Here, too, the stature is the greatest.

His stature, when grown, was somewhat more than five feet ten inches in height, and his form might have been selected by a painter as a model for that hero of antiquity, whose prowess consisted in felling an ox with his fist, and devouring him at a meal.

His stature is his measure throughout.

His tall stature was a special source of danger.

His stature could have been very little more than five feet; but he was, withal, compactly made andwell-proportioned; and before the hereditary disorder which carried him off began to show itself, he was active, athletic, and enduringly strong,as the fight with the butcher gave full attestation.