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doorkeeper
1. Upon their arrival at the banquet hall the doorkeeper pushed open the two heavy, wooden doors to let them in
2. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of
3. 34 It is like a man travelling to another country having left his house and given authority to his servants and to each one his work and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch
4. He rushed back to enter the hall but was debarred by the doorkeeper
5. 4 From a distance Judas saw them raise the cross piece with Jesus nailed thereon, and upon sight of this he rushed back to the temple and, forcing his way past the doorkeeper, found himself standing in the presence of the Sanhedrin, which was still in session
6. They weren’t paying attention to us, and there wasn’t a doorkeeper
7. (The abbess and the doorkeeper
8. 'What, as a doorkeeper, eh, thou cistern filled with wisdom?' cried Papa, lifting his glass and drinking gayly to Tante Else, who glanced uneasily at her husband, he not yet having been, to her recollection, called a cistern
9. 'You cannot,' she said, addressing Papa, 'is a doorkeeper unless there is a door to keep
10. commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert
11. She would be holed up in her room pouring over her anatomy and histology textbooks or else dissecting a giant cockroach, a rat or a weasel supplied by the enterprising doorkeeper of their building for a very reasonable fee
12. The doorkeeper warned him not to use the elevator but Robbie told him not to worry and they took it to the third floor
13. So saying the doorkeeper led the way into the Caliph's garden, the beauties of
14. house, he informed the doorkeeper who was left in charge that he had been sent
15. The doorkeeper knew the Indian by sight, and was of course aware that nearly
16. The sight of the prince showed the doorkeeper of what folly he had been guilty,
17. pretend that it's the acting-manager's doorkeeper
18. But to-day everything in the house was repulsive to him—everything: beginning with the doorkeeper, the broad staircase, the flowers, the footman, the table decorations, up to Missy herself, who to-day seemed unattractive and affected
19. This was the doorkeeper of a bank; he had come to see his brother, who was arrested for forgery
20. Beyond her was the doorkeeper, who had spoken to Nekhludoff outside; he was shouting with all his might to a greyhaired convict on the other side
21. A kindly old man, the hospital doorkeeper, let him in at once and, after asking Nekhludoff whom he wanted, directed him to the children’s ward
22. The doorkeeper, dressed in a wonderfully clean livery, opened the door into the hall, where in still cleaner livery with gold cords stood the footman with his splendid whiskers well combed out, and the orderly on duty in a brand-new uniform
23. The doorkeeper told Nekhludoff in a severe tone that the Baron could not be seen except on his reception days; that he was with His Majesty the Emperor to-day, and the next day he would again have to deliver a report
24. Nekhludoff left his uncle’s letter with the doorkeeper and went on to see the Senator Wolf
25. The doorkeeper recognised Nekhludoff, and told him at once that Maslova was no longer there
26. “Oh, your excellency, what are such people?” said the doorkeeper, contemptuously
27. And also the man behind, and a doorkeeper with gold cord on his cap, seemed familiar
28. and the doorkeeper were carrying the Princess Korchagin
29. “Neveroff was a man ‘such as the earth bears few of,’ as our doorkeeper used to express it
30. He sighed and put both his hands on the table to raise himself and declare the meeting closed, when the doorkeeper, who stood at the entrance to the theatre, suddenly moved forward and said: "There are seven people outside, sir
31. Resolved, That James Mathers, Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper to the Senate, be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ one assistant and two horses, for the purpose of performing such services as are usually required by the Doorkeeper to the Senate; and that the sum of twenty-eight dollars be allowed him weekly for that purpose, to commence with, and remain during the session, and for twenty days after
32. On balloting for a Doorkeeper, the whole number of votes was 116, of which Thomas Claxton had 115
33. Orders were given right and left, and the tortures of the Inquisition promised the doorkeeper if such a thing happened
34. Resolved, That James Mathers, sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper to the Senate, be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ one assistant and two horses, for the purpose of performing such services as are usually required by the doorkeeper to the Senate; and that the sum of twenty-eight dollars be allowed him weekly for that purpose, to commence with, and remain during the session, and for twenty days after
35. Resolved, That Mountjoy Bayly, Doorkeeper and Sergeant-at-Arms to the Senate, be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ one assistant and two horses, for the purpose of performing such services as are usually required by the Doorkeeper to the Senate, and that the sum of twenty-eight dollars be allowed him weekly for that purpose, to commence with, and remain during the session and for twenty days after
36. Coles, his Secretary; which he delivered in at the Speaker's table: Whereupon, the House was cleared of all persons except the Members, Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Doorkeeper, and the doors were closed
37. Grundy, the House was cleared of all persons except the members, Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Doorkeeper, and the doors were closed
38. Dunn, Thomas, elected doorkeeper of the House, 126;