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
| 1898 - 264 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... | |
| Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 pages
...legions of frontier woodsmen 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... | |
| Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 pages
...legions of frontier woodsmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank,...arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeve's, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together.... | |
| James N. Patrick - 1898 - 232 pages
...legions of frontier 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 legs, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame was loosely hung together. His head was... | |
| Arthur G. Adams - 1980 - 356 pages
...legions of frontier woodsmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank,...most loosely hung together. His head was small, and fiat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and long snipe nose, so that it looked like a... | |
| Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 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, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands diat dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame... | |
| Washington Irving - 1991 - 100 pages
...legions of frontier woodsmen 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,... | |
| H. Daniel Peck - 1992 - 166 pages
...the forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodsmen and country schoolmasters. ... He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. Crane's talent is also like Gamut's: the "singing-master of the neighborhood," his voice, with its... | |
| David Grambs - 1995 - 420 pages
...that was passing within. WASHINGTON lRVING, The Sketch Book 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,... | |
| Catherine D. Holmes - 1996 - 236 pages
...unappeasable natural appetites: Cf. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" for physical resemblance to Ichabod Crane: "He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and Iris whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at the top, with huge ears,... | |
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