Sentence examples for the beadle from inspiring English sources

On hearing this, the workhouse matron congratulates the Beadle on his literary turn of mind.

In a poorhouse in Poland, Zeinvel the Thief and Mottke the Beadle trade stories about women they have known.

It generally seemed as if it were a perverse kind of privilege to get the Beadle treatment.

Pauline Smith wrote powerful short stories; her novel The Beadle (1926) deals largely with the experiences of Afrikaners in the Eastern Cape region.

Also worth the wait is the rendering by David Ross (as Mr. Bumble, the beadle) of a certain famous line comparing the law to a four-legged beast.

The New Yorker, December 24 , 1979P. 38 In a poorhouse in Poland, Zeinvel the Thief and Mottke the Beadle trade stories about women they have known.

She interviewed some of Kallstadt's most important villagers: Benny the postman, Bam Bam the junior beadle, the pageant-winning "wine princesses" Melanie and Sarah, Claus the aerobics instructor, Uli, who is second in command of the gymnastics club, and Gerda, a well-informed retiree, among others.

Rumours that he was to front the Beadle-esque Hidden Camera Show ended when the job was given to Noel Edmonds.

Neighbors identified with the Beadles' frustrations, one describing the house as a "bland precast monstrosity" ill suited to its site on a prestigious golf course.

The Beadles finally bulldozed the house without the proper permits, an action that led two weeks ago to the announcement of a public inquiry by Britain's secretary of state.

Well beloved father, to ease my debts contracted to the tavern, at the baker's, with the professors and the beadles, and to pay my subscriptions to the laundress and the barber, I ask of you greetings and money.