Their visages, too, were peculiar; one had a large head, broad face, and small piggish eyes; the face of another seemed to consist entirely of nose, and was surmounted by a white sugar-loaf hat, set off with a little red cock's tail. They all had beards,... Rip Van Winkle, and Other Sketches - Page 16by Washington Irving - 1882 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
| Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...eyes; the face of another seemed entirely to consist of nose, and was surmounted by a white sugar-loaf hat, set off with a little red cock's tail. They all had beards of various shapes and colours. There was one who seemed to be the commander. He was a stout old gentleman with a weather-beaten... | |
| Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - Readers - 1878 - 206 pages
...the face of another seemed to consist entirely of nose, and was surmounted 255 by a white sugar-loaf hat, set off with a little red cock's tail. They all...countenance; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat and aa feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with roses in them. The whole... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - American literature - 1878 - 450 pages
...eyes; the face of another seemed to consist entirely of nose, and was surmounted by a white sugarloaf hat, set off with a little red cock's tail. They all...; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat and feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with roses in them. The whole group... | |
| Washington Irving, Homer Baxter Sprague - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1878 - 186 pages
...; the face of another seemed to consist entirely of nose, and was surmounted by a white sugar-loaf hat, set off with a little red cock's tail. They all...countenance ; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger,2 high-crowned hat and feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with 1 Doublets (Lat.... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1878 - 508 pages
...entirely of nose, and was surmounted by a white sugar-loaf hat, set off with a little red cock's tail. 9. They all had beards, of various shapes and colors....; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat and feather, red stockings, and highheeled shoes, with roses in them. The whole group... | |
| Washington Irving - Readers - 1878 - 152 pages
...weather-beaten countenance ; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat and aeu feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with roses in them. The whole group reminded Kip of the figures in an old Flemish painting, in the parlor of Dominie Van Shaick, the village parson,... | |
| William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1879 - 508 pages
...gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance ; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat and feather, red stockings, and highheeled shoes with roses in them. The whole group reminded Eip of the figures in an old Flemish painting in the parlor of Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson,... | |
| American literature - 1880 - 516 pages
...; the face of another seemed to consist entirely of nose, and was surmounted by a white sugar-loaf hat, set off with a little red cock's tail. They all...laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high crowned Lat and feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with roses in them. The whole group reminded... | |
| Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 pages
...eyes; the face of another seemed to consist entirely of nose, and was surmounted by a white sugarloaf hat, set off with a little red cock's tail. They all had beards, of various shapes and colours. There was one who seemed to be the commander. He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 508 pages
...ir-loaf hat, set off with a little red cock's tail. They all hod beards of various shapes and colours. There was one who seemed to be the commander. He was a stout old gentleman, \vith a weather-beaten countenance ; he wore a lace doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat... | |
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