 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.  The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent - Page 281by Washington Irving - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...horse that had outlived every thing but his viciousness. He was gaunt and shagged, with a ewe neck, and a head like a hammer; his rusty mane and tail...pupil, and was glaring and spectral, but the other had a gleam of the genuine devil in it. Still he must have had fire and mettle in his day if we may judge... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1821 - 596 pages
...horse that -had outlived every thing but his viciousness. He was gaunt and shagged, with a ewe neck, and a head like a hammer; his rusty mane and tail...pupil, and was glaring and spectral, but the other liad a gleam of the genuine devil in it. Still he must have had fire and mettle in his day if we may... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...that had outlived almost every thing but his viciousness. 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 burs ; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral ; but the other had the gleam of a... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 416 pages
...that had outlived almost every thing but his viciousness. He was gaunt and shagged, with a ewe neck and a head like a hammer ; his rusty mane and tail...genuine devil in it. Still he must have had fire and metal in his day, if we may judge from his name, which was Gunpowder. He had, in fact, been a favourite... | |
 | American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...that hail outlived almost every thing but his viciousness. He was gaunt and shagged, with an ewe neck, and a head like a hammer ; his rusty mane and tail...his day, if we may judge from his name, which was Gunppwder. lie had, in fact, been a favourite steed of his master's, the choleric Van Ripper, who was... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...a ewe neck and a head like a hammer ; his rusty main and tail were tangled and knotted with burs ; one eye had lost its pupil, and was glaring and spectral;...Gunpowder. He had, in fact, been a favourite steed of his master, the choleric Van Ripper, who was a furious rider, and had infused, very probably, some of his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1835 - 194 pages
...that had outlived almost every thing hut his viciousness. He was gaunt and shagged, with a ewe neck and a head like a hammer; his rusty mane and tail were tangled aiid knotted with burs ; one eye had lost its pupil , and was glaring and spectral ; but the other... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 1124 pages
...that had outlived almost every thing but his viciousness. He was gaunt and shagged, with a ewe neck and a head like a hammer ; his rusty mane and tail...Still he must have had fire and mettle in his day, if AVC may judge from the name he bore of Gunpowder. He had, in fact, been a favorite steed of his master's,... | |
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