 | 1795 - 386 Seiten
...repre" fentation of a bunch of grapes hanging within a " hoop. The Cock on the Hoop may be feen " alfo in Holborn, painted on a board, to which " perhaps it was transferred on the removal of " fign-pofts. It is probable alfo that this fign may " have given rife to the phrafe of ' Cock a Hoop.'... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 750 Seiten
...attributed to a lady of the name of Arabella Savage ; others suppose it to allude to an old romance,, and to be a corruption of La Belle Sauvage. The sign...to the old manner • of spelling, ' the Hope and MitreV though some of -your readers will be disposed to put a more literal construction upon this sign,... | |
 | Jacob Larwood, John Camden Hotten - 1866 - 616 Seiten
...nature is still preserved in Newport Street, and is a carved representation of a Bunch of Grapes witliin a Hoop. The COCK ON THE HOOP may be seen also in Holborn,...which, perhaps, it was transferred on the removal of the sign-posts."* These hoops seem to have originated in the highly ornamented bush or crown, which... | |
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... representations fixed upon a hoop ; and several old books mention the Crown upon the Hoop, the Bunch of Grapes upon the Hoop, the Mitre upon the Hoop, and the Angel upon the Hoop. A sign of this nature, is still preserved in Newport Street, and is... 