| 单词 | land agent |
| 例句 | And he hurried to the House of Hwang and he met the land agent there and he said without ceremony, “I have that with which to buy the land adjoining mine by the moat.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z When the fittingly named Strickland & Wormwood, land agents, double the rent overnight, the death knell for the farm is sounded. The Secret Hen House Theatre by Helen Peters – review 2012-07-13T21:40:01Z Barnard, however, was a squatter on a rancho owned by oil baron Thomas Scott, whose land agent Thomas Bard disliked the name and sought to build a wharf on Point Hueneme. Voters in this coastal Ventura County city will decide: Do we call ourselves 'Port' or 'Beach'? 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Redding, its chief population center, was named for a land agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The California County Where MAGA Took Control 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z It was not hard for Austin and other land agents to find people to settle in Texas. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The company denied accusations of environmental racism that emerged after a Byhalia Connection land agent said during a community meeting that the developers “took, basically, a point of least resistance” in choosing the pipeline’s path. Under presssure, company cancels Tennessee pipeline 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Bat Masterson and a land agent make a Kansas cow town safe for wheat farmers. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z He became the land agent for the estate and two others, Maes-y-Neuadd and Maes-y-Pandy, and was asked to sell them in the 1920s. Welsh estate with same family for 600 years up for sale 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z It even was pronounced by a nearby land agent as the “logical” site for our first world’s fair, the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The future of a pristine peninsula (now Seward Park) through the eyes of the city 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z The Nature Conservancy of Texas, which has a mission of protecting ecologically important lands and waters, was hired by Texas Parks and Wildlife to be its land agent. How a barroom shooting led to a new state park in West Texas 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z It was at that price point that Charlie Johnson, the county’s senor land agent, started negotiations for the property. Big Thompson couple regrets county land deal 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z The state has hired four contractors to make appraisals and purchase offers in the Central Valley, although growers interviewed by The Times contended those land agents have limited understanding of their operations. Ready to fight: Some growers unwilling to lose land for bullet train 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z And the jobs - from heavy-machine operators to land agents - would require skills that many in the coal industry already possess. Kentucky editorial roundup 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Pray for the rain, man A TransCanada land agent claiming to be a preacher asks landowners to pray before he shows them the money the company is offering for their land. The 10 Funniest Moments in the Keystone XL Fight 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z One of them was a land agent, and the other a home seeker. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Similar inquiries of land agents and owners resulted thus: insufficient 9, sufficient 11, more than sufficient 4, variable 6. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The land agent would be much obliged if Mr. Drake could make it convenient to call at his office in order that certain misunderstandings might be removed. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z He was of middle age, and besides representing a so-styled "development company" was, by profession, land agent, farmers' financier, and mortgage jobber, and, as naturally follows, a usurer. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z They would thus be transformed into mere land agents. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z Now, in the year 1670, something new had been added to the Northern Neck—a land agent. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The Colonel kept an office, and pretended to act as a kind of land agent, and agent for insurance companies, and so on. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z The land agent replied that a sale by auction was generally the most lucrative manner of disposing of a property, and suggested the despatch of a clerk skilled in valuation to inspect the premises. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z It was known, also, that Master Lionel had left his regiment, the Rifle Brigade, and was installed as his sire's land agent. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z In 1869 he was elected secretary of state, but before his term of office expired resigned to accept the appointment of land agent of railway corporations, which enabled him to spend four years abroad. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Carter's big opportunity came in 1702 when he was appointed as a land agent of the Northern Neck proprietary. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Finding that the railroad company had a land agent in Verona, Cottrell decided to represent themselves as would-be purchasers of land. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z Then suddenly he shoved him off, put a white man in his place, and turning to the land agent said: "See what one small tract means; white man all, Indian nothing." The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z They want army recruits from Kerry, to defend the Empire; that Empire which meant landlords and land agents and rackrents for so many blind and crushing years. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z For ten years he has been in the employ of the Manitoba railroad as land agent. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Among those I remember were, my uncle, Thomas Allen; E. H. Clark, a land agent; Col. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z They were introduced to Mr. Purdy, the land agent, by the hotel clerk, and from him they obtained a map of the county. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z It was probably the house originally occupied by his steward or land agent, but was now devoted to hospitable purposes and the reception of guests. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools The house and furniture would be pretty good proof to the land agent of the honesty of our intentions.” Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls When, in the guise of a land agent, he had in 1806 visited that region, his suspicions had already been slightly aroused against Drane. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Mr. Brigham was county surveyor, postmaster, music teacher, as well as land agent, and a very fine man. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z They therefore thought best to confide the real object of their visit to Mr. Purdy, the land agent, and to ask his advice and assistance. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z His father was a solicitor and land agent of old standing, and Mr. Augustus followed his father's profession, and now did by far the greater part of its work. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 Some of the Government's own land agents on the spot urged them. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time He represented himself as a land agent, and in this capacity called on Abner Logan one evening about sunset. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Robert Evans, father of George Eliot, was land agent for the Newdegate estate. George Eliot Centenary, November 1919 Catalogue of Relics, Manuscrips, Prints, Paintings, Photographs & Books relating to George Eliot It is even conceivable that there are some so happily constituted as to be able to chat equally unconcernedly with a Duke and with their wife's cousin, the land agent. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations Generally the selection is made for the settler by the land agent. A Stake in the Land Mr. Henry Turner, about the middle of the 19th century, was a corn and coal merchant, and also land agent for Sir Henry Dymoke, Bart., of Scrivelsby Court. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time In the western town where they left the train they found a land agent who was selling lots in a new settlement, on the Mississippi River, called Eden. Tales from Dickens A land agent of Donegal showed me one page of a rent book, that I might bear witness to indisputable facts. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule He was probably from New Jersey, and early became a fur trader on the Virginia frontier; later he was in Lord Fairfax’s employ as a land agent. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State Settling on land, they came in contact with the American land agents, other company officials, government authorities, American banks and stores, and with American neighbors at the community meetings. A Stake in the Land They sent in a card bearing the name of a very important Woking firm of land agents, and they themselves were not without dignity of bearing. Bones in London “Horace Greeley said thirty years ago that the twin curses of Kansas were the land agent and the one-horse politician,” Asher observed. Winning the Wilderness Every Irish land agent will tell you of underhand intrigue in connection with land. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule He stalked into the land agent’s office with a patronizing air, and then said with his usual frigidity: “‘Who owns the timber lots about the Day Spring? Lorimer of the Northwest Met there Mr. L., a land agent, who told me that they would be nearly a thousand pounds per acre, and therefore too dear. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller One missionary left the business—I think one may call it a business without offence—and became a land agent, but that is an exception. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Supper was over and Laxton, the land agent, sat in the rotunda of the leading hotel at Navarino. Prescott of Saskatchewan Before, they had lived in constant dread of the land agents putting them out of their home. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar I thought you were one of them land agents. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk Mr. Guthrie arrived in Canada in the summer of 1817, and after looking around him, determined upon establishing himself as a land agent. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Often, being strangers, the landseekers did not know that these "spotters" were not land agents. Land of the Burnt Thigh When he reached his destination, business premises 59 were closed for the night, but after making inquiries he found a land agent who was recommended as respectable and trustworthy at a smart hotel. Prescott of Saskatchewan After finding themselves shut out of their house by a trick of the land agents she and her daughter had taken up a permanent residence in the girls’ camp. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar They showed the exact bank at the side of the road from behind which certain murderous men had fired at a land agent in 1885. Lady Bountiful The Young Land Agent Or, The Secret of the Borden Estate THE young land agent had several rivals, and they did all possible to bring his schemes of selling town lots to naught. Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School Through the outer office I rushed while the land agent called after me, "Just a minute, Edith!" Land of the Burnt Thigh The land agent remembered that they were a reddish brown.” Prescott of Saskatchewan I have always thought that if he had been a land agent, instead of a preacher, he could have sold the whole of Alaska and the adjacent icebergs in one quadrennium. A Circuit Rider's Wife Before leaving, however, we were told, "Shure t' rint would be raised in the fall," if such signs of prosperity as farm buildings greeted the land agent's arrival. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell The wood collapsed and the dazed land agent found himself sitting on the floor. Kid Wolf of Texas In the meantime the tall waving crops brought land agents with their buyers. Land of the Burnt Thigh There’s another point—the land agent talked of a tall, stoutish man. Prescott of Saskatchewan The land agent, seeing that he made some impression, pressed home his advantage. With Axe and Rifle Talk like a land agent trying to sell a ranch. The Gold Trail "I am quite attracted by Rattlesnake County, and——" "This isn't Rattlesnake County, young man," corrected the land agent. Kid Wolf of Texas But it was ahead of the times in the new West and generally looked upon as an impractical idea spread largely by land agents as propaganda. Land of the Burnt Thigh “Well,” remarked Stanton with a thoughtful air, “he wouldn’t let that land agent see him if he’d been guilty.” Prescott of Saskatchewan Mr. Barker, their lawyer, and Mr. Burnett, the land agent, entirely sympathised; and it was resolved to persevere. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 Consequently Scott was listed as a real estate and land agent in the local directories. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 He passed his other hand over the land agent's flabby body, poking the folds of fat here and there over Major Stover's ribs. Kid Wolf of Texas Bartlett, in his recollection of the anecdote, adds that Washington, about this period, inquired after the forward young man, and urged him to become his land agent,—an offer which Gallatin declined. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII However, this is what I heard—a land agent in Navarino sent for the district sergeant; told him he’d run across a man from Sebastian at the hotel and the fellow got talking about Jernyngham. Prescott of Saskatchewan If he falls into the clutches of some of our land agents they'll swindle him out of every cent of his fortune. The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma Met there Mr. L., a land agent, who told me that they would be nearly a Thousand Pounds per acre, and therefore too dear. A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part He shook the land agent until his teeth rattled like dice in a box. Kid Wolf of Texas Doyle is the President of the League, and, of course, he's ex officio obliged to dislike land agents passionately; but I didn't expect you to take that line, Major. The Simpkins Plot It was the first the land agent had heard of the matter; but he was struck by the date on which Jernyngham disappeared, because he’d had a deal with him three days later.” Prescott of Saskatchewan The land agent let him have it right between the eyes. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North The English nobles in the eighteenth century had become, what they mostly are now, men of business; agriculturists at least as much as politicians; land agents of a very dignified kind, with very large incomes. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 8: France in the Eighteenth Century About one in a hundred of them can earn his own living, and then it is as a land agent. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron How seductive are the notifications by auctioneers and land agents of the 'charming and valuable territorial estates, with the disposal of which they have had the honor of being intrusted'! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 He looked about the room as if in search of somebody; and then after speaking to the clerk came toward the land agent. Prescott of Saskatchewan The little man smoked an occasional cigar with the land agent and aired his views on politics and affairs social. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North The land agent at Kennard showed it to me in June when the Perro was booming, and I believed him when he said it ran that way all the year around. The Iron Furrow A shadow of fear flitted over the shallow eyes of the land agent, but he attempted at once to bluster. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story The seneschal, who answers to our modern steward or land agent, and where there were several manors supervised all of them. A Short History of English Agriculture This post in no way interfered with my duties as a land agent then, but I afterwards resigned it owing to the increasing exigencies of my profession. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Some of what the land agents call the amenities of the district had certainly disappeared. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People I have considerable experience as a land agent, but I know of no estate where the tenants were more respectable, better housed, or, as a body, in better circumstances than on the Brooke estate. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) Probably, therefore, not of a land agent, shot to repress his fiduciary zeal, but perhaps of some peasant selfishly and recklessly bent on paying his rent. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) The surveyor of Fitzherbert's day combined some of the duties of the modern bailiff and land agent: he bought and sold for his employer, valued his property, and supervised the rents. A Short History of English Agriculture It may be as well to detail for readers other than Irish what are the avocations of a land agent, especially as the class in Ireland will probably soon be as extinct as the dodo. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent It is possible that he looked very odd in London, but he was wearing a most respectable new suit of clothes, and might well have passed for a land agent. The Lion's Share "You might get the dollars in your wallet if you made the deal with a land agent in Vancouver." Alton of Somasco So much for employing a scientific and practical agriculturist as land agent, instead of a fashionable London attorney. Rides on Railways The land agent was shrewd, and knew when he had come to an impasse. The Rules of the Game Judge Ross stated that there was no more deserving or painstaking class in Ireland than the land agents, and he considered it a great hardship that under the Wyndham Act they obtain no compensation. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent In other words, the Canadian seigneur was to be a royal immigration and land agent combined. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 He was a land agent, who made it a business to get emigrants to go west, away up the lakes somewhere. Vandemark's Folly The surveyor was the land agent, and the allotments were apportioned by each applicant drawing a lot out of a hat. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration The lank and sinister figure of Saleratus Bill was observed to accompany that of the land agent, but the gun man, at a sign from his principal; did not dismount. The Rules of the Game There is not the least need to sketch how I gradually became one of the largest land agents in Ireland. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent He wrote to land agents and put Molehill upon their books to be sold or let on lease, and also to various influential friends to obtain introductions to the leading men in New Zealand. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life The lawyer, the auctioneer, the land agent, the farmer, all who have any substance, publish their business in this medium. Hodge and His Masters The first object was rendered imperative by the settlement of squatters on part of his richest land, some of which was even being offered for sale by unscrupulous land agents. George Washington: Farmer If Bob had entertained any lingering doubt as to Oldham's complicity in his abduction, the expression on the land agent's face would have removed it. The Rules of the Game Had I been able to obtain a reasonably large farm near Dingle, I should never have become a land agent, and I most certainly should never have given evidence before any Commission. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent They had been stopped before midday by a vast crowd of excited people, owners of land, land agents, local authorities, lawyers, policemen, soldiers even. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth He began life as a master carpenter, then became a forester, and finally a land agent. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy That was the way the land agent paid the squatter. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West Ware led the way to the tree under which lay the body of the land agent. The Rules of the Game In default of adequate land accommodation, I embarked on my profession by becoming assistant land agent to my brother-in-law, the Knight of Kerry, who was agent to Sir George Colthurst. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Immediately upon the receipt of this information I advised the release of James Maclauchlan, esq., provincial land agent, and his assistant, upon the same terms. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren But the peasants living in dreary hovels, no longer in intimate contact with their former landlords, but victims of cruel and incompetent land agents, were going from bad to worse. The Story of Mankind One day, when all of the land agents rode through the settlement in this manner, Smith followed them on foot over fifty miles. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West A moment later the land agent stood before the wide mahogany desk. The Rules of the Game Of course in the due working out of the Wyndham Act, land agents will be utterly ruined. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent The land agent of Massachusetts is aware that the road from the river Matawamkeag to the Aroostook is the one that has given rise to complaint, and which, he observes, "is now nearly completed." A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren Special terms will be arranged with steamships, railway companies, and land agents, of which emigrants using the Bureau will have the advantage. In Darkest England and the Way Out His funds were nearly all spent, and he wished to take his children to New York; yet his only hope was in the integrity and honor of the land agents. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West Having thus glided over this false start, the land agent promptly opened another consideration. The Rules of the Game It should be also borne in mind that the profession of a land agent in Ireland is on a far higher social plane than in England. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Maclauchlan to the lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, complaining of the "conduct of certain land agents of the States of Maine and Massachusetts in the territory in dispute between the United States and Great Britain." A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren "Were the contents of the casket valuable?" asked the land agent. Cast Upon the Breakers This raised such a general complaint against the land agents, that they finally agreed to pay the squatters for their improvements, if they would leave their farms. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West The land agent had not for many years permitted himself to act on impulse. The Rules of the Game Being a land agent, I wish to provide some account from another pen of my stewardship, for which said stewardship I was falsely called 'the most rack-renting agent in Ireland.' The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Maclauchlan to Sir Archibald Campbell, complaining of the conduct of the land agents of the States of Maine and Massachusetts in the territory in dispute between the United States and Great Britain. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren I forget who had built it, or why; some land agent or factor, I think, who had once lived on the estate, but I know I frequently cursed him. The Man from the Clouds These did not occupy the whole of his time, so with the avocations of a banker he coupled the practice of law and also the business of land agent. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men I find that the impression prevails that the minerals of the Cumberlands are largely controlled by land agents and speculators. Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 And yet some one ventured to call Irish land agents 'popularity-hunting scoundrels.' The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent According to the description, it was the most beautiful isle that ever existed; it beggared the description of a Chicago land agent completely. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest There never was a land agent in the city of Chicago that would not have blushed with shame to have described that land as flowing with milk and honey. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. With the close of the bank he devoted himself more earnestly to the practice of the law and the prosecution of his business as a land agent. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men It was probably the house originally occupied by his steward or land agent, but was now devoted to hospitable purposes, and the reception of guests. Life of George Washington — Volume 01 In one of these two houses lived Mark Armsworth, banker, solicitor, land agent, and justice of the peace. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction The management of the property was in the hands of a Dublin firm, so the parish was deprived of the privilege of a resident land agent. Hyacinth Experts, such as land agents and surveyors, were always in request, and indeed these experts in value caused the most extravagant amounts to be awarded. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) Admit him, by all means; it is your father's land agent, and he may wish to leave some message for my uncle. Home as Found The land agent, who has sat in high-bred silence all the way, pays his fare and goes off on the car that awaits him. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland Together they ascended the bank and surveyed the surroundings, Cherry expatiating upon every feature with the fervor of a land agent bent on weaving his spell about a prospective buyer. The Silver Horde After obtaining further details from the land agent, who wrote on my behalf to Count Schonborn, I had to content myself with a refusal. My Life — Volume 2 There they gathered about the incoming vessel, like so many land agents, each explaining what advantages in the way of a good location and fertile soil he had to offer. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism Something that will set up a block in the way of land agents. God's Good Man It might be for me or it might be for the land agent, who sat on the same side. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland "That must have come from the Richmond land agent," he said. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, Dull business by day, land agents, temperance hotel, Falconer's railway guide, civil service college, Gill's, catholic club, the industrious blind. Ulysses Sharp, the land agent, did not communicate with her in any way until he had filed his papers, rushed his claim through the departments and into the patent room for patenting. Rolling Stones I suppose you think you're everybody because your father was a land agent. John Bull's Other Island I had a wish to meet with a Mr. Smithwick, a land agent, from whom I might receive a good deal of information. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland These agents are all shopkeepers, and most of them are proprietors of land themselves, or act land agents for others: is that so?-Yes, Second Shetland Truck System Report "I didn't know you were a land agent before," he said. From Sand Hill to Pine If any land agent of the general government has received wagon loads of base coin from us in payment for lands, let him say so. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 I called at Allan Brothers', the chief land agents in the village, and found that it was from this firm that the villa had been rented. The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge He had only gone for a couple of days to confer with his land agent. A Set of Six Well, much more than his secretary as your friend Beverley perhaps has told you: his land agent, his financial adviser, his courier, his—but this most of all—his audience. The Red House Mystery And the land agent had never let on to them. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural |
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