 Doctor hath a swart colour, hanging look, frowning brows, eyes an inch " within his head, a nose hooked like a buzzard, nostrils like a horse, ever snuffing into the wind, a sparrow mouth, great paws like the Devil, talons on his feet like a gripe, "...  Roman Catholic bishops - Seite 435von Stephen Hyde Cassan - 1827Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1809 - 536 Seiten
...ever snuffing in the wind, a sparrow mouth, great paws like the devil, talons on his feet like a grype two inches longer than the natural toes, and so tied to with sinews that he could not abide to be touched, nor scarce suffer them to touch the stones. — Paynet. Toe MELANGE.... | |
 | John Strype - 1822 - 626 Seiten
...Devil, talons on his feet like a gripe, " two inches longer than the natural toes, and so tied to 272 " with sinews, that he cannot abide to be touched, nor..." shaped the form of an old monster, it gave him a venge" able wit; which at Cambridge, by labour and diligence, he " had made a great deal worse, and... | |
 | John Strype - 1822 - 630 Seiten
...nostrils like " a horse, ever snuffing into the wind, a sparrow mouth, " great paws like the Devil, talons on his feet like a gripe, " two inches longer than the natural toes, and so tied to 272 " with sinews, that he cannot abide to be touched, nor scarce " suffer them to touch the stones.... | |
 | John Strype - 1822 - 628 Seiten
...nostrils like " a horse, ever snuffing into the wind, a sparrow mouth, " great paws like the Devil, talons on his feet like a gripe, " two inches longer than the natural toes, and so tied to 272 " with sinews, that he cannot abide to be touched, nor scarce " suffer them to touch the stones.... | |
 | John Strype - 1822 - 624 Seiten
...buzzard, nostrils like a horse, ever snuffing into the wind, a sparrow mouth, great paws like the Devil, talons on his feet like a gripe, " two inches longer than the natural toes, and so tied to 272 " with sinews, that he cannot abide to be touched, nor scarce " suffer them to touch the stones.... | |
 | George Brodie - 1822 - 504 Seiten
...buzzard, nostrils like a horse, ever snuffing into the wind, a sparrow mouth, great paws like the devil, talons on his feet like a gripe, two inches longer than the natural toes, and so tied with sinews, that he cannot abide to be touched, nor scarce suffer them to touch the stones. And nature... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 496 Seiten
...paws, like the devil-'s. Talons on his feet, like a gripe [ie like a gryphon], two inches longer than natural toes ; and so tied to with sinews, that he...nature, having thus shaped the form of an old monster, gave him a vengeable wit, which, at Cambridge, by labour and diligence, he made a great deal worse:... | |
 | 1827 - 394 Seiten
...like the Devil, talons on his feet, like a gripe, two inches longer than his natural toes, and so tyed to with sinews that he cannot abide to be touched, nor scarce suffer them to touch the stones;" this representation of the " old monster" with " a vengeable wit," would not have been hazarded by... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth (DD.) - 1839 - 686 Seiten
...buzzard, nostrils like a horse, ever snuffing into the wind, a sparrow mouth, great paws like the devil, talons on his feet like a gripe, two inches longer than the natural toes, and so fixed with sinews, that he cannot abide to be touched, nor scarce suffer them to touch the stones.... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1860 - 562 Seiten
...zard's, nostrils like a horse, ever snuffing in the wind ; a sparrow month, great paws like the devil, talons on his feet like a gripe, two inches longer than the natural toes, and so tied with sinews that he cannot abide to be touched.' * ' Que s'il v, mli, it estre voluptueux ce n'est... | |
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