 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1810 - 444 strani
...supporting it; wherefore she wisely declined the attempt, and settled it firmly on the top of his back bone, just between the shoulders ; where it remained, as snugly bedded, as a ship of war in the mud of the Potowmack. His body was of an oblong form, particularly capacious at bottom ; which was wisely ordered... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1819 - 310 strani
...perfect sphere, -and of such stupendous dimensions, that dame nature with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled to construct a neck, capable...the attempt, and settled it firmly on the top of his back bone, just between the shoulders. His body was of an oblong form, particularly capacious at bottom;... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1819 - 476 strani
...indeed, of such stupendous dimensions was it, that dame nature herself, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled to construct a neck, capable...the attempt. and settled it firmly on the top of his back bone, just between the shoulders ; where it remained, as snugly bedded, as a ship of war in the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1819 - 302 strani
...a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions, that dame nature with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled to construct a neck, capable...the attempt, and settled it firmly on the top of his back bone, just between the shoulders. His body was of an oblong form, particularly capacious at bottom;... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 strani
...indeed, of such stupendous dimensions was it, that dame Nature herself, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled to construct a neck capable...as snugly bedded as a ship of war in the mud of the Potowmac. His body was of an oblong form, particularly capacious at bottom; which was wisely ordered... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 strani
...indeed, of such stupendous dimensions was it, that dame Nature herself, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled to construct a neck capable...shoulders ; where it remained, as snugly bedded as a ship pf war in the mud of the Potowmac. His body was of an oblong form, particularly capacious at bottom;... | |
 | 1821 - 732 strani
...perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions, that dame nature, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled to construct a neck capable...the attempt, and settled it firmly on the top of his back bone, just between the shoulders. His body was of an oblong form, particularly capacious at bottom... | |
 | George Lockhart - 1824 - 870 strani
...indeed, of such stupendous dimensions was it, that dame Nature herself, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled to construct a neck capable...as snugly bedded as a ship of war in the mud of the Potowmac. His body was of an oblong form, particularly capacious at bottom ; which was wisely ordered... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 318 strani
...a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions, that dame nature with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled to construct a neck capable...the attempt, and settled it firmly on the top of his back bone, just between the shoulders. His body was of an oblongform, particularly capaciousat bottom... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1825 - 356 strani
...dame Nature herself, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have heen puzzled to construct a neck capahle of supporting it ; wherefore she wisely declined the attempt, and settled it firmly on the top of his hack-hone, jnst hetween the shoulders ; where it remained as snngly hedded as a ship of war in the... | |
| |
He was exactly five feet six inches in height and six feet five inches in circumference. His head was a perfect sphere, and of such stupendous dimensions that Dame Nature, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled to construct a neck capable... 
