with timbrelled anthems

1882, Carlton McCarthy, Detailed Minutiæ of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861–1865

He seems on the verge of winning the New York Senate election when the New York Post runs a photo of David’s exposed butt in a mooning escapade from his college days.

[…] the criminals […] carry on with all their endeavours for many months or even years, building up a reputation of invulnerability in the process and thus presenting a bad example to those susceptible to the seemingly profitable lurings of crime.