages
...excite emotions of a ludicrous nature. It is Washington Irving's description of Ichabod Crane :— " He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...loosely hung 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 weather-cock... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 pages
...excite emotions of a ludicrous nature. It is Washington Irving'a description of Ichabod Crane : — " He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with large ear*, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe noae, so that it looked like a weather-cock... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 566 pages
...Gunpowder,' as they sat off for old Baltus Van Tassel's party : ' The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank,...loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1843 - 400 pages
...legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to bis person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow...loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes , and a long snipe nose , so that it looked like a weathercock,... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1843 - 326 pages
...the writer to excite emotions of a ludicrous nature. It is Irving's description of Ichabod Crane. " He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...most loosely hung together. His head was small, and Mat at top. with large ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank,...loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weather-cock,... | |
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