Sexton in example sentence
It by no means follows that because a man is a sexton, and constantly surrounded by the emblems of mortality, therefore he should be a morose and melancholy man; your undertakers are the merriest fellows in the world; and I once had the honour of being on intimate terms with a mute, who in private life, and off duty, was as comical and jocose a little fellow as ever chirped out a devil-may-care song, without a hitch in his memory, or drained off a good stiff glass without stopping for breath.
More example sentences with word sexton
'The goblin leered maliciously at the terrified sexton, and then raising his voice, exclaimed--'"And who, then, is our fair and lawful prize?"'To this inquiry the invisible chorus replied, in a strain that sounded like the voices of many choristers singing to the mighty swell of the old church organ--a strain that seemed borne to the sexton's ears upon a wild wind, and to die away as it passed onward; but the burden of the reply was still the same,"Gabriel Grub!Gabriel Grub!"'The goblin grinned a broader grin than before, as he said,"Well, Gabriel, what do you say to this?"'The sexton gasped for breath. All example sentences