 | William Franklin Webster - 1912 - 392 strani
...to the classic literature of Greece and Rome. Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement made for effect. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. And, if thou prate of mountains, let them throw Millions of acres on us, till our ground. Singeing... | |
 | Alma Blount, Clark Sutherland Northup - 1912 - 354 strani
...for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity. He was a native of Connecticut. . . . The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, and exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his... | |
 | Alma Blount, Clark Sutherland Northup - 1913 - 168 strani
...for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity. He was a native of Connecticut. . . . The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, and exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his... | |
 | Alma Blount - 1914 - 406 strani
...with the ridiculous or incongruous, through figures of speech or through the connotation of words. 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... | |
 | 1914 - 442 strani
...for the mind as well as for the forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly...for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung 5 together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long... | |
 | Marietta Knight - 1914 - 232 strani
...of a merry meeting. 12. Master Simon was in as chipper a humor as a grasshopper filled with dew. 14. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,...shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. 15. Another of his sources of fearful pleasure was to pass long winter evenings with the old Dutch... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Fredrick Thomas Dawson - 1915 - 314 strani
...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...exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and [25 legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that ' might have served for shovels,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1916 - 422 strani
...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...with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snip nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck to tell which way the... | |
 | 1916 - 314 strani
...quiet little valley for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity. He was tall, but very lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of 169 his sleeves, and feet that might have served as shovels. His head was small, with huge ears, large... | |
 | Milton Chase Potter, Harry Jewett Jeschke, Harry Orrin Gillet - 1917 - 386 strani
...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... | |
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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... 
