John, with the tall candlesticks in his hands, bowed them up to the fireplace; Hugh, striding in with a lighted brand and pile of firewood, cast it down upon the hearth, and set it in a blaze; John Grueby (who had a great blue cockade in his hat, which he appeared to despise mightily) brought in the portmanteau he had carried on his horse, and placed it on the floor; and presently all three were busily engaged in drawing out the screen, laying the cloth, inspecting the beds, lighting fires in the bedrooms, expediting the supper, and making everything as cosy and as snug as might be, on so short a notice.
Not at all discomposed by the discovery, John Grueby fixed his hat on, wrongside foremost that he might be unconscious of the shadow of the obnoxious cockade, and withdrew to bed; shaking his head in a very gloomy and prophetic manner until he reached his chamber.
They say he shot the cockade off his own servant's hat; just like him to have cockades, of course.
He'd shot a cockade off a hat and a weathercock off a building.
The red cap and tri-colour
cockade were universal, both among men and women.
button, a black hat with a
cockade to it, a pink striped waistcoat, light breeches and gaiters, and a variety of other necessaries, too numerous to recapitulate.
I took him as he was sleeping on the sofa, and it is as strong a likeness of his
cockade as you would wish to see.
Miss Anne rose assentingly, and the good brother took her away, while Joshua's preliminary scrapings burst into the "White
Cockade," from which he intended to pass to a variety of tunes, by a series of transitions which his good ear really taught him to execute with some skill.
Through the park railings these glances beheld men and women riding in the Row, couples cantering past harmoniously, others advancing sedately at a walk, loitering groups of three or four, solitary horsemen looking unsociable, and solitary women followed at a long distance by a groom with a
cockade to his hat and a leather belt over his tight-fitting coat.
He is caparisoned in the most dashing and fantastic style; the bridles and crupper are weightily embossed with beads and
cockades; and head, mane, and tail, are interwoven with abundance of eagles' plumes, which flutter in the wind.
(as Miss Snevellicci said) with perpetual sniffs of SAL VOLATILE and sips of brandy and other gentle stimulants, until they reached the manager's door, which was already opened by the two Master Crummleses, who wore white
cockades, and were decorated with the choicest and most resplendent waistcoats in the theatrical wardrobe.
Frederick Bullock (whose chariot might daily be seen in the Ring, with bullocks or emblazoned on the panels and harness, and three pasty-faced little Bullocks, covered with
cockades and feathers, staring from the windows) Mrs.