| 单词 | free lance |
| 例句 | The license of tongue, in which Lord Cranbourne had revelled while yet a free lance, he absolutely renounced when he became a responsible minister. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z The office had turned him loose, a free lance, to handle the case as he saw fit, to turn in the story when it was complete. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z That Mr. Skee, free lance of years standing, and risen victor from several "stricken fields," should show signs of capitulation, annoyed him further. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z It is possible that ragged affairs about the mountain passes might have given him safe retreat to his capital, leaving the army of the South afield, a free lance. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z I’ve been in an army or two in different parts of the globe as a free lance, you know.” From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Up to that date, Lafayette had fought as a free lance the commercial battle of the United States, using his personal influence and family connections to undermine the prestige of the Farmers-general. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z Besides, why should we take a chance on breaking up our organization if we can call a free lance in?” Test Pilot 2011-09-21T02:00:37.513Z The fighting is mostly after the fashion of free lances, guerrilla bands, and highwaymen. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z This is, of course, notably true of "Hunger," which was written at the age of thirty, when his own experiences as a journalistic free lance in Christiania were still fresh in his mind. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z Yes; I was for a while a free lance in literature. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z There are many street walkers who are “free lances,” taking their trade to the hotel which offers the best inducements. Commercialized Prostitution in New York City 2011-06-25T02:00:18.937Z Men like Theodore Hook and Mahony were however merely the free lances of fiction, and it was Scott who moulded the legitimate novel. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Her grandfather was Irish, a free lance that fought with Diaz during the French war. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Their friends pulled some wires in New York and Washington and, after two months, Hall was fired, but by then his notebook was growing thicker and he elected to stay as a free lance. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z There is no place in congressional jousts for the free lance. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z Often she had to accept "free lance" stenography and typing, and not infrequently auxiliary clerk work of a humdrum and narrowing order. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z In speculation he is a critic and a free lance; in artistic form he is intensely traditional. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Like the free lances in the sixteenth century, take a turn of service wherever it suits you, but wear no man's livery. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z At all events, the Ministry stood in need of these "free lances," and Cholmondely Balfour was sent over to secure them. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z If they pay me by space I'll be a free lance!——collect the news of the day——write——locals——ethical——psychophysical——one doesn't starve so easily nowadays. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z Hely Hutchinson, a free lance, could use his personal influence in forcing the government to make him provost of Trinity College. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z My hypothetical man would act largely as a free lance, knocking about the world on a sort of constantly renewed exploration. The Law of Hemlock Mountain There are numbered among them free livers and free lances innumerable. A Cursory History of Swearing The system of journalistic blackmail was brought to a higher degree of perfection by Westmacott than by any other free lance of the time. Old Coloured Books “But she sells some of her radio skits free lance,” insisted Janet. Janet Hardy in Radio City Beyond the tall-towered town, danger lurked on every road; but inside the gray walls was peace and safety, and no free lances nor marauding men-at-arms could check the aspiring flight of the youth’s bright imagination. Dürer Artist-Biographies Nevertheless, it took care to issue twelve fresh commissions for trying witches, immediately after; being chiefly anxious to keep all the business in its own hands, and shut the door against any outside free lances. Witch Stories He was a "free lance" and launched forth, both in a field, and with a doctrine all his own. From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography I'm bound for Santa Fe, either as a free lance or with trade goods of my own; but I am not going with your wagons. Bring Me His Ears Of course she does a little free lance stuff, but she can be depended upon.” Janet Hardy in Radio City In fact, so reckless had the enterprise become that the temerity of the free lances knew no bounds, and headquarters, so to speak, were established, and for a long time maintained, at Cilicia. Pirates and Piracy The Countess was acting on her resolution made in the train to be a free lance. When Ghost Meets Ghost This was an atmosphere of work, more or less, and Adelle amused herself by thinking that she and her husband were members of that glorious band of free lances of art. Clark's Field For which it appears that Jacqueline still wielded a free lance, belonging to her own country alone and owning no master other than her own conscience. The Missourian She ran a sort of free lance piracy all round the corral. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Since my operation at Dr. Brinkley’s hospital I am now their free lance salesman, opening up new territory and making good money. The Goat-gland Transplantation As Originated and Successfully Performed by J. R. Brinkley, M. D., of Milford, Kansas, U. S. A., in Over 600 Operations Upon Men and Women I think we had better be free lances. When Ghost Meets Ghost A man could turn into a free lance: so then could a woman. The Rainbow At this point I may as well explain that we of the fish patrol were free lances in a way. Tales of the Fish Patrol Buy him a senior partnership and leave me a free lance.” Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker I mention only one more of the free lances of the time. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study Old Pop was a free lance, a knight errant. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm The Queen is in another carosse with her children, and the King, being a free lance, drives in the coach with the royal favorites or rides beside it as his fancy dictates. In Château Land Benkei, the giant halberdier, had turned his back upon the priesthood, and, becoming a free lance, conceived the ambition of forcibly collecting a thousand swords from their wearers. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Byron's Liberalism was intermittent, and he felt, or, as Hobhouse thought, pretended to feel, as a Whig and an aristocrat with regard to the free lances of the Radical party. The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry They were free lances, open to serve under any flag. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 But heretofore we have had to pick up our travel stuff—where we could get it from free lances mostly—and there is never enough really good travel material to meet the demand. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China After he has bought or rented a typewriter, the would-be free lance in the non-fiction field has his workshop only half equipped. If You Don't Write Fiction He was a free lance in his field, and was not considered orthodox by the majority of economists of his time. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II The engineer devoted to discipline was already a free lance, because already a knight-errant. Lord Kitchener Thus the Champion became a free lance, making war for gain upon whom he pleased, and serving any prince, Christian or Mohammedan, who made it worth his while. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds She sold suburban homes as a free lance, and only to the very best people. The Job An American Novel What happened to me in making a beginning as a free lance producer of non-fiction might happen to any one else of an equal amount of inexperience. If You Don't Write Fiction In fact, he would not question any act of the five, whom he knew to be free lances of incomparable skill and knowledge in the wilderness. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand Sussex would perceive the danger of allowing so redoubtable a free lance to pass to a rival service. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography Nevertheless, she had to justify herself as a free lance, and it is the rôle of a lance to attack rather than defend. A Son of the Immortals He could not keep out of the fighting, however, and went as a scout and free lance with General Davis, during Price's second invasion of Missouri. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado Also I learned that if the free lance hopes to make any of these markets take a lively interest in him, he will introduce his manuscripts with interesting photographs. If You Don't Write Fiction She has a perfect little face, and she is just like any savage, quite untrained—a sort of free lance, in fact. A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls The leaders in the German wars often found it an exceedingly sound policy to subsidise into their own service some captain of free lances, who might have been a curse to all around him. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author A jack tar is probably the only representative left of the old "free lance," who served under any flag where he was sure of pay and booty. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner The Arts student is a relatively free lance, practically wholly so in the choice and arrangements of his professional work. On the Firing Line in Education That phrase of Gambetta's aptly describes the situation of the average free lance when, after the first desperate struggles, he has managed to gain a reasonable assurance of independence. If You Don't Write Fiction Gwen was not taking a part, so she was rather a free lance in that respect, and her advice was likely to be disinterested. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story There I was, a free lance of fortune, down to my last dollar, and rich only in the companionship of a bright-eyed,229 four-year-old youngster who had been trusted to my care. Torchy, Private Sec. "Oh, well," says I, "what's a sudden move now and then to a free lance like me?" Torchy The very circumstance that he is not of the ruling Party makes a free lance of him. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Eventually, the free lance faces two choices: He may become a specialist and put in the remainder of his life writing solely about railroads, or about finance, or about the drama. If You Don't Write Fiction Three columns had striven to hem them in,—three thousand wagon-hampered soldiers to surround six thousand free lances of the plains, and the Indians laughed them to scorn. Under Fire He had a small body of daring men under him, and they were constantly being hunted by the "jayhawkers," who were proslavery Missourians, guerillas, modern free lances. Chapters from My Autobiography We were free lances to all intents and purposes and frequently had to hunt out new problems to work upon. On the Fringe of the Great Fight The great Portuguese colony of Brazil, like many of the Spanish colonies, was open to the attacks of buccaneers and of free lances of the seas bearing the flags of various countries of Europe. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III Few beginners have even a dim notion of the great variety of markets that exist for free lance contributions. If You Don't Write Fiction He had become a free lance, fighting for his own hand, while armies sprang, as it were, from the ground at his call to arms. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII I have got a "free lance," I have got a newspaper, and I can fight with the rest of them; but I will give you a bit of my experience in public life. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O He became a free lance and while sometimes he ran amuck his cause was always the cause of his people. The War After the War The Church in the East, through the Catholic Church Extension Society, would gladly, if well informed on the matter, furnish the financial aid for the support of these "free lances"—and their apostolic activities. Catholic Problems in Western Canada But, you may protest, by what right do the experiences of a magazine free lance pass as "adventures"? If You Don't Write Fiction Though forced into the field as a free lance, he was throughout a Christian cavalier. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII Herr Krauss, a ponderous free lance, who was completely detached, joined the circle uninvited, and pushed his huge person into an empty chair, next to Miss Bliss. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma He had always been something of a free lance in the troop and been regarded as a troop institution. Pee-Wee Harris Adrift The other is the phagocytes or white corpuscles, the free lances of our corporeal militia, which attack and kill the invading bacteria. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries It is not a lack of artistry that administers the most numerous defeats to the novice free lance. If You Don't Write Fiction It was known that the Black Prince was preparing to invade Spain, and an effort was made to cut off the free lances who might enlist under his banners. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII He rode there with a free lance—known by all the editors—capable in his way—a man to be relied upon for anything but imagination. Sally Bishop A Romance Oh, he is a free lance; comes and goes as he pleases. Empire Builders Their talk was likewise bizarre and outlandish, of things to Frederick unguessed and undreamed, though he recognised the men for what they were—soldiers of fortune, adventurers, free lances of the world. The Turtles of Tasman By March it was becoming painfully evident that a fledgling free lance should, if he is wise, depend for a while upon a local newspaper for the larger part of his income. If You Don't Write Fiction Ras is a free lance without an encumbrance on earth and I can't imagine a more comfortable manner of getting about than stretched out full length on a load of hay. Diane of the Green Van In all the sordid side of life that he had seen—that was his daily portion to see, for the journalism of a free lance can be sordid indeed—he found her fresh. Sally Bishop A Romance Riding as free lances, because there was now practically no organized authority among the Texans, they had been scouting the day before toward Goliad. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad If an editor likes the work of a free lance, he may suggest subjects for articles, or may even ask him to prepare an article on a given subject. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Whereas reporting on a salary had begun to be something of a grind, the less profitable roamings of a free lance furnished a life that had color and everlasting freshness. If You Don't Write Fiction "Excellency," said Philip slowly, "singular as it may seem in my present free lance state, I am greatly desirous of hearing such a command." Diane of the Green Van Being a sort of free lance, I immediately saddled my pony and rode in that direction. With Steyn and De Wet They are among regular business men what the 'free lance' is among military men, or the privateer among those of the true marine. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Freeman exposed his own ignorance by alleging that Grim meant the suppression of the free lances, which happened before Becket became Chancellor. The Life of Froude Possibly some other free lances—I would now estimate the number as somewhere between nine hundred and a thousand—had gone over the island of Manhattan with a fine tooth comb? If You Don't Write Fiction I would thank God were I to-day a free lance in the House or the Senate. From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield I had been preparing myself to confront all the ethically excellent young men and Fox was, ethically speaking, far from excellent, middle-aged, rubicund, leery—a free lance of genius. The Inheritors Adam Gaudylock came, when his leisure served him, to Fontenoy as he went everywhere, by virtue of his quality of free lance and golden-tongued narrator of western news. Lewis Rand At one time these free lances were quite numerous. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems Wise, because it furnished the capital with which every free lance ought to be well supplied before he attempts to operate from a New York headquarters. If You Don't Write Fiction But the daring little free lance who accepts these attentions pays a high price for the bit of supper that is followed by gross impertinences. Stage Confidences There was a long list of free lances, where the only seal of approval was an ability to get the business. Broken to the Plow The border States' soldiers, Missourians, Kentuckians, and Marylanders, were the free lance of the South. History of Kershaw's Brigade There were Spanish freebooters, Irish roustabouts, Scotch free lances, and runaway slaves—a nondescript lot, and all ready for any undertaking that promised excitement, revenge, or booty. The Reign of Andrew Jackson While one is finding his footing in the free lance fields, he had best not hold himself above doing any kind of journalistic work that turns an honest dollar. If You Don't Write Fiction If he had come out openly as a free lance, which was his true character, he would have less seriously injured the President's cause. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II Notes, Letters and Stray Leaves A "free lance" is less free than the organs of a party. Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June" There is another kind of gun, vagrant and free lance, which deserves a chapter by itself. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form As they were free lances with their authority issuing from Governor Dinwiddie alone, they could do practically as they pleased. The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign The besetting temptation of the free lance is to pamper himself. If You Don't Write Fiction "I can't explain why we don't get a picture," said the free lance. In the Claws of the German Eagle The third and largest division of this journalistic army consisted of free lances who went to the Continent at their own expense on the chance of "stumbling into something." Fighting in Flanders At this point I may as well explain that we of the fish patrol were free lances in a way. Tales of the Fish Patrol He was a free lance, and had no friendly business associations. Burning Daylight I, alas! am bound to remain always a little aloof, but the time may come, and very soon, too, when I shall be a free lance. The Pawns Count Instead of seizing their opportunity, the movie man was clearing his throat while the free lance was busy on what he said was a cinder in his eye. In the Claws of the German Eagle I am sure he is a free lance, and a rare one; besides, this is May. Michael O'Halloran "Precisely; and if the older soldier, if the free lance of many a campaign, got the best of it in the long run, the younger freebooter could hardly think himself ill-used—could he now, Val?" Charlotte's Inheritance I next went to the "Aurora" daily in New York city—a sort of free lance. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Talent is glad enough, no doubt, to triumph in a good cause; but it easily becomes a free lance, content, whatever the cause, so long as victory follows its banner. Amiel's Journal When he came, he turned out to be a swaggering scatterbrain--a "free lance," he called himself in the visitors' book. Look Back on Happiness "And then I got married you see—and then I got married you see—and when you get married you aren't a free lance—you aren't a free lance—you're settled!" Young People's Pride A Novel I was no longer the free lance; I had responsibilities. The Deluge In the beginning each Sophist teacher was a free lance, and taught what he would and in the manner he thought best. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization The nature of the pursuit is such that he cannot make himself a free lance without running the risk of being thought an adventurer, a soldier without patriotism, a citizen without convictions. Ars Recte Vivendi; Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair" Oh, to be a free lance of journalism again—that darling jade! Courage The two free lances set out now, relieved of all responsibility, and determined to watch the open fields and woods to see that this part of the field was not surprised. The Iron Game A Tale of the War I'm what they call a free lance, for I have no regular desk on any of the journals. The Mystery They were free lances with whom the bishops had little to do. The Coming of the Friars I've fought my way up alone so far, and may as well remain a free lance. A Day of Fate A free lance himself, with a table in the British Museum, some books and a deficit instead of an income from his intellectual labors, he attacked the vested interests of his world. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism Beneath the banners of the chieftains the free lances of the Pacific range themselves. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance "Just let me run this thing over," said the free lance slowly. The Mystery He was but a free lance of the polished "Detrimentals," and, under this last adverse stroke of fortune, his poor cockboat was being swamped in the black waters of adversity. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story "But Ryder is a free lance, and a new man, and Duval works with the big men who don't like to have trespassers about." The Moneychangers He will try no more free lance work under the evil influence of low creatures like Nell Doolin, but will stand in with the "machine," and bear in mind that honesty is the best policy. 100%: the Story of a Patriot The lobby banditti, free lances, and camp followers of the annual raid upon the pockets of the people are on guard. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance He heard my tale, saw me a strong, spirited lad, and knew a d'Aubricour would be no discredit to his free lances. The Lances of Lynwood Ah, it's all very well for you, doctor!—you're a free lance. Australia Felix At any rate, as the issue of a great deal of lively discussion, the parents agreed to let Honore make a two years' experiment as a free lance in the ranks of the book-writing tribe. Balzac By one who was your father's friend," he said, after a moment's hesitation, "a soldier of fortune by name of Galeotto—a leader of free lances who goes by the name of Il Gran Galeotto. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza A free lance, with only her love for her child to hallow and redeem her. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance For the privilege of developing portions of this region, individuals and companies had obtained concessions from the various governments concerned; elsewhere, industrial free lances dug away without reference to such formalities. Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors This Mr. Courtier was a free lance—rather a well-known man, an interesting creature. The Patrician He was a free lance and no other career stood in sight or mind. The Education of Henry Adams "Oh, yes!" said Maxime, bitterly, "I'm a sort of free lance." The Deputy of Arcis Name, nationality, and previous history of these free lances of fortune have been dropped, like Christian's bundle, on climbing these hills. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance However, two groups of men in his own party were sullenly opposed to him—the relentless Vindictives and certain irresponsible free lances who named themselves the "Radical Democracy." Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War And there would have been no trouble had not a free lance in the shape of the model-woman come into the land on the first ice, with a spanking dog-team and a cosmopolitan reputation. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke There were few free lances among the men, and none among the girls. The Amazing Interlude He appears to have been a man without one redeeming quality —"stern and bloody-minded, in no degree remarkable for fidelity or devotion to his employers" — the one essential virtue of a free lance. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan Enthusiastic, as we all are at twenty years of age, I wished to defend my country, and I commanded a company of free lances, which I had organized in the vicinity of Andernach. The Red Inn The country had no political observer more keen than the Scotch free lance who edited The New York Herald. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War The noisy American drummer had met defeat, but this silent free lance had been easily victorious. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains |
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