Ministers

Examples

• At every court there were groups of ministers and secretaries who played a Machiavellian game against their foreign rivals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Inquiries have shown that his Ministers know nothing of the matter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Ministers and Opposition joined. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• And I call on you, spirits of the dead; and on you, wandering ministers of vengeance, to aid and conduct me in my work. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Many wise and true sermons are preached us every day by unconscious ministers in street, school, office, or home. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Great ministers and statesmen courted him; and in Vanity Fair he had a higher place than the most brilliant genius or spotless virtue. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Those who were appointed of old to go to wicked kings and accuse them--were they not ministers and servants? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• And thus ambassadors would be qualified to treat with foreign princes, or ministers of state, to whose tongues they were utter strangers. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Very often the chief ministers themselves are commanded to show their skill, and to convince the emperor that they have not lost their faculty. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• This was in imitation of the American constitution, where also ministers are separated from the legislature. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And he made acquaintance with the ministers, and the chiefs of his party, determining to rank as one of them before many years were over. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But we don't quite fancy, when women and ministers come out broad and square, and go beyond us in matters of either modesty or morals, that's a fact. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It made also governors of States, members of the cabinet, foreign ministers and other officers of high rank both in state and nation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Not in the wine-shop did Madame Defarge confer with these ministers, but in the shed of the wood-sawyer, erst a mender of roads. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• But how far this might be applicable to our courts, and favourites, and ministers of state, my master said I could best determine. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Well, said Shelby, I must say these ministers sometimes carry matters further than we poor sinners would exactly dare to do. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The ministers of Sainte Guillotine are robed and ready. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• And this was the first time I began to conceive some imperfect idea of courts and ministers. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Ministers can't help the evil, perhaps,--can't cure it, any more than we can,--but defend it! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I am well convinced that his Ministers--that the usual official channels have not been employed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But do you not admire, I said, the coolness and dexterity of these ready ministers of political corruption? Plato. The Republic.
• Necker and all the Ministers consult; with a blank issue. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Set down, Sir, ve make no extra charge for settin' down, as the king remarked wen he blowed up his ministers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• If the legislature represents the sovereign people, then it is surely necessary for the ministers to be in the closest touch with their sovereign. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In the first place our rulers will enforce the laws and make new ones where they are wanted, and their allies or ministers will obey. Plato. The Republic.
• It prosecuted the King's chief ministers who had helped him to reign for so long without Parliament, and in particular the Earl of Strafford. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This very moderate revenue affords a decent subsistence to nine hundred and forty-four ministers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• That of those of other European nations was compiled from such information as the French ministers at the different courts could procure. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The ministers maintained a continuity of policy during the off days of their monarchs, and between one monarch and another. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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