| 单词 | commercial traveller |
| 例句 | Next to the Englishman was a big American in a loud suit—possibly a commercial traveller. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The diary does not record how the commercial traveller felt about being turfed out. Election memories 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z By now he was "quietly dressed" in a dark lounge suit and a fawn-coloured overcoat, and could have been a commercial traveller arriving ahead of business on Monday. World War One: German dressed as woman to avoid capture 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z A bagman is a commercial traveller carrying samples in a bag. was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and marked the western limits of the City of London. My year with four million words of Charles Dickens 2012-12-24T01:29:39Z Then he was seen only in the billiard room; or in the small grill-room, where he would sit drinking for hours while relays of commercial travellers and minor tradesmen bolted their chops and steaks. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z In place of sharing the table with a party of commercial travellers, as we had imagined, we had really been eating at the Ivizan equivalent to an officers' mess! The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z To be destined to wear one of the proudest crowns of the world, and yet to be powerless to prevent a commercial traveller from writing poetry! Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z He was a commercial traveller for a large silk-house on Broadway. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Other Germans have been released from military service and sent out as commercial travellers; for the German Government regards this too as National War Service. South America and the War 2012-02-10T03:00:17.163Z The two soldiers, who had been gambling with coppers over innumerable games of dominos, were listening grimly to the oratory of the commercial traveller. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z We went to bed, but not to sleep, for half a dozen intending passengers, five of them commercial travellers, had arrived by diligence from La Puebla, and the fonda echoed with unwonted noise. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z We had not heard them come up, so that they must have been standing there while D—— and I were busy finishing off the commercial traveller's poem. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z A commercial traveller, who had been gouty for twenty years, and had saturated himself with the syrup of Boub�e and other vaunted specifics, consulted Dr. Pouget. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z She would have made an excellent commercial traveller, taking it cheerfully for granted when she entered a shop that she was going to get an order, and not leaving it until she had got one. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z It was a dirty little boat, with a malodorous cargo of fish, and for passengers two soldiers, two peasants, and a commercial traveller. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The one we had been recommended to try—the Fonda Central—was a favourite stopping-place with commercial travellers. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z And thus I came to speak of my nocturnal adventure with the commercial traveller, and no one being within earshot it is just possible that we cracked a joke or two at the poet's expense. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z At this all the company sat, one, apparently a commercial traveller, occupying the seat at the head and doing the carving. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z Ten hours on the train from Paris to Marseilles, wrapped in a blanket and counting the warts on a foreign commercial traveller who sat opposite. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z You must have heard of him: his name is Rambertin, and he is a commercial traveller who has left Ariadnes in all the places he ever visited. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z He could not have been more eloquent if he had been a commercial traveller and was offering it as a sample to a great commercial house. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z The solemn moment was at hand; the deputation stood on the landing-stage in battle array, headed by the commercial traveller. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z So few people come here—except commercial travellers.” Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z It turned out that the hospitality of the house, which we had deemed ours alone, was shared by a commercial traveller. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z A commercial traveller, whose business frequently called him from Orleans to Paris, M. Edmund D——, was accustomed to go to an hotel, with the landlord of which he was acquainted. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z He is a commercial traveller, or drummer, and, naturally, early on the ground. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z I glanced at the poet; an interesting pallor lent a faint look of distinction to the commercial traveller's plump features, and his great goggle eyes lay like extinct suns under his heavy eyelids. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z This gift was useful to commercial travellers, and perhaps the Flemings had more of it than other people. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z Two other commercial travellers had joined the bounder at our table—two smart young fellows, one a bounder and one gentle and nice. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z This is borne out by an account of Sydney business methods published in an evening paper of that city in the form of an extract from a commercial traveller's diary. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z They were more amenable to the criticisms on the railway-tax, which would fall very hardly upon commercial travellers and other business people. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 19, 1916 2011-08-07T02:00:07.573Z They proved to be Mr. Stirling and the manager of another bank, a commercial traveller, a gold-buyer, and a stranger unclassified, all of whom were scrupulously correct and deferential of manner. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z I have seen commercial travellers there, cajoling the patron into buying things he did not want. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z I hated her swankiness, she seemed made for commercial travellers with cash. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z The only thing I doubt about this is the persistence of the commercial traveller. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z Vyadrovski was right when he said that Romulus and Remus were reared like commercial travellers, or like porters in a great hotel. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z I found out afterwards that he was a commercial traveller, with a large family and a moderate income. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z He might have been an ordinary commercial traveller, save for a pair of singularly alert eyes, which glanced rapidly hither and thither and took in the whole room in one comprehensive sweep. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z Glad, glad I was not to share the deck with any more commercial travellers. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z The German 'drummer' was the rule, the English commercial traveller the exception. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z A swarthy little commercial traveller, with a bright red tie and waxed moustache, sat squeezed up in a corner puffing at a "special" cigar with a coloured waistband. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z An Indian named Tahata—a kind of half-savage commercial traveller—visited the tribe at long intervals, bearing with him supplies of such necessaries as rum and tobacco. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z The contrast of the mid-day meal, consisting of a chop and bread and cheese, supplied by the small provincial hotel to the commercial traveller in England, with that provided or obtainable in France, is astonishing. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z "I don't sell anything," replied I, laughing to think he took us for some sort of strolling quacks or commercial travellers. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z He simply will not take ‘no’ for an answer, but travels back and forth between Boston and Philadelphia like any commercial traveller. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z She became engaged, rather against the will of her family, to a commercial traveller from a distance. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z Irish commercial travellers, I judge, are the least fastidious of men! The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Yet, by a curious contradiction, Henry's smartness of appearance—the smartness of an unrivalled commercial traveller—pleased him. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z The dinner began, and we were through the soup, when up pranced another young fellow, rather strapping and loud, a commercial traveller, for sure. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z A commercial traveller was waiting to see her, presenting an account for twenty-five pounds. The Little Missis 2011-02-26T03:00:44.830Z You know that I travel about as your agent, from estate to estate, in order to ensure your election to the Diet, and I am a commercial traveller who is not afraid of being seen. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z It is intended to be the commercial traveller's joy and treasure. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z For the seventeenth time the little commercial traveller jumped up with an unbecoming expletive, and pulled the shade over the light, and the silent young man in the fourth corner stirred and readjusted his legs. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z The other man was a commercial traveller, who used the house pretty regularly. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z Ask the commercial travellers from Ulster, who enter every town in Ireland, whether their wares are scouted and themselves insulted because of Orange bluff or threats. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z A "travelling man" is a commercial traveller, called by the vulgar, a "drummer"—a little unkindly I think. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z I shall put it on for Mass on Sunday; perhaps a commercial traveller will be there to admire it. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z If they did not have this horde of commercial travellers to carry about the country, many of them might not be able to pay interest on their bonds. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z Occasionally a commercial traveller would arrive one day and leave on the next, and would talk as much as possible to Evan Hurst. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z He put on his hat, took it off again with a bow and said: "Théodore Massignac, forty-two years of age, a native of Toulouse, a commercial traveller in wines." The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z Witness then proceeded to relate the expression used by Mr Wotherspoon on the occasion of his dining with the commercial traveller, which, he said, happening to be in an adjoining apartment, he had overheard. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 You see, he is not a commercial traveller, nor a business man, but an artist; one of those restless strivers after the ideal. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I The expression "getting the market" covers all the expenses attending the bringing of goods to the attention of the public, and they may be roughly divided into two principal categories—advertising and commercial travellers. Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z I heard some time ago of some commercial travellers who went to hear a man preach. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses As regards others than commercial travellers however this is a mere form, and is not made a source of needless annoyance, as is too often the case in other countries. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia Somehow this jarred on my sensitive feelings, and I went away, though the commercial traveller would fain have entertained me in his own house, he knowing not my name. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel He made sure he was a first-rate orator, and there was certainly no commercial traveller in Berlin who could beat him either in prolixity of pretended wit, or in fluency of elocution. Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 Still, it was a respite, disgraceful as it seemed, and she felt her spirits rise as the churchwarden wrote away as busily as a commercial traveller who has just solicited what he calls a “line.” The New Mistress A Tale The very best is only just suited for commercial travellers, who must needs be satisfied with whatever may offer. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal "Do you think, Tito," his companion replied, "that I would sell little Bella for a few lire, you commercial traveller?" Fairfax and His Pride And "Have faith," said the commercial traveller as he walked into water heavy as quicksilver. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Thirteen commercial travellers arrived at an inn, and each desired a separate room. More Conjuring Simple Tricks for Social Gatherings "It's about time we did," said the commercial traveller, who was a red-faced, choleric person. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen In the dark, shadowy streets of old towns which I have visited as a commercial traveller, selling goods by day and wandering out alone by night into the backwaters. Jacob's Ladder Constipation certainly predisposes to it, and it appears to be more prevalent among medical men, commercial travellers, or any engaged in arduous callings, subjected to irregular meals, fatigue and exposure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Then chance threw me into the arms of another and very different commercial traveller, as we pulled out of Utah on our way to Omaha via the Rockies. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The same process is proceeding elsewhere; for the simple peasant women cannot resist the blandishments of the commercial traveller and the temptation of change and cheap finery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" "What's the hour got to do with it?" asked a stout commercial traveller. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen I have been much struck, in France, by the prevalence of what may be not inaccurately defined as the commercial traveller type, even in classes where you would scarcely expect to meet with it. The Intellectual Life The chubby little commercial traveller probably had a right to complain, Lanceford thought. To Choke an Ocean The commercial traveller on our return journey across the level flats that fringe the lake's edge bade me note some of the customs of his people. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel That winter afternoon a quiet gentleman dropped into Mrs. Deck's and secured accommodations for a few days' stay, representing himself as a commercial traveller from Cincinnati. The Spiritualists and the Detectives He had seized a stout stick from the commercial traveller and faced the madman, daring him to spring across. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen Bakunin remains to us for ever as the commercial traveller of eternal revolution in a magnificent pose, and from the red cloak so picturesquely cast around him peeps out unpleasantly the dagger of Caserio. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory When he was about twenty years of age he became a commercial traveller, and soon became eminently successful in his calling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" From this moment you shall be nobody but the commercial traveller of a German house of business in Marseilles, an old acquaintance of mine. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II "They are no better than bandits," said the commercial traveller. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) He's heaps nicer than that man at the Hydro, and you'd have married him, you know you would, if I hadn't told you he was a commercial traveller. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur The following amusing anecdote is related of a commercial traveller who happened to get into the same railway carriage in which the Dukes of Argyle and Northumberland were travelling. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years A gig came rapidly along containing two young bagmen, as commercial travellers were still called in Stokebridge. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines Thus it happened that the Colonel walked arm in arm with the Marseilles commercial traveller in the Alameda, and drew him into the wild amusements of his light-hearted comrades. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II So when the commercial traveller had turned away to look after his own affairs again, I got hold of Sadi, and told him to pull our traps together and pay up what we owed. The Recipe for Diamonds Mr. Cobden left the ordinary business of the warehouse in which he was employed to become a commercial traveller, in which capacity he gained much knowledge of Continental peoples and their languages. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 A collision recently occurred while an Italian commercial traveller was eating a Bologna sausage in a railway train. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years And there were several commercial travellers in the caf� up to a late hour. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) She jollied the customers, looked after the accounts, made good sales, and even coquetted enough with the commercial travellers to send them away without ill-will for the establishment which refused to buy from them. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales With one or two exceptions, the company consisted of French commercial travellers, and they were split up into the usual hostile factions of north against south. Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia Even in India the German commercial traveller has roamed at will and driven Englishmen out of business under the very noses of the Calcutta Council. Right Above Race All the more reason why we should try and save things from the commercial traveller. The Passionate Friends He probably had been a commercial traveller in his early days, though no one knew exactly where he came from or how he had learnt languages. My Autobiography A Fragment It is so much better to be a commercial traveller in God's service than to take a situation in the house. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) They are commercial travellers in brimstone and mischief. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Only the Admiralty's idea to pre-date the carrying of commercial travellers on British battleships could get us to the West at all. Westward with the Prince of Wales Our men represented every Lancashire type, from the master builder to the barrister's clerk, from the wheelwright to the calico printer, from the railway carter to the commercial traveller. With Manchesters in the East There are some books which succeed before they are published, and the commercial travellers of Mr. Onions Winter reported unhesitatingly that A Question of Cubits was such a book. A Great Man A Frolic The mere shadow of Home Rule has already seriously affected stocks and securities, has brought about withdrawal of capital, and is sending both English and Irish commercial travellers home empty-handed. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule A commercial traveller, representing a whisky firm, craved an order from a small Highland innkeeper. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Never a word spoke he till the resplendent deity had finished speaking to two commercial travellers who smoked cigars, and then, as her eyes met his, he said simply, “Two pints, if you please, miss.” The Tale of Timber Town "We are commercial travellers on our rounds with samples of philosophy." The Belovéd Vagabond His daughter handed him a soft hat and a Gladstone bag, and he was transformed before her eyes into a commercial traveller. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 28, 1914 Instead of which, the present system is giving us more and more non-producers—more and more shopkeepers, middlemen, commercial travellers, advertising agents, dealers, and wasters generally. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals The conversation of an intelligent commercial traveller is, as I said, of a facetious and entertaining turn. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland My cloak, my rough hat, and the melancholy trot of my nag, make me pass in the darkness for a commercial traveller, or a farm-boy. Famous Women: George Sand The odd thing is," he thought, "that all these time-tables go to prove that Gurn really was the commercial traveller he professed to be. Fantômas He was face to face with Capperton, disguised as a commercial traveller. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 28, 1914 Less fair but more successful was Erskine's treatment of the commercial traveller, who appeared in the witness box dressed in the height of fashion, and wearing a starched white necktie folded with the 'Brummel fold.' A Book About Lawyers This is indeed that bourn from which no commercial traveller returns, for the most potent reason that none ever comes here. Anthony Lyveden Close at hand a commercial traveller had perished. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin He had a supreme contempt for petty diplomacy in such matters, regarding it as only worthy of a commercial traveller. The Twelfth Hour By his side a young man was writing, and below him stood a sturdy fellow, between a commercial traveller and a vendor of countermarks, crying out: "Furniture for sale." Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man I listened lately to two men talking of "Tariff Reform"—one of them a commercial traveller, lofty in his patriotism. Change in the Village No one would dream of making the accountant change places with a commercial traveller or a mechanic. The Cult of Incompetence I dined, unromantically enough, with a pair of commercial travellers, a post-office clerk, and two stout, elderly men who appeared to be retired officers. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia An American commercial traveller asked me, with a religious fire in his eyes, whether I did not think that salesmanship could be an art. What I Saw in America A commercial traveller, as father said with great contempt. Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux Instead of living in obscurity in a high-up frontier village in the Pyrenees, as you in Madrid believed, I have shown you that he lives in Montauban, where he passes as an industrious commercial traveller. The Stretton Street Affair As to visitors, an occasional peddler or small commercial traveller turned up about once a quarter. Tom Brown at Oxford Hawke assumed the r�le of a commercial traveller, and volunteered the information that his brother had just returned from the Front. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War I discovered with delight that many people, glancing rapidly at my portrait with its prodigious legend, imagined that it was a commercial advertisement, and that I was a very self-advertising commercial traveller. What I Saw in America It was like putting out your hand to greet a friend, and meeting—a commercial traveller. Antony Gray,—Gardener Only for short spells was he there, for he was a commercial traveller representing a Lyons firm of silkweavers. The Stretton Street Affair Madame had acquired her English from her defunct lord, a commercial traveller from Lancashire. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 The talk might be that of a conference of commercial travellers. Stray Studies from England and Italy Mrs. Rushmore could not help looking at it, and in her prim way she wondered how any man who was not an adventurer or a sort of glorified commercial traveller could carry such a thing. Fair Margaret A Portrait Yet, after all, it was an English commercial traveller. Antony Gray,—Gardener There were no strangers came into the town last night, or evening, or afternoon, barring yourself and a couple of commercial travellers who are well known here. In the Mayor's Parlour What he really did remind Mr. Tertius of was a gentleman of the better-class commercial traveller persuasion—he was comfortable, solid, genial, and smartly if quietly dressed. The Herapath Property I will add only one more illustration:—A commercial traveller was in the habit of putting his watch under his pillow, and also in the habit of forgetting that he put it there! Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget Women are also commercial travellers, conductors of entertainments, pageant managers, window decorators, brokers and financial advisers, theatrical managers and producers of plays. The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance Every commercial traveller knows more than any psychologist can tell him, and even the waiter in the restaurant foresees when the guest sits down how large a tip he can expect from him. Psychology and Social Sanity It was unoccupied save for one man who appeared to be of the genus commercial traveller, and Vane sank into a chair by the fire. Mufti The public-house was full of people, among whom were three commercial travellers, who were doing what is called 'painting the place red'—they were all half-intoxicated. "Chinkie's Flat" 1904 But he inaugurates the pleiad of amateur, curious, and commercial travellers. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Oh, you're a commercial traveller, as you say, and I'm the captain of as fine a barkey as ever sailed under Capricorn. The Opal Serpent They are the commercial travellers of Art, whose works are their wares, and whose exchange is the Academy. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Vane avoided the eye of the commercial traveller, and steered rapidly for safer ground. Mufti I dressed as quickly as possible and went out into the dining-room, and there on the floor were the three commercial travellers. "Chinkie's Flat" 1904 The weary old man buried himself in memoirs, biographies, books of travel; then turned to his first loves—to Poe and Heine—and found that "we are all commercial travellers compared to them." Renée Mauperin Two commercial travellers joined the priest and looked at Sir James. Lady Bountiful According to a morning paper a commercial traveller who became violently ill in the Strand was found to have a small feather stuck in the lower part of the throat. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 Around the waiting-room fire this evening sat a goodly semicircle of men,—commercial travellers. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana A commercial traveller stopped a night with him occasionally, trying to push the sale of drapery goods or boots in Ballymoy. General John Regan The commercial traveller who sells books has no fault to find with the people with whom he deals. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing A number of women took the place of the priest and the commercial travellers when they went away. Lady Bountiful She had also as many commissions, for which she looked to be paid, as if she had been a commercial traveller. The Dew of Their Youth Several were engaged by commercial travellers, but these gentlemen should be stowed into one room, their clothing and luggage moved at once. The Car of Destiny Presently the noise of a loudly wheezing pair of lungs was heard, and the commercial traveller, enveloped from head to foot in coats and comforters, made his appearance. Orley Farm Speaking of accommodating hotel clerks," remarked a Portland commercial traveller, "the best I ever saw was in a town near Bangor. The New Pun Book If we had had experience as commercial travellers, this would have been child's play. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell The romantic commercial traveller whose fault it was that Mr. Baines died a premature, though, scientifically speaking, a belated death, is the symbol of the new influence which Mrs. Baines is too out-of-date to resist. Personality in Literature It was safe from any sortie of ours, as there was a scattered contingent of commercial travellers already earnestly engaged in dining on either side of the table. The Car of Destiny And as he spoke the savoury morsel in question disappeared from the fingers of the commercial traveller. Orley Farm Seventeen years there had been in his employ a commercial traveller in whom he reposed the completest confidence. 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 For, in truth, it is as impossible for the man of affairs to avoid disinterested reflection, as it is for the commercial traveller to be unsociable. The Moral Economy Sophia runs away with the commercial traveller, makes him marry her, and is translated from "The Square" to Paris. Personality in Literature The commercial travellers galloped through the remainder of the meal, and went out, hoping perhaps, if they promenaded the street, to have the joy of seeing a light in the radiant being's window. The Car of Destiny As she descended the stairways leading from the sixth story to the ground floor, she met two or three men, but they had the air of tired commercial travellers going up to bed. The Lion's Mouse It happened, whether by accident or design, that the one tray was substituted for the other, the pinchbeck imitations being left in the jeweller's safe and the real thing carried away by the commercial traveller. 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 In the comfortable coffee-room of the old Boar's Head, half a dozen guests, principally commercial travellers, sat talking by the light of the fire. Light Freights This was the commercial traveller who had one of his legs rather severely injured. The Iron Horse To the timid pedler, she was encouraging; to the encroaching commercial traveller, she was haughty, and to Flint gently and insinuatingly sympathetic. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Three or four men of the commercial traveller type glanced at the gray and brown figures; but the elevator had at that moment released a golden-haired, black-eyed young woman in a pink evening dress. The Lion's Mouse "Europe won't get right before the Russian business is straightened out," said an American commercial traveller at the hotel. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 “Because you ask questions like a Yankee commercial traveller—drummers don’t they call them?” To The West "He's a commercial traveller by trade, and he gets about a great deal in the way of business." The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant Assuredly he himself had not one quality of a commercial traveller. Clayhanger “These travelling secretaries,” said I, “are what the Saturday Review would call ‘spiritual bagmen,’ or ‘commercial travellers in the missionary line.’ She and I, Volume 1 There was neither honeymoon, commercial traveller, nor man in the corner to disturb my peace; only a rollicking crowd of Irish harvest men on their way home, in spirits which were not all of air. Boycotted And Other Stories But all sham goods offered by babblers, by selfish interests, prophets of hate and commercial travellers must go overboard. The New Society "The handsomest, would you call her?" disputed a commercial traveller, who also knew the town. A Soldier of the Legion Return to Table of Contents I had just arrived at Marseilles with the diligence, in which three young men, apparently merchants or commercial travellers, were the companions of my journey. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 Volume 17, New Series, June 26, 1852 The commercial traveller's homely face grew grave, and he shook his head with an unmistakable gesture. The Borough Treasurer I smiled to myself as I contemplated the unconscious nape of that neck and recalled the gibes of the commercial traveller and the uncomfortable stare of the man in the corner. Boycotted And Other Stories I am a commercial traveller, and represent a firm of cigar manufacturers. Real Ghost Stories 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 Those who were not officers were middle-aged men with fat smiles which made them look like what I call "drummers," and Sir Ralph wastes time in naming commercial travellers. My Friend the Chauffeur Now David Myler was a commercial traveller—a smart fellow of Stoner's age. The Borough Treasurer Among peoples not actually subject to British or American rule, and who are neither waiters nor commercial travellers, the inducements to learn English, rather than French or German, do not increase. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought The following curious experience is sent me by a commercial traveller, who gives his name and address in support of his testimony. Real Ghost Stories The apartment was very small, with a lean-to roof, but then I reigned over it in solitary grandeur, while a dozen commercial travellers were packed into the three or four other bedrooms in the house. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. At one table sat a happy party of Germans, apparently dressed from head to foot by Dr. Jaeger, and at another were two middle-aged men who had the appearance of commercial travellers. The Golden Silence Innocent tourists, engineers, and commercial travellers were arrested by the score on the charge of espionage. Italy at War and the Allies in the West Merchant princes will never be seen here again; commercial travellers from Germany are found in the interior, and quality, as well as price, has been reduced to its lowest ebb. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond After the cloth was removed we had a bottle of very good port; and whilst partaking of the port I had an argument with the commercial traveller on the subject of the corn-laws.” George Borrow The Man and His Books He didn't know, of course, that everyone's "my dear" in Cornwall, and I'm bound to say I've seen foreigners taken aback by it—folks like commercial travellers, not given to shyness as a rule. News from the Duchy Sometimes commercial travellers infringed upon Anderson's home hours, and she was always covertly indignant. The Debtor A Novel Will the great commercial traveller, William II be able to persuade his sweet friend the Slayer, to make him a grant of the coaling station which he covets at Haïfa? The Schemes of the Kaiser He bore all the earmarks of a commercial traveller of a certain sort—a domineering personality, making up by sheer nerve what he might lack in brains. The Strange Case of Cavendish Was it now, or when he p. 114was bookkeeper at the inn in 1825, that he saw so much of the ways of commercial travellers? George Borrow The Man and His Books I'm not a commercial traveller nor a wholesale dealer, and I don't look like one. Certain Personal Matters Those slippers under the bed could have belonged to no species of human being but a commercial traveller; and on the table and one chair were scattered various vague collars, neckties, and celluloid cuffs. The Motor Maid Kings and Kaisers must cease to be commercial travellers of monstrous armament concerns.... Armageddon—And After Most of the people at table were evidently commercial travellers, and more or less habitués of the place. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 6, June, 1891 Now and then a commercial traveller would visit the place with but faint hopes as to trade. An Eye for an Eye It was Christmas Eve, and the four commercial travellers were spending the holiday at Grassminster. Amusements in Mathematics Everybody ran out to regain their seats, except one commercial traveller, who picked up all the teaspoons and put them in the teapot before calmly resuming his meal. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent A commercial traveller who was acquainted with the place put in his remark. What Necessity Knows A sharp-visaged man with a bald forehead, a clerk, one would say, or a commercial traveller, looked round the room and went forward to Hillyard's table. The Summons So long as they are just bright enough to catch the bee's eye a few yards away, they are certain to receive a visit in due season from that industrious and persistent commercial traveller. Science in Arcady "In short, he was a commercial traveller," said Austin, very mildly. Austin and His Friends We knew he was a commercial traveller by the way he put his toothpick in his pocket, though poppa said afterwards that he was not exceptionally endowed for that line of business. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Mr. Galpin was aged about forty, and looked like an extremely successful commercial traveller. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes Lewis Grummit, an eminent grazier of Lincolnshire, met late one night a commercial traveller who had mistaken his road, and inquired the way to the nearest inn or public house. The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection Examples of fine ladies pressing tradesmen for their votes with compromising importunity are far from rare, but it would be difficult to find a parallel for Johnson's Hetty doing duty as a commercial traveller. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings She coldly dissented, and at once the irony appeared as gross as the jocularity of a commercial traveller. The Inheritors This, however, has nothing to do with poppa and the commercial traveller. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Then it happened that a former companion of his bachelor days and his bachelor habits, a commercial traveller, whom he had not seen since his marriage, appeared on the scene. Unleavened Bread All of them were living in the town and they were said to be chiefly patronised by commercial travellers and imported labourers. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Men who looked like commercial travellers were hurrying along with their coat-collars turned up, and porters with heavy trunks on their shoulders were striving to keep pace with them. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill She was small and slim, quite young, grave and silent, so that with her there was no amusement for the commercial travellers. Norse Tales and Sketches Lookin' at you as much as to say, 'Who are you, anyhow, from way back in the State of Illinois—commercial traveller? A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') If I had your youth, Murrey, and your sex, I would become a commercial traveller.” When William Came The detective came down to Inistiogue as a commercial traveller, wandered about, made the acquaintance of Lady Louisa’s maid, of the butler, and of other people about the house, and formed his own conclusions. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) The youngest is the commercial traveller, the diplomatist, the messenger of the family, Angelus Domini. The Roman Question She placed the roast hare right in front of the two fish-buyers, whereupon she took a bottle of soda-water to the two commercial travellers, who sat in the inner room. Norse Tales and Sketches I have seen commercial travellers of all nations, and I think I must award the French nation the discredit of producing the most odious commercial travellers in the world. Italian Journeys Later on she ran away with a commercial traveller, and neither threats nor persuasion would induce her to return home. The Dangerous Age An American, unused to any sort of military occurrences, might easily mistake tens of thousands for millions, and the excitement of a few commercial travellers for the enthusiasm of a united people. Mr. Britling Sees It Through He might just as well have been a commercial traveller. The Great Adventure Several men in the congregation knew his identity, and one, a commercial traveller, had met him in New York. Leonora To the enormity of having been born Frenchmen, they added the crime of being commercial travellers,—a class of fellow-men of whom we know little at home, but who are met everywhere in European travel. Italian Journeys All had been printed in Leipzig, and when I asked the bookseller how that could be, he replied that he got them from the German commercial travellers. War in the Garden of Eden Why does not a harassed commercial traveller in Barcelona settle a question by merely thinking about his business partner in Berlin? The New Jerusalem He told me that he was formerly a commercial traveller, and was trying to re-enter that profession or to become a ship's steward. Regeneration A well-known scientific man recently expressed to me his conviction that an “American” association of any kind is destined to failure, whether it be of scientific men, commercial travellers or plumbers. A Librarian's Open Shelf To hear the passengers at the Midway Inn discourse upon this topic, you would think they were all commercial travellers. Some Private Views Missionaries, concession hunters, traders and commercial travellers followed. Korea's Fight for Freedom A rattle announces the first omnibus, with a pile of luggage outside and five inside passengers, two commercial travellers, two who may be curates or schoolmasters, and a brown man with a large sea-chest. Rides on Railways Some years after Tom heard from a commercial traveller of a melancholy, broken man who haunted the low betting-houses of San Francisco, and who met his death eventually in some drunken fracas. The Firm of Girdlestone Our commercial travellers are our secret service agents. The Great Prince Shan Not a hackney car was permitted to attend the railway station, and commercial travellers had to leave their samples at the station. About Ireland A few seconds after the explosion there was a dropping fusillade—the commercial travellers and the actors shutting their doors. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories He remembered all the appetizing accounts that he had ever heard from American commercial travellers of Broadway and Fifth Avenue—incredible streets. The Price of Love He had a short gray mustache and beard, very neat; and appeared to be a commercial traveller. A Perilous Secret "Why!" she added gaily, "he is thinking of retiring from business—he is, as I said, a commercial traveller—in favour of his nephew, M. Adrien Cazalès." Castles in the Air It has also been resolved to do no business with commercial travellers from Belfast, or other parts of the North of Ireland, whose goods had been carried over the Great Northern system. About Ireland To the bachelor man and maid are added the commercial traveller who leaves wife and possibly child behind four fifths of the time. The Cost of Shelter He would sit next a commercial traveller and talk to him pleasantly, just as he would sit next the King, if it fell to his lot to do so, and talk without any embarrassment. The Silent Isle Dinner was at seven o'clock in the table d'hôte, and about eight commercial travellers were already seated when we got down. Elizabeth Visits America Branwell was the life and soul of every party of commercial travellers that gathered there. The Three Brontës Of course, there are men to whom one great city is as another—commercial travellers, impresarios, globe-trotting millionaires. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays There are 4 women in the ministry, 3 dentists, 1 journalist, 1 lawyer, 7 doctors, 8 saloon keepers, 1 commercial traveller, 2 carpenters, etc. 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. She was the daughter of a small publican in one of the southern counties, Miss Burton said, and married Mr. Gurrage, then a commercial traveller in carpets. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel Every other commercial traveller was pathetically proud of being both a slave and a spy. The Crimes of England Cuba is not a land in which commercial travellers swarm everywhere, demanding comfort and willing to pay a reasonable price for it. Cuba, Old and New He may be likened to a commercial traveller in a vast and sparsely-settled region, where he is well known and welcomed by the inhabitants. Cowmen and Rustlers A Story of the Wyoming Cattle Ranges There are 18 women in the ministry, 12 journalists, 1 dentist, 3 lawyers, 16 doctors, 3 professors, 2 bankers, 5 saloon keepers, 4 commercial travellers, 11 carpenters, etc. 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. Across the way were the butcher and the grocer, and a little higher up the inn at which the commercial travellers lodged. The Lake I dined with a commercial traveller, one who went about the country in a queer sort of vehicle containing samples of church ornaments and sacerdotal vestments. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine She would institute special classes for prospective chauffeurs and commercial travellers. Essays in Rebellion "I thought you were going on," stammered the commercial traveller. The Port of Adventure There are 45 women in the ministry, 6 dentists, 122 doctors, 1 professor, 28 saloon keepers, 4 bankers, 13 commercial travellers, 14 carpenters, etc. 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. And there were several commercial travellers in the cafe up to a late hour. New Arabian Nights He declared the life of a commercial traveller, when the novelty of it had worn down, to be the most abominable of all lives. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Almost immediately the office-boy took me for a commercial traveller and refused point-blank to announce my arrival. The Brother of Daphne With some trades, in order to create a new market, commercial travellers or "drummers" give their goods away for nothing. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat There are 39 women in the ministry, 23 dentists, 28 journalists, 17 lawyers, 172 doctors, 4 professors, 17 saloon keepers, 12 bankers, 8 commercial travellers, etc. 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. Some six months ago a commercial traveller sent me substantially the same thing, saying that he had copied from the walls of a water closet in a Kentucky hotel. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 He was one of the most pleasant, and certainly the most melancholy, of commercial travellers whom I had met in my rambles. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine By the way, the office-boy took me for a commercial traveller, I added. The Brother of Daphne Salesmen and commercial travellers in the United States have certainly learned the art of speaking. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat A decrepit hack or two, a couple of old-fashioned surreys, and a few "cut-unders" drove by, bearing the newly arrived and their valises, the hotel omnibus depositing several commercial travellers at the door. The Conquest of Canaan Brother X. was dismissed in disgrace from his situation as commercial traveller before his conversion; to-day he is chief man, next to his employer, in a large business house. In Darkest England and the Way Out It is customary for tourists to speak of the French commercial traveller as a very ridiculous or vulgarly offensive person. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine But after he became a commercial traveller, and was away from the city for months at a time, she did not like it at all. The Magic Egg and Other Stories Philip went to the Tivoli and saw Mildred with her companion, a smooth-faced young man with sleek hair and the spruce look of a commercial traveller, sitting in the second row of the stalls. Of Human Bondage The Boys' Home was the best hotel on our branch of the Burlington, and all the commercial travellers in that territory tried to get into Black Hawk for Sunday. My Antonia He then fell under the influence of drink, resigned, and became a commercial traveller, but lost his berth through drink. In Darkest England and the Way Out In this sat a gentleman with no decided characteristics more than that he somewhat resembled a good-natured commercial traveller of the superior class. A Pair of Blue Eyes At most a few bottles were sold on the emperor's birthday or when, once in a long while, a flush commercial traveller wanted to regale a recalcitrant customer. The Indian Lily and Other Stories Her prophecy turned out correct, and by the time they arrived at their journey's end the red-haired lady was engaged to a commercial traveller whom she met on the boat. Love at Second Sight This is not like most commercial travellers, who as a rule know where they want to go, even in a strange town, having made inquiry in advance from their brothers of the road. The Fortune Hunter If two hurried commercial travellers should agree to discuss a business matter at Ethandune from 5 to 5.15, I am afraid they would grow old in the district as white-haired wanderers. Alarms and Discursions The pleasure-seekers we meet on the grand routes are more anxious than commercial travellers to rush on. A Pair of Blue Eyes He picked her up somehow—they say she was a commercial traveller's wife—left on his hands at a country inn. Sir George Tressady — Volume I "You think I am a sort of commercial traveller, then?" In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories The last of the series, the young commercial traveller, longest retained his glory. The Bride of Dreams Now, the Imperial Pioneer is essentially a commercial traveller; and a commercial traveller is essentially a person who goes to see people because they don't want to see him. Alarms and Discursions And the man, who had the pasty face of a clerk or a commercial traveller, raised his whip to heaven in a gesture of fierce anger. The Isle of Unrest It lay in the beat of many commercial travellers—men who never go about with bare feet, or in dirty flannel and battered straw hats, but are always dressed beautifully. Two Summers in Guyenne Stewart Montague, a commercial traveller from Milwaukee, said that he had crossed the ocean many times, but had never seen such a state of things before. In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories At first there was some tendency to quiz him, especially among the commercial travellers, who seemed to be, of all the patrons of the hotels, the most numerous and authoritative. Under the Skylights Mysterious inspectors come and go, and commercial travellers of unappetizing looks and habits are far more frequent than formerly. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia I have often seen Guimerá in a café on the Rambla in Barcelona, drinking coffee at a table, alone and forlorn, in the midst of a crowd of shop clerks and commercial travellers. Youth and Egolatry This, however, her scanty knowledge of French, and the fact that a stranger even of the class of small commercial travellers was a rare bird in the village, fully accounted for. Two Summers in Guyenne Now that gambler pretends he is a commercial traveller from Buffalo. In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories There are also some mercantile houses in Matsue and in other cities which send a commercial traveller to Oki once a year. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Above her was a clerk in the Ministry of the Interior, with his wife and two or three children; above them again the Cervins, and a couple of commercial travellers, and so on. The History of David Grieve The French commercial traveller is indeed a genus apart; he makes a fetish of his trade; he preaches his propaganda. In and out of Three Normady Inns As a rule, reformers are lacking in the two things most sedulously cultivated by commercial travellers and life-insurance agents, tact and humour. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century Well, I don't quite class myself as a commercial traveller, you know, but in the main you are—in fact, you are remarkably near right. In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories One of them was married to a Breton of a merchant-vessel and the other to a commercial traveller from the Vendée. The Eight Strokes of the Clock Then suddenly Daddy was persuaded by a French commercial traveller to take up his old trade of reed-making, and go and seek employment across the Channel, where reed-makers were said to be in demand. The History of David Grieve A sort of commercial traveller working for the downfall of his own firm! Three Dramas A commercial traveller was telling the shopkeeper all about it. Wanderers Others are equally devoted to chess; and the commercial travellers produce small square books with columns for dollars and cents, cast up their accounts, and bite the ends of their pens. The Englishwoman in America A commercial traveller had drawn off his boots, and was warming his slippered feet by the fire. A Mummer's Wife She married a commercial traveller, and take it from me he travelled. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories The King has just been paying some visits in the country districts; he is, so to speak, the commercial traveller for his firm—as all kings and crown princes are. Three Dramas The cabmen walk about whispering, one suggesting this, another that: he's watching the place; out to catch his wife meeting some commercial traveller. Wanderers Even commercial travellers, absorbed in intricate calculations of dollars and cents, have been known to look up from their books to give it an enthusiastic expression of approval. The Englishwoman in America I rather fancy that the chief customers of both are commercial travellers who have as little of the one as of the other, and to whom these fine names are Greek. Old Calabria Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories As a fact my name is Jerks, and I am a commercial traveller in the linseed oil line; and I wish you the best of good evenings.' The Path to Rome I thought of taking a room at the hotel, but the idea was distasteful to me; she was not a runaway wife meeting commercial travellers. Wanderers I am a commercial traveller—travel in iron. Three Comedies A stranger, a commercial traveller, was there too; he made himself remarked by his fine voice, and tralala'ed to the music; now and again he relieved the ladies at the piano. Pan To expect Hawthorne to become a literary genius, and at the same time to develop the peculiar faculties of a commercial traveller or a curb-stone broker, was unreasonable. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne A German-looking girl, a large heavy man, a Bavarian commercial traveller, and a colleague of his from Marseilles, all said together in varying accents: 'Yes.' The Path to Rome If not, some of those commercial travellers would be getting ideas into their heads about the loving cousins. Wanderers The commercial traveller said we had a right to the oranges, because the company didn't give us enough to eat. While the Billy Boils The coffee-room, when I entered it, was filled by commercial travellers, all hovering with hungry looks around the table that had been laid for dinner. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 The rooms seemed comfortable, quite as good as the accommodation provided for commercial travellers at an English inn. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin For at luncheon there a great commercial traveller told me fiercely that it was chiefly known for its breweries, and that he thought it of little account. The Path to Rome He often has left me like this in charge of his premises, and usually there have been diamonds in his desk, for Mr. Knopf has no regular City office as he is a commercial traveller.' The Old Man in the Corner Then the commercial traveller was taken bad with an anecdote. While the Billy Boils I had returned to the office, after my dinner with the commercial travellers, in order to attend to my duties for the day. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 It was altogether a noble army, and even a commercial traveller might hold his head high in the world if he counted himself one of its soldiers. Hyacinth There is nothing less like a detective," he would say, "than a middle-aged commercial traveller. The Lost Naval Papers They were commercial travellers, and they were enjoying their pipes—of extremely strong tobacco—after a hard day's work. At Love's Cost And, as we neared the land, the commercial traveller remarked that he wouldn't mind if there was a wreck now—provided we all got saved. While the Billy Boils Hollis is to start next week on his first trip as a 'commercial traveller,' and he is in agony at the thought of going and not knowing whether Helen will live or die. Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. The commercial traveller is beneath satire, and outside the region of sympathy. Hyacinth So I went on to Holland with that quick-change artist, and watched him come on board the steamer at Parkeston Quay, dressed as a rather German-looking commercial traveller, eager for war commissions upon smuggled goods. The Lost Naval Papers A commercial traveller named Lüderitz, aged twenty-three, murdered his sweetheart in a Leipzig hotel by strangling her with his necktie. What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it "You don't call this grand country!" exclaimed the other passenger, who claimed to be, and looked like, a commercial traveller, and might have been a professional spieler—quite possibly both. While the Billy Boils A De Chauxville is not a commercial traveller, if you please. The Sowers The absurdity of the idea that Ireland needed him, a fifth-rate office clerk, an out-of-work commercial traveller who had failed to sell blankets and flannels, did not strike him at all. Hyacinth There is a commercial traveller in it, who is taken, by-the-by, bodily and even to his checked trousers, out of one of ROBERTSON'S plays. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 31, October 29, 1870 One day a commercial traveller dropped in; he had started life as an opera-singer, and when he heard Peal, he was so delighted with him that he invited him to dinner. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales One commercial traveller shipped with a flower in his buttonhole. While the Billy Boils A body was found on the steppe," he said; "the body of a middle-aged man dressed as a small commercial traveller would dress. The Sowers An army of eager commercial travellers pushes showy goods on the shopkeepers and the public at half his price. Hyacinth The hotels are very dear everywhere; they seem to depend for existence on commercial travellers and tourists. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland Between two songs, and after they had sworn eternal friendship, the commercial traveller said: "Why don't you go on the stage?" In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales One or two commercial travellers, possessing a smattering of English, smiled openly, and an English gentleman seated at the side of the inquirer leant gravely towards him. The Grey Lady These American commercial travellers are called 'drummers'; drummers in the most endless and pointless and extraordinary of wars. Letters from America When they heard Vogue and me talking the same language, she looked at us, gave a sniff, and observed in a loud voice, "Evidently two French commercial travellers!" Here, There and Everywhere The stories were long things all about himself, and the jokes were about a commercial traveller and a Methodist minister. Literary Lapses But the voice called again, "Peal!" and his friend, the commercial traveller, stood before him, looking at him searchingly, and yet with an expression of shy kindliness. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales A drummer—that's a commercial traveller—came along, who had a salary of, maybe, a thousand dollars a year. At the Sign of the Eagle He is not interested in the romance of the road, like an English commercial traveller; only in its ever-changing end. Letters from America I was first taken to the commandante and presented to him as a commercial traveller. Captain Macklin The only other occupants of the car were a messenger-boy, lost to his surroundings in a paper-covered novel, and a commercial traveller whose brow was corrugated by mental strain over a notebook. Many Kingdoms All at once he caught sight of his old friend the commercial traveller, sitting at a table by himself, evidently very bored. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales "The next move," he said, "is to retire to the adjoining room and make ourselves look as much like a couple of Oriental commercial travellers as our correctly British appearance will allow!" Tales of Chinatown You pretend to be a Catholic commercial traveller from France. The Ball and the Cross "In this," he said at last, "you state that you are a commercial traveller; that you are going to the capital on business, and that you are a friend of the Government." Captain Macklin The tone in which a commercial traveller of middle age would utter the phrase "an old account" revealed in a flash all that was romantic, prim, and stately in mid-Victorian commerce. The Old Wives' Tale This became more difficult after Fraulein Leplay's departure, when we let one of our rooms to a German commercial traveller, who in his leisure hours zealously played the flute. My Life — Volume 1 But, in the summer or autumn of 1869, you shall see what a fine commercial traveller I am, once let loose to the open air. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters My patients call me in as a physician, not as a commercial traveller. The Doctor's Dilemma Then a silence, during which the commercial traveller could be heard reading from the newspaper. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns Mr. Povey was on the point of accompanying the pattern of commercial travellers to the door, when two customers simultaneously came in—ladies. The Old Wives' Tale Of course I was a commercial traveller; ridiculous to pretend anything else. By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy This costume signified that Mr. Gammon felt at leisure, contrasting as strongly as possible with the garb in which he was wont to go about his ordinary business—that of commercial traveller. The Town Traveller It's probably some commercial traveller, or man of that sort, don't you think? In the Year of Jubilee The commercial traveller decided to retire and play billiards. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns It had never occurred to her that commercial travellers had to go to a university to finish their complex education. The Old Wives' Tale ZOE: It was a commercial traveller married her and took her away with him. Ulysses The last two nights he has been up until nearly dawn with a stranger—a sort of commercial traveller who has been taken ill at 'The Plough.' Herb of Grace On board the mail-steamer there were twelve commercial travellers representing British firms, bound for the West Coast of South America. The Days Before Yesterday The commercial traveller, if he was one, was reading something from a newspaper to Miss Slaney in an indistinct murmur, and with laughter in his voice. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns No one else saw anything but a simple commercial traveller. The Old Wives' Tale On maturer reflection he became a commercial traveller. The Chronicles of Clovis The two other men, one of whom looked like a commercial traveller, kept shifting their feet upon the hot-water tins that lay on the floor, clearing their throats and sighing loudly. The Garden of Allah The young lady was enchanted by his persuasive commercial traveller's manners. Arms and the Man The commercial traveller was inept enough to offer a jocular reply, and then he found himself involved in the morass of 'the whole question'. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns And he went off on two legs, precisely like a dashing little commercial traveller. The Old Wives' Tale From early morning, when the commercial travellers off the 6.30 express got shaved into the resemblance of human beings, there were always people going in and out of the barber shop. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Order some fresh tea at once; and do not presume to bring it yourself: have it brought by a civil waiter who is accustomed to wait on ladies, and not, like you, on commercial travellers. The Inca of Perusalem He was like a commercial traveller in uniform. Arms and the Man She was something midway in importance between the wife of the new proprietor and the younger woman who stood beside her in the cloister talking to a being that resembled a commercial traveller. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns Fancy a commercial traveller throwing a compromising piece of paper to the daughter of his customer in the shop itself: that was the incredible folly with which their relations had begun! The Old Wives' Tale The consumptive raised his head and forgot to cough; the corporal slowly stiffened his body to attention; the commercial traveller folded his hands and stared before him. The Great Hunger Mr. Kernan was a commercial traveller of the old school which believed in the dignity of its calling. Dubliners He decided that the young fellow was personable enough, 'had no frills on him,' and would make an exceptionally good commercial traveller for a first-class firm. The Grand Babylon Hotel Now, Robert, being a commercial traveller and therefore a bit of a caution, did not attend chapel with any remarkable assiduity. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns Yes, beneath that mien of a commercial traveller who has been everywhere and through everything, he was very nervous. The Old Wives' Tale What these means were I know not; but Mr. Ringwood did NOT make his appearance at six; and, at eight, a letter arrived for "Mr. Pogson, commercial traveller," &c. &c. The Paris Sketch Book Say there are fifty Englishmen, decent fellows, been dragged from their posts as commercial travellers or small tradesmen or labourers or what-not, and they get mixed up with a similar number of Germans. The Devil's Paw But as if brought back to life by the commercial traveller's remark, the prisoner's figure seemed to speed along too, turning up at Mr. Bosengate his pitifully unhappy eyes. Five Tales She thought they were commercial travellers—'drummers' was the word she used—and all through dinner she tried to prove that England, our great and beloved country, rests on nothing but commerce. A Room with a View Well, one fine day a commercial traveller betrayed her and carried her off; and a week later he deserted her. The Idiot "He can't pay them," said we both in a breath: "Pogson is a commercial traveller, with thirty shillings a week, and how the deuce is he to pay five hundred pounds?" The Paris Sketch Book A commercial traveller often learns to speak Italian in three weeks, and yet never really knows the language; Samuel Brohl had gained a superficial knowledge of Mlle. Samuel Brohl and Company It was his neighbour on the jury, the commercial traveller, in a straw hat, with a little brown bag already in his hand and the froth of an interrupted drink on his moustache. Five Tales Had nomady been my business, had I been a commercial traveller or a King's Messenger, such labels would have held for me no charming significance. Yet Again The copy was given me by a French commercial traveller. The Idiot You are also a commercial traveller, sir?" inquired Heideck; and on receiving an affirmative answer, continued, "we are then colleagues. The Coming Conquest of England His countenance grew firm and decided; and he began to think highly of the late commercial traveller's capacity. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau And hearing the commercial traveller murmuring: "'Ear, 'ear!" he reddened violently. Five Tales He was never a virtuous young commercial traveller, or cultured clerk, earning a salary of three pounds a week, was he, Cinderella? Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow All the inhabitants know each other; they even know the commercial travellers who come, now and then, on business from the large Parisian houses. The Deputy of Arcis It apparently never occurred to him that such intimate family relations were a rather strange subject for conversation in a commercial traveller. The Coming Conquest of England "Eleven, if you like," said the commercial traveller, brandishing his loaded cane over the aggressor. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau On that, he departed disdainfully, not observing that in many places, where this ancient trick of commercial travellers was well understood, they were laughing behind his back. The Lesser Bourgeoisie Yet there are many charming commercial travellers, many delightful clerks with limited incomes, quite sufficient, however, to a sensible man and woman desiring but each other's love. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow I am entirely at your disposal, in the character of commercial traveller for the firm of Wilding and Co.” No Thoroughfare The British officer started on perceiving the man who passed for a commercial traveller. The Coming Conquest of England Popinot the judge had once done a great service to the cleverest of all commercial travellers, to him whose triumphant loquacity and activity were to win him, in coming years, the title of The Illustrious. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau Among the Jura, and in the wild districts trodden only by a few special tourists, the innkeepers call it, on the word of commercial travellers, the wine of Syracuse. Sons of the Soil I should only have rescued a bald-headed commercial traveller, very drunk, who swore horribly, and pelted the crowd with empty collar-boxes. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow If I can be of any service, as commercial traveller, perhaps you will let me know between this and then. No Thoroughfare It shattered the self-assertion of the youngest of commercial travellers. Paul Kelver, a Novel "Ah! you here, monsieur?" said the judge, recognizing the commercial traveller; "and what are you doing now?" Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau Yet I was doing better than I knew; my strict silence and attention to the corned beef made me in the eyes of the cow-boys at table compare well with the over-talkative commercial travellers. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains She could so much more comfortably go to bed, and leave the child to marry some well-to-do commercial traveller. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow What he knew of them, I suppose, were a few commercial travellers and small merchants, most likely. Notes on Life and Letters A bottle of whiskey fell into my hands that Christmas time, a present from a commercial traveller in the way of business. Paul Kelver, a Novel To make an old commercial traveller drunk is an impossibility. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau The door burst open, and out flew the commercial traveller in his stockings. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains "Dead old town," says the commercial traveller, "nothing doing there." Vanished Arizona I knew that you wished for it and that your occupations did not leave you time to search for it; I have been your commercial traveller, that is all. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau And then the commercial traveller forgot his Consumption Killer. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains About twenty-eight years of age at the time of which we write, the late commercial traveller possessed not a hair on his head, and wore a wig curled in ringlets. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau From the commercial travellers I now separated myself, and wandered alone in pleasurable aimlessness. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains |
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