 I am the chief person of the municipality, and exhibit, moreover, an admirable pattern to my brother officers, by the cool, steady, upright, downright, and impartial discharge of my business, and the constancy with which I stand to my post. Summer or...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 422edited by - 1837Full view - About this book
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - English language - 1864 - 516 pages
...business, and the constancy with which I stand to my post. Summer or winter, nobody seeks me in vain ; for, all day long, I am seen at the busiest corner,...lantern over my head, both to show where I am, and to keep people out of the gutters. 4. At this sultry noontide, I am cupbearer to the parched populace,... | |
 | Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pages
...business, and the constancy with which I stand to my post. Summer or winter, nobody seeks me in vain ; for all day long I am seen at the busiest corner,...cupbearer to the parched populace, for whose benefit an iron goblet is chained to my waist. Like a dram-seller on the mall, at muster-day, I cry aloud to all... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...business, and the constancy with which I stand to my post. Summer or winter, nobody seeks me in vain ; for, all day long, I am seen at the busiest corner,...cupbearer to the parched populace, for whose benefit an iron goblet is chained to my waist. Like a dramseller on the mall at muster-day, I cry aloud to all... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1865 - 464 pages
...business, and the constancy with which I stand to my post. Summer or winter, nobody seeks me in vain; for, all day long, I am seen at the busiest corner,...where I am, and keep people out of the gutters. At this-sultry noontide I am cup-bearer to the parched populace, for whose benefit an iron goblet is chained... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Readers - 1867 - 374 pages
...business, and the constancy with which I stand to my post. Summer or winter, nobody seeks me in vain ; for, all day long, I am seen at the busiest corner,...show where I am, and keep people out of the gutters. 4. At the sultry noontide, I am cupbearer to the parched populace, for whose benefit an iron goblet... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...business, and the constancy with which I stand to my post. Summer or winter, nobody seeks me in vain ; for, all day long, I am seen at the busiest corner,...show where I am, and keep people out of the gutters. 4. At the sultry noontide, I am cupbearer to the parched populace, for whose benefit an iron goblet... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...business, and the constancy with which I stand to my post. Summer or winter, nobody seeks me in vain ; for, all day long, I am seen at the busiest corner,...show where I am and keep people out of the gutters. 3. At this sultry noontide I am cupbearer to the parched populace, for whose benefit an won62 goblet... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...influence. The following extract is from the " Twice-Told Tales." A RILL FROM THE TOWN PUMP. HiWTRORNE. 1. At this sultry noontide, I am cupbearer to the parched populace, for whose benefit an iron goblet is chained to my waist. Like a dram-seller ou the mail, at muster day, I cry aloud to all... | |
 | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1870 - 262 pages
...business, and the constancy with which I stand to my post. Summer or winter, nobody seeks me in vain ; for, all day long, I am seen at the busiest corner,...lantern over my head, both to show where I am, and to keep people out of the gutters. At this sultry noontide I am cupbearer to the parched populace,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1871 - 302 pages
...business, and the constancy with which I stand to my post. Summer or winter, nobody seeks me in vain; for, all day long, I am seen at the busiest corner,...cupbearer to the parched populace, for whose benefit an iron goblet is chained to my waist. Like a dram seller on the mall, at muster day, I cry aloud to all... | |
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