 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1810 - 874 páginas
...Scbe•nocephalut, or onion head) — indeed, of such stupendous dimensions was it, that dame nature herself, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled...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 - 310 páginas
...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,...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 páginas
...Hchenocephalus, or onion head) — indeed, of such stupendous dimensions was it, that dame nature herself, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled...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 - 1821 - 414 páginas
...Schenoctphalus, or onion head) — indeed, of such stupendous dimensions was it, that dame Nature herself, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled...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 Potowmac. His body was of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 páginas
...Schenocephalus, or onion head) — indeed, of such stupendous dimensions was it, that dame Nature herself, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled...the top of his back-bone, just between the shoulders ; where it remained, as snugly bedded as a ship pf war in the mud of the Potowmac. His body was of... | |
 | 1821 - 732 páginas
...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,...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 páginas
...Scheuocephalus, or onion head) — indeed, of such stupendous dimensions was it, that dame Nature herself, with all her sex's ingenuity, would have been puzzled...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 Potowmac. His body was of an... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 318 páginas
...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,...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 páginas
...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1826 - 452 páginas
...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,...puzzled to construct a neck capable of supporting itwherefore she wisely declined the attempt, and settled it firmly on the top of his back bone, just... | |
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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... 
