 ... he carried his whip perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small wool hat rested on the top of his nose, for so his scanty strip of forehead...  The Edinburgh monthly review - Strana 2911820Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Stratton Duluth Brooks - 1912 - 462 str.
...That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune. — COLERIDGE : The Ancient Mariner. 2. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He...which brought his knees nearly up to the pommel of his saddle ; his sharp elbows stuck out like grasshoppers' legs ; he carried his whip perpendicularly... | |
 | Leary - 50 str.
...surer touch: readers do not forget Ichabod Crane astride his boney nag, the short stirrups bringing "his knees nearly up to the pommel of the saddle;...perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings." Dickens... | |
 | Arthur G. Adams - 1980 - 356 str.
...broken-down as he looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He...sharp elbows stuck out like grasshoppers'; he carried hs whip perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 str.
...down as he looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He...perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1991 - 100 str.
...broken-down as he looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He...carried his whip perpendicularly in his hand, like a scepter, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair... | |
 | Washington Irving, Kathryn Schultz Miller - 1994 - 52 str.
...pupil. (Again the horse almost falls.) EMILY. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. CHARLOTTE. He rode with short stirrups which brought his knees nearly up to the pommel of the saddle. (Again with the horse. ICHABOD becomes increasingly perturbed.) EMILY. His sharp elbows stuck out like... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1998 - 840 str.
...broken-down as he looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He...perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small... | |
 | Readpal - 2005 - 195 str.
...broken-down as he looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He...perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small... | |
 | Steven Price - 2006 - 400 str.
...lady!" Fast rode the knight, And leaped from saddle to war. — Stephen Crane, "Fast Rode the Knight' Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He...perpendicularly in his hand, like a sceptre, and, as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings. A small... | |
 | Readpal, Louis Crowe - 2006 - 220 str.
...broken-down as he looked, there was more of the lurking devil in him than in any young filly in the country. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He...stuck out like grasshoppers' ; he carried his whip perpendicularl y in his hand, like a sceptre, and as his horse jogged on, the motion of his arms was... | |
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