street-porter

Adam Smith in the Wealth of Nations (Book i.ch. 2) says that 'the difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street-porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature, as from habit, custom, and education.'

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

There never was a street-porter or a silly woman who was not sure of having as much sense as was necessary.

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860

A caricature of him was made, dressed as a street-porter, carrying a large bale of spices on his back, with the inscription, "Admirez LA FORCE."

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1851

And if, as Addison complains, you sometimes see a street-porter staggering under his load on spindle-shanks, and near at hand a tailor with the frame of a Samson handling a bit of cloth and small Whitechapel needle, -- it cannot be considered that aptitude of

Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838

When you ask your way, even of a street-porter or an apple-woman, it is necessary slightly to half-raise the hat, and address them as Monsieur or

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 Various 1836

"Take care!" cried the lady, at the same time endeavoring to check her horse, which nearly ran over a street-porter at the corner of the Rue

The Queen's Necklace Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

It is not very long since all nations, from the most rude to the most enlightened, and all men, from the street-porter to the most learned philosopher, believed in the four elements.

What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader Fr��d��ric Bastiat 1825

Don't even box his ears in the street, but give a street-porter ten shillings to cudgel him well as he comes out of the theatre; that will be best! "

The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

She and her pup (a young lady called _Smoot_, which means smolt, a young salmon), were given me by the widow of an honest and drunken — as much of the one as of the other — Edinburgh street-porter, a native of Badenoch, as a legacy from him and a fee from her for my attendance on the poor man’s death-bed.

Spare Hours John Brown 1846