"Big fella shark-fish, that fella leg stop 'm along him," the ancient grinned, exposing a horrible aperture of toothlessness for a mouth.
For reply, the old man half-turned, and, on his crutch, swinging his stump of leg in the air, began sidling hippity-hop into the grass hut.
Michael Brother of Jerry
His head and arms and
legs were jointed upon his body, but he stood perfectly motionless, as if he could not stir at all.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
He said we were lacking in understanding, because we had only one
leg to a person.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
The Saw-Horse paid no attention whatever to this command, and the next instant brought one of his wooden
legs down upon Tip's foot so forcibly that the boy danced away in pain to a safer distance, from where he again yelled:
The Marvelous Land of Oz
There was much hair on their chests and shoulders, and on the outsides of their arms and
legs. Their heads were matted with uncut hair, long locks of which often strayed before their eyes, beady and black and glittering like the eyes of birds.
The Strength of the Strong
'There's nothing against him yet,' returned the man with the wooden
leg. 'There has been no opportunity.'
David Copperfield
But I must make her acquaintance.' Then he stretched himself out behind a snuff-box that lay on the table; from thence he could watch the dainty little lady, who continued to stand on one
leg without losing her balance.
Yellow Fairy Book
This was as exasperating as the real thing, for each time Daylight was fooled into tightening his
leg grip and into a general muscular tensing of all his body.
Burning Daylight
The bones of her
legs below the knees looked no thicker than a finger from in front, but were extraordinarily thick seen from the side.
Anna Karenina
Hain't we got to saw the
leg of Jim's bed off, so as to get the chain loose?"
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
he was about my age, when, setting out one day for the chase, he felt his
legs weak, the man who had never known what weakness was before."
The Man in the Iron Mask
Why, I'm glad now I lost my
legs for a while, for you never, never know how perfectly lovely
legs are till you haven't got them--that go, I mean.
Pollyanna
The wild-dog was what he was, a wild-dog, cringing and sneaking, his ears for ever down, his tail for ever between his
legs, for ever apprehending fresh misfortune and ill-treatment to fall on him, for ever fearing and resentful, fending off threatened hurt with lips curling malignantly from his puppy fangs, cringing under a blow, squalling his fear and his pain, and ready always for a treacherous slash if luck and safety favoured.
Jerry of the Islands
The farmer slowly felt my
legs, which were much swelled and strained; then he looked at my mouth.
Black Beauty