"Tall" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of the stories which have already been quoted, a prominent part is played by the Baba Yaga, a female fiend whose name has given rise to much philological discussion of a somewhat unsatisfactory nature.[160] Her appearance is that of a tall, gaunt hag, with dishevelled hair. Sometimes she is seen lying stretched out from one corner to the other of a miserable hut, through the ceiling of which passes her long iron nose; the hut is supported ...
— Russian Fairy Tales - A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore • W. R. S. Ralston
... and a footman so tall, Who cost not a penny for food; For to tell you the truth, all their insides are filled With a ...
— The Wonders of a Toy Shop • Anonymous
... rosy feet Stains the grasses low and sweet; And the shadow-beeches softly fall Across the meadows, dark and tall; O fold away The dusty day, Sweet nightfall, in thy curtains ...
— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature • Ontario Ministry of Education
... stared me full in the face, saying to herself, "Grey, tall, and talks Romany!" In her countenance there was an expression I had not seen before, which struck me as being composed of fear, curiosity, and deepest hate. It was only momentary, and was succeeded by one smiling, frank, and open. "Good-bye, tall ...
— The Worlds Greatest Books - Vol. II: Fiction • Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.
... her, a tall fellow with a dark, scowling countenance, came from among the other serving-men, and, receiving his instructions from his mistress, seized Jennet's hand, and strode off with her. During all this time, Mistress Nutter kept her eyes steadily fixed on the little girl, who spoke not ...
— The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth
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