| 单词 | from pillar to post |
| 例句 | As these people brokenly shuttle from pillar to post, their lives inevitably decline. Review: In ‘Evicted,’ Home Is an Elusive Goal for America’s Poor 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z The radical new film-makers of the early 60s had been hassled from pillar to post by New York’s bluenose cops for serially frightening the horses. Jonas Mekas: how a Lithuanian refugee redefined American cinema 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Don’t spend it dragging kids from pillar to post. Carolyn Hax: Advice from readers on romantic gifts, holiday-scheduling stress 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z For too long, she argued, they had been "pushed from pillar to post between local authorities, mental health services, the police and youth offending teams". Labour: Yvette Cooper plans 'tough love' youth hubs to combat crime 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z "All I was met with was closed doors and passed from pillar to post," says Ms Whiting. Church abuse victims risk new trauma over payout scheme - report 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z "It was long and I was passed from pillar to post," he said. NI waiting lists: Man feared cancer would spread after waiting months to be treated 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z They were sent from pillar to post, travelling between three hospitals, until they finally found Lisa in the early hours of the next morning. Echoes of Hillsborough for Manchester Arena families 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z These encampments pop up all over the city, and no wonder, since the residents are chased from pillar to post without any other options. Opinion | Offer shelter to McPherson Square’s unhoused people 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Investigating her mysterious grandparents as well, Keane finds complexity in their lives as a military couple, moved at sporadic intervals from pillar to post. Review: A runaway's daughter dismantles the fairy tale of the rescuer and his muse 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Atif, 51, says he has made several phone calls to the Home Office but "they just keep passing me from pillar to post". Ukraine crisis: The Brits trying to get family out of the country 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z She said she was "passed from pillar to post" throughout and the impact stays with her today. Victims of crimes 're-traumatised' by system 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Investigators found there was "a lack of responsibility and accountability" in the council's education department which led to Jacob's case being "passed from pillar to post". Why was 'failed' teenager Jacob not in school for two years? 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z "They'd be running from pillar to post trying to do this," added Mark Lindsay. Face coverings now compulsory for NI shoppers 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z "It proved hard for Mrs Prince to get a clear treatment plan and both she and some of the clinicians involved felt that she was being passed from pillar to post," Mr Clow said. 'Gross failings' led to pressure sores death 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Old Trafford was treated to a familiar sight in the opening 10 minutes, as a spindly, cocksure attacking midfielder was kicked from pillar to post by brutish opponents before responding with a wondrous goal. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z National Childbirth Trust senior policy adviser Elizabeth Duff said it was "appalling" that pregnant women "are pushed from pillar to post in the throes of labour". Four in 10 maternity wards in England closed in 2016 - BBC News 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z “What you find now is a collection of ragtags that are running from pillar to post,” Maj. Hunting Boko Haram, Nigeria’s Army Is Accused of Massacring Civilians 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z It is obscene that while the top bosses are lining their own pockets they are kicking the workforce from pillar to post. Hundreds of North Sea Shell workers go on strike - BBC News 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z “You’d run from pillar to post doing this and doing that.” Tupelo councilman may own Elvis Presley’s one-time residence 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Having little understanding of the language, and still less of council procedures, for years we were sent from pillar to post. A tale of two Alis - BBC News 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z They made every election they contested about the other guy and then beat them from pillar to post. Clinton Keeps Sinking 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The euro would look like a hastily cobbled together monetary pact driven from pillar to post by economic expediency, with no reliable underlying governance structure. Euro's existential threat 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z "Too many families experience being passed from pillar to post between the NHS and their council endlessly repeating stories along the way." Care plan 'to ease hospital pressure' 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z They are quite entertaining to watch, though, because they just try to kick teams from pillar to post. Lawro's World Cup predictions - final group games 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Alzheimer's Society chief executive Jeremy Hughes said too often hospitals were stressful places with patients being moved "from pillar to post". Bring care to patients, NHS told 2013-09-12T01:14:03Z When this happens, over time, your employees lose the ability to work at their own pace, and are increasingly yanked from pillar to post by the powerful large client that "we can't afford to lose". 6 Signs You Need to Find More Customers 2013-06-13T11:00:00Z At Kirchner's insistence, the fight will also be shown live on terrestrial television, allowing millions more Argentines to see their conquering hero slap the Englishman from pillar to post. Facing the boxer who is 'better than Messi' 2013-04-25T14:43:03Z That's the Strategy Yanker, pulling their organization from pillar to post in a self-imposed search for the perfect plan for success. 3 Types of Leaders Who Never Succeed 2013-03-28T17:05:51Z "We're just pulled from pillar to post in this country," she tells U.S. Slow Down and Start Cooking 2013-03-18T16:10:00Z "As a result, organisations need to ensure that all customer contacts are handled consistently well, and that customers are not passed from pillar to post." Complainers 'finding their voice' 2013-01-09T12:34:27Z As I watched Louisa running from pillar to post, I overheard the following: Father: "Lucy, put your coat back on!" City Room: Metropolitan Diary: The Ultimate Threat 2012-12-20T15:10:29Z Prince of Persia's wall-runs see you hop and skip from pillar to post as you seek to solve the Tomb Raider-esque puzzles scrawled into the stone of each of its temples. Darksiders 2 – review 2012-08-15T14:09:11Z He is a poor strolling player who has been dragged from pillar to post. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Your husband, and Patterson, and my uncle, they sit comfortably at home; but they send me from pillar to post without the least scruple. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z She had great difficulty in getting in, was sent from pillar to post and finally the carriage was allowed to enter through the stable-yard. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z I come to England and I find no home; I am driven about from pillar to post, insulted everywhere; I have to walk through the streets, like any poor, helpless girl. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z It's driven me from pillar to post, from a job to the gutter, time and again. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Badgered about like this from pillar to post. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z Poor Almer and Biener were accordingly chivied from pillar to post, from one inn to another, and at length complained to me. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z And, being ashamed to remain among my friends as a drunkard, I went then from pillar to post all over the country. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z All through this series England and France are shown buffeted about from pillar to post by the Conquering Bear. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z After my first slip I was never given a chance, but was badgered from pillar to post, until I was driven out of England, the victim of what we may call uncivilized Christianity. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z “Is ‘t not enough that I should be hounded from pillar to post for two years, that I should leave now with a brigade less than a mile away? Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z Traleigh, those are the girls who have been toting me around from pillar to post for the last year or more. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z I am a child of destiny, I always think—at least, the old blind hag seems to have been at some pains to fling me about from pillar to post. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z For centuries he was driven from pillar to post and forced to drink the cup of calamity to the very dregs. The Allied Countries and the Jews 2011-03-29T02:00:08.617Z After he left the army he was buffeted about from pillar to post, and lived no one knows where or how. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The energetic visitors were bossing a frantic match in which the ball was being battered from pillar to post. Motherwell 2-0 Celtic 2011-02-27T15:11:38Z "First, I chivied our amiable parson from pillar to post, in this very room, till I'd forced the admission of an important fact from him, and the practical admission of another." Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z I had never had a home, my parents having died when I was very small, and I had been pushed around from pillar to post. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z "Johan has shown both great ability and great mental strength, because last year, when he only scored three goals, he was panned from pillar to post," said Coyle. Bolton's Kevin Davies tipped for England after draw with West Brom 2010-10-04T06:01:00Z Into the bargain, the Real Madrid forward was kicked from pillar to post, according to the Portugal manager, Carlos Queiroz, yet he was one of only three players to be booked. World Cup 2010: Cristiano Ronaldo confident of Portugal's chances 2010-06-20T21:51:00Z Meanwhile, the forces that keep kicking the global economy from pillar to post clearly have other ideas. Beyond the politics of temporary remedies 2010-06-04T15:07:00Z When the city was totally cut off by Serbs, during American airstrikes, we worked for innumerable networks running from pillar to post - donning different hats for each job, saving a tidy sum. Crazy world 2010-05-24T08:24:00Z Pale, melancholy, fiery-eyed, rushing in a frenzy of restlessness about foreign countries, tormented by the shade of the slain; hunted from pillar to post by nostalgia and vain longing for rest and peace. The Undying Past It was too ridiculous of this creature, who was accustomed to being hounded about from pillar to post, to pretend to be thin-skinned and fastidious. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The result is, that I am compelled to dodge from pillar to post, suffering the gravest inconveniences, to which my modesty exposes me. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second I have been roaming from pillar to post. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel Martin had already formed his picture of Freda, overworked and underpaid, homeless and driven from pillar to post. Years of Plenty For nearly ten years they had been driven from pillar to post. Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 Bradbury hunted him from pillar to post, and could find him nowhere. International Short Stories English Since that time I've been knocking around from pillar to post, looking for something I could do, so as to earn at least enough to eat. To Alaska for Gold The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon It was a dozen green-clad girls scattering wildly this way and that, olive-green aspen leaves tossing in a whirlwind, shuffling from pillar to post–from rock to darkling rock. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl After the series of tragedies which ended with the murder of Carnot, the French police hunted the anarchists from pillar to post. Violence and the Labor Movement And everywhere the name bandied from pillar to post was that of Mr. Caspar Brooke, who had been arrested on suspicion of having caused the death of Oliver Trent. Brooke's Daughter A Novel Your father would just let you be driven from pillar to post—he's got no spunk. The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won As a military officer he is shunted from pillar to post, and the generals and high officials of the court treat him like a recruit in disgrace. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess He began by traveling from pillar to post and ended by seeing France and Italy at Mrs. O'Flannagan's expense. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight They chased him from pillar to post, and presently caught him close to the castle. Robin Hood Our interests are still uncared for, and we do not wish to be thus sent from pillar to post to get our rights. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III I certainly criticize them in my soul at times, and feel tired of being dragged around from pillar to post. Turn About Eleanor Fate boots her from pillar to post and she blesses Fate and is much obliged. The Dark Star And fashion, having been chased in this manner from pillar to post, so to speak, Society turned its attention to other than architectural fields. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Us moved 'round from pillar to post, always needy but always happy. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 With considerable difficulty, constantly turned back by police authorities, forbidden entrance by the Bavarian frontier, sent about from pillar to post, the white-haired, frail old soldier at last reached the Tsar's headquarters at Braunau. Kościuszko A Biography I had been driven from pillar to post without making a single step forward. The Birthright If so, then they have an eccentric way of showing it, and the cuckoo, driven by the chattering little termagants from pillar to post, may well pray to be saved from its friends. Birds in the Calendar A woman’s laughter had given him the viewpoint of a careless world; and he had fled, and he had gone on fleeing all these years from pillar to post. The Pagan Madonna Here we had been rushed around the country from pillar to post, hunting for trouble, and then to miss both these fights was just a little mortifying. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 The civil war had "hunted him from pillar to post," and it was not till he was a dozen years old that he was permanently settled down in Paris. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Others were playing at leapfrog, or chasing each other from pillar to post. The Hero of Garside School He had been knocking around "from pillar to post" so long that he was utterly discouraged and scarcely cared what happened. The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht My sisters shall not be driven from pillar to post the very day their mother is put under ground.’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster You'll really be much happier at a club or on the streets, anywhere rather than here, for if you insist on staying, you'll be chased from pillar to post. The Silver Butterfly For five miles the cavalry was, so to speak, driven from pillar to post by the dervish infantry. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan They will be kicked from pillar to post—from this town to that! Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 If Mrs. Fishley had treated Flora kindly, she would have been an angel in my sight, however much she snapped and snarled, and "drove me from pillar to post." Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants I expect they have been pulled and hauled about and dragged around from pillar to post since I was here last.” Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country Bella waited on the supper table, was snapped at by Miss Timmins, and driven from pillar to post by that crotchety individual. Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point Book-shelves are rare in kitchens, and the little book must have been continually moved from pillar to post. The Book-Hunter at Home You are a poor fool beaten from pillar to post; at all men's mercy, and naught to get by it; while I played for a great stake. In Kings' Byways The score was sent from publisher to publisher: “from pillar to post,” said Hadria, “if one might venture on a phrase liable to misconstruction on the lips of disappointed ambition.” The Daughters of Danaus His various knockings from pillar to post had left him without horse and without horsemanship. On the Stairs What interest had they, I ask you, in Jansoulet's childhood at Bourg-Saint-Andéol, in what he had suffered, and how he had been driven from pillar to post? The Nabob, Volume 1 "People dying of Mekstrom's because you're keeping this cure a secret and I'm batted from pillar to post because—" I gave up on that because I really did not know why. Highways in Hiding In the years past, I have been shunted around from pillar to post, living on the few small fees received from receiverships and bankruptcy petitions. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story During the ensuing few months he moved from pillar to post, trying various ventures and succeeding with none. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers "You must be tired of this beggarly life, going about from pillar to post, living in wretched Continental hotels, with no pocket money." The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Ever since she had been shunted from pillar to post, sleeping on cots, on couches, in folding beds and in hammocks, and keeping her meager possessions in paste-board boxes tucked away beneath tables and bureaus. Flood Tide So Steve Cornell, the carrier, must be pushed around from pillar to post, meeting people and inoculating them without ever knowing what he is doing. Highways in Hiding I saw you in town this morning, skiting about, from pillar to post, and says I to myself, 'There's uneasiness under that fine bonnet!' A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett The boys were driven from pillar to post, but, being devotedly attached to each other they held together, until in Kansas they thought best to separate. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro Kengyelesy hunted for him from pillar to post, but could not discover what had become of him. The Poor Plutocrats She had been in her youthful days harried from pillar to post and knew what it meant. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' "So after I have my mind ironed out smoothly, I'll still go on and on from pillar to post providing newly inoculated Mekstroms for your follow-up squad." Highways in Hiding I've had a hard time enough, knocked about from pillar to post, and I know what she means when she talks about a checker-board. The Portion of Labor The old gentleman felt sure that he was being driven from pillar to post by the bankers because they had agreed among themselves to purchase the bonds only upon their own terms. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Was he trailing this poor unfortunate from pillar to post, for the reward it would bring him? The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow In my search I lost two hours through the conscientiousness of the 5th Lancers, who arrested me and sent me from pillar to post, just as if I was seeking information at the War Office. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege I'm pushed from pillar to post by everybody. Highways in Hiding Our gunners were shelling Germans from pillar to post, as it were, and strewing the ground with their dead. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Tossed from pillar to post, dominated once by the strong, evil mind of Balcom, Zita had run the gamut of human emotions before she had barely passed her girlhood. The Master Mystery Well, I went to see her occasionally afterward, but not often, for the strolling troupe were here, there, and everywhere—from pillar to post. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week We Anglo-Indians, jogged from pillar to post, know precious little about homes like yours. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India The thought of you, wandering from pillar to post, believing yourself hunted—it tore my old heart to pieces! The Ragged Edge She chose her agents with rare judgment, and shifted them from pillar to post, so that they might not forget their dependence on her will. The Awakening of China I mean a man, not a boy—not a dance or dinner partner, or one of the men one meets about—everywhere from pillar to post. The Younger Set Driven from pillar to post by the relentless hatred of the Established Church, they sought refuge in America, where Janson planned a theocratic socialistic community. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making For two months the Boothby Company had been buffeted from pillar to post, struggling hard to keep its head above water, always expecting the crash. The Daughter of Anderson Crow Sarah lived about—kinder from pillar to post as you might say—till she went to Boston and met Mr. Bostwick. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod But this was against the regulations, and so he was hustled from pillar to post, until at last he found himself in a very low part of town. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 12, 1892 It would mean being hounded from pillar to post, even if he did get away. Ma Pettengill He has been knocked about from pillar to post for ninety long years. Buffalo Roost Theirs had been a cheerless boyhood; shifted about from pillar to post, with poverty their one sure companion, they had tasted of the wormwood in advance of their years. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings And these urchins are running about all day from pillar to post, buying and selling. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Looking back he saw himself driven from pillar to post, from parish to parish, by the folly or incompetence of his womankind. The Three Sisters Our gunners were shelling the Germans from pillar to post, as it were, and strewing the ground with their dead. The Soul of the War They drove the town—not from pillar to post, but from Daily Press to Daily Post. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" I was weary of flying from pillar to post. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself It is an old adage that 'a rolling stone never gathers any moss'; so a person that is driving about from pillar to post very seldom lays up anything against a rainy day. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. A young penniless girl, if she be pretty, is often hunted from pillar to post by her employers, confronted always by the alternative—Starve or Sin. In Darkest England and the Way Out For more than two hours she took me from pillar to post, up one street and down another. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself At any rate, during the period of Lop-Ear's marriage I knocked about from pillar to post, in danger every night that I slept, and never comfortable. Before Adam "As for my recent whereabouts, I have been—ah—travelling considerably; moving about from pillar to post." The Bronze Bell She had never been hounded from pillar to post by shrewish matrons who had no words too bitter for their unprofitable charge. Birds of Prey He was pushing the Federal cavalry "from pillar to post." Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee And since that time I've been led from pillar to post until here I am, like this. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself I've struck my last blow for you; I can follow you no longer from pillar to post. What Maisie Knew I feel like a hunted animal," he wrote; "I have been driven about from pillar to post, from one end of the civilised world to another. A Girl Among the Anarchists If he has not previously satisfied their leech-like rapacity, he is tormented, tortured, bullied, and kicked 'from pillar to post,' till his life becomes a burden to him. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter Adv. by a side wind, by an indirect course; in a roundabout way; from pillar to post. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Ah, poor Money, I pity thee; Continual unrest must be thy destiny: Each day, each hour, yea, every minute tost, Like to a tennis-ball, from pillar to post. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 Going from doctor to doctor as from pillar to post, from this medical creed to that hygienic cult, lucky to escape the worst, often landing upon the bosom of New Thought for succor. The Glands Regulating Personality I have been forwarded from pillar to post like a prize fowl, and reached Petersburg last night. The Sowers However, I was sorry when the run was over after all, and I had to commence knocking about from pillar to post on shore. Canada for Gentlemen So often was it subjected to warm, curative treatment in various resting-places that it was hunted from pillar to post. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 I've been from pillar to post and nothing has come of it. Celibates From school to school, from system to system, from novelty to fad, from doctor to doctor, from fakir to charlatan, from pillar to post, they wander in search of an education. The Glands Regulating Personality Jimmie's sense of loyalty was not to his country, but to his class, which had been exploited, hounded, driven from pillar to post. Jimmie Higgins I was knocking about from pillar to post there, and I had to write when and where I could; but I will not miss-fire again if I can help it. Canada for Gentlemen Do you remember the man who sat upon the seats of the knights and scoured the Via Sacra with his toga, though he had been scourged from pillar to post for his villainies? The Way We Live Now We were driven from pillar to post, repelling attacks, doing sentry duty, clearing the streets, marching and countermarching. Sant' Ilario You don't want to keep chasing that girl from pillar to post, making her more miserable than she is now. Cape Cod Stories For eight years I had been shoved in life from pillar to post, until now threats had no terrors for me. True to Himself : or Roger Strong's Struggle for Place "Being hunted from pillar to post like this is so absolutely nerve-racking." Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo We were left very much alone in our nursery, as my mother travelled from pillar to post, hunting for health for her child Pauline. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One The poor young man, not comprehending the intricate moves of M. Verduret, felt as if he were being tossed about from pillar to post, and made the tool and laughing-stock of everybody. File No. 113 I have travelled from pillar to post as meekly as a lamb, because it fitted in with Stuart Harley's convenience that I should do so. A Rebellious Heroine The By-laws seem to hunt him from pillar to post all the time, and turn all his thoughts and acts and words into sins against the meek and lowly new deity of his worship. Christian Science But they hunted him from pillar to post, and caught him, at last, in the bar-parlor of "The Packsaddle." Put Yourself in His Place He must fly with her to some foreign country, pursued from pillar to post by an enraged husband, and by the offended law. A Simpleton And at last we were driven from pillar to post by a dreadful process called house cleaning in which, undoubtedly, life is not worth living. We Two, a novel Lo! pushing the darkness from pillar to post, The morning came silent and gray like a ghost Slow up the canal. Mae Madden The necessities of his business combined with the adversities of fortune had kept him knocking about from pillar to post. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum It would be better than trekking from pillar to post, till all the cattle had died out, and eventually returning penniless. Native Life in South Africa Why, the man was so badgered and worried and tortured by being knocked about from post to pillar, and from pillar to post," said Mr. George, "that he got out of sorts. Bleak House All he can say to these unfortunate Natives is, that it would be better to engage as labourers or sell up than to trek from pillar to post, till all their cattle had died. Native Life in South Africa Sir William shows how loyal black taxpayers in Griqualand West had been systematically robbed of Queen Victoria's gifts and driven from pillar to post. Native Life in South Africa Driven from pillar to post, and annoyed beyond description by all sorts of legal claims and writs, I was perusing protests and summonses by day, and dreaming of clocks run down by night. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum |
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