| Albert Franklin Blaisdell - 1888 - 366 Seiten
...tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall, naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red nightcap...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... | |
| Mark Twain - 1888 - 748 Seiten
...tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked jxjle, with something on the top that looked like a red night-cap,...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... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 Seiten
...all again was silence. the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red night-cap,...flag, on which was a singular assemblage of stars and stripes—all this was strange and incomprehensible. He recognized on the sign, however, the ruby face... | |
| Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 Seiten
...tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red nightcap,...and from it was fluttering a flag, on which was a singu-io lar assemblage of stars and stripes — all this was strange and incomprehensible. He recognized... | |
| 1891 - 432 Seiten
...tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red night-cap,...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... | |
| Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 Seiten
...tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red night-cap,...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... | |
| Washington Irving - 1891 - 276 Seiten
...tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red night-cap,...many a peaceful pipe ; but even this was singularly metamoiv phosed. The red coat was changed for one of blue and buff, a sword was held in the hand instead... | |
| John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler - 1891 - 494 Seiten
...tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red night-cap,...smoked so many a peaceful pipe ; but even this was singtdarly metamorphosed. The red coat was changed for one of bine and buff, a sword was held in the... | |
| Washington Irving - 1891 - 140 Seiten
...tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red night-cap,...stripes — all this was strange and incomprehensible. Pie recognized on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many... | |
| John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler - 1891 - 508 Seiten
...tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red night-cap,...flag, on which was a singular assemblage of stars and stripe? — all this was strange and incomprehensible. He recognized on the sign, however, the ruby... | |
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