 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1810 - 446 páginas
...that he was a man of sedentary habits, and very averse to the idle labour of walking. His legs, though exceeding short, were sturdy in proportion to the...weight they had to sustain ; so that when erect, he had net a little the appearance of a robustious beer barrel, standing on skids. His face, that infallible... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1812 - 306 páginas
...His legs, though exceeding fhort, were fturdy in proportion to the weight they had to fuftain ; fo that when erect he had not a little the appearance of a robuftious beer barrel, flanding on fkids. His face, that infallible index of the mind, prefented a... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 354 páginas
...Potamac. His hody was of an ohlong form, particularly capacious at hottom; which was wisely ordere d hy Providence, seeing that he was a man of sedentary...when erect he had not a little the appearance of a rohustious heer harrel, standing on skids. His face, that infallihle index of the mind, presented a... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1829 - 292 páginas
...that he was a man of sedentary habits, and very averse to the idle labour of walking. His legs, though exceeding short, were sturdy in proportion to the...he had not a little the appearance of a robustious beer-barrel, standing on skids. His face, that infallible index of the mind, presentgd a vast expanse,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1831 - 522 páginas
...that he was a man of sedentary habits, and very averse to the idle labour of walking. His legs, though exceeding short, were sturdy in proportion to the...he had not a little the appearance of a robustious beer-barrel, standing on skids. His face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1831 - 286 páginas
...that he was a man of sedentary habits, and very averse to the idle labour of walking. His legs, though exceeding short, were sturdy in proportion to the...he had not a little the appearance of a robustious beer-barrel, standing on skids. His face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 páginas
...that he was a man of sedentary habits, and very averse to the idle labor of walking. His legs, though exceeding short, were sturdy in proportion to the...he had not a little the appearance of a robustious beer-barrel, standing on skids. His nitude in the hazy firmament ; and his full-fed cheeks, which seemed... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 páginas
...the idle labor of walking. His legs, though exceeding short, were sturdy in proportion to the weigfht they had to sustain; so that, when erect, he had not a little the appearance of a robustious beer-barrel, standing on skids. His 40 face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 472 páginas
...was a man of sedentary habits, and very averse to the idle labor of walking. His legs were short, but sturdy in proportion to the weight they had to sustain;...when erect he had not a little the appearance of a beer barrel on skids. His face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse, unfurrowed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 276 páginas
...of the Potomac. His body was of an oblong form, particularly capacious at bottom. His legs, though exceeding short, were sturdy in proportion to the...he had not a little the appearance of a robustious beer-barrel standing on skids. His face, that infallible index of the mind, presented a vast expanse,... | |
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His legs were short, but sturdy in proportion to the weight they had to sustain ; so that when erect he had not a little the appearance of a beer barrel on skids. 
