James Ellis brought a great presence to the role of Mr. Bumble, the pompous parish beadle. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
The beadle was the next person who came into my head. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen of Hearts] Reference
In this piece of cloth is carried a box containing a stuff to chew called beadle nut. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier in the Philippines] Reference
The beadle is a very grand personage, and his appearance sufficiently indicates this fact. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
I once ventured to tell him that even a beadle was a sacred being in his eyes, and he did not deny the soft impeachment. From Wordnik.com. [Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences] Reference
The beadle is the only sober man in the composition except the pawnbroker, and he is mightily indifferent to the orphan-child crying beside its parent's coffin. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete] Reference
They were at first five in number, but afterwards increased to ten; they had no external mark of dignity, except a kind of beadle, called. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
The "beadle" group of names has been confused with. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Names] Reference
Dukes, three, killed by a beadle, 9. 46. 91. 106. 171. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 2, May-December, 1850 A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc.] Reference
"It's blawin 'i' the wind," retorted my diplomatic beadle. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
This parochial policy had been suggested to me by the beadle. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
Burrows, the ex-beadle, happened to be passing at the moment. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
That the parish beadle, for the time being, be authorized to stand no nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 469, January 1, 1831] Reference
In the village constable were merged some of the functions both of policeman and beadle. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King] Reference
Voltaire said, in philosophy, he was very far behind a college porter or a parish beadle. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880] Reference
Dalbos, the only city beadle who was a protestant, was dragged from his home and led to prison. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
At length, preceded by the beadle in full costume, she approached the place where we were standing. From Wordnik.com. [The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1] Reference
Andrew Marvel thus makes mention of the outrage on the beadle in his letter to the Mayor of Hull. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850] Reference
I fancied that the beadle was colder, and that the keepers were shadowing me like a political suspect. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"The beadle, Itzig Maier, of course," rang back Hirsch's answer, as he strode rapidly down the street. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
This was but a thin gruel to satisfy one's wondering soul, but it was shortly thickened by the beadle. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
Coventry, in a drunken frolic with the young Duke of Albemarle and others, deliberately kills a ward-beadle. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 36, July 6, 1850] Reference
Except on that occasion, the vast design was suppressed without the aid of a single soldier or even a beadle. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
The Suisse (beadle), with his cocked hat, silver embroidered coat and big cane, was hovering about, keeping order. From Wordnik.com. [Chateau and Country Life in France] Reference
The beadle, for a trifle, illuminates this piece of elaborate sculpture, when it is seen to still greater advantage. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
In place of modern educating influences they could only trust for moral restraints to proclamations and the parish beadle. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King] Reference
The figures in this print are admirably grouped, and the countenances of the gamblers and beadle strikingly characteristic. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference
Royston was probably the only place in this district which employed a beadle, bellman or watchman, as a permanent official. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King] Reference
In all such cases you show that you were born with the genius of a beadle, and (strange conjunction) the tenderest of hearts. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348] Reference
The beadle had noticed the mistake, and in silence he allowed the farmer to miss the plate for twenty-three consecutive Sundays. From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
So natural is the transition from love to hate that no apology is needed for introducing here the story of Sam Burrows, the ex-beadle of. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
Now, Steve had read Ian Maclaren's story of the wretched beadle who, newly inflated, but not profited, by his lonely wedding journey to a. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
He remained in the condition of an agricultural labourer, and for many years held the office of beadle, or church-officer, of the parish. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
The busiest man during these troublous times was Itzig Maier, the beadle, whose acquaintance we have already made as the messenger sent by. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
The beadle reported to me afterwards that the other churches were mightily jealous of our late autumn bloom, and one of their devotees, an. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
Mr. Samuel Saul, the beadle, and his assistant, in full costume, with their staves tipped with silver, bearing the arms of the Corporation. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828] Reference
Beggars fear him more than the justice, and as much as the whip-stock, whom he delivers over to his subordinate magistrates, the bridewell-man, and the beadle. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
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