What can be better touched than the figures of the beadsman and the old nurse Angela? |
Henry followed the beadsman, who hurried on towards Falconcleugh. |
Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. |
A beadsman, it is scarcely requisite to remark, is an individual who is bound to pray for the person by whom he is supported. |
A beadsman was an inmate of an almshouse who was bound to pray for the founders of the house. |