"Silk hat" Quotes from Famous Books
... silk hat and gold mounted cane from the table and put them into his hands. He pointed to ... — The Beloved Vagabond • William J. Locke
... bell-boy left, the three chums crowded into the bathroom, leaving the door on a crack. Soon there came another knock, and Job Haskers presented himself, silk hat and cane in hand. He was well dressed and evidently groomed for the occasion. He had expected to find Mr. Fordham alone, and was somewhat annoyed on beholding ... — Dave Porter in the Gold Fields - The Search for the Landslide Mine • Edward Stratemeyer
... acquaintance with his work, not recently renewed. Of the presence of the man I have a vivider remembrance: a slight, short, ecclesiasticized figure in black; with a white neckcloth and a silk hat of strict decorum, and between the two a square face with square features, intensified in their regard by a pair of very large glasses, and the prominent, myopic eyes staring through them. He was a type of out-dated New England scholarship in these aspects, but in the ... — Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
... husband, very tall and uncommonly thin, so that his coat hangs loosely on his body; a short goatee, long, smooth hair, as if wet, reaching to his shoulders; eye-glasses; has a frightened; yet pedantic expression; a low black silk hat in his hand. A young girl, their daughter, with naively upturned nose, blinking eyes, and open mouth. A weazened woman, with contracted features and a sour expression, in her hand a handkerchief, with ... — Savva and The Life of Man • Leonid Andreyev
... Jack Glover was swinging along the Old Bailey, his hands in his pockets, his silk hat on the back ... — The Angel of Terror • Edgar Wallace
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