To investigate all reported cases of cruel treatment on the part of employers and their managers to their women and children employees, in withholding money due, in imposing fines, or in docking wages without sufficient reason.
To defend himself Thus irresistibly,--withholding aught That seemed to implicate us!
It is to be feared that the Government will adopt a middle course, that of giving them a right to fish upon the Crown reefs and withholding that right from others.
As in the case of the action on February 17 the distinguishing feature of this exploit was the great restraint shown by Captain Campbell in withholding his fire although his ship was so seriously damaged.
The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment.
The Duke of Suabia, who soon afterwards assassinated his uncle, for withholding his patrimony from him.
Hers too was that meekness which willingly accepted all that the appointment of God brought her, showing in her acceptance no withholding of the will, no trace of self-assertion.
We have seen the liberality with which she places her whole life at God's disposal, withholdingnothing from the divine service.
Withholding only my husband's name, I gave him my history, and sought legal advice.
All this past summer, you have beenwithholding something from me.
I was to blame, I know, but there were many extenuating circumstances, much to excuse me for withholding what you would not hear.
And so the years wore on till I met and married you, withholding from you that yours was not the first love which had stirred my heart, nor yours the first head which had slept upon my arm.
If any good reason exists why we should persevere longer in withholding our recognition of the independence and sovereignty of Hayti and Liberia, I am unable to discern it.
In withholding from it his approval and signature he is executing the will of the people, constitutionally expressed, as much as the Congress that passed it.
Any uncertainty now as to whether the act will be extended gives rise to price speculation, to withholding of goods from the market in anticipation of rising prices, and to delays in achieving maximum production.
Their natural desire for a better life must not be frustrated by withholding from them necessary technical and investment assistance.
The question of according or of withholding rights of belligerency must be judged in every case in view of the particular attending facts.
The abuses that have grown up in the manipulation of prices by the withholding of foodstuffs and other necessaries of life cannot otherwise be effectively prevented.
A just economy, expending where the public service requires and withholding where it does not, is among the indispensable duties of the Government.
And I say that we should now reduce to 14 percent instead of 15 percent our withholding rate.
In the September session several important State papers were prepared, and the withholding of the war money complained of as a great injustice.
As the Colony had exerted itself beyond its strength to bear its part in the war, this withholding of its just compensation was felt to be a great wrong.
Scott should have broken up the negotiations or else assumed the full responsibility for them, withholding from the Mexican government the fact of Trist's recall.
These were authorized to act in complete independence of the local prelates; Holy Land indulgences were promised to all who would aid them, and excommunication, removable only by pope or inquisitor, against all withholding assistance.
Full records were to be kept of each case, and any withholding of the truth or subsequent relapse was to expose the delinquent to the full rigor of the law.
A hardship to the fleet even greater than the withholding of its prize-money was the withholding of the arrears of pay, which had been accumulating ever since the departure from Rio de Janeiro in April.
I cannot, however, feel justified as your friend in withholding it from you.
When God wants to punish a generation or generations, he does it effectually by withholding His Spirit.
There were other terrible scenes when, more than semiconscious, she cried out piteously for drink, and cursed them for withholding it.
I saw Tallant glance at Gorse and Dickinson, and I knew the matter had been decided between themselves, that they had been merely withholding it from me until after election.
