 He was gaunt and shagged, with a ewe neck and a head like a hammer; his rusty mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burrs; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral; but the other had the gleam of a genuine devil in it.  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 523publié par - 1838Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - 1919 - 456 pages
...mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burrs ; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral; but the other had the gleam of a genuine...have had fire and mettle in his day, if we may judge 15 from the name he bore of Gunpowder. Ichabod was a suitable figure for such a steed. He rode with... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 618 pages
...rusty mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burs; one eye had lost its pupil and was glaring and spectral; but the other had the gleam of a genuine devil in it. Still he must 10 have had fire and mettle in his day, if we may judge from the name he bore of Gunpowder. He had,... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1921 - 520 pages
...rusty mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burs; one eye had lost its pupil and was glaring and spectral; but the other had the gleam of a genuine devil in it. Still he must 10 have had fire and mettle in his day, if we may judge from the name he bore of Gunpowder. He had,... | |
 | Linus Ward Kline, Gertrude L. Carey - 1922 - 366 pages
...mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burrs. One eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral, but the other had the gleam of a genuine...had fire and mettle in his day, if we may judge from An opening in the trees now cheered him with the hopes that the church bridge was at hand. The wavering... | |
 | 1925 - 568 pages
...mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burrs ; one eye had lost its pupil and was glaring and spectral, but the other had the gleam of a genuine...had fire and mettle in his day, if we may judge from the name he bore of Gunpowder. He had, in fact, been a favorite steed of his master's, the choleric... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1926 - 648 pages
...rusty mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burs; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral, but the other had the gleam of a genuine...had fire and mettle in his day, if we may judge from the name he bore of Gunpowder. He had, in fact, been a favorite steed of his master's, the choleric... | |
 | Arthur G. Adams - 1980 - 356 pages
...mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burrs; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral; but the other had the gleam of a genuine...had fire and mettle in his day, if we may judge from the name he bore of Gunpowder. He had, in fact, been a favorite steed of his master's, the choleric... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 pages
...mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burrs; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral, but the other had the gleam of a genuine...had fire and mettle in his day, if we may judge from the name he bore of Gunpowder. He had, in fact, been a favourite steed of his master's, the cholerick... | |
 | Washington Irving, Kathryn Schultz Miller - 1994 - 52 pages
...effects. ICHABOD struggles to pull up the horse, then jauntily begins riding Gunpowder.) PETER. Gunpowder must have had fire and mettle in his day if we may judge by his name. WASHINGTON. But he was now a broken-down ploughhorse. (Gunpowder falters in his gait,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1998 - 840 pages
...mane and tail were tangled and knotted with burrs; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral; but the other had the gleam of a genuine...had fire and mettle in his day, if we may judge from the name he bore of Gunpowder. He had, in fact, been a favorite steed of his master's, the choleric... | |
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