 | Jenny H. Stickney - Readers - 1892 - 416 pages
...of science which they did not communicate to common scholars. IV. —A RILL FROM THE TOWN PUMP. 1. Noon by the north clock! noon by the east! High noon,...under my nose. Truly, we public characters have a rough time of it! And among all the public characters chosen at the March meeting, where is he that... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - English language - 1894 - 188 pages
...principal streets. The Town PUMP talking through its nose.) NOON, by the North clock ' Noon, by the east I High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams which fall,...And, among all the town officers, chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains, for a single year, the burden of such manifold duties as are imposed,... | |
 | 1894 - 264 pages
...Tales.] SCENE. — The corner of two principal Streets. The Town Pump talking through its spout. 1. Noon, by the north clock ! Noon, by the east ! High...the water bubble and smoke in the trough under my spout. Truly we public characters have a tough time of it ! And among all the town-officers chosen... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - English language - 1894 - 188 pages
...(abridged). (SCENE. — The corner of two principal streets. The TOWN PUMP talking through its nose.) NOON, by the North clock ! Noon, by the east! High...upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and srnoke in the trough under my nose! Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it! And, among... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1896 - 360 pages
...talking through its wose.J 1. NOON, by the north clock! .Noon, by the east! High noon, too, by those hot sunbeams which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubWe and smoke in the trough under my nose. Truly, we public characters have a tough time of it! And... | |
 | Literature - 1897 - 328 pages
...HAWTHORNS. [Scene— the corner of two principal streets. The Town Pump talking through its nose.] Noon, by the north clock! Noon, by the east! High...it! And among all the town officers, chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains, for a single year, the burden of such manifold duties as are imposed,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1900 - 414 pages
...TOWN PUMP (SCENE — The corner of two principal streets.^- The TOWN PUMP talking through its nose.) NOON, by the North clock ! Noon, by the east ! High...And, among all the town officers, chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains, for a single year, the burden of such manifold duties as are imposed,... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 454 pages
...THE TOWN PUMP (Scene—The corner of two principal streets. The Town Pump talking through its nose.) NOON, by the north clock! Noon, by the east! High...it! And among all the town officers, chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains, for a single year, the burden of such manifold duties as are imposed,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - Historical fiction, American - 1900 - 632 pages
...THE TOWN PUMP. (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,...characters have a tough time of it! And among all the town-officers chosen at March meeting, where is he that sustains for a single year the burden of such... | |
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida Catherine Bender, Ida C. Bender - Readers - 1900 - 530 pages
...Twice-Told Tales." (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, too, by these hot sunbeams, which fall, 5 scarcely aslope, upon my head and almost make the water bubble and smoke in the trough under my nose.... | |
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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... 
