 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1810 - 444 lehte
...excelling in magnitude that of the great Pericles (who was thence waggishly called Scbenocephatus, or onion head)—indeed, of such stupendous dimensions...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... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1810 - 874 lehte
...of the great Pericles (who was thence waggishly called Scbe•nocephalut, or onion head) — indeed, of such stupendous dimensions was it, that dame nature...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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1819 - 476 lehte
...that of the great Pericles (who was thence waggishly called Hchenocephalus, or onion head) — indeed, of such stupendous dimensions was it, that dame nature...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 lehte
...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...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;... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1819 - 302 lehte
...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...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;... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 414 lehte
...that of the great Pericles (who was thence waggishly called Schenocephalus, or onion head) — indeed, of such stupendous dimensions was it, that dame Nature...shoulders ; where it remained, as snugly bedded as a ship pf war in the mud of the Potowmac. His body was of an oblong form, particularly capacious at bottom;... | |
 | 1821 - 732 lehte
...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...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 318 lehte
...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...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...her sex's ingenuity, would have been 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 between the shoulders. His body was of an oblong form, particularly capacious at bottom... | |
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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... 
