| 单词 | improver |
| 例句 | Photograph: David Levene In the 1960s, local authorities and urban improvers looked at Victorian terraces and declared them slums. Robin Hood Gardens: You're making a big mistake... 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z The city's premier salsa specialists present tutors Gary and Delphine, who will be guiding you through the delights of the zouk-derived, Angolan dance of kizomba before hosting two salsa lessons for beginners and improvers. Clubs picks of the week 2011-01-01T00:05:41Z There is a cheaper basic package for those who don’t need instruction, and improver lessons for intermediate and advanced kitesurfers. 20 of the best activity holidays in the UK and Europe 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z The average price of fertilizer and soil improvers almost doubled in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period in 2021, while energy and lubricant prices rose by 55.6%. Ukraine war's disruption sends agriculture input prices up nearly 10% in Q1, European Union statistics office says 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Afforestation, not deforestation, was a signal achievement of U.S. “improvers.” Op-Ed: The Golden State treescape wasn't made to last 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Today, it seems incredible that lead was ever used as a performance improver in car engines. 'We've had so many wins': why the green movement can overcome climate crisis 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Around two billion paper notes will be withdrawn and recycled to be used as a soil improver for agriculture. Turning billions of £20 notes into compost 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The ingredients listed on the plastic sleeve include added E-numbers, enzyme “improvers”, extra gluten, protein powders, fats, emulsifiers and preservatives. Flour power: meet the bread heads baking a better loaf 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Yes, more often than not those teams were fodder for the big guns, but they were improvers who delivered some of the World Cup’s greatest moments. Is it a Cricket World Cup if much of the world is missing? 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z In 2017, 47 percent of the students graduated within six years, making the university one of the nation’s fastest improvers. Opinion | When Your College Has Your Back 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Tesla founder Elon Musk makes a plausible argument that Tesla’s “Autopilot” is a net improver of safety. From DeLorean to Tesla 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Now, when the £50,000 blocks are returned, the Bank uses a composting treatment, similar to that used in the treatment of food waste, to create a soil improver. Turning billions of £20 notes into compost 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z There are other interesting improvers - like Portsmouth and Manchester - but they start a little way back on overall performance. Academy chains v local authorities 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z VoloMetrix sees itself as as an improver of organizational alignment, sales and employee engagement. VoloMetrix Raises $12 Million Series B--Analytics For Organizational Performance 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z After identifying these two samples of innovation premium stars and innovation premium improvers, we selected a subsample of these firms for more detailed study. About 'The Innovator's Method' Research 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The Pisa tests showed the UK as a middle-ranking education performer, overtaken by high-achieving systems in Chinese cities such as Shanghai and ambitious, hungry improvers such as Poland and Vietnam. Is the UK quite good at education after all? 2014-05-08T13:26:58Z Leave the incremental improvements to the incremental improvers. 8 Mistakes That Cripple Corporate Innovators' Well-Meaning Efforts 2014-02-04T15:14:00Z Clarke knows that, for all the big words in this pre-match phoney war, his side remain a team of improvers rather than achievers. Australia plot England's Ashes demise 2013-11-20T11:33:14Z He's definitely the improver and you could say the others are not as good as they were. Grand National: Nigel Twiston-Davies has trust in Imperial Commander 2013-04-02T18:38:17Z We found some common themes and discovered that successful innovators, whether stars or improvers, followed a similar process that we call the Innovator’s Method. About 'The Innovator's Method' Research 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z He proved he is hungry, a persistent improver and can handle the moment. A Look Back At Golf In 2012 2012-12-05T05:00:00Z President Obama campaigned for reelection as a defender—and improver—of Medicare. Medicare and Medicaid Must Be Cut. Period 2012-11-09T01:02:07Z A hardworking colt with 10 runs behind him already, he seems a known quantity and punters generally prefer major improvers when betting on Classics. Heads Up: Trumpet Major the value bet in Irish 2,000 Guineas 2012-05-25T18:01:54Z She was indefatigable in her exertions to diminish the evils to which the young ladies—"improvers," I believe, is the technical term—are in too many of these establishments exposed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Only ten weeks ago he had been no more than the shabbiest of improvers and shamefully dismissed for dissipation, the mere soil-burned seed, as it were, of these glories. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z He was one of the earliest workers and improvers of the Daguerreotype process in this country, and one of the last to relinquish its practice in London. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z It was not for the wild improvers to realise how Art that destroys its own boundaries is certainly doomed to soon have no country to boast of at all! Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z Hence Mr. Watt was not, properly speaking, the inventor but the improver of the steam-engine. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Its name now is legion, and it has had so many inventors and improvers that the present generation is fast losing sight of its original benefactors. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Are the best of improvers when they turn country gentlemen, 167. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z It is generally the petty improvers that rush to the Patent Office to secure rights and emoluments, regardless of the claims of the founders of their patented processes. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z A few years ago and I revisited the place; the 'improver' had been at work, and had been good enough to open up the view. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z III The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley 2011-11-24T03:00:46.350Z Mr James Starley, of Coventry, through whose inventive genius the tricycle was evolved from the bicycle, was also an improver and pioneer. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z He set in motion an idea which met with such numerous imitators and improvers, that a catalogue of the publications on Tachygraphy down to the present date forms a volume of respectable dimensions. Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters 2011-11-16T03:00:25.713Z But if density of population is such a sure improver of production as Mr. George represents it to be elsewhere, why should it fail here? Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Goodwood 2.50 Lily's Angel sets a decent standard on form but remains vulnerable to an improver and Questing could fit the bill. Talking Horses 2011-08-27T09:00:01Z She came on the platform, looking lovely, and she had on a sash and a dress improver that I never saw equalled for elegance. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z But Westwood is a steady improver, and the next time he gets in the mix on a major Sunday, chances are good that he will finally find a way. Best Current Players Without a Major 2011-07-14T04:00:00Z As Stradivari left no record behind as to the number of pupils trained on his premises, or assistants who came perhaps as improvers, we are left to do our best in the way of inference. Antonio Stradivari 2011-06-28T02:00:11.050Z The improver has sought to increase the width of the red ring. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z Mr. Mill urges that property in land "is only valid in so far as the proprietor of the land is its improver." A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z Yet the old road, half deserted as it is, has not altogether escaped the ruthless hand of the improver. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Of the personal history of the earlier inventors and improvers of the steam-engine, very little is ascertained; but that of Watt has become well known. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z We may fairly assume the presence here of one or two, if not more, assistants, besides a pupil or improver. Antonio Stradivari 2011-06-28T02:00:11.050Z The Zinnia is another fine annual that has been much spoilt by its would-be improvers. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z This energetic improver also applied himself with great zeal and diligence to the reformation of abuses in the monasteries and religious houses of all sorts throughout his diocese. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z Apparently he is big mates with Holdsworth, who was good for them last year, so you could be looking at big improvers. Super League 2011: Team-by-team guide 2011-02-09T11:56:17Z The waste is turned into a soil improver and the council plans to hand out the compost to local residents for free this year. Anglesey top of recycling league 2011-01-14T13:30:55Z What separates the big spenders from the improvers, McKinsey found, is the awareness that different types of school system respond to radically different types of reform. Overhauling schools: How to get good grades 2010-11-25T10:47:00Z Hamilton was the big improver, closing to within half a second of Vettel's best. 2010-02-17T16:43:00Z One person’s helpful mood improver, though, is another’s worryingly effective stimulant. 2010-02-04T05:05:00Z Perhaps he muttered this interrogatory in the spirit of an improver and adorner of nature.—It was answered by the fall of a gentle footstep. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Certainly, there was not much in this beyond the natural desire of every improver to shut out a disagreeable object, by putting an agreeable one in its place. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 The reasons which form the justification ... of property in land," wrote Mill in 1848, "are valid only in so far as the proprietor of land is its improver.... The Acquisitive Society For what the improver of the race must endeavor to do is to reach those who have the divine spark ever so feebly developed, that it may be strengthened and grow. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Father and son—master and scholar—founder and improver. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 "We cordially recommend this volume, not only as a successful debut in a new field of literature, but as a quaint teacher of morality, a promoter of good works, and an improver of public taste." The History and Records of the Elephant Club One of those improvers lives over there at the "Seven Barrows" farm, another mystery of the great downs. Tom Brown's School Day's There's an intermediate stage, what we engineers call being 'an improver,' in a man's life. Aliens The reason here ascribed to Harvey seems now so very natural and obvious, that some have been disposed to question his claim to the high rank commonly assigned to him among the improvers of science! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 I give this literary anecdote, as it enters into the history of most discoveries, of which the improvers, rather than the inventors, are usually the most known to the world. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors I passed of late through a richly-cultivated district of country, in which the agricultural improver had done his utmost. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative "The Adelphi" itself is one of those lovable backwaters of a London artery, which has only just escaped spoliation at the hands of the improver. Dickens' London The Greatest Men Arose from the People.—The greatest scholars, poets, orators, philosophers, warriors, statesmen, inventors, and improvers of the arts, arose from the people. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order It is seen that they are only valid in so far as the proprietor of land is its improver. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy The instincts which urge toward construction and creation tend to make man an innovator, initiator, an improver. The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation No inveterate improver should ever tempt me to —— the dandelions from the green carpet of my lawn. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions We were told that some improver of pleasure-grounds had advised Lord B. to cut down the trees, and lay the whole open to the lawn, for the avenue is very near his house. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 Subsequent improvements in throwing mills, and the application of the ingenious weaving machinery of Jacquard and later improvers, have given a great expansion to many branches of the trade in the last fifty years. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production Whenever, in any country, the proprietor, generally speaking, ceases to be the improver, political economy has nothing to say in defense of landed property, as there established. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy He felt furtively of his rubber chest improver, his flexible pneumatic calves, his golden brown wig, his pencilled brows, silky moustache, and carefully fashioned rosebud mouth. The Gay Rebellion But the chief feature of this chapel is the colossal marble effigy of James Watt, the celebrated improver of the steam-engine—a splendid monument, from the chisel of Sir F. Chantrey. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Mind has been the improver, for matter can not improve itself, and improvement has advanced in proportion to the number and culture of the minds excited to activity and applied to the work. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes They cannot be trimmed to any considerable extent, and the effect of an improver or bustle worn under them would be absurd. Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9 The farmer or improver will only consider whether the outlay he makes for the purpose will be returned to him with the ordinary profit, and not whether any surplus will remain for rent. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy "My chest improver exploded," he ventured, being naturally honest. The Gay Rebellion The reasons which form the justification, in an economical point of view, of property in land, are only valid in so far as the proprietor of the land is its improver. Principles Of Political Economy He sets out upon his first tour, announcing that he does not write for farmers, of whom not one in five thousand reads anything, but for the country-gentlemen, who are the great improvers. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Even during the patent term, subsequent "improvers" get their own rights and can bargain with the original patent holder to share the profits. The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind There is nothing connected with the condition of the agricultural poor that is better worth the attention of improvers than the style of cookery pursued in these cottages. The Toilers of the Field His reputation stood high in every detail of farm-management, and as an improver of grass land by systematic irrigation he had no rival. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The improver who laid out grounds and always studied what he called unexpectedness, was asked what name he gave it for those who walked over his grounds a second time. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II We may be glad that the zeal for enclosure was not successful in all its aims; but this view of philanthropic and energetic improvers is characteristic. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. The first and best of our citizens must leave us; our aged must lose their ornament, our youth their model, our agriculture its improver, our infant academy its protector, our poor their benefactor.... Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. The growing of legumes to furnish humus, and even the growing of winter cover crops, such as rye, to be plowed under in the spring, cannot be too strongly recommended as soil improvers. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923 The bull Hubback is said by many writers to have been the great improver of Shorthorn blood. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Unfortunately, because it seldom happens that a great landlord is a great improver. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics It circulated information, distributed medals, and brought agricultural improvers together. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Is Congreve the inventor or improver of this rocket? James Cutbush An American Chemist, 1788-1823 The aim of the Millinery Department is to train assistants, improvers, frame makers, and preparers for wholesale and custom workrooms. The Making of a Trade School No reformers were these great men—no improvers of the way of others! The Gentle Art of Making Enemies The celebrated Pilades is mentioned to have been the great improver of this dance. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing He admires the marquis of Rockingham, at once the most honourable of statesmen and most judicious of improvers. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. That distinguished engraver was one of the few excellent "facsimile men" of the day; and he agreed to accept the applicant as "improver." The History of "Punch" The advantages of his invention were so great that his instrument was universally adopted, and hence he gained the credit of being the inventor of the mariner’s compass, of which he was only the improver. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Whatever may be the improvements on the Deanston method of draining, the name of Mr. Smith deserves, and, indeed, has already obtained, a high place among the improvers of agriculture. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles The latter afterwards became a noted builder and improver of lifeboats, and was well and deservedly rewarded for his labours. Saved by the Lifeboat He is a reformer, the perfection of reformers; not a revolutionist, but a prudent though determined improver. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works The inventive field is large, and each invention opens up a new field for improvements, and it is the "improver," without question, that reaps the greatest benefit from any invention. Practical Pointers for Patentees We all look up to him as the first great improver, and no one will question his title to this distinction. Cattle and Cattle-breeders On the left of the latter stands an improver of gardens, drawn also from the life, offering a plan for that purpose. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency On another occasion the improver of Tennyson came across from the Town Hall to the office with the final "turn" of an address which had just been delivered by Mr Bright to his constituents. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Mrs. Perkins was a short, stout woman, whose plump figure was much like the old-fashioned churn, so guiltless was it of modern form improvers. The Second Chance Nothing is more remarkable than the way in which the earlier improvers of the Short-horn breed carried out their belief in this. The Principles of Breeding or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals I had heard often of Guy-Cliff, two miles from the town; so I walked to see it, and of all improvers commend me to Mr. Greathead, its present owner. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II Greathead was a noted improver and builder of lifeboats, and was well and deservedly rewarded for his work; but he was not the inventor. Battles with the Sea But he had already done enough to earn himself a lasting name amongst the improvers of poetry in England. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Cattle-breeders and the improvers of horticulture are indirectly improving their own race by furnishing finer and more healthful materials to be built into man's body. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Had I known," said he to the abashed improvers, "of what you were doing, you should have laid no finger on this ancient pile. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) It is a great soil improver because of its ability to feed and thrive on soils too poor for other crops, due to its numerous shallow feeding rootlets. Apple Growing Never did Christmas board display a more goodly and gracious assemblage of countenances: those who were not handsome were, at least, happy; and happiness is a rare improver of your hard-favoured visage. Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving Then in the fullness of time came Beethoven, who after all must be regarded as the great improver of piano playing of this century, as well as that of the next following. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Therefore to him all inventors or improvers had to pay a royalty on each machine they made. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail It is peculiarly valuable as a fertilizer and as an improver of soils. Clovers and How to Grow Them Most clovers are deep rooted plants and therefore great soil improvers physically as well as being great nitrogen gatherers. Apple Growing Before the advent of the Draining Tile, covered drains were furnished with stones, boards, brush, weeds, and various other rubbish, and their good effect, very properly, claimed the attention of all improvers of wet land. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health These improvers are secondary inventors, and are not entitled to invoke the doctrine of mechanical equivalents. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 A most efficacious improver of many kinds of woods is raw linseed-oil mixed with a little rectified spirits of turpentine. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction On such and such a day I landed at Kingston, to become an improver on the estate of my brother-in-law. Romance Most of his "improvers" have adopted this distinction, and regard it as of essential importance. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. We do not possess from the genius of Aristotle—the originator or improver of so many practical departments—an Art of Study. Practical Essays For this again we shall need surgeons, who lie in wait in the background with the throat improvers. Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances He was the agitator, the destroyer of prescription, the internal improver, the liberal, the radical, the inventor of means, the opener of doors and markets, the subverter of monopoly and abuse.... Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson Of course, like all improvers, he was met with unlimited opposition, and on the publication of his book he was assailed with abuse, which, being a sensitive man, caused him extreme annoyance. A Short History of English Agriculture Some fifty thousand acres of land were purchased, and sold at a low rate and on long time to actual settlers and improvers. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Do, pray, save it from the hand of the ruthless "improver." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 8, 1892 Each new discovery then was but a step beyond that which had preceded it; Columbus was the first to steer boldly from shore into the waste of waters, an originator, not a mere improver. The Life of Columbus "A plot is as vulgar at this end of the century as a—as a dress improver, to take a feminine simile." A Daughter of To-Day He has indeed been described as 'the greatest individual improver agriculture ever knew'. A Short History of English Agriculture Historical and Statistical," thus deals with the reclamation question: "The Irish waste lands being of considerable extent have long attracted the notice of speculators and improvers. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines This was designed by Mr. Essex, the improver of King's College, Chapel, and is very neat, but of small dimensions. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 491, May 28, 1831 The claimants and improvers probably swallowed even the larger estate of Abijah Willard, leaving nothing to the Commonwealth. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 Another custom, though of a more private order, attracted the notice of this rational and almost universal improver. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 The general opinion seemed to be that old maid improvers would better stay at home where they might possibly be welcome, and that when the Happy Family wanted improving they would let her know. The Happy Family I recommend lights as a great improver of animal spirits. The Bed-Book of Happiness Arkwright, among the early improvers, was the only one who realized a large fortune, which his patience, his energy, his skill, his judgment, his perseverance well deserved, whether he was an original inventor or not. Rides on Railways Early in the spring of 1777, they attacked a small body of improvers marching to Harrodsburgh, about four miles from that place. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. The improver, however, did not condescend to explain what he really meant by a mere stone with distances, though he strenuously maintained that he did not mean a milestone. Headlong Hall Or the enlarger and improver might have taken his motto from Shakespeare: To my unfolding lend a gracious ear. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden When this compendium is completely understood, the scholar may proceed to the perusal of Tacquet, afterwards of Euclid himself, and then of the modern improvers of geometry, such as Barrow, Keil, and Sir Isaac Newton. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Nay, there are among the professed improvers of this system of grammar, men who have actually confounded these things, which are so totally different in their natures! The Grammar of English Grammars The true lesson from this is one of perseverance and thoroughness for the improver, and one of faith in the self-protectiveness of a healthy society for the conservative. On Compromise Even a professional improver of land finds sleep difficult to woo at the beginning of such an enterprise. The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life But in sober truth, Pope, whether as a gardener or as a poet, required no enlarger or improver of his works. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden There was no national plan, no standardization, no staff of inventors and improvers. The History of the Telephone Watt stands first in its history, as the inventor; Boulton second, as its promoter and supporter; and Murdock third, as its developer and improver. Men of Invention and Industry But every improver of tools had a long and difficult battle to fight; for any improvement in their effective power was sure to touch the interests of some established craft. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers But always when these improvers made smooth the obstacles, they were careful to weaken in no possible way the natural defences but rather to add to them. The Lost Continent There I stayed till six months ago, when I obtained a situation as improver, as it is called, in a London office. A Pair of Blue Eyes But they came not merely as ascetics, but as improvers. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 I do not wish to influence Mr. Rushworth," he continued; "but, had I a place to new fashion, I should not put myself into the hands of an improver. Mansfield Park The French were the grand improvers of every thing, though only for their own objects. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Mr. Perry may be regarded in the light of a great improver; many of his pens are ingenious and original in construction. The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens With a Description of the Manufacturing Process by Which They Are Produced These two warriors are, however, most successful and imposing, and immeasurably enhanced now that the spurious backgrounds, artfully concocted out of Dürer's own prints by an ingenious improver of his betters, have been removed. Albert Durer The pink-lined parasols now in fashion were devised by some thoughtful improver of woman, to enhance beauty by imparting a roseate hue to the complexion. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 You have been an improver yourself, and from what I hear of Everingham, it may vie with any place in England. Mansfield Park The motive that shears the trees also razes the copse, in order that the gardener or "improver" may show his art. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) I will deal with the last first, because it originated in England and was the invention of Theobald Boehm, the famous improver of the flute. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 I trust that if urban improvers ever want to embank the "Mall" or the eyot, public opinion will see its way to keeping this unique bit of the London river as it is. The Naturalist on the Thames Next time I met her she tole me she'd swopped it for a dress improver. The Wheel O' Fortune Mr. Bertram," said Miss Crawford, a few minutes afterwards, "you know Henry to be such a capital improver, that you cannot possibly engage in anything of the sort at Thornton Lacey without accepting his help. Mansfield Park Our Hogarth here a grand improver shines, And nobly on the general plan refines; He like himself o'erleaps the servile bound; Worth is his mark, wherever worth is found. Poetical Works Indeed we are even told that "Many men must have served as authors and improvers." The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments He saw that the little proprietor was by far the greatest improver, and he had no belief in the advantage of great farmers surrounded by day-labourers. The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished Later, Edison, Weston, Thompson, Hopkinson, Ferranti and others appear as improvers in the mechanism necessary for best developing a well-known principle, and many of these improvements may be classed among original inventions. Steam, Steel and Electricity "Don't, for Heaven's sake, touch that front!" implored the improver of it. From a Bench in Our Square Bales was the improver of Dr Bright's system, and, according to his own account in his "Writing Schoolmaster," he was able to keep pace with a moderate speaker. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 The idea was sound and fine, and might have led to many blessings; but Nature, enjoying her bad work best, recoiled upon her improver. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale He was the agitator, the destroyer of prescription, the internal improver, the liberal, the radical, the inventor of means, the opener of doors and markets, the subverter of monopoly and abuse. Representative Men A mender of shoes, an improver of the understandings of his customers; a translator. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue The question of soil fertility will become more important with the passing of the years, and the value of lucern as a land improver will then be more evident than it is to-day. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall The workers were arranged in groups of three, called 'parties,' consisting of a learner, an improver, and a hand. The Nether World It would surely be presumptuous in the most successful improver to affirm, that he possessed a carnation in which these qualities existed in the greatest possible state of perfection. An Essay on the Principle of Population This conveyed no very distinct idea to the ladies; but Vizard, for the first time, turned red at this revelation before Uxmoor, improver of cottage life. A Woman-Hater Therefore the characters include women and children, a young boy--the apprentice--some improvers, journeymen in the prime of life, and worn-out old men. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists The serfs had much rather their lord had turned out a freebooter than an improver. The Dove in the Eagle's Nest Another great protagonist of the alternating current was George Westinghouse, who was quite as much an improver and inventor as a manufacturer of machinery. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest The village surroundings and the country scenery coloured the whole of the boy's after life, and did much to make him the first agricultural improver and naturalist of Bengal, which he became. Life of William Carey Never did Christmas board display a more goodly and gracious assemblage of countenances; those who were not handsome were at least happy, and happiness is a rare improver of your hard-favored visage. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon At the end of the third year they usually got the sack, unless they were willing to stay on as improvers at from three shillings to four and sixpence per week. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Never did Christmas board display a more goodly and gracious assemblage of countenances; those who were not handsome were, at least, happy; and happiness is a rare improver of your hard-favoured visage. Old Christmas Speak, then, and tell the judges who their improver is.—Observe, Apology The savage or primitive man, in whom the natural instinct is strongest, is also the greatest improver of the forms of language. Cratylus One of these improvers lives over there at the "Seven Barrows" farm, another mystery of the great downs. Tom Brown's School Days Besides the lightweights there were a few young fellows called improvers, who were also employed because they were cheap. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Happy indeed would be the condition of youth if they had one corrupter only, and all the rest of the world were their improvers. Apology With his accusers he will only fence and play, as he had fenced with other 'improvers of youth,' answering the Sophist according to his sophistry all his life long. Apology Tell the judges, then, who is their improver; for you must know, as you have taken the pains to discover their corrupter, and are citing and accusing me before them. Apology Speak up, friend, and tell us who their improver is. Apology |
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