 Cooter,' a name generally applied in. the South by the negroes to the terrapin, and the name suited him exactly. He was less than five feet high, and the head was the biggest part of the whole man. He was a perfect taper from the side of his head down...  Contributions to the History of American Geology - Side 256af George Perkins Merrill - 1906 - 545 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | James Marion Sims - 1884 - 526 sider
...name generally applied south to the terrapin, and the name suited him exactly. He was less than five feet high, and his head was the biggest part of the...his feet ; he looked like a wedge with a head on it. He was a man of great intellect and remarkable learning. Next to President Cooper, Professor Henry... | |
 | James Marion Sims - 1884 - 496 sider
...name generally applied south to the terrapin, and the name suited him exactly. He was less than five feet high, and his head was the biggest part of the...taper from the side of his head down to his feet; ho looked like a wedge with a head on it. He was a man of great intellect and remarkable learning.... | |
 | 1888 - 1124 sider
...negroes to the terrapin, and the name suited him exactly. He was less than five feet high, and the head was the biggest part of the whole man. He was...feet ; he looked like a wedge with a head on it." A bust of him in the college shows a head almost a parallelepiped. It is the "squarest head" one ever... | |
 | Herbert Baxter Adams - 1888 - 888 sider
...negroes to the terrapin, and the name suited him exactly. He was less than five feet high, aud the head was the biggest part of the whole man. He was...feet ; he looked like a wedge with a head on it." A bust of him in the college shows a head almost a parallelepiped. It is the "squarest head" one ever... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1888 - 814 sider
...negroes to the terrapin, and the name suited him exactly. He was less than five feet high, and the head was the biggest part of the whole man. He was...feet ; he looked like a wedge with a head on it." A bust of him in the college shows ¡i head almost a parallelepiped. It is the "squarest head" one... | |
 | Colyer Meriwether - 1889 - 492 sider
...negroes to the terrapin, and the name suited him exactly. He was less than five feet high, and the head was the biggest part of the whole man. He was...feet ; he looked like a wedge with a head on it." A bust of him in the college shows a head almost a parallelepiped. It is the "squarest head" one ever... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1906 - 944 sider
...consequences.'' His personal appearance must have been as peculiar as his conduct. ''He was less than о feet high and his head was the biggest part of the...(1822) can not be better illustrated than by referring toan account by Schoolcnift of the finding of supposed human footprints in limestone belonging to the... | |
 | Edwin Luther Green - 1916 - 536 sider
...name generally applied south to the terrapin, and the name suited him exactly. He was less than five feet high, and his head was the biggest part of the...his feet; he looked like a wedge with a head on it. He was a man of great intellect and remarkable learning. . . . Dr. Cooper exerted a bad influence on... | |
 | Charles Francis Himes - 1918 - 86 sider
...called him 'Old Coot' ; and the name suited him exactly . " "He was less than five feet high, and the head was the biggest part of the whole man. He was...his feet; he looked like a wedge with a head on it . " "A bust of him shows a head almost a parallelepiped, the squarest head one ever sees." It must... | |
 | Kittochtinny Historical Society, Chambersburg, Pa - 1923 - 1860 sider
...generally called him 'Old Coot'; and the name suited him exactly". He was less than five feet high, and the head was the biggest part of the whole man. He was...his feet ; he looked like a wedge with a head on it. A bust of h'im shows a' head almost a parallelepiped ; the squares! head one ever sees. A silhouette... | |
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