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Quotation from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. by Washington Irving
“He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together.”
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Project Gutenberg #2048 (revised edition))
The comic portrait of Ichabod Crane, whose name fits his figure.
Citation: "He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together." — Washington Irving, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Project Gutenberg #2048 (revised edition)). (id the-sketch-book-q8)
Portrait: TheSketchbookTitlePage, Washington Irving, Public domain.
