Employer

Examples

• He is as much at the will of his employer as if he were sold to him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It must always, in the long-run, be advanced to him by his immediate employer, in the advanced state of wages. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• To me, sir,' said Mr. Creakle, darting his head at him suddenly, and drawing it back again, 'the principal of this establishment, and your employer. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He took none that could be detected, but, aware of his employer's suspicions, stood with his eyes on the ground. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She did not attempt to conceal her hatred for her late employer. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was a large employer of labour, he was a great mine-owner. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This was all the account I got from Mrs. Fairfax of her employer and mine. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• This one acted as your engager, and then found that he could not find you an employer without admitting a third person into his plot. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• But it was not only by playing at backgammon with the Baronet, that the little governess rendered herself agreeable to her employer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Did I understand, that, being rejected by one employer, he would probably be rejected by all? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• My employer said, 'Mr. Jennings, I have no complaint to make against you; but you must set yourself right, or leave me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Attend to your employer's business and your own. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I was driven over by my employer, who was as amiable as ever, and was introduced by him that evening to his wife and the child. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• My employer drove home through it in his gig, and reached the house wetted to the skin. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The secretary came back, and told his employer of the woman he had met. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I begged a fortnight's grace from the creditor, asked for a holiday from my employers, and spent the time in begging in the City under my disguise. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The proprietors and cultivators finally pay both the wages of all the workmen of the unproductive class, and the profits of all their employers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• His employers constitute the third order, that of those who live by profit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Its great price generally arises from the wages of their labour, and the profits of all their immediate employers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Those workmen and their employers are properly the servants of the proprietors and cultivators. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They had been organized in guilds, and were mostly their own employers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Those agents were not always able to replenish the coffers of their employers so fast as they were emptied. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• After he was turned out of the public-house, he probably went with his report to the place where his employers were waiting for him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Still her poor were wretched, still their employers were harassed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The results actually achieved are not the ends of their actions, but only of their employers. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Employers do not advertise for workmen who are not interested in what they are doing. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It is not a common experience among employers in this age. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But if the profits of all the different employers of those working people should be raised five per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• And his employers, no doubt, sent him back to make sure that the sailor was really settled at the public-house till the next morning. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• To judge whether he is fit to be employed, may surely be trusted to the discretion of the employers, whose interest it so much concerns. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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