 He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 1521820Full view - About this book
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...resort, the village inn — but it too was gone. A large rickety wooden building stood in its placo, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and...now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red night-cap, and from ' it was fluttering a flag, on which was a singular... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...again was silence. He now hurried forth and hastened to his old resort, the village inn — but it too was gone. A large rickety wooden building stood in...now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red night-cap, and from it was fluttering a flag, on which was a singular... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken, and mended with 5 old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted,...now was reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red nightcap, and 10 from it was fluttering a flag, on which was a singular... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...an election.] HE now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn — but it too was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in...gaping windows, some of them broken, and mended with 5 old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, '• The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle."... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 518 pages
...again was silence. He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn — but it too was gone. A large rickety wooden building stood in...the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittlc." Instead of the great tree that used to shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 pages
...again was silence. He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn — but it too was gone. A large rickety wooden building stood in...shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there was now reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red nightcap, and from... | |
 | Golden gift - 1868 - 168 pages
...again was silence. He now hurried forth and hastened to his old resort, the village inn — but it too was gone. A large rickety wooden building stood in...painted, ' The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.' There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recognised. The appearance of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 524 pages
...again was silence. He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn — but it too was gone. A large rickety wooden building stood in...with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was pointed, " The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle." Instead of the great tree that used to shelter... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 260 pages
...again was silence. He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn — but it too was gone. A large rickety wooden building stood in...shelter the quiet little Dutch inn of yore, there was now reared a tall naked pole, with something on the top that looked like a red nightcap, and from... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm P. Oertel - 1870 - 244 pages
...again was silence. He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn ; but it too was gone. A large rickety wooden building stood in...place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken, with old hats and petticoats stuffed into the chasms, and over the door was painted " The Union Hotel,... | |
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