 | 1820 - 646 pages
...incomprehensible. He recognised on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe, but even this was singularly...hat, and underneath was painted in large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. ' There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected.... | |
 | 1819 - 610 pages
...singular assemblage of stars and stripes — all this was strange and incomprehensible. He recognised on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George,...was changed for one of blue and buff, a sword was stuck in the hand instead of a sceptre, the head was decorated with a cocked hat, and underneath was... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 pages
...incomprehensible. He recognised on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe; but even this was singularly...hat, and underneath was painted in large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 pages
...incomprehensible. He recognised on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe ; but even this was singularly...hat, and underneath was painted in large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. There was as usual a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected.... | |
 | 1820 - 870 pages
...incomprehensible. He recognised on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe ; but even this was singularly...hat, and underneath was painted in large characters, GEXEjR.ii. WASHINGTON." The reader will, ere now, it is probable, have divined the cause, to the natural... | |
 | 1821 - 504 pages
...hensible. He recognised on the sign, however, the ruby face of ' King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful ' pipe, but even this was singularly...decorated with a cocked ' hat, and underneath was painted iti large characters, GENERAL ' WASHINGTON. ' There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door,... | |
 | 1821 - 502 pages
...hensible. He recognised on the sign, however, the ruby face of ' King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful ' pipe, but even this was singularly...metamorphosed. The red coat ' was changed for one of blue and bufi', a sword was held in the 1 hand instead of a sceptre, the head was decorated with a cocked '... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...incomprehensible. He recognized on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe ; but even this was singularly...hat, and underneath was painted in large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected.... | |
 | 1826 - 654 pages
...recognised on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceable pipe ; but even this was singularly metamorphosed....hat, and underneath was painted in large characters, " General Washington." There was, as usual, a crowd ef folks about the door, but none that Rip recollected.... | |
 | 1819 - 606 pages
...incomprehensible. He recognised on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe, but even this was singularly...metamorphosed. The red coat was changed for one of blue and bull', a sword was stuck in the hand instead of a sceptre, the head was decorated with a cocked hat,... | |
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He recognized on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe, but even this was singularly metamorphosed. The red coat was changed for one of blue and buff, a sword was held in the hand instead of... 
