 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...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Side 522redigeret af - 1838Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Milton Chase Potter, Harry Jewett Jeschke, Harry Orrin Gillet - 1917 - 386 sider
...caught in a thunderstorm. 167. Literature and Composition ICHABOD CRANE Ichabod, the schoolmaster, was tall but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat on top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock... | |
 | William Dana Miller, Mrs. Margaret Wilhelmine Oberempt Palmer - 1918 - 560 sider
...will illustrate each of these kinds of description. Explain each. This name of Crane was not unfitting his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with...loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at the top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose so that it looked like a weathercock... | |
 | 1918 - 590 sider
...BROM VAN BRUNT, for the hand of KATHERINA VAN TASSBL, but put out of the running by a practical joke. "The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his...long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of bis sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels and his whole frame most loosely hung together.... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1919 - 650 sider
...for the forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodsmen and country school-masters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his...mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served 5 for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top,... | |
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - 1919 - 456 sider
...Hollow, for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity. He 20 was a native of Connecticut. He was tall but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...might have served for shovels, and his whole frame was most loosely hung together. His head was small, 25 and flat at the top, with huge ears, large green... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 618 sider
...woodsmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He 10 was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it 15 looked like a weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1921 - 520 sider
...woodsmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He 10 was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it i5 looked like a weathercock, perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew. To see... | |
 | Lamont Foster Hodge, Arthur Lee - 1921 - 502 sider
...places but also in describing people. Notice the following paragraph THE SCHOOLMASTER OF SLEEPY HOLLOW The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his...shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile cut of his sleeves, feet that might have served as shovels, and his whole frame loosely hung together.... | |
 | Henry Adelbert White - 1922 - 360 sider
...a fine picture of the oddness of Ichabod Crane, by comparing him in detail with several odd things. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his...loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at the top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1922 - 136 sider
...as for the forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his...might have served for shovels, and his whole frame tnost loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy... | |
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