"Stager" Quotes from Famous Books
... the risk of accidents on a coach and in a railway train has been well put by the old stager who asked the question—"If you meet with an accident by a coach and get thrown into a ditch, why there you are! but if you meet with an accident when riding by ... — Fragments of Two Centuries - Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King • Alfred Kingston
... known names in connection with telegraphy in the West—and not in the West alone, but probably throughout the United States—is that of General Anson Stager. From the organization of the Western Union Telegraph Company, General Stager has had the executive management of its lines as general superintendent, and the position has not only brought him into close relations with all connected in any way with the telegraph, but has given ... — Cleveland Past and Present - Its Representative Men, etc. • Maurice Joblin
... she make out of an old stager like me!" Miss Dempsey's face broke into amusement at the notion. "And I don't know that I could keep my temper with a militant. Well now you're going to hear her ... — Delia Blanchflower • Mrs. Humphry Ward |