Road Sweeper Someone who sweeps the streets. Rockgetter A salt miner (rock salt). Rockman Someone who worked in a quarry, often the one who placed the charges on the rockface. Rodman A surveyor's assistant. See Poleman. Roll Turner A carder of wool, cotton etc into rolls prior to spi...
The exuberance of Pickwick, Micawber, Pecksniff, Sairey Gamp, Sam Weller and a host of others is perhaps the most normal thing about them; it is as the rattling of a safety valve, which speaks not of stagnant water but of a full head of steam. For Dickens deals with life, and you ...
so it’s worth wiggling the rules a little for her. More importantly, the particulars of the life of her character, teenage Mary Saunders, would not have been very different 100 years on. Mary Saunders was a real girl, and the rough facts of her death...
translated into ‘old Italian’ by Nico Rosetti – to the ridiculous – a jingle to promote road safety, ‘If the Pelican Can Then So Can You!’ Surely amongst Mister Bright’s finest hours.