"Barber's pole" Quotes from Famous Books
... by a highly intelligent young Pole," says a writer in The Express. The Barber's Pole is of course a very ... — Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914 • Various
... was returning homeward through the district that lies at the rear of Middlesex Street, my attention was arrested by a large card tacked on the door of a closed shop. A dingy barber's pole gave a clue to the nature of the industry formerly carried on, and the card—which was written upon in fair and even scholarly Hebrew characters—supplied particulars. I had stopped to read the inscription, faintly amused at the ... — The Uttermost Farthing - A Savant's Vendetta • R. Austin Freeman
... received a few simple lessons in conjuring, in a dimly lighted chamber beneath a shop, from a gifted young man with a long neck and a pimply face, who as I entered took a barber's pole from my pocket, saying at the same time, "Come, come, sir, this will never do." Whether because he knew too much, or because he wore a trick shirt, he was the most depressing person I ever encountered; he felt none of the artist's joy, and it was sad to see one so well calculated to give pleasure ... — The Little White Bird - or Adventures In Kensington Gardens • J. M. Barrie
... room who is mounted onto a foaming steed, his right hand graspin a barber's pole. I didn't learn ... — Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature • Various
... sitting on a gorgeous tin throne. He was precisely like the rest of the creatures, except that he was a little larger, and wore a blue paper coat and a sparkling tin crown, and held in his hand a long white wand, with red lines running screw-wise around it, like a barber's pole. He stared at Davy and the Hole-keeper for a moment, and then called out, ... — Davy and The Goblin - What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' • Charles E. Carryl |