toll-gatherer

Italy, owing to an excessive fall of snow in the Alps, followed by a speedy thaw, the river Adige carried off a bridge near Verona, all except the middle part, on which was the house of the toll-gatherer, who thus, with his whole family, remained imprisoned by the waves, and in momentary danger of destruction.

The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection Various

I went down to the bridge and the toll-gatherer gave me as much as I could eat, twenty five cents in money, and a pocket-full of food to carry with me.

Seven Wives and Seven Prisons; Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac. a True Story L. A. Abbott

Frisians came to pay tribute, they used to cast their coins one by one into the hollow of this shield; but only those coins which struck the ear of the distant toll-gatherer with a distinct clang were chosen by him, as he counted, to be reckoned among the royal tribute.

The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

Whose occupation was that of a toll-gatherer, was born at Nazareth.

Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs John Foxe

Today the toll-gatherer, he who collects the small fee from the stall-owners, is still known as the Abbé.

The Automobilist Abroad

Bartholomew; Matthew, once called Levi, the toll-gatherer, who wrote the First Gospel; Simon the Zealot; Jude Thaddeus; Matthias, who was chosen to fill the place of Judas Iscariot; Barnabas, called to the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

’ Renzo gave him no occasion to repeat the order; he passed the palisade, entered the gate, and went forward without any one observing or taking any notice of him; except that when he had gone perhaps forty paces, he heard another ‘holla’ from a toll-gatherer who was calling after him.

Chapter XXXIV 1909

In his excitement the old toll-gatherer attempted to struggle upon his elbow.

The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900

If an inscription was once engraved “to the honest toll-gatherer,” less honours ought not to be paid “to the tender gaoler.” '

Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

The toll-gatherer, prepared, took his stand as near the middle of the bridge as he dared, with a large three-legged stool in his hand.

Famous Stories Every Child Should Know Various 1880