| 单词 | body servant |
| 例句 | Jyck swung a fair enough sword, but Morrec scarcely counted,- he was part groom, part cook, part body servant, and no soldier. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lord Tywin had sent him a groom and a body servant to see to his needs, and even insisted he take a squire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After his presidency, Madison returned to Montpelier, where Jennings was his body servant until Madison's death. 'A Slave in the White House': attending a president 2012-01-18T21:17:04Z But clues emerged in the will of George Braxton II, revealing that he sent his sons George and Carter to William & Mary with a body servant named London. William & Mary unveils memorial for enslaved people 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z For him, the yeoman farmers championed by Thomas Jefferson were “small farmers who do their own drudgery, and yet are hardly fit for association with a southern gentleman’s body servant.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z As Martha Washington's body servant, Judge had already navigated the social networks in Philadelphia, moving freely in the marketplace and attending social events. Tear down the statues of racist traitors — and raise monuments to heroes of Black resistance 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z After war broke out in 1861, thousands of enslaved men were forced to accompany their masters into the army as body servants or camp slaves. Black Confederates: exploding America's most persistent myth 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Inside the general’s bedroom, his stately bed is flanked by the folding cot of his enslaved body servant, Billy Lee, as well as Lee’s suit of livery. Refurnishing campaign brings new life to George Wythe House 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Yarrow was a body servant to Samuel Beall, a Maryland planter. As dig continues, Islamic service honors freed slave in Georgetown 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Each of us in the house, I remember, was furnished with a body servant who was charged with the duty of seeing that we were made thoroughly comfortable. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z In the process, she committed to a life of daily resistance as one of the most famous fugitives in America — the former enslaved body servant to the first lady. Tear down the statues of racist traitors — and raise monuments to heroes of Black resistance 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z “But it’s not. In fact, no one was confused during the dedication that this was in fact a body servant.” Black Confederates: exploding America's most persistent myth 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z According to related correspondence, when not in use the instrument was carried by the General's body servant, Billy Lee. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The Prince, after looking at his watch, had arisen and given this order to his body servant, who was standing behind him. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z My best pal was Sibijaan, whose name means "The Skunk," and even today he is my body servant when I am at home. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z The natural affection, also, to which we have referred, which arose between slaves who acted as domestic or body servants and the owners who enjoyed such faithful service, conduced to the same end. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Jacob was the King's favorite body servant, who accompanied him in all his amusements; he now came to ask whether his Master would wish to speak to the two prisoners. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Butter Tom had been Nel’s body servant in the old days, and he recognised and greeted Matheson with a broad smile of welcome. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z Revooma, my boy or boatman—everybody has a boy as a kind of body servant who goes gipsying all alone on this lovely seaboard—Revooma, I say, holds the sculls, and I am dreamily steering. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z Bill had followed his master into the wilderness, always like a body servant keeping near his person when not prevented by the Indians, which was the case while his master was a prisoner. Fire Cloud The Mysterious Cave. A Story of Indians and Pirates. 2011-08-09T02:00:29.010Z Mr. Peary had four Eskimos and a negro body servant. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z For Peggy had heard General Washington speak affectionately of his former body servant. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z You need not fear me; I am Mr. Warburton’s body servant.” Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z When Captain Buford returned, he was accompanied by a physician and his own body servant, and had my parole in his hand. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z I was a body servant to the master, and once a bullet took off his hat. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z There may be a system of mutual obligation if you like, but boys of a certain age are apt to become very arbitrary, and to consider their sisters in the light of body servants. Courtship and Marriage And the Gentle Art of Home-Making 2011-04-27T02:00:20.023Z The sindico was constrained to give consent; and the officer brought his luggage, along with his body servant, from the inn, leaving more room for his subalterns. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z And the valet bows low, and extends the salver, adding softly: “I am Mr. Warburton’s body servant.” Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z Nor were they altogether alone, two other horsemen, their respective body servants, riding at a little distance behind. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z That was the sequence of the tragic tale of "Uncle" Gus Brown, the body servant of William Brown; who fought beside him in the War between the States and who knew Stonewall Jackson. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z Yet, little as it is, the pupil's stupid body servant takes the first bite, and the steward will snip off a something for himself. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z They gave large banquets and more often drank immoderately; they dressed in expensive and fashionable clothes, and had body servants galore. The Man from Jericho In traveling through India a body servant is indispensable. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 The salute was returned, and the party dispersed, leaving the officer without a single attendant except his body servants and one aid-de-camp. The Spy Condensed for use in schools He was my grandfather's body servant, and went all through the war with him. The Girl from Arizona But the judge had not in vain a hoary veteran Michael Suska, for his body servant, who concocted a shrewd plan to attain the end desired. Heathen Master Filcsik I passed for his body servant, but I was rather his friend. Cudjo's Cave "What has happened?" called the Sahib's body servant, the bearer, who was the major-domo of the camp. Banked Fires It will be remembered that Fitz Dottrel takes leave to doubt the identity of the devil who waits upon him in the character of a body servant. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. "I would prefer you to feed me of course, you'd make an excellent body servant." The Ethical Engineer This lady made her entree at —— House, with a pair of bays and "body servant," two poodles, and an immensity of band boxes, patent leather trunks, and—her husband. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes He seemed more like a country groom than a gentleman's body servant. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire The governor and the philosopher rode side by side on horseback, accompanied by only a few body servants. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series Captain Royden had made a remark of a similar purport to his body servant, though he had kept more closely to prose. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 Between this bedstead and the corner of the fireplace stood Old Hurricane's ancient body servant Wool, engaged in warming a crimson cloth nightcap. Hidden Hand Yoshitsuné, then only a youth of sixteen years, displayed so much agility and swordsmanship that the veteran robber yielded to him, and ever after followed him as his faithful body servant. Japan Doubtless many more of the house slaves and body servants of the planters would have followed their masters, had they not been deterred by fear of the rebel soldiers and hard work in the trenches. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Both he and his son had brought with them each a body servant from America. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series The first comprised the domestic and body servants, with the seamstresses, etc., whose labors were in the house or in close personal contact with masters and mistresses. The Negro Farmer Upon this evening, then, there was left at Hurricane Hall only Major Warfield, Mrs. Condiment, his little housekeeper, and Wool, his body servant. Hidden Hand Taken as a guide, he installed himself as body servant, silently, tactfully, but infallibly. The Spanish Jade "They are nearly all wealthy, and some of them are going to take their body servants to the front with them," added Mrs. Gray, trying to look cheerful although her eyes were filled with tears. Rodney The Partisan Whereas, there is no office which the negro or mulatto covets more than that of being a body servant to a real gentleman. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject As a body servant he had first served her brother, then her father, and after the imprisonment of General Rojas, had volunteered to follow the women of the family into exile. The White Mice The neatness and quickness of the natives generally make them very suitable for the duties of domestic and body servants. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore They were the body servants of the Spartan citizens, and were regarded as the property of the State. Ancient States and Empires On being transferred to this command, I had with me a negro body servant named Jim Bobbett, taken from my father's plantation, whence he left a wife, but no children. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. The innate love to act as body servant or lacquey is too strongly developed in the negro race to be concealed. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject How many would it be, Rob—not forgetting the two captains and the negro York, Clark’s body servant, who is not mentioned in the list?” The Young Alaskans on the Missouri Mr. Force, in a little closet adjoining his wife’s room, was shaved and brushed and polished up by Jake, his “body servant.” Her Mother's Secret I took the letters from him, and handed all of them but one to Edouard’s old body servant to put in the office mail. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive In either case, the man, who had a negro body servant along, fared the best, and was kept clothed the best. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. Every white man, who has not been degraded, had rather be engaged in the most laborious employments, than to serve as a lacquey or body servant to another white man or being like himself. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject He had formerly been the body servant of a French gentleman in Louisiana, and he could read and write, and spoke French fluently. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World The old man had been body servant to a Union officer in the Civil War and after the war had been carried to Boston, where he became the butler in a fashionable Back Bay family. Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization Besides this, they presented Captain Sharp with a mulatto body servant as a mark of the respect and admiration they had for his skill in conducting them through so many dangerous adventures. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 He was helped into the great hall between his wife and his body servant, Sosimo, and at ten minutes past eight the same evening, Monday, December 3, 1894, he passed away. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson But the night of the first Bull Run, his body servant was asked by his family, who are Washingtonians, if he had seen his master during the battle. The Lost Despatch The general’s body servant knocked, announcing breakfast, and left the general’s boots and tunic, both carefully brushed. Special Messenger Eph, his body servant, slept on the floor by his side, and Jack Bracken sat near him like a sturdy mastiff guarding a child. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills When his teacher was moved to a place of internment he was allowed to keep one body servant. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales One case is recalled of the spoiled body servant of a gallant Carolinian, one of General Wheeler's brigade commanders. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Margaret's father went to the war with "Marse Cooke" as his body servant, and her mother went also, to cook for him! Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 A negro body servant marching in the rear of one of the contemptuous companies broke ranks and rushed over to the reviling soldier. The Long Roll “Do you know that voice, Eph?” cried the man in front to his body servant. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills He's my father's body servant and he follows him around like a dog. The Four Pools Mystery I am a body servant or nice house maid. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 The master has his special body servant to be present at all times to do his master’s bidding, in short, to be the visible mechanism of his master’s volition. An Epoch in History It appeared that the young man had paid for a shot, and insisted on his body servant taking his place in the lists. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It is folly, of course—but they beat Captain Roland's old body servant nearly to death because he voted with his old master. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills Abdool preferred to remain as his master's body servant, as before. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War He took as his body servant a man who had served his father in that capacity. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS The body servant, or the gentleman, as he is sometimes called even in England, of a man of rank, looks down upon a mechanic as his inferior. Recollections of Europe Nearby, squatting on his heels and lost in a meditative pipe, sat the Kling, her body servant. Civilization Tales of the Orient Each member of this famous legion went into Richmond with his trunks and body servant. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis "Abdool, I shall have to look out for another cook and body servant; unless, indeed, I have another trooper told off to me." At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War Dying four days later at Great Meadows, where he is buried, he bequeathed his favorite surviving horse and body servant to Washington, then a colonel. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Shade had to wait on him as a body servant then tend to the two horses. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 The father was so troubled that he aroused his immediate body servant, and the two left Waialua for home shortly after midnight. Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends Mike fell in with the escort, behind which also rode the body servant of the duke, and the two cavalry men who were the servants of his officers. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain Why do they not bring the inhabitants of Asia to be body servants to them? Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America Stafford had run across him there, took a fancy to him and attached him to his person as a body servant. Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst Behold, I was in the position of body servant of his, and was an actual chief under him. The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians And Simon was once more nothing but his body servant, and Lily nothing but an ex-waitress who had married rather well. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes But finally I thought I might possibly pass myself off as a body servant to the passengers going from the hotel down. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself They stopped at a first-class hotel in Charleston, where the young planter and his body servant were treated, as the house was wont to treat the chivalry. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. He was his body servant, carriage driver, &c. The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave Or is the ancient custom as to body servants exemplified? Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies In their excitement and pre-occupation, none of the boys had noticed Mr. Travilla riding into the avenue a moment before, closely followed by his body servant Ben. Elsie's Motherhood Second, he wanted me only for a kind of a body servant to wait on him—and in this case I knew that I should fare better than I should in the field. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself The door having closed behind his body servant, Septimus laid his ivory rule on the portion of the complicated diagram of machinery which he had been measuring off, and soon became absorbed in his task. Septimus There came up the road a mounted officer, with his personal escort, an orderly, several troopers, and a grinning body servant. The Way of a Man She took me away from my mother when I was four years old—taken me for her body servant. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 There was also a body servant of some sort in the old man's establishment. A History of Pantomime He had given his new suit in charge of his body servant, Jess, with special injunction to guard it with his life. History of Kershaw's Brigade Tanaka had become her body servant as in the old days. Kimono Colonel B. from Kentucky, an aristocratic-looking man, with his slave for a body servant, who could not have been bought for less than $1,500 in Kentucky, where slavery existed at that time. The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days At last he bethought himself of Billy Lee, the mulatto body servant, and these two old soldiers proceeded to hold a council of war. George Washington: Farmer His body servant, Selim, had told him that very morning that this same man, a native, had stood for hours among the trees, apparently watching the house. The Man from Brodney's The horse of Colonel Maffett was carried home by his faithful body servant, Harry, where both lived to a ripe old age. History of Kershaw's Brigade Several score of these, or perhaps a few hundred, annually were carried as body servants by their owners when making visits whether to southern cities or to New York or Philadelphia. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime It was a dark face, and Ellis recognized it instantly as that of old Mr. Delamere's body servant, whose personal appearance had been very vividly impressed upon Ellis at the christening dinner at Major Carteret's. The Marrow of Tradition Alton entered Washington's service even before Bishop, accompanying him as a body servant on the Braddock campaign and suffering a serious illness. George Washington: Farmer Before them as usual rode their body servant, of whom Smith would inquire at what hour the agents might be expected. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West The presence of domestic servants, and of the special class of body servants in an eminent degree, is a concession of physical comfort to the moral need of pecuniary decency. Theory of the Leisure Class The young man's deceits grew rapidly, he obtained much money falsely, traveled first class with a body servant. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology As his body servant, I accompanied him mounted upon a fiery little Abyssinian pony. The Lost Continent Two mulattoes, Will and Frank, bought of Mary Lee in 1768, cost £61.15 and £50, and Will became famous as a body servant; Adam and Frank, bought of the same owner, cost £38. George Washington: Farmer The salute was returned, and the party dispersed, leaving the officer without a single attendant, except his body servants and one aid-de-camp. The Spy There results, therefore, a constantly increasing differentiation and multiplication of domestic and body servants, along with a concomitant progressive exemption of such servants from productive labour. Theory of the Leisure Class He obeyed his body servant in what concerned his rising, his going to bed, and his toilet, as if he himself had been the valet and the other the master. The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales He would give them two rooms in the corridor, near his own, and would allow him pay as his body servant and for his work, and perhaps other privileges as well. The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions The little black boy born nearest his birthday was dedicated to be his friend, companion and body servant for life. The Man in Gray My body servant was within call, and I ordered my carriage, which Nighthawk had been directed to have ready at a moment's warning. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee This assimilation of the priestly class to the class of body servants, in demeanor and apparel, is due to the similarity of the two classes as regards economic function. Theory of the Leisure Class The latter was accompanied by a comely-looking ape, which had been trained to act as his body servant. Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World In the park were rustic seats of ancient style, chipped off and notched here and there, yet a colored person had never been allowed inside unless as the body servant of his master. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences All the ladies had maids and the men "body servants" wherever they went, and this saved them, even on the frontier, from a great deal of drudgery and inconvenience. Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 I even found my German body servant in the Embassy affixing these stamps to the back of all letters, official and otherwise, that were sent out. My Four Years in Germany In economic theory, the priest is a body servant, constructively in attendance upon the person of the divinity whose livery he wears. Theory of the Leisure Class Every member had his body servant, and they were not unfrequently taken for their masters. Precaution On Friday morning, when his body servant entered the room and looked at him he perceived a change and called his grandson, who, with a grand-daughter, had constantly attended him during the past winter. A Discourse on the Life, Character and Writings of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck Colonel Washington," he added, "I wish you to have my charger, Bruce, and my body servant, Bishop. A Soldier of Virginia By the time Kim had learned some of the duties of a body servant we had reached Port Natal. The Secrets of the German War Office That you can spend on the underlings around the Banker's Folly, but beware of an old body servant named Simpson—an old red-coat who may turn up any day now from India! A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story No guest comes alone, however: every one has his own body servant with him, who will look after his footgear and himation during the dinner, and give a certain help with the serving. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life The army is taught to forget that it is the armed population of the country, and is trained to be a band of body servants. The Malady of the Century So Sihamba stopped on and became a body servant to Suzanne, the best I ever saw, though she would do no other work save that of attending to sick animals. Swallow: a tale of the great trek There we were joined by a sturdy rascal whom Michelot enlisted into my service, seeing that not only did my means allow, but the enterprise upon which I went might perchance demand another body servant. The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes "Simpson, the old body servant, has arrived from India," wrote the disguised ex-convict. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story I think he had an idea that as a trophy of his bow and spear the Spaniard would make a fine body servant. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography His faithful body servant Robin was to be emancipated and, if he chose, sent to Liberia, in which event he should receive one hundred dollars. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court Cockatoo had come from the Solomon Islands in his teens to the colony of Queensland, to work on the plantations, and there the Professor had picked him up as his body servant. The Green Mummy We are not his body servants, and we care nothing about his infirmities. Democracy, an American novel And to this end Simpson, now the butler of the "Banker's Folly," was especially assigned to wait upon the austere "Prince Djiddin" as his "body servant." A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Melazzo himself, for his notorious affection for the Queen, had been included in this band, and also a man named Pace, who was body servant to Andreas, and who, like Melazzo, was in Charles's pay. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series He was a sort of body servant and bodyguard of Sir Isaac. The Man Who Knew Too Much And he was your father's body servant during the war, and has been always a faithful vassal and servant of the family. Options The German officer, with his body servant, who seldom spoke, had landed at Colon, and was proceeding to make himself at home with the officers and men who were building the canal. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record A room is being got ready for the old body servant who is now on his way from India. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story His two body servants were also afrites of the same sly Aladdin. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story |
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