"Watchman" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I hasten Unto the far cold North away, Kasbek,—thou watchman of the East, To thee, my ...
— Russian Lyrics • Translated by Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi
... chill breath of the morning, a dry, quick-quenched sob of a strong man sorrowing for the helpmeet of a score of years, and a tiny cry of a new-born child wailing because its mother was not, came down to his ears, the Gray Watchman dropped his head upon his bosom, and, with a little whimpering note, crept back to ...
— Bob, Son of Battle • Alfred Ollivant
... this place—did they allow you to do it, or have you been chloroforming the watchman and working at ...
— Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures • Edgar Franklin
... of stuffs, where he continued to trade awhile. One day, he locked his shop and went home; and in the night there came to the bazaar a cunning thief, disguised in the habit of the merchant, and pulling out keys from his sleeve, said to the watchman of the market, 'Light me this candle.' So the watchman took the candle and went to get a light, whilst the thief opened the shop and lit another candle he had with him. When the watchman came back, he found him seated in the ...
— The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night, Volume IV • Anonymous
... and a pair of socks in it, turning over in my mind what to do next. Toward midnight I passed a house in Clinton Place that was lighted up festively. Laughter and the hum of many voices came from within. I listened. They spoke French. A society of Frenchmen having their annual dinner, the watchman in the block told me. There at last was my chance. I went up the steps and rang the bell. A flunkey in a dress-suit opened, but when he saw that I was not a guest, but to all appearances a tramp, he tried to put me out. I, on my part, tried to explain. There was an altercation and two gentlemen ...
— Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) - Authors and Journalists • Various
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