| 单词 | bootblack |
| 例句 | He forced himself to remember the dullest things he knew—bootblack, an application form, a wet towel on his bedroom floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At the corner two bootblacks caught me, one on either side, shrill and raucous, like blackbirds. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Some bootblacks sat together under a tree talking to a soldier. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Who decided that for Henry Reed to become a scientist he had to work like George Washington Carver, as a bootblack, to buy a lousy microscope? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “My bootblack kit. All my paste and brushes. How do they expect me to make a living?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The thing he saw in the averted glance of the servants at his boarding school; the bootblack who tap-danced for a penny. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His pleasure in the attentions of the bootblack’s whisk reflected a consciousness about clothes unusual in a small-town man. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The bootblack knelt down beside the one at work and started on Mike's free shoe that shone already in the electric light. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A Haitian bootblack recounts his autobiography as he shines Julius’s shoes. Books of The Times: Roaming the Streets, Taking Surreal Turns 2011-05-18T21:30:05Z Every shop and café had an inscription saying it had been collectivized; even the bootblacks had been collectivized and their boxes painted red and black. The war that made Orwell 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z We don’t think of the thousand other bootblacks who will not meet their benefactors, boys whom the text dismisses as ruffians or ne’er-do-wells or simply never acknowledges at all. Rags-to-Riches Stories Are Actually Kind of Disturbing 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Douglass was clearly wounded by what he described as the “employment of certain names, such as ‘Sambo,’ and the gardener, and the bootblack … and all the rest,” but gracefully declined to answer insult with insult. Opinion | How the Suffrage Movement Betrayed Black Women 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z As soon as they settled in, he founded his first “business” — a shoeshine box he used to bootblack the village’s aldermen. From Bootblack To Master Of Moneymaking: Meet Brazil's Newest Billionaire 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z They were gathering perhaps the very nuts that were yet to ornament the stands of the apple-women of New 352 York, and to be a temptation to bootblacks and newsboys. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The ragged bootblack does not kneel at the broker's feet; he sits close beside him, or perhaps, comfortably at rest, watches the broker clutch a strap and struggle to keep his footing. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z The landlord, the laborer, the capitalist, the proletarian, the minister, the bootblack—all are equal as "citizens" and as "legislators." Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z "There are some who wouldn't blush to love a bootblack." San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Suppose that by a rule they provided for the appointment of a bootblack; could a resolution for his appointment be made a question of privilege to arrest and override all other business? The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z A man with turned-up red mustaches, sporting a carnation and a pair of highly polished boots, interrupted his complaint that the bootblack under the Elevated had overcharged him and reproved Beppo for kicking his chair. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z There was Buddy, perched high in a bootblack’s chair, getting his black cowboy boots shined before catching a flight home. Sports of The Times: Anderson: Buddy Ryan Established the Move, and His Sons Run With It 2011-09-10T22:35:05Z The bootblack, without lifting his eyes, knows you by the knots in your shoe-strings. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z "A messenger and a bootblack are the same thing." San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z The rough grinding of wheels, noisy bootblacks, whooping orange-sellers, screaming newspaper boys, howling dogs, the rattle of the street peddler, lottery ticket venders, fighting street gamins, all join to swell the mingled chorus. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z I am the official bootblack of Queen’s, and I make sometimes one-fifty a week at it. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z Opposite the tent of the bootblack he halted and started back again, where the path lay clear in the moonlight. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z In the "Americans of Today" magazine articles, men rise from bootblacks to multi-millionaires, but these legends, Keyes felt numbly, had about as much relation to his own life as the hero tales of ancient Greece. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z In Cuba the wretched negro starves himself to put his last penny on some favourite number, and in London the bootblack goes without his dinner in the hope of doubling the "winner." Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z A small bundle of straw, taken from some of the other cases, made a bed for the bootblack; and directly opposite this impromptu couch were Carrots's household treasures. Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z When Molly saw Mary Stewart pose in this picture at the dress rehearsal, she could not help recalling the story of the bootblack father. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z Rob Steele had been a coachman and errand-boy, and even a bootblack. Dolly's College Experiences Whereupon Jump-i-'th'-field answered, "And what matters that to the bootblacks?" The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim She knew every landmark, the tobacconist, the picture shop, still full of 'Mother's Helps' and of 'artistic' studies in the nude; there was the red-coated bootblack too, as dirty and as keenly solicitous as ever. A Bed of Roses During all his experience in the city, he had never known a newsboy or a bootblack to appeal to the authorities for protection, and Teddy's method of taking care of himself rather startled him. Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z When the subject had been exhausted Seth made inquiries concerning any bootblack's outfit which might be for sale, and half an hour later he was once more the owner of a box and brushes. An Amateur Fireman Of late years the custom has grown up to tip bootblacks. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America A bright, enterprising lad was Tom the bootblack. Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga He made arrangements with a bootblack to go after another supply of papers for him, when he sold out, and thus was able to maintain his place. The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? Ever since he began to follow the occupation of a bootblack, Carrots had desired to own such an outfit as was in the possession of a certain Italian on Centre Street. Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z He said if I promised him I wouldn't freeze to death, 'cause he didn't want any dead bootblacks on his hands, I could come in for a spell. An Amateur Fireman They gave the waiter or the barber or the bootblack an equal voice in government with themselves. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America She thought of his splendid father, who had started life as a bootblack. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days He saw a crowd of lads gathered in a secluded corner, and he at once knew them to be newsboys and bootblacks, for he recognized a number of them. The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? There was no further opportunity to discuss the matter, owing to the sudden demand for the bootblack's services, and by noon both the partners had almost forgotten the warning given by Teenie. Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z From this time forth you're much the same as a probationary fireman, and the bootblack part of it has disappeared, except when you're 'round here where there's no one to know what you're doing. An Amateur Fireman A bootblack and a banker are "equal" in the right to vote, but they are not "uniform" in function or culture. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America He believed with Lord Brougham, that if he were a bootblack he would strive to be the best bootblack in England. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children Suddenly there was that cry which, above all others, startles the newsboys and bootblacks of New York. The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? "Well, seems as if you was puttin' on a good deal of style for a feller that hasn't got money enough to buy the outfit for the bootblack trade." Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z Now, this porcine gentleman, would have been perfectly courteous, if I had gone into his parlor as a cook, or a waiter, or a bootblack. Civilization the Primal Need of the Race The American Negro Academy. Occasional Paper No. 3 Now and then a server is found—a waiter, a bootblack, a barber or a bell boy—who adds a bit of his own personality to his services. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America I bought a copy of the latest newspaper, seated myself in the cane chair of a bootblack, got a shine, and read my paper. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Then when the officer led him away quite a number of newsboys and bootblacks followed. The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? "This is what comes of bein' brought up in the country," the bootblack muttered to himself, regretfully. Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z Several times he was strongly tempted to follow the newsboys and bootblacks into the street and catch a ride. The Missing Tin Box or, The Stolen Railroad Bonds Even the boatmen and bootblacks have a manager who arranges the financial details. With the French in France and Salonika This outcast poet, approaching thirty years of age, was at various times a bootblack, a newsboy, a vendor of matches, a nocturnal denizen of wharves and lounger on the benches of city-parks. The Hound of Heaven I seem to be of no more consequence in this place than a bootblack was in the world, or a paralytic person. The Gates Between "Bought out some other bootblack, or found a bigger line of customers?" Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z These were the simpler folk of the official world with which circumstance housed him for eight hours daily,—bootblacks, elevator-boys, porters, doormen. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel "I would, Jimmy, only I lent 'em both to a bootblack of my acquaintance who's going to attend a ball on Fifth Avenue to-night." Mark Mason's Victory When he had finished the survey his eyes travelled complacently back to his own immaculate attire, and his well-polished shoes fresh from the hands of the city station bootblack. Cloudy Jewel Not far away a plump flashy young creature was smiling down on the bootblack who was busily shining her small patent leather shoes. The Harbor Why, brakemen have became railroad presidents," he goes on, "bootblacks have became bankers, prize fighters have turned evangelists and the United States has went dry. Alex the Great And all because they compete for the cents of Irish-American slaveys and bootblacks. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule "Five cents, but I don't object to a dime," replied the bootblack. Mark Mason's Victory I had meant to recross at the next corner, for half-way between two streets, stationed beneath some trees upon a vacant lot, was a bootblack's open-air establishment which I had a mind to patronize. Against Odds A Detective Story Our crested chambermaids and bootblacks have been a great help to me. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry From the Cittadella School there was a bootblack whom my father knew, and the prefect gave him a diploma. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal When Felix and his friend passed into the drinking saloon, Bob followed them as far as the door; then he turned back, and sought the disguise of a bootblack. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street Instantly the bootblack was on his knees, and signed for Edgar to put his foot on the box. Mark Mason's Victory I was now opposite the bootblack's stand on the skeleton uprights which supported his rainy-day awning, and the platform upon which his patrons sat enthroned in state—and here memory fails me. Against Odds A Detective Story Our citizens ask artists to paint their pictures—not bootblacks. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character We were at once and profoundly interested by the negro life which flowered here in the free air of the District as under an African sun; the newsboys, the bootblacks, the muledrivers, all amused us. A Son of the Middle Border Bob readily dropped his assumed character of bootblack, and quickly started in pursuit of Felix Mortimer. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street "Shine?" asked a bootblack walking up to the pair. Mark Mason's Victory We had stopped under a tree, and close against the wall nearly opposite that bootblack's stand; and we meant to cross and surprise you, when all at once out from behind that platform sprang someone. Against Odds A Detective Story A little bootblack and a water-boy held the places now, and occasionally begged for custom from any one who happened to linger near. Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader There was Pasquale, the bootblack, who was earning nearly as much as I ever did. One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America Are lawyers, merchants, tailors, cobblers, bootblacks less skilled in their specialties because they vote? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II "Do you think we would have a bootblack living in our house?" Mark Mason's Victory He was finally carried to bed in the custody of the bootblack. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston "Do you call that a shine?" said the boy, contemptuously, as his glance rested on Harry's shoes, which certainly did not vie in polish with those operated upon by city bootblacks. The Tin Box and What it Contained I never said a word about his being a newsboy or a bootblack, though I don’t think it hurts him a bit.” Killykinick Then they questioned the taxicab drivers, and even some of the newsboys and bootblacks. The Rover Boys in Alaska or Lost in the Fields of Ice A bootblack called the "boots" takes care of footwear. Tom Brown at Oxford "Tell me this, Hal: Is there a bootblack at the Capitol in Washington?" Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers He suspected, from Tom's style of talking, that he was "low and uneducated," and he would have given considerable to know that his hated rival had been a New York bootblack. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success “But I’m out of the bootblack business for good and all; so what are you going to do about it?” Killykinick The peripatetic dealer in small wares, the newsboy, the apple-woman, the bootblack, and the mendicant marshal you the way. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 He merely told of his visit and of the sad plight of the little bootblack. Luke Walton "I didn't know but Ad was the bootblack at the Capitol." Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers "It was your fault that I was reduced to be a bootblack." Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success He felt that to 205 acknowledge a bootblack past and a sausage shop future would be a shock to Miss Polly that would break off friendly relations forever. Killykinick "I was clerk in a store on Pearl Street," said Sam, who did not care to mention his previous experience as a bootblack and newsboy. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It Sometimes I stopped near Victoria Station, put my foot upon a block, and had a boot half ruined while I watched the bootblack. Tongues of Conscience Next our grocer is our bootblack, who has set up a sturdy but shabby throne to catch the business off the "L." Chimney-Pot Papers "I am not ashamed of having been a bootblack," said our hero, calmly. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success And now you needn’t ever be a newsboy or bootblack again, Dan.” Killykinick He wants his boots blacked, or shoes, that he puts on after he takes off his hunting ones and I’ve ‘shined’ ’em for him like any street bootblack that ever did my own. Dorothy's Travels Cooks, maids, waiters, bootblacks—indeed the whole population—are interested, or at some time have had an interest in a gold mine. An African Adventure Sometimes, when we were sunk dismally in the irregular verbs, bootblacks and old-clothes men stopped on the street and grinned down on us. Chimney-Pot Papers His position in life is humble, for he is a street bootblack. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success I’ll be ready for something better than a newsboy or a bootblack.” Killykinick You know biscuits have grease in them and my shoes looked just like they done been shined by the bootblack. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 He met several acquaintances, newsboys and bootblacks, the former crying the news, the latter either already employed or looking for a job. Slow and Sure The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant Mr. Asbury had started life as a bootblack in the growing town of Cadgers. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories Though only a bootblack, he has an honest independence of feeling, in which any one is justified who works, however humbly, for his support. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success He can be a bootblack, a servant, a barber, perhaps a teamster. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement The "bootblack bad man" was a character recognized on the frontier—the city tough gone West with ambitions to achieve a bad eminence. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado This was a precarious employment, and depended much more on good fortune than the business of a newsboy or bootblack. Slow and Sure The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant A charitable bootblack, who slept on the same straw with us there, lent my lover one of his boxes, a brush and a pot of blacking three quarters empty. The Gods are Athirst This was rather philosophical to be addressed to a New York bootblack; but Tom was smart enough to comprehend it. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success That bootblacks whistle because they are so happy. The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind So he had done errands for his mother, blackened the boots and shoes—the bootblack brigade had not then come in fashion, and you hardly ever saw an Italian boy. A Little Girl in Old New York "So I am relieved by the charity of a bootblack," murmured the other, thoughtfully. Slow and Sure The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant Mrs. Jericho Bob, his mother, kept hens for a living, and she expected that they would lay enough eggs in the course of time to help her son to an independent career as a bootblack. Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas It was some time before another customer appeared, and meanwhile another bootblack came up. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success I saw a bootblack outside roaming around doing nothing. The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine Is not an opinion, if correct, as good coming from a bootblack as from a Royal Academician? The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 He had acquired habits when living on the Bowery long ago as a bootblack that could not be easily shaken off; though any one formerly acquainted with Jimmy would never have recognized him nowadays. Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay The Disappearing Fleet Who is the richest negro bootblack in the United States? Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and child. His boots were decidedly dirty, and he was hailed as a prize by the bootblacks. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success He believed with Lord Brougham, that if he were a bootblack, he would strive to be the best bootblack in England. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Be polite and ready to talk affably wit everybody; men who speak to you in a railway train, or the bar tender or the bootblack, quite as much as the rest. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile One of the servants, named Tom, was the bootblack of the hotel. The Expressman and the Detective Boys who had plied the trade of bootblack gave up their profession and with pail and sponge in hand called to the passer by, "Wash your boots, sir?" Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Instantly both bootblacks were on their knees before him, ready to proceed to business. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success He was travelin' in his private car, with his private secretary, his private physician, his trained nurse, his private chef, and most likely, his private bootblack. The House of Torchy Besides these are the newsboys, bootblacks, and messengers of the cities, children in domestic and personal service, and the child laborers on the farms. Society Its Origin and Development It was the inquiry of a ragged bootblack standing just outside of the post office building. The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle Better be the Napoleon of bootblacks, or the Alexander of chimney-sweeps, let us say with Matthew Arnold, than a shallow-brained attorney who, like necessity, knows no law. Pushing to the Front "I went in the character of a bootblack." Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success He picked out a bootblack, and showing him the address of Mrs. Stubbs, asked: "Is that near by?" Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret The Greeks are pouring in from their sunny hills and valleys; they rival the Italians in the fruit trade, and monopolize the bootblack industry in certain cities. Society Its Origin and Development "Maybe you kin give me a job?" went on the bootblack, suddenly, and he turned his blue eyes up in expectancy. The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle The Italian bootblack at the station knows him, and—did he promise fair and square to get them up here, Lucile?” Betty Wales Senior She did not recognize him, having no idea that it was Tom the bootblack. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success Inside a big, open doorway, stairs went steeply up, past piles of commercial travellers' show trunks, and an Arab bootblack who clamoured for custom. A Soldier of the Legion Next door for a shine at the Greek bootblack's. Gigolo He was destined to meet the bootblack again, and under circumstances full of the gravest peril. The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle Suppose a tailor, a bootblack, a physician, and a detective are standing on the street corner as you pass by. The Mind and Its Education "Do you dare to compare me to a bootblack?" said Tom. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success The sea monster and the man with two bootblacks at each shoe, and just as tall as the shoetops, is not much bigger than Bill Mason to hum. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs We did a thing that put the millionaire's boy and the lawyer's boy and the Cabinet official's boy alongside of the bootblack and the farmer and the street-car driver. Address by Honorable Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior at Conference of Regional Chairmen of the Highway Transport Committee Council of National Defense After leaving the bootblack Ralph hardly knew what to do with himself. The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle When I came out again, Martigny was just getting down from a bootblack's chair across the street. The Holladay Case A Tale "It makes all the difference between a young gentleman and a bootblack." Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success As he turned the corner he passed a number of bootblacks tossing pennies to the edge of the curbing, the one lodging his penny nearest the edge winning all the other pennies. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs Nearly two-thirds of the boys have been bootblacks, the remainder mostly ‘wharf rats.’ Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The bootblack led the way across the dirty and crowded street, and into an alleyway. The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle "I didn't mean the wagon, I mean the man—that man that looks as dark as Tony the bootblack," said Bunny. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue and Their Shetland Pony As Tom looked around him, and remembered that only a short time previous he had been a New York street-boy and bootblack, he could hardly believe that the change was permanent. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success "No, it's only a bootblack," her companion said, harshly and excitedly. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs Some are both newsboys and bootblacks, carrying on these pursuits at different hours of the day. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City In less than a quarter of an hour the bootblack was back, munching the last of a big doughnut. The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle The rich man, whom in the bottom of his heart he had often envied, was now poorer than the Italian bootblack standing beside him. Banzai! by Parabellum New York bootblacks seldom attend such classic entertainments. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success When I sold out my bootblack stand I bought a butcher shop. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 They provide themselves with the usual bootblack’s “kit,” of box and brushes. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City He started off, with the bootblack at his side. The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle Arab bootblacks clamoured for custom at the hotel-door, pushing one another aside, fiercely. The Golden Silence He couldn't understand how the New York bootblack had been metamorphosed into the well-dressed and gentlemanly-looking young clerk. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success Primus and Johnny Fox strolled into Holborn, knocked a bootblack's cap off, and returned with lumps on their foreheads. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke The bootblacks are said to form a regular confraternity, with fixed laws. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The mountain lad, though but half comprehending the bootblack's meaning, was aware that he was being made game of. Ralph Granger's Fortunes He is probably a bootblack; a singular person to select for the friend of a girl like Florence.” Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World But I do not think that that bootblack always prospered. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy Soon after dawn children possess the town—bootblacks, paper-sellers, perambulating drapers' shops; all children crying their wares noisily. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia A large part of the earnings of the bootblacks is spent for tobacco and liquors. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City A red shirted bootblack accosted him in a bantering tone. Ralph Granger's Fortunes So poor indeed were we at one time, that we could hardly muster enough between us to pay our bootblack. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics The bootblack now had constant custom, and his circumstances began rapidly to improve. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy In self-defence we had our boots blacked, for the ambulating bootblack molests no longer the owner of a well-polished pair of boots. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia The most persistent of professionals were the bootblacks. "Over There" with the Australians The chair of the bootblack had been splintered into kindling wood. The Sheriff's Son Once having turned the corner, he slackened his gait and climbed into an empty chair in the bootblack stand that stood in front of the Café Roma. The Enchanted Canyon Once upon a time there lived, in Paris, a bootblack. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy Seated one day in front of a hotel in London, a bootblack halted before him and said: "Mister, will you have a shine?" Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures The man of title, the Bachelor of Arts, the bootblack, the lumberjack and the millionaire's son meet on common ground. Private Peat As he passed along the street bootblacks hurrahed! him. The Voice of the People The bootblack had not finished the first shoe when a policeman hoisted himself into the other chair. The Enchanted Canyon There was nothing to astonish him in the fact of so many persons passing with polished boots, for his stand was in the middle of a block, and there were bootblacks at each corner. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy By habit, the big man was out of his seat with his dime and nickel in the bootblack's ready hand, almost coincidently with the final clip-clap of the rhythmic process. The Clarion A poor weak thing, hounded like you've seen a rat in the gutter by dogs and bootblacks. The Man from Home You tip the chauffeur in the taxi, the redcap in the station, the barber, the bootblack, the manicure, the boy or girl who holds your coat for you in the barber's shop or hotel. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers The speaker was the bootblack in one of those handsome hand-painted barber shops which a loving government at Washington has placed at intervals along the border of the Indian Reservation. The Silly Syclopedia Just at that moment a thought struck the bootblack. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy This individual had just briskly bidden his bootblack "hurry it up" in a tone which meant precisely what it said. The Clarion The little fellow is Kid Spatola, an Italian, one of my handlers, the bootblack champion. Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment This to Pappas, the bootblack, who is my friend. Love Stories But you can't pick up almost any boy and make a good bootblack of him. The Colossus A Novel From the bootblack at the hotel to the banker, everybody wanted stock in every company drilling within a reasonable distance of Jackpot Number Three. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West A few studios on the roof were still occupied by artists, while the hospitable basement sheltered a vegetable market, a corner drug-store, a fruit-stand, and an Italian bootblack. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage As I was passing along the street the other day I saw on the window of a bootblack's parlour the words, "Shine Inside." Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls All the newsboys and bootblacks caught on, and before any of the outfit showed up that morning to rescue me, I had bought a dozen papers and had my boots shined for the tenth time. A Texas Matchmaker The myriad bootblacks had grand outfits and stands. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado He has a brother only a little older, who is a bootblack. Two Little Knights of Kentucky I'd rather enjoy seeing the mess Ferry and Jarve get into with a corps of bootblacks to make hay for them. Strawberry Acres A lame bootblack, innocent and industrious, was dragged from his work and kicked and beaten to death. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia A newsboy sold me a paper, and the next minute a bootblack wanted to give me a shine. A Texas Matchmaker He had been a bootblack in New York, at first. The Blood Red Dawn Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher from his rostrum—the New York County Court House bootblack stand. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1975 July - December Still a part of its pavement remained and appeared gloriously obstructed by an arch of triumph near whose weatherbeaten stone base were working barefooted bootblacks wearing the scarlet fez. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel No girl under 16 may be bootblack or sell papers or any other wares publicly. A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. I knew that if the bootblack saw the excavated heel he would in all probability report the fact, and my arrest would follow. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I The newsboy, he spouts it, The bootblack, he shouts it, The washwoman sings it all wrong; And I laugh, and I weep, And I wake, and I sleep, To the tune of that popular song. Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse "Isn't it?" asked the bootblack, with a grin. Only an Irish Boy Andy Burke's Fortunes It is then instructed in the arts of dependence and servitude and eventually turned loose to prey upon the world as a bootblack or scullery maid. The Devil's Dictionary I am morally certain that this matter has resolved itself into a situation that closely resembles the bootblack's apple: 'they ain't goin' to be any core.' Her Father's Daughter I may add, in passing, that they are quite distinct from the Italian bootblacks and newsboys who are to be found in Chatham Street and the vicinity of the City Hall Park. Phil, the Fiddler "What's in the packages, Johnny?" asked a bootblack, with his box strapped to his back. Paul the Peddler, or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant If he refrains from putting up some such game of talk as that I'll take up a collection among the bootblacks of Texas to help pay his taxes. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 He went perfectly crazy after a month or so and ordered me about and patronised me as if I was a bootblack he meant to teach something to. The Shuttle It was indeed the lively young bootblack whose history was afterward given in a volume which is probably familiar to many of my readers. The Errand Boy Newsboys and bootblacks are their own masters, and, whether their earnings are little or great, reap the benefit of them themselves. Phil, the Fiddler "There ain't much candy," answered the bootblack, with a disparaging glance. Paul the Peddler, or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant The young bootblack, who was used to nothing better, ate his portion with zest, and glanced askance at Rodney to see how he relished his supper. Cast Upon the Breakers I have known what it is to be a street-waif, a bootblack, living upon a crust of bread and sleeping in cellar stairways and under empty wagons. The Jungle At this time he was only a bootblack, and had not yet begun to feel the spur of that ambition which led to his subsequent prosperity. The Errand Boy The bootblack, seeing that communication was for the present cut off by a long line of vehicles, was assailed by a sudden temptation. Brave and Bold The Fortunes of Robert Rushton If I can't do anything else, I can turn bootblack, though I would prefer something else. Paul the Peddler, or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant At last Mike Flynn, the friendly bootblack, whose acquaintance he had made in front of the Astor House, occurred to him. Cast Upon the Breakers Take him down into the street and try to make it clear to him that I'm neither your bootblack nor his. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II Emerging from his bath he polished himself with the meticulous attention of a bootblack. The Beautiful and Damned In his extremity a bootblack came to his aid. Michael O'Halloran He could work at times, though he did not like it, and once pursued the vocation of a bootblack for several months with fair success. Paul the Peddler, or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant The ragged and dirty suit which he wore as bootblack were the best he had. Cast Upon the Breakers It recognized no difference between educated and uneducated and sent university professors and bootblacks over the top side by side. Helen of the Old House Newsboys and bootblacks darted in all directions, shouting raucously as they do to-day. The Gray Dawn The bootblacks form a peculiar feature of New York life. The Secrets of the Great City What you want is an amalgamated lady bootblack and nautch dancer. The Happy End "Good morning, Mike," said Rodney, as the bootblack was brushing off a customer. Cast Upon the Breakers To be a newsboy or a bootblack in a small novel-reading American town is to make a figure in the world. Windy McPherson's Son Just the business for him", said Tom, "unless he should prefer to go to New York and set up as a bootblack. The Store Boy Some of them are newsboys early in the morning, and bootblacks for the rest of the day. The Secrets of the Great City If there is an unusual genius in the bootblack—some remnant of ancient Greece—he plays such a lively tune that one's shoulders jig to it. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come "I don't want you to tell at the store that you room with a bootblack." Cast Upon the Breakers Bootblack.—A bootblack is a sign of failure in your work. Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves Outside the saloon Tom borrowed ten cents from Tony, the bootblack, on his father’s behalf, and with this he purchased the beer. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures The affairs of the society are managed by a "Captain of the bootblacks," whose word is supreme, and who wields his power as all arbitrary rulers do. The Secrets of the Great City My hatter—the fellow who cleans my straw hat each Spring—is a partner of a bootblack. There's Pippins and Cheese to Come "It isn't every boy brought up like you who would be willing to room with a bootblack." Cast Upon the Breakers Under the influence of spring the streets were again becoming muddy, and his duties as bootblack increased daily. Barriers Burned Away The little bootblack looked up—the general was absorbed in his correspondence. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers A large part of the earnings of the bootblacks is spent for tobacco and drink. The Secrets of the Great City Two years later the same gentleman, coming to New York, met the bootblack, but had forgotten him. The True Citizen, How to Become One The Tammany Mayor who came in the year after said that we had as much authority as "a committee of bootblacks" about the City Hall, no more. The Making of an American He remembered that Luigi, the bootblack at the railroad station, always insisted on doing this. Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums The bootblack drew a tin putty-blower from his pocket, took unerring aim, and nailed in a single shot the minute hand to the dial. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Confirmed in his decision by his bootblack, he had then gone to Europe and engaged the wonder. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time In two seconds the bootblack was on his knees and hard at work. The True Citizen, How to Become One An interesting fact is that your chambermaid, bellboy, hotel clerk, taxi driver, dressmaker, saleslady, cook and laundress, hairdresser, waiter and bootblack may all and each be a so-called divorcee. Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information At the junction of Wall and New Streets he came suddenly upon a large-sized bootblack, whose face looked familiar. Helping Himself The officer retired; the bootblack had finished one boot. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers After all, he might have to realize his thought of the morning, and join the ranks of the bootblacks. Try and Trust The mother consented, and the honest bootblack had after that a good home. The True Citizen, How to Become One When the young bootblack had finished polishing his shoes, he waited for his customary fee. Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute As he entered Nassau Street from Printing-House Square, a bootblack accosted him. The Young Explorer "Military pickets should not differ from other pickets" said the bootblack modestly. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers "Well, five, then," said the bootblack, coming down to his regular price. Try and Trust At last a little dirty bootblack stepped up and touched the spring and the water gushed out. The True Citizen, How to Become One "A bootblack is a nice playmate," said Guy, with his usual sneer. Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute "I may be General Grant," retorted the bootblack, "but if I know myself I ain't." The Young Explorer Rising to his full height, the bootblack threw off his outer rags, and revealed the figure of the Boy Chief of the Pigeon Feet. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers He carried wads as big round as his arm, and gave away hundred-dollar tips to bootblacks, and lost forty thousand dollars in a game of poker. The Metropolis Near by was a bootblack's chair, and dropping into this, I had him polish my shoes and brush me up generally. True to Himself : or Roger Strong's Struggle for Place He was not a bootblack then," retorted Hector, "nor would he be now but for your mean spite. Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute He was not quite sure whether he would not prefer to become a bootblack, like his new acquaintance. The Young Explorer He stopped to chuckle over a lithograph of the Parthenon at the window of a Greek bootblack's stand. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man "You can't leave here, unless you become a bootblack or a servant." The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence Her glance fell from his mussy collar to his backwoodsman's hands, to his feet, so cheaply and shabbily shod; the shoes looked the worse for the elaborate gloss the ferry bootblack had put upon them. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel The bootblack hastily rubbed his brush in the mud on the sidewalk and daubed it on one of Jim's boots, quite effacing the shine. Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute It was certainly remarkable that the boy to whom he had recently offered the position of his bootblack should be a guest of a fashionable New York hotel. The Young Explorer He had long been a familiar sight to "Zoners" among the swarm of bootblacks that infest the corner near the P. R. R. station. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Newsboys and bootblacks were the only beings who escaped the formality; tips to waiters, porters, cabbies, etc., were recorded and afterward put into a class by themselves. Brewster's Millions Two bootblacks became wide-eyed and rushed for her feet. Flappers and Philosophers In London the bootblack salutes you with a respectful bow and touches his cap, and would no more think of pursuing you or answering your refusal than he would of jumping into the Thames. Winter Sunshine "What is that?" asked the bootblack, in a friendly tone. The Young Explorer The next day the same thing occurred, and again and again, till, at last, the gentleman suspected that the bootblack had taught the dog this trick, in order by that means to get customers. What the Animals Do and Say The Arab boys jumped on their bare toes, and one of them, who was a bootblack, waved his board over his shaven head. The Garden of Allah Of course even the clerks and seamstresses and bootblacks and everybody else are subscribers. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) The health-officer's tug ranged alongside for a moment, our purser handed the lawful three-dollar permit fee to the health-officer's bootblack, who passed us a folded paper in a forked stick, and away we went. Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion He felt the need of an adviser, and though his choice may be considered rather a strange one, he decided to consult his new acquaintance, the bootblack. The Young Explorer The gentleman accused the bootblack of the trick. What the Animals Do and Say The discourses that follow were delivered by him from his rostrum, the bootblack stand in the County Court-house, at various times in the last half-dozen years. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon They liked him— really liked him, though how he had overcome their natural distrust of his newsboy and bootblack record no one but himself knew. T. Tembarom At the present moment, in Honolulu, there is a bootblack. The Cruise of the Snark "They want to get hold of your fifty dollars," said the bootblack. The Young Explorer The bootblack looked curiously up at him, and he remembered his moosehide moccasins and went away hastily. The Son of the Wolf His headquarters is the County Courthouse bootblack stand. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon They were contributed by "George Washington Thomson;" his wife, otherwise known as "Aunt Dinah," washerwoman; and "Scipio Thomson," their son, aged fourteen, bootblack. A Ward of the Golden Gate Brokers, poets, millionaires, bootblacks, beauties, hod-carriers and politicians become little black specks dodging bigger black specks in streets no wider than your thumb. Strictly business: more stories of the four million A dapper young clerk, however, who sat opposite Tom, seemed quite disturbed by the presence of the bootblack. The Young Explorer In turn he was newsboy, bootblack, and messenger boy. The Vision Splendid Her father was bursting with new diplomatic secrets recently extracted from his bootblack adviser. The Agony Column Some was old men that looked like war veterans, and some was crippled, and a good many was just kids—bootblacks and newsboys and messengers. The Gentle Grafter "I know where there is a bootblack without an Adam's apple." The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million "I am not accustomed to associate with bootblacks," said the clerk loftily. The Young Explorer They were as kind of heart as he was, effects of the system just as much as the little bootblack on the corner. The Vision Splendid This is easily explained by the fact that he had been talking with the bootblack at the Carlton Hotel. The Agony Column Denver, upon the following day, saw the little bootblack again at his corner, with his trade not lost; but near him stood a tall, singular man, with hazel eyes and a sulky expression. Lin McLean The young negro bootblack hummed "The Camp Meeting Blues" and polished in rhythm to his tune, drawing the shiny shoe-rag so taut at each stroke that it snapped like a banjo string. Babbitt She was unaware that it was the bootblack at the Carlton he was now quoting. The Agony Column The day dragged on, bringing at its close England's entrance into the war; and the Carlton bootblack was a prophet not without honor in a certain Texas heart. The Agony Column On the previous night, when the war extras came out confirming the forecast of his favorite bootblack, her usually calm father had shown signs of panic. The Agony Column "We—are—sworn—don't yu' jump, now, and give me away—sworn—to—blow off three bootblacks to a dinner." Lin McLean It was flattering to Babbitt to have two personal slaves at once—the barber and the bootblack. Babbitt |
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