| 单词 | jobbery |
| 例句 | If you were here I think I could, and would if I could, do a little jobbery on your account. Winston Churchill, war correspondent: His early military years shaped his political ambitions 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Sumner’s distinction between “jobbery” and true capitalism is one that many voters would be thrilled to see Mr. Trump recognize. Trump’s—and FDR’s—‘Forgotten Man’ 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z But Tory politics and common-room scandal and jobbery apart, the University would appear to have slept the sleep of the unjust. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z The public securities were often counterfeited, official signatures forged, and plunder and jobbery openly indulged in. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The unscrupulous recourse of the government to jobbery and corruption is not more revolting than the evidence of the increasing constitutional power of the Commons is interesting. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z He certainly was audacious in his demands, but he was a king in jobbery. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z Mr. Trump’s Atlantic City projects fit perfectly into the Sumneresque definition of “jobbery.” Trump’s—and FDR’s—‘Forgotten Man’ 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Still, as I said, he was consistent, and there was literature he would not handle, nor when they made him a councillor would he wink at certain municipal jobbery. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z It is not worth while to follow this local squabble further, except to notice the singular atmosphere of jobbery with which it was surrounded. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z That is to say, that while in theory he was for democratic competitive examination, in practice he found something to be said for jobbery, could the fitting Trade Unionist but be found. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z The Provost, in which Provost Pawkie tells his own story, portrays inimitably the jobbery, bickerings and self-seeking of municipal dignitaries in a quaint Scottish burgh. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The Civil Service, it is almost needless to say, was a sanctuary of aristocratic jobbery. The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 2011-05-11T02:00:18.513Z How can we punish the jobbery and waste and corruption which may enter from experiments which are not made in good faith? Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z His scorn of all pettiness made him disdain jobbery, and even the subtler arts of parliamentary manipulation. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z He, in common with everybody else at The Witan, was loud in decrying the jobberies and vested interests of Departments, with the War Office placed foremost in the shock of his wrath. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z He who would be firm in an age of cowardice, he who would be just in an age of jobbery, cannot fail to be calumniated. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Now public opinion is too formidable to allow of jobbery that is not very discreetly managed, and a great deal no doubt is thus managed. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z The Pale, reduced as it was in extent and weakly defended, was in itself a nest of misrule, jobbery, and corruption. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Such language was hardy enough in a society where public dignities were monopolized by a few families, whose inherited wealth was augmented as often by jobbery as by industry. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z The story of President Roosevelt and Paul Morton, if truthfully told, would make a luminous chapter in railroad rascality and political jobbery. Labor and Freedom The whole system was permeated with jobbery, and the House used to become more than usually active in these matters as the elections approached. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study The whole business is a piece of jobbery. The Man Who Rose Again A deputy had also to contend with desperate difficulties, utter insufficiency of military force, an empty exchequer, a service full of jobbery and corruption, hostile intrigue both at Dublin and in the court at home. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Certainly, this has been a most economical and effective public outlay; free, too, from all suspicion of any one's fattening by political jobbery. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses Many of his paternal ventures led to little more than waste of money, or the creation of hotbeds of jobbery. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" To set up a constitution in such a place was a ridiculous mockery, and would only be another name for swindling and jobbery. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses In every department he discovers jobbery, waste and peculation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Men like Sir Allan MacNab, who had been bred in a system of preferments and petty political gains, found it difficult to avoid small jobbery. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 In that case the provincial authorities overrode the central government, with the result that “for wholesale jobbery, waste and mismanagement the enterprise acquired unenviable notoriety in a land where these things are generally condoned.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Inefficiency and jobbery would mark the navy's management. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time Thank God, the days of Tory jobbery are at an end.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) In this boom period jobbery and lobbying reigned to an extent which we rarely realize in our memory of the good old times. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways Apart from jobbery and frank corruption, Canadian politicians condescended at times to ignoble trickery, and to evasions of the truth which came perilously near breaches of honour. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 The administration of the national business has cost more than was expected, and has not been free, to employ the ugly words used in these debates, from jobbery and corruption. The Fathers of Confederation A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion Of jobbery and corruption and low political ideals there are unfortunately no less, but there is more conscious endeavour to grapple with and overthrow these foes. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time He battens, even like a Tammany chief, on political jobbery, on extortion, on usury. The Book of Khalid Road-making policy fluctuated between the Scylla of local neglect and the Charybdis of centralized jobbery. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways He would not offer a bribe for her silence, nor would he derive a personal advantage from a piece of jobbery. Blake's Burden It would not have been difficult, probably, to defeat that piece of political jobbery by a public exposure of its terms. James Madison Others regarded the whole business as a speculation of jobbers, and the stain of jobbery then pervading government circles was so notorious that the presumption was not without warrant. Ulysses S. Grant Shall we embrace nihilism as our creed, because we have practical communism forced upon us as the consequence of jobbery, and the imposition of unjust taxes? Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883 The jobbery and the tyranny which are inseparable from democracy in politics find room with difficulty in our "Republic." A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century It would imply a central commission, which would only, as was suggested, give rise to jobbery and take power out of the natural hands. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. The Jews and the mulattoes divide municipal honors between them, and rival, not unworthily on a small scale, the united talents of Mozart and Tammany for misgovernment and jobbery. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Here a wall is raised against incompetence, and against the jobbery under which incompetence would profit. The Cult of Incompetence Hugh was for free canonical election, with no more royal interference than was required to prevent jobbery and quicken responsibility. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England His Radical friends were denouncing placemen and jobbery, and Cobbett began to perceive what was at the bottom of the evil. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Its bonding privilege was one of the most disgraceful bits of jobbery ever lobbied through a corrupt little legislature. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters There was only one method whereby Pitt could have assured his marriage with Eleanor Eden, namely, by condescending to political jobbery. William Pitt and the Great War ‘Yes,’ said the Savoyard exile, ‘but be quite sure that, to make the monarchy strong, you must rest it on the laws, avoiding everything arbitrary, too frequent commissions, and all ministerial jobberies.’ Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre Their uprising was the answer to the corruption, jobbery, and judge-mongering of the Molly Maguires masquerading in the vestments of religion. Six days of the Irish Republic A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics Paper money, he found out, was at the bottom of it all; for paper money was the outward and visible symbol of a gigantic system of corruption and jobbery. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill He did his very best to suppress the jobbery which had become a tradition in the officialism of Dublin Castle. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II Hated by the grandees, loathed by honest people, and yet fawned on by all alike, he sought to strengthen his power by jobbery, with results fatal to the public services. William Pitt and the Great War If you open a daily paper you find that its pages are entirely devoted to Government transactions and to political jobbery. The Conquest of Bread The jobbery of the official party disgusted all earnest and unselfish minds amongst the youth of Ireland. Six days of the Irish Republic A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics No man can compute the evils wrought by his political theories; but in private life he was thoroughly upright and pure, and no suspicion of political jobbery was ever whispered in connection with his name. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 The whole system of government tended to peculation and jobbery—to the enrichment of worthless officials. Canada In this double-ender of a State political jobbery was at fault, because it had no headquarters. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) They are the snares and pitfalls of official jobbery; and there would be no end of bickering and complaining on the merits of this and the shortcomings of that man. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General He would not touch a dollar, place, or preferment unless it came to him clean, with no trace of jobbery on it. Pushing to the Front The nationalists knew that reform would be a difficulty the more in the way of separation, the retrogrades knew it would be a spoke in the wheel of their own jobbery. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 He was a brave and honest Englishman, instinctively opposed to jobbery, and to all the other modes by which a corrupt government plunders a laborious people. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money Excellent, too, is the passage in which his subordinate speaks of crushing the enemy in America, and Burgoyne asks him who will crush their enemies in England, snobbery and jobbery and incurable carelessness and sloth. George Bernard Shaw Mr. Anderson seems to have a thorough detestation of anything like jobbery. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities He refused to be a party to any political jobbery, any underhand business. Pushing to the Front Men of ability and sense were not wanting, but being unorganised, discouraged, and saturated with distrust, they made no effort to stem the jobbery, corruption, waste, going on around them. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Michael Angelo began his work by pulling down much of Sangallo's construction, and by severely repressing all sorts of jobbery in connection with the supply of materials. Michael Angelo Buonarroti But they are staggered by their bogey that State ownership of land might give rise to a certain amount of jobbery and corruption on the part of officials. Post-Prandial Philosophy In all jobbery the case is the same. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other It gone, then would follow the chiefer evils of governmental mechanism—class rule, ring rule, extravagance, jobbery, nepotism, the spoils system, every jot of the professional trading politician's influence. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum He is not in the least amused by jobbery, by bad service, by broken pledges. Americans and Others In any case, whether the clergy, backed by Rome, elected their bishops, or whether the king and nobles made their profit out of the Church appointments, jobbery was the universal rule. A Short History of Scotland Instead of making internal improvements a matter of politics, and of wasteful jobbery, he would take advantage of the constitutional provision which permits a State to lay tonnage duties by the consent of Congress. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics The greatest social evil with which we have to contend is jobbery. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other For some time popular resentment against the feebleness and jobbery of the stadholderless government had been deep and strong. History of Holland High public spirit, a detestation of jobbery, trust and goodwill between rich and poor, are the feelings which make good local or municipal government possible. England's Case Against Home Rule Municipal jobbery is not unknown in New York; and its influential citizens are said to be steeped to the lips in political corruption. Thrift If you could ensure his jobbery I am well self satisfied of his success. The Bed-Book of Happiness It affects everything which we really need to have done to such an extent that we have to do without public objects which we need through fear of jobbery. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other But the needless mystery which surrounded its expenditure led to the suspicion that it was used as a fund for secret service and political jobbery. History of Holland "Municipalisation means jobbery," said the young man with the bowler hat; "look at the County Council tramways." The Pleasures of Ignorance We knew that many Yankee vessels had been transferred to English owners, and of course had to have an English flag; but the question arose—Was there not some jobbery in this case? The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter Let us oppose it as a scheme of jobbery, devised with a view to the establishment of offices and appointments. International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 3, July 15, 1850 Whatever there is in legislative charters, watering stocks, etc., etc., which is objectionable, comes under the head of jobbery. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other The royal household was a gigantic nest of costly jobbery and purposeless profusion. Burke The gravity of the situation was aggravated for years by the jobbery and corruption of the men who had the fate of the country largely in their hands. Canada under British Rule 1760-1900 The business of filling the vacant sees of Ireland had degenerated into what we should now call "jobbery"; and during the period of Sir Robert Walpole's administration it was rarely that an Irishman was selected. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 There was a strong push made to get one laid down in Broadway, and corporation jobbery had nearly succeeded. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada The "spoils system" has helped to sustain all manner of abominations, from grasping monopolies and civic jobbery down to political rum-shops. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins There may, and there very probably was, a great deal of jobbery going on in the dockyards. Men of Invention and Industry It would mean the restoration of the old era of trickery, jobbery and blackmail in a richer and wider area. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 The finances had fallen into such a chaos of jobbery and confusion that the very existence of the government depended upon a prompt and trenchant reform. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 But unfortunately a large salary does not always secure services of corresponding value, and sometimes, I am afraid, rather has an opposite tendency, and operates as a temptation to jobbery. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. Suppose he sold out down to it; he wouldn't mind having the value of the rest knocked down, if he could make more than the difference by some jobbery. Vane of the Timberlands The opportunities for making money on public works—either honestly or by jobbery—were almost unlimited. The Gray Dawn The paper contained, moreover, charges of jobbery against 'great men,' though no one was named. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 That I translate to mean that Ulster feels that the policy of the spoils to the victors would be adopted, and that jobbery in Nationalist and Catholic interests would be rampant. Imaginations and Reveries This system would also, I believe, lead to less jobbery. The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity It is violated by favouritism, partiality, and jobbery. Moral Philosophy Mr. Herbert Putnam, late of the Boston Public Library, is the ideal man for the post, and his appointment was made, not only without suspicion of jobbery, but in the teeth of strong political influence. America To-day, Observations and Reflections In addition, it is impossible not to be struck with the atmosphere of jobbery which surrounds the public offices. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 By such concession jobbery would be made impossible. Imaginations and Reveries A single act of Parliament may substitute a new law for an old one; but no one resolution or bill has a magical power to extinguish long habits of jobbery and corruption. The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 With the development of the arts of advertising, touting, adulteration, political jobbery, and speculation, acting over an ever-widening area of competition, the fight between the large joint stock businesses grows always more cruel and complex. Problems of Poverty They never dreamed of the spoils of jobbery. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders There is more conceit and less jobbery behind the criticisms of this type of mind. In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace It of course implies the existence of an administration capable of regulating a railway system, and placed above the influence of jobbery and corruption. Lectures and Essays They generally prefer jobbery to direct stealing, and will spend a million of the state's money in a needless undertaking, in order to divert a few thousands into their own pockets. The Eve of the French Revolution To a large portion of the people who frequent Washington or dwell where, the ultra fashion, the shoddy, the jobbery are as utterly distasteful as they would he in a refined New England City. The Gilded Age, Part 5. But though the interest of the Minister is inconsistent with appalling jobbery, he will be inclined to mitigated jobbery. The English Constitution In New Zealand, we are told, on the best authority, that land monopoly and land jobbery were never so rampant in the Dominion as since the introduction of the progressive land tax. An Autobiography Said I: “Was there not a serious danger of such moneys being misused—of jobbery, in fact?” News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance At the head of the government was placed a politician, the Duke of Newcastle, who loved jobbery and patronage in politics and who doled out offices to his supporters. The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars He once sent a scolding message to the State Senate, in which he said that "the money of the State is apparently expended with no regard to economy," and that "barefaced jobbery has been permitted." The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics The larger the number of nominations to be made, the more complete was the jobbery, and this was the death warrant of the local convention. The Boss and the Machine; a chronicle of the politicians and party organization As an honest man Monroe shrank from this sort of jobbery; besides, he could hardly offer to buy a territory which his Government asserted it had already bought with Louisiana. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty He knew at what houses it was inadvisable to introduce soap, and at what tables it would be bad form to denounce political jobbery. Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green One can bear coldly the jobbery of enemies, but not that of friends, and to Adams this kind of jobbery seemed always infinitely worse than all the petty money bribes ever exploited by the newspapers. The Education of Henry Adams They proved that his old comrade Greatauk, the Duke of Skull, had been guilty of jobbery regarding the military stores and had received a present of no great value from a manufacturer called Maloury. Penguin Island I have no part in the jobbery of which you speak. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Thank God, the days of Tory jobbery are at an end.' The Wrong Box Besides the unavoidable evils of excessive centralisation, Russia has had to suffer much from the jobbery, venality, and extortion of the officials. Russia Grant himself had done nothing that seemed so bad as this to one who had lived long enough to distinguish between the ways of presidential jobbery, if not between the jobs. The Education of Henry Adams This kind of medicine will soon cure all cases of jobbery. The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries You know, and you know that I know just what jobbery was done in the building trades’ strike last fall, who put up the money, who did the work, and who profited by it.” The Strength of the Strong |
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