…he seemed a trivial being, a mere ant, scarcely five feet high.
He presented himself, therefore, as a compact, bristling creature, having much of the quality of a complicated insect, with whip-like tentacles and a clanging arm…
They [legs] had very short thighs, very long shanks, and little feet.
The quality of his motion during the instant of his passing suggested haste and a certain anger…
H. G. Wells, “The First Men in the Moon”, chapter “XI. The Mooncalf Pastures”, 1901
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