 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...  Six Selections from Irving's Sketchbook - Page 32by Washington Irving - 1878 - 119 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Northwest Territories Council of Public Instruction - 1897 - 628 pages
...not inapplicable to this person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...weathercock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne, George Henry Warner - 1897 - 644 pages
...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,...weathercock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
 | Arnold Tompkins - 1897 - 376 pages
...neighboring stubblefields." 7. " He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves,...weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day with his clothes... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 72 pages
...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,...weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1897 - 152 pages
...tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile ont of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels,...weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
 | 1898 - 266 pages
...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,...weathercock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 pages
...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,...weathercock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a lull on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 pages
...exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeve's, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole...weathercock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
 | James N. Patrick - 1898 - 234 pages
...narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame was loosely hung together. His head was small and flat...with huge ears, large, green, glassy eyes, and a long spine nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1899 - 220 pages
...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,...weathercock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the wind blew. To see him striding along the profile of a hill on a windy day, with his clothes... | |
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