 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 1010 strani
...preliminary advertisements were inserted before the publication in the Evening Poet, culling for information of " a small elderly gentleman, dressed in an old...coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker," etc., who had left his lodgings at the Columbian Hotel in Mulberry street ; then a statement that the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 598 strani
...October 28, 1809. DISTRESSING. Left hi: lodgings, some time since, and hu not since been beard of, •, small elderly gentleman, dressed In an old black coat...cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker. As there are pome reasons for believing he is not entirely in his right mind, and as great anxiety is entertained... | |
 | 1873 - 480 strani
...some ingenious advertisements in the Evening Post, the first of which announced the sad disappearance of a " small elderly gentleman, dressed in an old...coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker." A subsequent notice declared that a " very curious kind of a written book," lound in the room of Diedrich... | |
 | george ripley - 1874 - 854 strani
...volumes. Previous to its appearance an advertisement was inserted in the "Evening Post" inquiring for " a small elderly gentleman dressed in an old black...coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker," who was said to have disappeared from the Columbian hotel in Mulberry street, and left behind "a very... | |
 | David Jayne Hill - 1879 - 252 strani
...publication of the history. The first, published on the 25th of October, 1809, was an inquiry after " a small elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black...coat and cocked hat, by the name of KNICKERBOCKER," who had suddenly disappeared from his lodgings. The second, dated Nov. 6, was a reply to the first,... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, George Palmer Putnam, William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 172 strani
...preparatory advertisements, intended to awaken interest in a genuine historical work. Information was desired of a small, elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black coat and cocked hat, who had disappeared from his lodgings in the city. After a few days it was announced that this person... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 324 strani
...skillful piece of advertising. Notices appeared in the newspapers of the disappearance from his lodging of " a small, elderly gentleman, dressed in an old...coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker." Paragraphs from week to week, purporting to be the result of inquiry, elicited the facts that such... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1881 - 326 strani
...skillful piece of advertising. Notices appeared in the newspapers of the disappearance from his lodging of " a small, elderly gentleman, dressed in an old...coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker." Paragraphs from week to week, purporting to be the result of inquiry, elicited the facts that such... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden - 1881 - 984 strani
...October following a notice appeared in the Evening Post, headed "Distressing," and stating that " an elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker," had disappeared from hie lodgings, and "printers of newspapers" were informed that they would be aiding... | |
 | 1881 - 978 strani
...October following a notice appeared in the Evening Post, headed " Distressing," and stating that " an elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black coat and cocked hat, by the name of Knickerbocker," had disappeared from his lodgings, and "printers of newspapers" were informed that they would be aiding... | |
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DISTRESSING. Left his lodgings, some time since, and has not since been heard of, a small elderly gentleman, dressed in an old black coat and cocked hat, by the name of J£nicker~boclcer. 
