The newswriter rambled from coffee room to coffee room, collecting reports, squeezed himself into the Sessions House at the Old Bailey if there was an interesting trial, nay perhaps obtained admission to the gallery of Whitehall, and noticed how the King and Duke looked.
"The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)"
Thomas Babington Macaulay
William S. Robinson was at once the wit and scribe of the club, and the only newswriter that was permitted to come to the table.
"Cambridge Sketches"
Frank Preston Stearns