Officials

Examples

• It is Jarvis Lorry who has alighted and stands with his hand on the coach door, replying to a group of officials. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Is it any wonder that its captains and commanders and officials, nay, even its clerks and common soldiers, came back to England loaded with spoils? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Public officials do not become political marionettes, though people pretend that they are. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I gave the name of a hotel one of the officials had recommended to the driver. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The Emperor Constantine writes to one of his officials: We need as many e ngineers as possible. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Besides the members of the Cabinet there are two, or possibly three, departmental officials who know of the letter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Moreover, the military power that stands behind these officials has developed neither in character nor intelligence during the last century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I wondered over our helplessness, for I was during a period one of those officials. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It has been asserted by some city health officials that many cases of typhoid fever in cities can be traced to the unsanitary conditions existing in summer resorts. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It was generally supposed that these two officials formed the complement of each other. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Each assembly had its own officials; the former, the consuls, etc. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• That means a good deal more than that elected officials must rule for the majority. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Many of his officials, particularly his provincial officials, had great subordinate establishments, and were constantly tending to become independent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A very large proportion of the presidents and leading officials of the great railroad systems are old telegraphers, including Messrs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• After that the Western Union officials gave the most careful consideration to every new invention that Edison brought them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• With the belief that government is futile and mischievous unless supported by the mass of the people; with the undeniable fact that business has corrupted public officials--I have no complaint. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Such teaching or training would indeed have run counter to all the ideas of the rich men and the imperial officials. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In the totals following is included the compensation paid to salaried officials and clerks. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• These characteristics of the two officials were clearly shown shortly after Early came so near getting into the capital. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I have a dim recollection of a group of officials who crowded round me, endeavoring to soothe me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was a pathetic situation, for any reform proposal had to pass the judgment of men and women who did not see life as the officials did. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• After the time of Mazarin we hear of no great French nobles unless they are at court as court servants and officials. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There were only some railway officials standing about; and talking loud to one another. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The recall of public officials is in part a policeman's club, in part a clumsy way of getting around the American prejudice for a fixed term of office. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• To Britain, India sends students; to India, Britain sends officials. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In this great crowd were many public officials and men of prominence in all walks of life, who were enthusiastic in their praises. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This year the staff of the Grammar-School was invited, along with the chief officials of the firm. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He would not go; he would not leave his present class, let all the officials of Villette send for him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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