The man on the curbstone is the arbiter of our destinies, and the standard man. From Wordnik.com. [Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals] Reference
It was also sung on street corners (it was sometimes called "curbstone" harmony) and at social functions and in parlors. From Wordnik.com. [Orangeville] Reference
As shown below, two types of curbstone can be used. From Wordnik.com. [4. SECONDARY CUTTING AND DRESSING] Reference
They passed from behind Mr Bloom along the curbstone. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
"Oh, I bumped my foot on the curbstone," answered Rose. From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's] Reference
She stood on the curbstone, swinging a sunshade in one hand. From Wordnik.com. [Dubliners] Reference
Five graves and two small date palms lay inside a low curbstone. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]
In this instance a dray was backed up to the curbstone, with paper. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
A blind stripling stood tapping the curbstone with his slender cane. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Research, was standing by the curbstone where the two men now stopped. From Wordnik.com. [A Second Home] Reference
Tap blind walked tapping by the tap the curbstone tapping, tap by tap. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Marais, found me one morning by the curbstone, rolled in a number of the. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Here is a little girl standing on the curbstone down town on Broadway in. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Talks on Power] Reference
Overcome, the man finally sat down on the curbstone and refused to budge. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
A large proportion of the output is in the form of flagging and curbstone. From Wordnik.com. [New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission] Reference
But he stood the jug on the curbstone, and started to put his hand on him. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
From the curbstone he darted a keen glance through the door of the postoffice. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
People spilled out of restaurants and bars, chatted in pairs at the curbstone. From Wordnik.com. [Whitmore, 1969] Reference
Patrick drops the curbstone on the bed and jerks a massive thumb towards the door. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
Flint raised his finger in acquiescence, and the hansom rattled up to the curbstone. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
A soft carpet, overlain with brown linen, is spread from the curbstone into the hall. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
Patrick would probably take a spare curbstone out of his top pocket and cuff me with it. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
He sat down on the curbstone, and wished and wished that some one would come to find him. From Wordnik.com. [All About Johnnie Jones] Reference
That Jury would rather sit on a curbstone in a blinding snowstorm did not occur to Racer. From Wordnik.com. [the deer leap]
We sat down upon the curbstone, as it was growing a little dark, and talked the matter over. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
Oot: a dullgarbed old man from the curbstone tendered his wares, his mouth opening: oot. —. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
The besotted man stood wavering on the curbstone, undecided, it seemed, upon his future course. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
The blind stripling tapped the curbstone and went on his way, drawing his cane back, feeling again. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Here in Denmark, most bike lanes have their own curbstone to separate them from the nearest car lane. From Wordnik.com. [It’s crowded out there.] Reference
So I avoided their looks, shrinking close to the curbstone and by furtive glances directing my progress. From Wordnik.com. [The Dignity of Dollars] Reference
Dilly Dedalus, loitering by the curbstone, heard the beats of the bell, the cries of the auctioneer within. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Mound, she turned up into George street, and caught sight of her father walking along slowly by the curbstone. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.] Reference
Then he elbowed his way to the curbstone and took up a position to witness this, as yet, mysterious demonstration. From Wordnik.com. [An American Suffragette] Reference
A tide in the affairs of man which, taken between the shoulder blades and the curbstone, leads on to the hospital. From Wordnik.com. [The Silly Syclopedia] Reference
"We've only got half a boulder, but we think originally it was probably a curbstone from a passage tomb," she said. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
"No. But I struck my foot against the curbstone, and now one of my roller skates is broken, and I can't have any fun!". From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's] Reference
He took a "deal" on the curbstone occasionally, or now and then ventured a few pieces of silver upon the black or red. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Dodd] Reference
For some moments he stood irresolute on the curbstone; he had not courage to go further; but his good angel urged him on. From Wordnik.com. [A Distinguished Provincial at Paris] Reference
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