单词 | wire-puller |
例句 | There were two of them; one who was hired to do the talking while the real wire-puller stood aside and held the coin bag. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z The Pagets have set up a delightful daughter-in-law, and a near relation of hers, a Balliol man, son, I believe, of the chief Tory wire-puller in Shropshire, has just come out here.... Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z But don't forget, Mr. Ripple, that when the puppets perform, when they make miniature love and die small deaths, the publick regards them, not the wire-puller above. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z His first impulse was to rush off to Scotland Yard, expose the white-bearded wire-puller in the invalid chair, and claim protection. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z You will best serve him by being perfectly frank with me, and if it will induce you to be so, let me say that the wire-puller in the business is Mr. Travers Nugent. A Traitor's Wooing She was greatly interested in all its activities, and prepared to be proud of its achievements, but she possessed none of the instincts of a wire-puller. Betty Wales Freshman The celebrated wire-puller, whose name was familiar to every statesman and stock-broker in Europe, had an appearance very unlike his reputation. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War This friend was one William B. Lewis, a man in whom all the skilful arts of the modern wire-puller seemed to be born full-grown. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Place, therefore, acted as a most efficient wire-puller, but had no ambition to leave his shop to make speeches on the hustings. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Self first, personal friends second, party third, and country fourth, is the order of considerations in the mind of the office-seeker, the wire-puller, the corrupt politician. Practical Ethics The great wire-puller and his gang of stipendiaries were the objects of popular gratitude and adoration. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) Forney was a mighty wire-puller, if not exactly before the Lord, at least before the elections, and he opined that I had secured the success. Memoirs The atmosphere is too political and I imagine Mrs. Green to be a bit of a wire-puller, though I believe a nice woman. Gilbert Keith Chesterton The choice was not the result of merit; on the other hand, it was not the work of the ordinary wicked wire-puller, for what may be called the machine was working for Seward. Abraham Lincoln Yet, though ostensibly free, these local bodies are practically in the power of the political wire-puller, or cacique. Spanish Life in Town and Country "What's the meaning of it all?" persisted the Washington wire-puller, surveying the Fastburg wire-puller with bland superiority, much as the city mouse may have surveyed the country mouse. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) In the language of the political wire-puller, it affords them a good "cry" with which to go to the people. A Critical Examination of Socialism "It was very astute of me, or of the wire-puller above us, to postpone my fit until the very moment you were with me," he said. Atlantis There is a mild panic on in at least three of the city wards over the disappearance of a fellow named Gryson, a sort of—er—wire-puller and all-around general-utility man. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush "What do you mean by your ticket?" demanded Kendall, who was rather confused by the technical terms of the wire-puller. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat Then he showed a schedule; so much to this wire-puller and that and the other; so much apiece to so many able editors; so much for eminent legal counsel; finally, a trifle for himself. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) He must not be a mere general, a mere lawyer, a mere wire-puller. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics O hero amongst men, as a wooden doll is made to move its limbs by the wire-puller, so are creatures made to work by the Lord of all. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Then a spouter, Full of long words and windy; a wire-puller, Jealous of office, fond of platform-posing, Seeking that bubble She-enfranchisement E'en with abusive mouth. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 14, 1892 Monroe gave him a piece of paper, and the wire-puller began to make his calculations. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat Uttered by every variety of voice, with every variety of accent, it filled the stifling atmosphere, and tickled many an empty brain, like the catchword political that can set a nation behind one astute wire-puller. Flames I'll admit that I'm no good as a wire-puller, but when it comes to getting out the voters, there's where you will find me as solid as a bridge abutment. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories Robinson was a worthy gentleman who happened to come out publicly on the side of a political wire-puller. Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans Mathers was simply the best organiser and wire-puller I ever met in the course of my life. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 It was useless to resist the fiat of the chief wire-puller; the ticket remained as it had been originally prepared; and the young gentlemen proceeded to distribute the rest of the offices. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat In these recent debates in the House of Commons one can see every stock trick of the wire-puller in operation. In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace The result of "coaching" for the occasion by some wire-puller was painfully apparent. The Campaign of Chancellorsville It's only that I so dislike Grace's ineradicable idea that I am a wire-puller. The Hermit and the Wild Woman Men spoke of him as a clever wire-puller who could manufacture a spurious public sentiment in his own favour. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 The chief wire-puller in this affair was Maslova, presenting the phenomenon of decadence in its lowest form. Resurrection Thurlow Weed, editor, man of the world, political wire-puller beyond compare, Seward's devoted henchman, was the legate. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War The historian, the biographer, even the poet, may be a money-market gambler, a social toady, a clamorous Chauvinist, or an unscrupulous wire-puller. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft If he had been a political wire-puller, many of our misfortunes might have been averted. Vanished Arizona |
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