penny-postman

The penny-postman had brought me a letter from my Aunt Allen, from

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various

Washington Irving's blotting-book, because it was the door-mat on which the thoughts of his last book had wiped their sandals before they went in; and his remark that to ask a literary man to write a letter after his day's work was like asking a penny-postman to take a walk in the evening for the pleasure of it.

Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century George Paston

One or two of his sayings may be worth quoting, such as his request for Washington Irving's blotting-book, because it was the door-mat on which the thoughts of his last book had wiped their sandals before they went in; and his remark that to ask a literary man to write a letter after his day's work was like asking a penny-postman to take a walk in the evening for the pleasure of it.

Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century Paston, George, d. 1936 1902

This epistle, for three or four days past, had been in the pocket of the penny-postman, who, happening to have no other business in Pyncheon Street, had not yet made it convenient to call at the House of the Seven Gables.

The House of the Seven Gables 1851

This epistle, for three or four days past, had been in the pocket of the penny-postman, who, happening to have no other business in Pyncheon-street, had not yet made it convenient to call at the House of the Seven Gables.

The House of the Seven Gables 1851

This epistle, for three or four days past, had been in the pocket of the penny-postman, who, happening to have no other business in Pyncheon Street, had not yet made it convenient to call at the House of the Seven Gables.

House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

"I am loaded like a penny-postman," exclaimed Templar; "but the heaviest of all my load is this long letter from Josepha."

The Enchantress; or, Where Shall I Find Her? A Tale 1801

There is a Senate, it is true, where some of this popular fervour gets a little cooling occasionally: but, although there are doubtless many acute minds in power, and many great men in public situations, yet the majority of the people of intellect and of wealth in the United States keep aloof whilst this order of things remains: for, from the penny-postman and the city scavenger to the very President himself, the qualification for office is popular subserviency.

Canada and the Canadians Volume I Richard Henry Bonnycastle 1819