Certainly, he said; just as a general when he takes a city or a camp hands over his new acquisition to the statesman, for he does not know how to use them himself; or as the quail-taker transfers the quails to the keeper of them.
For the general makes over his prey to the statesman, as the huntsman does to the cook, or the taker of quails to the keeper of quails; he has not the use of that which he acquires.
Then Findelkind was a rogue and a vagabond," said the takerof tolls.
Findelkind's head drooped, and he went slowly over the bridge, forgetting that he ought to have thanked the toll-taker for a free passage.
Where the census-taker in Porto Rico had to wait for his figures until the head of the house climbed down.
An' anyway, a census-taker with any other idee up hyeh would be runnin' chances right along.
For a voice-sitting the note-taker must be a rapid writer, and if able to employ shorthand has an advantage.
In oral or voice sittings the function of the note-taker is more laborious and more responsible than in writing sittings; for these latter to a great extent supply their own notes.
So my surprise was the greater when the note-taker read out, 'Summer R.
The money-lender who has eliminated chance as far as possible and has taken a low rate of interest loses little; the risk-taker who draws his income from dividends on stock probably loses much.
A medium of exchange is simply one kind of wealth which is taken, not for itself, but to pass along, in the belief that it will enable the taker to gratify his wants and distribute his purchasing power in a more effective way.
The snuff-taker who carries no snuff-box is aware of this--and woe to the box into which his fingers gain admission to levy the pinch his nose distrains upon.
It wanted nearly an hour to the time of performance; but the tuning of a violin was audible from within, and the money-taker was already there with his pipe in his mouth and his hands in his pockets.
A leave-taker sets an unpleasant example, disturbs the harmony of things, and reminds others of their watches.
A taker of ships, a taker of men, A taker of cities is she!
Drusus, a taker of money at the doors of playhouses.
She could no longer interpret the steady, serene gleam in his eyes as mild confidence and frank directness; as she saw them now they reflected hypocrisy--the cold, designing cunning of the habitual taker of human life.
Randerson is a murderer--a reckless taker of human life!
Three Sisters All One Age= A Highland census takercontributed the following story to Chambers': I had a bad job with the Miss M'Farlanes.
Losing His Senses= A census taker tells the following story: The first difficulty I experienced was with Old Ronaldson.
The care-taker at the boathouse helped him tote the canoe around the dam, while Florence, her face shaded by the blue parasol she carried, stood on the bank by the railway.
The great thief-taker rounded a corner, and albeit Dan made no effort to overtake him, he was scrupulous to make the same turn.
The famous thief-taker might have stood for what was latest in fashionable dress, with every detail of hat and glove and cravat and boot worked out.
O Lord, he will hang upon him like a disease: he is sooner caught than the pestilence, and the takerruns presently mad.
Some men are familiar with all, and those commonly friends to none; for friendship is a sullener thing, is a contractor and taker up of our affections to some few, and suffers them not loosely to be scattered on all men.
The Italians were in the majority where this census-taker went.
He calls for "such soon-speeding gear As will disperse itself through all the veins, That the life-weary taker may fall dead.
He was a mighty chief, and a great taker up of suits, and so great a lawyer that no judgments were thought lawful unless he had a hand in them.
Hrut will ask what makes thee say there is never a man to come in Mord's place; and then thou must answer, that he was so wise a man and so good a taker up of suits, that he never made a false step in upholding his leadership.
For the bets on Right Royal which Cothill had made The taker defaulted, they never were paid; The taker went West, whence he sent Charles's bride Silver bit-cups and beadwork on antelope hide.
The interest-taker is bound to give even the whole of his share to maintain a just standard of wages, etc.
Therefore, because the rent-taker seems to receive the most gratuitous benefit from the employee, the duty of the employer devolves first upon him.
The rent-and interest-taker may be unjust to the employee and to them, but that is not a valid excuse.
