What he in green thought of Don Quixote of La Mancha was that a man of that sort and shape he had never yet seen; he marvelled at the length of his hair, his lofty stature, the Lankness and sallowness of his countenance, his armour, his bearing and his gravity-a figure and picture such as had not been seen in those regions for many a long day.
"The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete"
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
His face, too, had lost its Lankness, to its great improvement, for the features were strong, and, with the deep tan which the Southern campaigns had given it, had become, from being one of positive homeliness, one of decided distinction.
"Janice Meredith"
Paul Leicester Ford