NOON, by the North clock ! Noon, by the east ! High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke in the trough under my nose. Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it... The Onward reciter ed. by W. Darrah - Page 11edited by - 1876Full view - About this book
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1837 - 682 pages
...corner of two principal streets in Salem, where the Town Pump is ' talking through its nose :' " NOON, by the north clock ! Noon, by the east ! High noon,...under my nose. Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it ! And, among all the town officers, chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains,... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1837 - 644 pages
...east ! High noon, loo, by these hot sunbeams, which fall, scarcely aslupe, upon my head, and almust make the water bubble and smoke, in the trough under my nose. Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it ! And, among all the town officers, chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1839 - 322 pages
...hearty laugh, — would fail of attributing them to the Irish 1 LESSON LXXIV. The Town Pump. 1. NOON, by the north clock ! Noon, by the east! High noon,...under my nose. Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it. And, among all the town officers, where is he that sustains, for a single year, the... | |
| 1840 - 488 pages
...PUMP. (SCENE — The corner (>f two principal street». The TOWN PUMP talking through its nose.) NOON, by the north clock ! Noon, by the east ! High noon,...trough under my nose. Truly we public characters have a tough time of it ! And, among all the town officers chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains,... | |
| John D. Post - 1842 - 314 pages
...by the east !a High noonb too, by those hot sun-beams which fall, scarcely aslope,b upon my head,b and almost make the water bubble and smoke in the...trough under my nose/ Truly we public characters have a toughb timeb of it ! And, among all the town officers, chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains,... | |
| William Horsell - 1845 - 262 pages
...Magazine." \_8cene. — The corner of two principal streets. The TOWN-PUMP, talking through its nose.] NOON, by the north clock ! Noon, by the east ! High noon, too, by the hot sun beams which fall, scarcely aslope upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke... | |
| 1744 - 596 pages
...my tongue ; And Jesus and salvation be, The close of every song." 108 THE TALKING TOWN PUMP. * NOOK, by the north clock! Noon, by the east! High noon,...trough under my nose. Truly we public characters have a tough time of it ! And, among all the town officers chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains,... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...Essays.] (Scene — the corner of two principal Streets. The Town Pump talking through its nose.) Noon, by the north clock ! Noon, by the east! High noon,...trough under my nose. Truly we public characters have a tough time of it ! And among all the town officers, chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains,... | |
| 1848 - 1292 pages
...were both right and both wrong. — Family Economist. THE TOWN-PUMP TALKING THROUGH ITS NOSE. Noon, by the north clock ! Noon, by the east ! High noon, too, by the hot sun-beams which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke... | |
| 1856 - 666 pages
...Pump talking through its nose. NOON, by the north clock ! Noon, by the clock ! High noon, too, by the hot sun-beams which fall scarcely aslope upon my head,...Truly, we public characters have a rough time of it. Among all the town officers, who sustain for a single year, the burden of such manifold duties as are... | |
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