Counsellor

Examples

• I entertained you, sir, said John, reining up his palfrey haughtily, for my follower, but not for my counsellor. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• You think of him as a good counsellor, as an excellent presiding officer. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• My poor sister looked at the counsellor with affright. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Without a counsellor, what could she do? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I know nothing which can be done, answered his counsellor, save that which I have already taken order for. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• But, of course, when this great old child was turned loose into the world, every bad counsellor had power over him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She has her friend and counsellor always near. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• This time being granted me, because I would have it so, I consulted a most respectable counsellor, Thomas Treslove, Esq. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• One half of those vain follies were puffed into mine ear by that perfidious Abbot Wolfram, and you may now judge if he is a counsellor to be trusted. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The wisdom of the counsellor is that small part of the soul which has authority and reason. Plato. The Republic.
• You are a wise counsellor. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• As a counsellor she was not wanted; but as an approver, (a much safer character,) she was truly welcome. Jane Austen. Emma.
• A field-marshal has his uniform; a bishop his silk apron; a counsellor his silk gown; a beadle his cocked hat. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I did but make a mistake between my right hand and my left; and he might have pardoned a greater, who took a fool for his counsellor and guide. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Crispin is Gonzalo, the honest old counsellor. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The Indian men, when young, are hunters and warriors; when old, counsellors; for all their government is by the council or advice of the sages. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The next day, sensible they had misbehaved in giving us that disturbance, they sent three of their old counsellors to make their apology. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate the differences between masters and their workmen, its counsellors are always the masters. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• How extravagant soever the fees of counsellors at law may sometimes appear, their real retribution is never equal to this. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics; and my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• About the monarch were accumulated his scribes, counsellors, record keepers, agents, captains, and guards. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Unhappy are the counsellors of a Prince, who wants fortitude and perseverance alike in good and in evil! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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