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George and Dragon

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  • The sun had begun to set in a fiery red ball sinking below the horizon as they came to a stop in front of the George and Dragon, a quaint inn with an ample supply of ale and an even more ample supply of barmaids.

    The Highlander’s Stolen Bride Melanie George 2006

  • The sun had begun to set in a fiery red ball sinking below the horizon as they came to a stop in front of the George and Dragon, a quaint inn with an ample supply of ale and an even more ample supply of barmaids.

    The Highlander’s Stolen Bride Melanie George 2006

  • The Hôtel du Grand Monarque, is evidently on a par with that class of inns in our English country towns, which bear the royal badge of the George and Dragon, through some fatality attendant on high names and dignities.

    Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 John Hughes

  • By daylight the _Fly_ was rounding in for St. Ives Quay, having sunk her crop again off the mouth of a handy cave on the town side of Treryn Dinas; and Phoby Geen stepped ashore and ordered breakfast at the George and Dragon before stepping up to talk with Squire St.phens.

    Merry-Garden and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • Stixon, 'he would have said,' here's a George and Dragon in reward of your gallant conduck. '

    Erema — My Father's Sin 1862

  • She's a widow with lots of tin, a fine baby, a beautiful complexion, and the George and Dragon hotel up in the High Street.

    Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope 1848

  • When, however, his father died, that broken head served him in good stead: his sufferings in the cause were made the most of; these, in unison with his father's merits, turned the scale, and it was accordingly decided, at a meeting held at the George and Dragon, at Barchester, that Frank Gresham should fill his father's shoes.

    Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Mardykes Jetty, and from the George and Dragon sign down here -- down to the white house under Forrick Fells.

    J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • The lease was made to William Turnbull, which came from London; and he built the stables, which they was out o 'repair, as you may read to this day in the lease; and the house has never had but one sign since -- the George and Dragon, it is pretty well known in England -- and one name to its master.

    J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • While they talked the horn sounded, and the mail-coach drew up at the door of the George and Dragon to set down a passenger and his luggage.

    J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

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