| 单词 | errand boy |
| 例句 | The next day one of Jamison’s errand boys woke me out of a sound sleep in my vast bed at the Horse and Four. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I had snuck into Hollows through a back entrance, acting the part of an errand boy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At noon, they sent an errand boy out for a bag of sandwiches and a carton of coffee and they ate their lunch in the lavatory. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortune smiled on me, giving me enough time for a meal and a bath before one of Jamison’s errand boys tracked me down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That’s why he was such an obvious stooge, an errand boy. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Christoffel the errand boy has curly blond hair and big blue eyes and the tender skin of someone who hasn't been shaving long. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Everyone’s trading on the black market; every errand boy has something to offer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It had been a roudne day, a day more or less like the other days I had spent on the job as errand boy and washer of eyeglasses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “She sent me to fetch those Arabica beans! Me, the hero of Trenton and Germantown reduced to a simple errand boy. What has the world come to?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m big as a linebacker, and a seven-year-old girl treats me like her errand boy. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Realizing we have to find a way to get more food, Pa somehow arranges for Kim to work at the chiefs house as his errand boy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z While Ma and Pa help the war effort in the fields, Kim returns home each night from his work as the chief’s errand boy bruised and injured from his own war. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognized him as one of Jamison’s errand boys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m an errand boy. Maybe a driver, if he ever lets me drive. We’ve barely exchanged a dozen words.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z As he crossed the Avenue, that solitary stripe of sunlight, he saw the errand boy from the guildhall coming toward him with a tray. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I don’t know how many forty- and fifty-year-old errand boys went down the Hill dressed like ambassadors in black suits and white collars, to downtown jobs “in government,” “in finance,” or “in law.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Treating a colonel like an errand boy. That was Groves’s way.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He’s not just an errand boy flying missionaries around, no, sir! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Neeley worked as errand boy in a downtown New York brokerage house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Old men and errand boys jumped for safety. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Michael is still in the grip of mental instability, Tommy reduced to the role of Speaker's errand boy and their mother Rose trying to conceal her own illness. Unreported World 2010-05-21T05:45:00Z The author often referred to himself as "Spot's Dad" and began his career in an illustration studio as an errand boy. Spot the Dog creator Eric Hill dies 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z His first job was as a “boyer”, an errand boy, tasked with small jobs like keeping the fire going and getting seal oil for the lamp. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z He sought easier occupations, but his apprenticeship to a cheesemonger resulted in failure, as did a job as an errand boy at Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Killing Queen Victoria 2012-07-22T18:00:00Z Near the end of Marshall’s long and distinguished career, Senator William Jenner of Indiana saw fit to call him “a living lie … an errand boy, a front man, a stooge or a conspirator.” Battlefields: Recent Books in Military History 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z They travel around the countryside, get into scrapes and misunderstandings, are challenged to duels, eat a lot of meat and entangle their fates with the nap schedule of a fat narcoleptic errand boy named Joe. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 7: The Pickwick Papers 2012-01-30T18:40:16Z His career in illustration began when he took a job as an errand boy at an illustration studio during World War II, which led to a position at an advertising agency. Eric Hill, creator of Spot the Dog, dies at 86 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z As the much-decorated General Smedley Butler, who participated in many of those interventions, wrote later: “I was an errand boy for Wall Street.” Howard Zinn: “The American Empire has always been a bipartisan project” 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Besides serving as a reliably funny recurring bit, this is telling: between the ancient vampire newcomer and the errand boy who's been cleaning up after them for more than 13 years, Guillermo rates more highly. The harder coming out stories on "What We Do in the Shadows" aren't what you think they'd be 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Well he’s been deflated lately, reduced to a minion, errand boy, lovelorn suitor and inept host to his captive houseguest. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Weapon of Moloch destruction 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z He was placed in a children's home, from which he ran away when he was 11, and he started work as an errand boy at a grocer's when he was 13. Sir Norman Wisdom obituary 2010-10-05T00:01:00Z With his own investments in western land, he was superseding the Ohio Company that he’d served as strapping errand boy. An excerpt from William Hogeland’s “Autumn of the Black Snake” excerpt 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z His friends say he was long underestimated and treated as a glorified errand boy, even when he worked under Michael Eisner at Disney. The Slow-Burning Success of Disney’s Bob Iger 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z When the Nazis came that night, she recognized one of them as a former errand boy of the business. How Family Trauma Perpetuates Authoritarian Societies 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The judge said that while Treanor has been described as "an errand boy", it was euphemism that "doesn't sit well with the gravity of the offence". Pipe bomb man who blew off his own hands jailed 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z When the final bell rang, errand boys spent hours sweeping up tons of paper, tickertape, and sales slips. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The translators and linguists said that in the context of Mr. Leão’s insult, it could be translated as the centrão’s lap dog or errand boy, or as an epithet referring to a female dog. Bolsonaro Grabs for a Man’s Phone, and Gets a New (Insulting) Nickname 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Some ads sound downright Dickensian, like this one from 1890: “WANTED — A young lad as errand boy; must come well recommended.” Perspective | For Labor Day: Recollecting some of the labors of 19th-century Washingtonians 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z He was soon “recruited as a teenaged errand boy of British Intelligence,” he wrote in his 2016 memoir, “The Pigeon Tunnel.” John le Carré, who lifted the spy novel to literature, dies at 89 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Democrats tried to portray him as a dangerous errand boy for the president. Barr Clashes With House Democrats, Defending Responses to Protests and Russia Inquiry 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Turning an ambassador into an errand boy for Trump’s money-losing golf course undercuts our envoys’ ability to carry out the work of the nation. Opinion | The risks of herd immunity to Trump’s corruption 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Rhode Island Democrat Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse countered that he was concerned that the panel was turning into “political errand boys” for Trump’s reelection. Raw feelings abound as Senate turns back to Russia probe 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Ruhumuliza’s former archbishop in Rwanda called him an “errand boy” for the Hutu extremist regime. Church welcomes back Rwandan bishop accused of defending genocide 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z A first-year New York film student meets a Godfather look-alike and becomes his errand boy. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, April 26, 2020 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Former Rep. Dana Rohrabacher — a California Republican with close ties to Russia — was Trump's designated errand boy in the plot, which took place in 2017. Did Trump try to bribe Julian Assange with a pardon? Well, he won't be impeached over it 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Kansans and all Americans now know Pompeo was a key errand boy for the president. Recent Kansas Editorials 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z A New York Times op-ed, for instance, accused Brewer of treating the president “as if he were some errand boy and not the commander-in-chief.” Jan Brewer slams media ‘hypocrites’ for praising Pelosi finger-pointing, scolding her for pointing at Obama 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z A wannabe spy and Clinton errand boy who is about to get exposed on the world stage. Alexander Downer: the Australian blue blood accused of being an anti-Trump 'spy' 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z “One, because it would mean Trump has been using the presidency as his personal vendetta machine. And two, it also means he’s been using world leaders as his personal errand boys.” Stephen Colbert: Trump trying to 'confuse everyone about a very simple story' 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z A first-year New York film student meets a ``Godfather’’ look-alike and becomes his errand boy. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z The writer who described himself as “an errand boy with an oil magnate’s salary” did not suffer, but, in Hollywood, he was never whole, never satisfied, never quite a man he could admire. The Great Hollywood Screenwriter Who Hated Hollywood 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Independent-minded voters view support for alternative energy as a signal that a candidate is “not an errand boy for the party leadership,” he added. Clean energy sector swings Republican with U.S. campaign donations 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Anderson was born into an acting family and entered British cinema as an errand boy and movie extra. Michael Anderson, ‘Dam Busters’ director, dies at 98 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Fearing she would be rearrested once recovered, she fled the city in a delivery van, dressed as an errand boy. Actresses, arsonists and aristocrats: Women who won the vote 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z They were known as the East London Group, and among their ranks were humble office clerks, a navvy, a window cleaner, a shop assistant, a printer, a basket-weaver and an errand boy. Art mystery: The famed painters who vanished into obscurity 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z The appointment rankled senior politicians, as if Ghani had given the post to an errand boy. Afghanistan’s Theorist-in-Chief 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z It charged three New York police commanders with serving as errand boys for the businessmen. Favors at Fort Surrender: New Twist in History of Police and Borough Park 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z The NFL is an incredibly profitable business in which a handful of billionaires pay millions to high priced errand boys and flak catchers like Roger Goodell to protect their economic interests. N.F.L. Tried to Influence Concussion Research, Congressional Study Finds 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z “Sen. Reid may well prefer corrupt Establishment errand boy Patrick Murphy, who routinely sells his vote to Wall Street lobbyists,” Mr. Grayson said in his statement. Harry Reid Says Alan Grayson Should Drop Senate Bid 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z I was his regular caddy when I was about 12,” said Jones, who later worked in the bank building as an errand boy. Law office of Harper Lee’s father for sale 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z When Brubaker began as an errand boy, in 1954, the track was so dependent on the Los Angeles crowd, the first race wouldn't start until the southbound train arrived. For Del Mar workers, it's a long opening day at a timeless track 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z This snipe motivated a free black errand boy, Alexander Crummell, to head for Cambridge University in England. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z His white sidekick Nomad handles the iconic shield with greater dexterity, and the issue’s foe, perennial punching bag Batroc the Leaper, chafes at fighting a hero he still sees as an “errand boy” and “sidekick.” A Black Captain America Is Nothing New 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z In court, however, he changed his story, explaining that to pack his luggage, he hired an errand boy, who placed the plastic bags in his shoes to keep his clothes clean. The Uranium Sting: Did Homeland Security Catch a Smuggler or Create One? 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Thiel started working as an errand boy at Berg Racing before he had his driver’s license. At Upstate Racetracks, Passion and Peril Since Go-Cart Days 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z “To me, it demonstrates quite compellingly that prosecutors are simply errand boys for the commander.” Military Sex Assault Trial Showcases 2 Approaches to Prosecution 2014-03-03T02:29:18Z Photograph: Reuters At Forest Mall, errand boys and girls for Kampala's wealthy families dash back and forth. Uganda: oil, corruption and entitlement 2012-10-01T17:53:00Z Unskilled labour and even errand boys' jobs pay much more than this. From the archive, 23 July 1952: The man's world of traditional barbers under threat 2012-07-23T06:30:00Z Later, university employees would be asked by investigators to describe Curley, calling him Paterno's ”errand boy” and a man who was “loyal to a fault.” Joe Paterno’s last football game at Penn State 2012-07-22T16:20:00Z Mr. Israel was a likable rich kid from New Orleans who started as an errand boy in a small Wall Street trading outfit in the early 1980s. Off the Shelf: ‘Octopus’ Looks at Bayou Hedge Fund’s Collapse — Review 2012-06-30T19:49:31Z At about 12, he began work as an errand boy at a local mob-run cab stand and pizzeria, where he refined his budding love of cooking. Henry Hill, Mobster of ‘Goodfellas,’ Dies at 69 2012-06-14T00:18:19Z The loud-thumped tail that welcomed one and all, The volleyed bark that nightly would appal Our tim'rous errand boys—these things are o'er. To Your Dog and To My Dog 2012-05-22T15:16:52.220Z He got a job as an errand boy for a bakery, dragging carts and lugging sacks around his home town of Turku, and then moved on to work in a foundry. 50 stunning Olympic moments No31: Paavo Nurmi wins 5,000m in 1924 2012-05-18T08:00:05Z Here, as an errand boy, he behaved so well, that his master took him apprentice, and afterwards set him up in business, by which he made a large fortune. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z THE little man who played the part of errand boy at the cheese shop and who was arrested before the work on the mine was well advanced had ultimately turned state’s evidence. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z They descended into a cellar called "The Warehouse," and Kipps had an optical illusion of errand boys fighting. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z He tried to smile when he answered, "Hardly a caller; kind of an errand boy, between bein' a nurse an' jailer." Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z I want you to act as my errand boy for once in a way.” Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z They have come to be called "blind alley" occupations, and refer to such work as that of errand boys, elevator and telephone operators, small clerks, domestic servants, nursemaids, messengers, delivery boys, and teamsters. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z So the word flew from mouth to mouth, so errand boys yelled it under the windows of London House, in St. James's Square, and wherever aproned legs might be supposed to meet under the mahogany. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z He was brought up as a house boy in the apartments of a Jesuit priest—a house boy being an errand boy; a boy handy for all common work. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z He had to trudge daily into the straggling, one-eyed town, at an early hour, to report at the chemist's store where he obtained employment as an errand boy. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z Conrad had also an errand boy with a dirty face, who spent the day on a packing case at the rear of the shop, where he ate an endless succession of apples. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Other stories and articles followed, and Mr. Cable, after working up to a leading position in the mercantile world, from that of an errand boy, devoted himself to literature as a profession. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z No such establishment would dream of employing such a caricature of an errand boy.... Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z “I should as soon think of having an elephant for an errand boy.” The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z Every errand boy was proud of him, and if he were not so unapproachable and morose he would already have been made to feel it. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z “It’s disgusting to be thought of as a politician who was a company errand boy just because I was supported by a power company and the business community,” Mr. Kano said. In Japan?s Nuclear Nexus, Safety Is Left Out 2011-04-26T18:59:28Z Tony must leave school and begin to be an errand boy. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z A jolly old miser, and no one to leave it to; and I can’t see then why I should be ground down to work like an errand boy.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z "I'm to be a business man, and I'm going to begin at the very bottom, as an errand boy, or an office boy, and work up." Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z In the last game, some players felt like he was the errand boy, so this time he's going to be taking the initiative a little more. Dead Space 2: first look 2010-05-20T06:00:00Z He dropped out to become an errand boy in a grocery store, then a clerk in a garment shop. For Eddie Feibusch, a Life in Zippers 2010-04-19T01:00:00Z “I thought perhaps I might fill the place of errand boy, if you will only let me try, and if you did not like me——” “That is always understood,” said Scott. Zula And all the time she had Monsieur Laparde trotting back and forth like an overgrown errand boy, carrying books and wraps and—" "No, my dear, you are quite wrong there. The Belovéd Traitor In brief, you were errand boy to a bunch of gadgets, with nothing to do but look important. New Hire Above the stable the coachman and errand boy had lived in two large, low rooms, with a windowless loft adjoining, where hay and oats had been stored. At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas A group of neighbours and errand boys gathered outside Mr. Naylor's gate. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall On his way home he called in on his brother-in-law and, to the delight of Smith and the errand boy, solemnly informed Mr. Hearty of the step he had taken. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Street occupations come next; these are largely taken by boys, and the work of the newspaper seller, the district messenger, the boot-black, the errand boy, should all be studied. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. He was alone evidently, for there was no one in sight whom he could be following—an errand boy or two, a postman and I, were, I think, the only passers-by at the time. Five Minutes' Stories Accident introduces him to the notice of a retired merchant in New York, who not only secures him the situation of errand boy but thereafter stands as his friend. Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga His effort to remove it nearly strangled him, but at length the dislodged particle found a target in the right eye of an errand boy sitting opposite. The Competitive Nephew You come out of it with your nose in the air and leave your office coat behind for the errand boy. Jacob's Ladder He had sent his errand boy to us with a message. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 The soldiers—the guardsmen—the liveried lackeys—the errand boys—all were there, and the ladies in fine carriages. The Mountain Girl I had to become an errand boy in a store, and for a number of years I had a hard struggle. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul For some moments Sternsilver was unable to proceed, by reason of the errand boy's tribute to Hillel's table manners. The Competitive Nephew The three errand boys and the two women looked round also and fixed their gaze on Bindle. Adventures of Bindle Back home, Rick was the errand boy for Spindrift Island, an island off the New Jersey coast where the famous Spindrift Foundation was located. The Golden Skull But my young lordship, this sub-lieutenant, says, 'Can't he slip his anchors?' in that tone of voice that they use trying to make you feel as though you were an errand boy. Command "All my errand boys have been sent out." Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace Just that way, as if I was nothing but an old errand boy! The Rosie World With such detailed information as this Uncle Sam, that world renowned errand boy, could hardly do otherwise than deliver this formidable document. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp We ourselves learn it from our childhood: first as errand boys, then as clerks, till we become partners in the business. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. He have me for de errand boy and, I guess, for de plaything. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 "It's a poor shop that don't have errand boys constantly at hand," interrupted the angry woman. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace He didn’t want to go; instead of being eager to act as heaven’s messenger, to be God’s errand boy, he wanted to excuse himself. Men of the Bible The boys said they were errand boys and servants. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign Yet the youth also was a messenger–the errand boy of vice in South Harvey who doubtless thought himself a person of great power and consequence. In the Heart of a Fool As he was only to take the part of an errand boy he didn't see the necessity for it. Mark Mason's Victory One day when the sales had been very large, and all the errand boys who delivered parcels at the houses were out on their rounds, a woman entered and made several purchases. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace It appears that the firm had advertised for an errand boy that very morning, and it was naturally supposed that Robert was an applicant. Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success When the errand boy at the Shaw residence went out to the barn to hitch up the new horse, the creature kicked so that the boy ran from the building thoroughly frightened. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades And the difference between an 296errand boy of greed and the errand boy of vice was not sufficient to revive the Doctor’s spirits. In the Heart of a Fool The term "printer's devil" for the errand boy in a printing office probably combines this idea with that of his being black with ink. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" The following morning, however, after thinking over the matter well, he sent out his errand boys, and had the runaway sought for every-where. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace The note procured me an engagement as errand boy at the stage-door and later I rose to the dignity of scene-shifter. The Strollers The only way she could be outwitted was 183 when the errand boy put on a sunbonnet and long circular cloak of Miss Shaw’s. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades As nobody of a more suspicious character than an errand boy and a nurse girl with a perambulator was in sight, she began to congratulate herself that she had escaped unobserved. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life They would rather consult a half-witted errand boy or a deaf railroad porter. Scally The Story of a Perfect Gentleman And when the postman and errand boys and tradespeople went their rounds, instead of going down Forty-five's front walk and up Granville's, they all straddled insolently over the party wall. The Combined Maze Jeremy had been detailed as a sort of errand boy, and as he stood at the Captain's side he heard him speaking to Herriot. The Black Buccaneer "A good many sell papers, some of them serve as errand boys and others help their parents." One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America He is a sort of society errand boy, and very useful. The Smart Set Correspondence & Conversations In the first row, as usual, there were messenger boys and errand boys, each giving his word of advice as to what means to use to force the donkey through the gate. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) Might not turn out to be a genuine solo at all, just something any errand boy could do. Eight Keys to Eden I smiled back, and when the heavy doors of our night's lodging-house closed behind us, I found the small gamin was inside, too,—self-installed errand boy. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia About twenty persons, mostly errand boys, were standing round a sandwich-board man. The Blue Germ He had been an errand boy in a lawyer's office! Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter I don't mean always to be a newsboy or an errand boy. Luke Walton I'm just an errand boy, under instruction from General Administration. Eight Keys to Eden For this good deed he was rewarded by a gift of five dollars and the offer of a position as errand boy, at five dollars a week. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It Tim was errand boy, printer's devil, and messenger for "The Mercury," and he firmly believed that the newspaper's success was due to his exertions. Grey Town An Australian Story Fitz had been the errand boy in the office of the eminent lawyer, and, of course, had practically experienced the kindness of his nature and the gentleness of his manner. Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter But the only spectators within hail happened to be two errand boys who had not seen a circus for some time and evinced no desire to interrupt the entertainment. The Prodigal Father Porters, hucksters, errand boys went through with basket and handbarrow, passing across aisles and nave before the very screen that shut in choir and altar. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea He had managed to scrape acquaintance during the day with Henry Martin, an errand boy in the next store, and went to consult him. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It He was to be sent as an errand boy to the people of Charles Town, at the brutal behest of this unspeakable knave, but refusal meant death and there were his fellow captives to consider. Blackbeard: Buccaneer The next morning the florist’s errand boy came to Eleanore, and told her that his chief had something very important to say to her, and that she should come at once. The Goose Man Inquiries were made of all the errand boys, but not one had heard of a lost dog. Explorers of the Dawn Numbers of the workers were past-telling old, several were very lame, one errand boy had a fearfully deformed face, one was cross-eyed. Working With the Working Woman They told me that Hamilton & Co. had advertised for an errand boy, and they were going to try for the place. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It Mary Isabel thought it was fortunate that the little errand boy, Tommy Brewster, was there, or she certainly would have been dreadfully embarrassed, now that the flame of her anger had blown out. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 And then one morning as he sat idly in his office an errand boy came, under his arm a long round parcel. The House of Toys I started life as an errand boy in the London slums, and it seemed for a time as if I was going to die an errand boy in the London slums. An Australian Lassie He received his education in the common schools, and at the age of fourteen, entered upon his business career as an errand boy in a book store. American Men of Mind "That means an errand boy, doesn't it?" inquired Brown, shrewdly. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It "Perhaps he is to be here as an errand boy?" he suggested, evidently relieved by the idea. The Telegraph Boy Cad is for Scot. caddie, errand boy, now familiar in connection with golf, and caddie is from Fr. cadet, younger. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) You'd never have known about being an errand boy and an artist only for your books. An Australian Lassie But one went in an office as errand boy, and the other quite disdained Jane Robertine Charlotte, as he called him. A Little Girl in Old New York Farmer Denn took Sam, who was a strong lad, and Jack went to Mr Sweet, the grocer in the village, who wanted an errand boy. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading As he was only filling temporarily the position of errand boy, it made little difference to him whether he was acceptable to Mr. Haynes or not. The Telegraph Boy "Well, if your friends, the Harlings, are not straightened out by Monday morning I will let you begin a week from to-day as errand boy in this office." Carl and the Cotton Gin "Have you had any experience as an errand boy?" From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience Everybody was "in it," from the pillars of society down to the slenderest reed of an errand boy who could scrape together ten dollars for a ten-cent stock. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book I couldn’t just reconcile those statements with Clarence’s face, but I accepted him at par and had him passed along to the head errand boy. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." The spy in the house below gave that dollar to the errand boy. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol I wouldn't care if I were a salesman," continued Roswell; "but I don't like being an errand boy. Fame and Fortune or, The Progress of Richard Hunter "Well, we might give you three dollars a week after the first month, but that is our limit for an errand boy." From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience However, it was never properly done—Miss Ingamells being short of leisure and the errand boy utterly unreliable—and Darius wanted it properly done. Clayhanger Does anybody dream of not scolding the errand boy who posted them, or the servant who did not address them, because he knows that? Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. The errand boy came in and handed the grocer a dollar that he had collected for sugar. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol "Bill," said the barber, addressing his errand boy, "run over and tell the editor if he's done editin' the paper I'd like my scissors." Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers He could have had one job as an errand boy, but the wages offered were but two dollars per week. From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience From being an errand boy in an old-established paper house in the city, he had himself become the proprietor of a large business in the same line. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Such rushing around and talking in excited groups; such goings out and comings in; such wagons colliding at front doors leaving bulky parcels; such errand boys breathless with carrying huge bundles! Jerry's Reward Then Willie opened the door and followed the errand boy into the place. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol He was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1829, and at the age of twelve he had to begin the battle of life by taking the position of errand boy in a book store. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success George W. Childs was an errand boy for a bookseller at $4 a month. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Well, I came here as errand boy at thirteen. Gigolo At this time he was his own buyer, salesman, book-keeper and errand boy. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail He ran down the road at top speed and got to the grocery store before the loitering errand boy even came up into this higher road from the lower thoroughfare. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol He worked in a shipyard for a bit, then I took him as a sort of errand boy and porter. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS He did not fear the leader of the Brotherhood for himself, but for Arithelli—Arithelli, the drudge, the tool, the "errand boy," as she had called herself. The Hippodrome He began his career as an errand boy in a law office. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Countless little retail merchants, with an incalculable force of managers, clerks, book-keepers, errand boys, etc., were fairly throwing away the public power in enormous quantities through the brainless struggle of competitive trade. Born Again Well," said Roy, "he didn't put the dollar the errand boy gave him into the drawer. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol For the crew of the Queen at the moment numbered exactly four, with himself for general errand boy. Voodoo Planet Another in New Bedford, Massachusetts, began as an errand boy, learned the photographic art thoroughly, saved his money, bought out the white proprietor, and now conducts the leading studio in that old and aristocratic city. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro She was ending the day by making him her lackey and errand boy. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis Worked as newsboy, errand boy, printer’s devil, proof reader, reporter, and editorial writer. Contemporary American Literature Bibliographies and Study Outlines But instead of entering the store, Roy turned the corner, retracing his steps in time to enter the store half a minute before the errand boy got there. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol If Aunt Peg needed attention he was soon over to see her, and when he went to the village, he was the errand boy for any and all. The Harvest of Years Who couldn’t use a little servant and errand boy? Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Harry went and obtained a position as errand boy, and as was then the custom, his first duty every morning was to sweep the office. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Positively in the capacity of errand boy, carrying parcels to deliver. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland He is fourteen years old and employed as errand boy in a business house in New York. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 She was accompanied by an errand boy and a fair-haired young man, who was not dressed with the elegance of the residents of the club-house. Atlantis Everything was disposed of,—the stock of merchandise on hand, the tables, the desks, the stationery, the bookkeepers, the clerks, and the errand boys. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts The errand boy is now one of the richest men in the United States and has begun to prove that he knows how to expend his surplus. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Kent was errand boy with the little car. Lydia of the Pines In fact the only Venetians to be seen are waiters, photographers, and guides, the knots of errand boys watching the artists, and, I might add, the pigeons. A Wanderer in Venice An errand boy trudging by whistled a few bars of the wedding march, doubtless heard that day at some open church door. A Man and a Woman He had settled that with Tim, who gave up rather unwillingly, but was consoled by being hired as errand boy,—an office he could not have filled had he been hampered with a wheel chair. The Cromptons With his forefinger—a fat, pudgy forefinger—he tapped upon a pane of glass, and an anxious errand boy bolted through the doorway. The Lighted Way His early life was, no doubt, largely spent in the street; but at thirteen he became errand boy to a book-seller of London. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World So the Job Lady must be content to send the boys out as office and errand boys or to find employment for the girls in binderies and novelty shops. 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 You and Cheese—whom I hope you'll keep in order—and the errand boy: it will all be just as it has been. Verner's Pride Finally the errand boy hustled in and the merchant called him, asking if he was able to produce the desired article. More Toasts "A week ago, I was earning twenty-eight shillings a week, checking invoices and copying letters—an errand boy's work; pure, unadulterated drudgery, working in a wretched atmosphere, without much hope of advancement or anything else." The Lighted Way I can be an understudy for Herbert Linton and an errand boy for the State machine! The Ramrodders A Novel "Here's something—errand boy—six a week, mornings at eight." 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 He added that several of the errand boys had become permanently crippled from over-exertion. Memories and Anecdotes He was to be errand boy, and to help the girls to carry wood and water and do other odd jobs. Folk Tales Every Child Should Know He was his own clerk, reporter, editor, and errand boy. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made From eight to eleven years of age I was employed as an errand boy, carrying water principally for domestic purposes, for 113 slaves and the family. Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848 The Bramhallites recently organised a very successful punitive raid on the local errand boys, who were getting too uppish, and now he has stopped all "exeats" for the members of Bramhall House. Tell England A Study in a Generation Cupid was an errand boy, employed to run with messages from one department to another; but, though in Toyland there were some dolls larger, there were none more beautiful than he. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl Moreover his errand boy had that day given notice. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 7, 1917 He was nevertheless constantly running here and there like an errand boy, his worn, dusty, baggy clothes making him look like a dilapidated bandit fresh from a sewer. Twelve Men There were nurses with coloured streamers six feet long, lusty children, errand boys, lads, and sundry nondescript men, some of whom carefully folded up their newspapers as they hurried to the cynosure. The Lion's Share The fact that it is a spiritual triumph comes to the first errand boy who happens to feel it. Varied Types There is, however, a great demand for boys, who can earn five shillings a week as shop boys, errand boys, and so forth. As We Are and As We May Be The "presenters" are of all ages and appearances, from the party who will pass as an errand boy, messenger, porter, or clerk, to the prosperous business man, horse trader, stock buyer, or farmer. Disputed Handwriting An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensive work upon one of the most important subjects of to-day. With illustrations and expositions for the detection and study of forgery by handwriting of all kinds That was what he had seen the errand boy at Rickman's do, when he caught him eating lunch in a dark passage. The Divine Fire Yes, and what about your clothes and my clothes, and the rates and taxes, and bus-fares, and holidays, and your cigarettes, and doctor, and errand boys' Christmas-boxes, and gas, and coal, and repairs? The Great Adventure He had no wish to deprive the errand boy of the two dollars a week, which he probably richly earned. Making His Way Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward The son of a publican, he was first an errand boy to a local physician and afterwards apprenticed to a sign painter. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 While I was working at college I was interested in a lad who was working as errand boy for a city firm. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion The landlord turned out with his head-waiter, tapster, hostler, and errand boy—that is to say with his old negro Cuff. Tales of a Traveller A knot of onlookers had collected on the pavement--mostly errand boys. Lady Connie He would go back—be errand boy or anything to make a living, but in his hours of freedom he would keep a little kingdom of his own. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Cad.—The letters from Scotland ascribed to a Captain Burtt, employed in surveying the forfeited estates, give an account of the "cawdies," or errand boys, of Edinburgh. Notes and Queries, Number 48, September 28, 1850 At half past six Pliny Pickett, Scattergood's right-hand man and general errand boy, was seen to approach Homer on the street and to whisper to him. Scattergood Baines His business there was that of an errand boy. The Rules of the Game I knew these men very well; one, the older, was a farmhand in a village of Touraine, and the other, an errand boy in a bookbinding works at Saint-Denis. A Volunteer Poilu At our entrance, every man and woman there, from the proprietor to the errand boys, rose to their feet, bowed, and said "Good day." Abroad with the Jimmies Next he crossed a courtyard where, by slipping stealthily around the corner, he came upon a jolly little errand boy, who was enjoying a solitary game of marbles. Mr. Meeson's Will In America, too, servants and messengers are the exception, a boy is not to be had, whereas in England we get an errand boy at half a crown a week. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 During the first year of my apprenticeship, I acted in the capacity of errand boy; and, as such, had to run upon many an unpleasant message—sometimes to ask money, frequently to borrow it. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII If an errand boy is sent from a shop with a parcel he never touches it with his hands, but invariably carries it on top of his turban. Modern India Here the poor lady halted to mop her eyes elaborately, to the surprise and manifest scorn of a passing errand boy. The Red Thumb Mark Whack came his cane across the seat of that errand boy's trousers, and in another minute he had followed the editor and the sandwich-devouring clerk. Mr. Meeson's Will In domestic life a great deal of service is done by children, the girls acting as nursemaids and general servants, and the lads as errand boys. Treatise on Parents and Children He would have been glad to obtain a situation as porter or errand boy, but though he passed on his way many a loitering shuffling urchin, laden with bundles, there was no place for him. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates The ball was opened by two small errand boys, on whose hands, as is usual with the breed, time was lying heavily. The Brother of Daphne Business men, confidential clerks, and errand boys were thronging in and out of the banks, for it wanted but a few minutes of the closing hour. Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 From there Count Zinzendorf took him to a Moravian settlement near Utrecht, Holland, where he was employed as errand boy in a shop. The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740 He seems well educated, but if you can't offer him anything better than the post of errand boy, do so. The Errand Boy The employees at Buck's—from Emil, the errand boy, to old Pop Henderson, who had started as errand boy himself twenty-five years before—possessed the quality of loyalty. Emma McChesney and Co. The errand boy's blithe whistle died down to a mournful dirge. Buttered Side Down: Stories An ordinary errand boy would not have been so clever and reliable. A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time There they found him, without clerks, without even an errand boy, in a large bare apartment overlooking the embankment. The Avenger "Didn't you get as much when you were errand boy?" The Errand Boy So the boy trudged through the three years, at the end of them having been trusted far more than is usually the case with errand boys. Stories Worth Rereading Item: One errand boy troubled with a chronic sniffle, a shrill and piping whistle, and a great deal of shuffling foot-work. Buttered Side Down: Stories By diligence and perseverance, he was soon promoted from the duties of errand boy to a responsible position, and in course of time stood at the head of all the clerks in the establishment. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Had not Stephen been influenced by a desire to do good, and possibly by another feeling too embryonic for detection, he would never have dreamed of making an errand boy of a will-o'-the-wisp. Stephen Archer and Other Tales You sent off that errand boy, and that is how the whole thing came about. The Errand Boy One evening, soon after, Jack lingered in Mr. Hill's office after the other errand boys had been paid and had gone away. Stories Worth Rereading He wrote a prescription which a young errand boy was told to wait for and bring back very, very quickly. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt Many cash and errand boys and clerks, porters, drivers, and others gladly avail themselves of this means of acquiring knowledge. The Secrets of the Great City He was ready to take him, for he had just sent off his errand boy, and there was no one who would fill his place, for everybody knew the sheriff was a great miser. East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon No, but that I should only get a dollar a week more than an errand boy. The Errand Boy He went into many shops where he saw notices that an errand boy was required, but everywhere without success. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War At her request I had engaged her grandson, Victor Durieux, as an errand boy, and the poor old woman had been so grateful that I dared not go now to tell her of his death. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt An errand boy from Market Street advances with leaps through the downpour, a high chant on his lips, "It's raining … it's raining." A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago I shall have to be an errand boy, I suppose, or sweep a crossing. Mrs. Day's Daughters Then there was Boots, the errand boy, who believed that it was the Devil; but, whatever or whoever it was, he was ready to bet a week's wages that its lingo was all in French. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks In his walks about the streets he several times observed cards in the window indicating that an errand boy was wanted. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War On arriving at the scene of my expected triumphs I was assigned to the somewhat humble position of errand boy. The Master of Silence A Romance Her arms make a gesture, a weak little gesture as if she were embracing one of the errand boys in a vestibule, saying good-night. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago A Boston business house was deceived in an errand boy. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form Gambell’s summer errand boy, moved by example, restored the dustbin and pails to their self-respect. The History of Mr. Polly He would, he determined, at any rate try for a few days to procure a place as an errand boy. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War It is at once the august representative of all in general concerns, and everybody's agent, errand boy, and factotum for all private ends. Equality The two errand boys stand with their eyes glued on the interiors of the picture slot machines—"An Artist's Model" and "On the Beach at Atlantic City." A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago When he was fourteen, Willie began to work in the bank as an errand boy. A Hive of Busy Bees There is no doubt that this custom of giving our houses names is the source of much unnecessary labour and irritation to other people—postmen, tradesmen, debt collectors, and errand boys. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough She sent for a little errand boy, of whose intelligence she had heard a great deal. International Short Stories: French Turning the corner of the street, I observed the figure of Miss Gertie 'Uggins leaning against the front railings, apparently engaged in conversation with an errand boy on the other side of the road. A Rogue by Compulsion This is the way she smiled at the errand boys and counter jumpers at Sadie's party. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago One might have imagined him to be an errand boy, a clerk, a chauffeur, a salesman or a house man. Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society I was known no longer as errand boy, but installed as butler and body-servant to my master. Thirty Years a Slave I was also the main errand boy at home and I did all kinds of jobs like paying the electricity bills, buying the rations and so on. Free from School They sought to gain admission as tradesmen, as errand boys, even as scullions male and female. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales You go fast, Hogarth: prelates of the Church your errand boys? The Lord of the Sea "I am the errand boy on particular occasions," said Jennie, her face aglow with the healthful exercise. Marguerite Verne There is a story which doubtless had for its germ a joke regarding the slowness of an errand boy in a friend's household, but which at the same time shows us how rapidly Rembrandt worked. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People So it was even with a man like Faraday, who began life as an errand boy, and later on who actually went abroad as a sort of valet to Sir Humphry Davy. The Emancipation of Massachusetts I then loitered for my errand boy, till I found myself, by some indications that helped my remembrance, near the spot whence I had started. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 My son James who helps me is sick in Philadelphia, and consequently I have only the errand boy to relieve me. Richard Dare's Venture My errand boy is sick to- day, and there is no one else to send. Fifty Famous People I'll give you a good allowance, and hire an errand boy so that you needn't have to carry round bundles. Herbert Carter's Legacy He has been useful as my errand boy," said Edith contemptuously, "and that's all he amounts to as far as I'm concerned. What Can She Do? He is the very image of my errand boy; but if Mr. Clifton knows him, I must be mistaken. Helping Himself Three years after quitting the office of Mr. Timmis, I had the inexpressible pleasure of employing him to purchase stock for his errand boy! Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 Then along came the American Red Cross and it wanted servants—not major generals, not even captains; but just chauffeurs and interpreters and errand boys and things. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me Mrs. Pinkerton is a milliner, and her husband is her clerk and errand boy. Herbert Carter's Legacy If you work on as you have done these two years since you came in here as errand boy, Ben, I'll make you a power in the house. Five Little Peppers Midway In the year Eric was born David Baker was an errand boy in the big department store of Marshall & Company. Kilmeny of the Orchard Six years ago I was a carpenter; then I became an errand boy in Mr. Dowling's office I had to learn the business, you see. The Tempting of Tavernake Finally I got a place as errand boy in a grocery store and kept that till some money was missing and they said I took it. Two Boys and a Fortune, or, the Tyler Will When we had nearly finished there was a knock on the door, and Kate admitted Mr. Woodward's errand boy. True to Himself : or Roger Strong's Struggle for Place Miss Thornton was scribbling a little list of edibles, her errand boy waiting beside her. Saturday's Child My clerk had to be paid seven dollars a week regularly, and a mail and errand boy, three dollars. Words for the Wise He was only a little, barefooted errand boy, the son of a poor blacksmith. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life At the area gate of the house opposite a servant was talking angrily with a tradesman's errand boy, who at length put his thumb to his nose with insulting significance and scampered off. The Odd Women There the assistant and an errand boy were unloading goods just arrived by cart, and behind the counter, reading a newspaper—for it was early in the morning stood Mr. Jollyman himself. Will Warburton It was to the effect that she would have in Freddy an ideal errand boy. Pygmalion You belong to the type known in England as the flapper—that weird, paradoxical thing with the appearance of flagrant innocence and the mind of an errand boy. Who Cares? a story of adolescence They were assisted from time to time by Senate pages, small errand boys who would run out and attack mature women with impunity. Jailed for Freedom I hired as errand boy and general factotum to a small grocer down near the market. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail At this moment, approached a familiar figure, Mr. Jollyman's errand boy, basket on arm; he had parcels to deliver here. Will Warburton "I am acting as my own errand boy, you see," she said, smiling. The Rise of Roscoe Paine They had served their business apprenticeships as grocery clerks, errand boys, telegraph messengers, and newspaper gamins. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry The Editor, painfully aware of these regular persecutions of his errand boy, and perhaps realizing that a radish which could not be used as a bludgeon was not of a sustaining nature, forebore any reproof. Under the Redwoods But certainly," answered Desmond, "I am not an errand boy nor yet a detective. Okewood of the Secret Service Late on the Monday afternoon, Jollyman's errand boy left a note for Mrs. Cross. Will Warburton One of these voices was that of Larry, the errand boy. Keziah Coffin The landlord turned out with his head waiter, tapster, hostler, and errand boy—that is to say, with his old negro Cuff. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American Make opportunities to give the Pilgrim’s Progress to the telegraph boys and errand boys at your door. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) The Mackwayte's house was plainly indicated, about 200 yards down on the right-hand side, by a knot of errand boys and bareheaded women grouped on the side-walk. Okewood of the Secret Service At fifteen he was graduated from the high school and went to work as errand boy in a newspaper office, with the fixed determination to make a journalist of himself. The Shape of Fear The same old thing, all I'm good for—to write out code messages and deliver them like an errand boy! The White Moll He entered an office as errand boy and was recognized as faithful and industrious, but he showed no especial initiative or energy. The Foundations of Personality There would indeed have been little advantage in numbering them; for of the coachmen, chairmen, porters, and errand boys of London, a very small proportion could read. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 They have all been to school; they have started in life, if it can be called starting, as errand boys, paper sellers in the streets, or as street merchants of some description. London's Underworld He was declared too small for any such position, and for four years worked as an errand boy, during which time he steadily turned in his unopened pay envelope for the use of the household. Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes By the same method the novice is changed into the expert; the amateur into the professional; the inefficient into the efficient; and the errand boy into the manager. Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business It seems that J. had drifted from place to place, now working as newsboy, stable hand, errand boy, messenger, theater-usher, until he had reached this city. The Foundations of Personality I went up there to see if they needed an errand boy. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it If a butler or an errand boy with such a character were offered to us we would not take him as a free gift. The Memorabilia I was the general errand boy of the town. The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it |
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