| 单词 | man of affairs |
| 例句 | A historian and man of affairs, Josephus portrays the Essenes somewhat more realistically than Philo, and, since he was once a member of the order himself, his account of it must stand as authoritative. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z He has used the platform of a reality television show, NBC’s “The Apprentice,” to burnish his pop-culture image as a formidable man of affairs. Donald Trump Runs for President (This Time for Real, He Says) 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z It is astonishing how often your visionary can get money out of your man of affairs when another man of affairs would fail. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Learned, able, a hardy disputant, and a skilled man of affairs, he had determined to be Archbishop of Prague, and this object he pursued with unalterable constancy. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Lytton," said a well-known man of affairs to me, "we are all actors. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z During this long period of service he won distinction as an able church official, as an alert man of affairs, and as a prolific writer on ecclesiastical subjects. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z No discrepancy or erasure had been discovered, and the Squire, whose attention had never faltered--he was an excellent man of affairs--declared himself satisfied. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z It is not gladly, it is never without a pang that the man of affairs sees the world pass from him. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z My friend, as a man of affairs, you must know that one cannot say 'Money' but that one is asked: ''Ow much?' Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z I promised his father that I would be something more than Archie's mere man of affairs, if I were allowed, and I confess that I am troubled by him. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z He was at the same time a bold fighter and a tender husband, a religious enthusiast and a practical man of affairs. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z By some he is given the character of a clear-headed, brisk man of affairs. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z There was an orderliness, an indefinable businesslike touch to the room and its contents which seemed to make it evident that its owner was a man of affairs. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z “All right, boys,” said Mr. Salper, on returning, in his eyes the preoccupied look of the man of affairs. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z It was some unpractical fancy wholly beneath the regard of a practical, and now wholly assured, man of affairs. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z He was a visionary as well as a man of affairs; virile, daring, and beneath the surface generous and tender. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Thanks to my lorgnette I soon discovered that he was Michel's man of affairs. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z He was again the sharp, shrewd man of affairs. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z The book is diffuse, pedantic and somewhat heavy in style, but valuable historically as written by a theorist who was also an expert man of affairs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z I was desired, by the man of affairs, to determine what apartments I should want, and then the rent might be fixed. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z Jim says that Henry is a scientist, but a more practical man of affairs than the rest of us give him credit for being. The Ranch Girls and Their Heart's Desire 2011-08-31T02:01:23.303Z Mr. Chester, a New York man of affairs, owned a plantation in Nicaragua, and the boys and their aëroplane were the means of saving this from the depredations of the revolutionaries. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z The extremely large and impressive Mr. Wallingford, the breadth of whose white waistcoat alone proclaimed him as a man of affairs, arose to greet the representative of the Battlesburg Blade with great cordiality. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Coming here a few weeks ago, absolutely unknown, he has already become a prominent man of affairs in Brewster. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z I am a man of affairs, but I have also sensibility, and shall I trouble the señorita about a bag of gum? The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z He was rather a delicate-looking man, getting on towards fifty, his hair fast turning grey, and with the manner of the student rather than the man of affairs. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z Father Simon was suave in manner; I could judge him to be shrewd and clear-headed; evidently he was a man of affairs. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The reasoned opinion of a man of law and a man of affairs was worth paying for. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z My dear young lady, Slosson as a man of affairs is possible, but as a companion on a journey, however short—well, I—— And you are really going to drive me to my hotel. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, deserves a passing mention, though he was more remarkable as a man of affairs than as a man of letters. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z He was again the cold, stern, level-headed man of affairs, listening to a strange story. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z But I am a man of affairs like yourself. The Pocahontas-John Smith Story 2011-04-15T02:00:20.537Z A Frenchman, Chavatte by name, a gentleman and a man of affairs, who came over with Vermuijden, putting much money into the business. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z With such a training Lawrence returned from England, a young man of culture and fine manners and well fitted to be a man of affairs. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z He was no cloistered monk devoting all his time to the study of the heavens, but a cultivated man of affairs, of recognized ability in business and statesmanship, and a leader among his fellow canons. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z He had been duly impressed by the man of affairs who had taken the case in hand. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Dumas as a man of affairs or as a politician was not the success that he was in the world of letters. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z Unlike most of the great historians, he was a man of affairs. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Business was business, and he realized that the keen-faced man of affairs who was talking to him was too shrewd to throw anything away or buy a bad bargain. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z This was the opinion of a profound thinker and experienced man of affairs living when Tycho Brahe and Bruno were still alive and Kepler and Galileo were beginning their astronomical investigations. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z Hardly had he realized, after his friendly chat with Henry Carleton, and the words of encouragement he had received from that practised man of affairs, how thoroughly he had discounted the future. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z The active man of affairs these busy times needs many diverse things in the way of companionship. Half-Hours with the Idiot 2011-01-22T03:00:18.853Z His manner was not unsympathetic, but betrayed the slight impatience of a man of affairs discussing an unpractical subject with an unpractical person. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z He was the man of affairs, the executive head, thinking, planning, immersed in his business. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z Now the layman, the modern-side man, above all the man of affairs, are raising their heads. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z He was a man of affairs, a vestryman, and a member of the House of Burgesses. Dorothy Payne, Quakeress A Side-Light upon the Career of 'Dolly' Madison 2010-12-20T17:12:10.847Z Cicero was a man of affairs in the thick of a great revolution, and his letters are invaluable to the student of politics at a great crisis in history. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius You know I'm a man of affairs here. The Reclaimers The younger, alert, practical man of affairs, expert in the duties of both peace and war, has the advantage over the elder sage whose life for many years had been cloistered in academic calm. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 Didn't know, dash it, how much I was worth Went down in Wall Street one day and asked old Morley, my man of affairs, but forgot what he said. The Haunted Pajamas Mr. Shanner was at pains to let it be seen that he was a man of affairs on the grand scale, one to be ranked with diplomatists and ambassadors. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel If the Chicago man of affairs works hard at his calling, he takes his pleasure zestfully and plenty of it. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 He was rather distinguished looking, and his close-cropped hair and mustache set him off as a man of affairs and consequence in his own country. The Social Gangster If Plato was an idealizing philosopher, Xenophon was a prosaic and matter of fact man of affairs. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy This time, however, instead of the merchant and man of affairs, it is the scholar about whom the action centres. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 The embargo was an academic policy,—the policy of a philosopher rather than that of a practical man of affairs. Thomas Jefferson He paused, reflected a second, and then became again the man of affairs. The Intriguers So a business man, a man of affairs, might very naturally call it, "The Foundation-Book of Christian Civilization." The Bible Story "I got to have one for my drum corpse," replied Sube with the air of a man of affairs. Sube Cane For thirty years, ever since he began to earn $18 a month in his father’s woolen mills, he had been a man of affairs. The Romance of the Reaper The word “doctrinaire” has become naturalized in English terminology, as applied, in a slightly contemptuous sense, to a theorist, as distinguished from a practical man of affairs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" His friends said that he was sane—responsible; men of a newer day put it that he was limited, lacking in that boldness which makes the modern man of affairs. Fidelity A Novel I have talked to Clausen Otto about these things, for he has been a guide hereabout these ten years or more, and is a notable man of affairs. Seeds of Pine On the contrary, he thought the ideal and the practical life perfectly compatible, and he strove to unite in himself the poet and the man of affairs. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 And his painstaking purpose, as a man of affairs, is to secure less speculation and more stability, less waste and more organisation, less friction and more community of interest. The Romance of the Reaper Since war has been student, journalist, man of affairs, engaged in various business enterprises, now handles real estate in Chicago. Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Roster and Record But geography is a subject which a man of affairs does not think of reading up in later life: he is content if he can get information when he needs it. Studies in Contemporary Biography As a rule Bower spoke with a cultivated languor that almost veiled the staccato accents of the man of affairs. The Silent Barrier Bacon, though a lawyer and man of affairs, had the point of view of a philosopher. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 He shuddered, then he sighed, and then he said ahem! and gave himself the look of a man of affairs. John March, Southerner Others might know him as a man of affairs, keen and logical, but to her he was only a lover. Threads of Grey and Gold Meantime, here was this wealthy, well-educated, well-preserved man of affairs ready and eager to lay his name and fortune at her feet. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. Each was a man of affairs, an active, practical man, with a temperament of almost phenomenal vigor and a prodigious quantity of life to expend. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 Judith was gone, and with her the spell that had held him mute and helpless, and he was a man of affairs once more. The Wishing Moon It is true he is an excellent man of affairs, harder working than any of his countrymen. Ivory Apes and Peacocks When you visit a real man of affairs you seldom find him surrounded by secretaries, stenographers, and a battery of telephones. With the French in France and Salonika He was a prominent man of affairs and was one of the thirty-one signers of the planters' answer to the attack on the administration of Colony affairs during its first twelve years. The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 Robert Adam was quite the man of affairs in Alexandria. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria The American man of affairs did not stop to analyze all this. Clark's Field Matter of temperment, of course--inward, like that, with an awl, you know, or outward, like that'--he swung his fat arms wide--'as an omnigerentual man of affairs: an Agent. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography A wit, a scholar, a philosopher, a metaphysician, a theologian, a man of affairs. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings For though the Doctor was a man of affairs the money he handled in politics came easy and went easy, and the money he earned Mrs. Nesbit always had invested for him. In the Heart of a Fool The real man of affairs was an obscure Belgian who openly and insolently despised everything Mexican. The Missourian Unlike Pope, Swift was a man of affairs rather than of letters. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) He has been a man of affairs, prosperous, too, and shrewd. The Thread of Gold As if moved by a mechanical spring, the General's expression changed at once from its sly and jolly good nature to the look of capable activity which marked the successful man of affairs. The Romance of a Plain Man But now she was speaking to Thomas Jefferson, the President of the United States, man of affairs as well, man of firm will and clear-cut decision. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman We were so depressed we could scarcely eat dinner, when about nine P. M. came the news, from a man of affairs who is just back from Brussels, that the rumor is false. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium He was emphatically a man of affairs, and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1745, gained a high reputation. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) The man of affairs responded, wearily, but promptly. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs After the first year the league was equally fortunate in having James Lees Laidlaw, another New York banker and man of affairs, take the presidency. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI There speaks the governor, the man of affairs, the typical citizen of the future republic. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures Tall, so tall that Bobby Dane, five feet ten in his stockings, seemed short beside him, well-dressed, well-groomed, he looked far more like a prosperous, alert man of affairs than an artist or a dreamer. The Dominant Strain Our Minister of Education is as a rule an ordinary Member of the Government, an ordinary man of affairs—though at the moment an angel happens to have strayed in. Another Sheaf Preëminent in the class of the thrifty we think of the man of affairs; the business enterprise indeed is supposed to be the money-maker, par excellence. Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business I mention no names, but every gentleman here knows him at once as a brave soldier and a man of affairs. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 And Hoover was still to have many experiences as engineer and man of affairs, before he was to meet his Belgian acquaintances again under the dramatic conditions produced by the World War. Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work Stenton was erected in 1728 by James Logan, a scholar, philosopher, man of affairs, the secretary and later the personal representative of William Penn, the founder, and afterwards chief justice of the colony. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia No subject is more worthy the profound study of the statesman, the man of affairs, the scholar and the citizen. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Its admiral in chief, the Duke of the Abruzzi, ranked among the most brilliant men of his time, not only as a naval man, but as a scientist, explorer, and man of affairs. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Larry is too much the charmer for a good man of affairs, and I do not know what would have become of us two if it had not been for this band. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America He wanted his son to settle down and be a real man of affairs. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel The plural affairs has a distinctive meaning, including all activities where men deal with one another on any considerable scale; as, a man of affairs. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions President Smith, whose character was a rare union of energy and gentleness, was preëminently a man of affairs. The History of Dartmouth College Under an assumed name he would travel abroad, would enjoy life, and would later become a successful man of affairs. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Thus did this man of affairs, one who had been deep in many a brave intrigue, make known to the man who had employed him the supreme misfortune of their adventure. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar Supported by many pillows, she was issuing her last instructions with the cold precision of the man of affairs who makes the necessary arrangements for a few days' absence from his business. The Double Four According to the directions which the Dean, a man of affairs, had given him, he sat down and wrote his application to the War Office for a commission. The Rough Road Whereupon little Duke—man of affairs, forager, financier—overcome at last with the fulness of the situation, made a really babyish square mouth, and threw himself sobbing upon his father's bosom. Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales Prince Albert disliked him; he was too little of a courtier, too much of an off-handed man of affairs. Lord John Russell "Now, I'm a man of affairs and a man of business." Bones in London Dr. Bateson was a man of scholarly tastes, but he was above all a practical man of affairs and of broad views. St. John's College, Cambridge There was Abram Blanding, a man of affairs, very eminent in his profession of the law, and of most interesting conversation. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Duncan, in Macbeth, is a generous gentleman; Cæsar, in this play, is a touchy man of affairs whose head is turned. William Shakespeare This he concealed beneath the busy air of a man of affairs. The White Mice Here was Millard, for example, a mature man of affairs, held to a scheme of life adopted almost by accident when he was but just tottering, callow, from his up-country nest. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York He knew him to be his true friend, and not only wise and honest, but preëminently a man of affairs, capax rerum. Spare Hours Had she been Rosalind she would have preferred the big, sleek, well-groomed man of affairs who had called today. 'Firebrand' Trevison The King is no longer the just, rather kind, man of affairs who takes power in the earlier, much finer play. William Shakespeare Recently I was conversing with a practical man of affairs who had just returned from his first visit to Europe. Stories of Authors, British and American He at once took his place as a man of affairs with one hand in politics and the other in finance. The Pools of Silence When the man of affairs, the artist, or the man of science fails, he is not rebutted. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy There was nothing left now of the self-assured, prosperous man of affairs. Anna the Adventuress It is plain that he was a shrewd, careful, and capable man of affairs, and that he cared, as all wise men care, for rank and an honourable state. William Shakespeare The largest of our popular magazines never appear without something which touches this sort of interest, stimulating the man of affairs to strive after further successes and advancement in his chosen occupation. If You Don't Write Fiction Bobby, meanwhile, feeling very democratic and very much a man of affairs, took a street-car to the Idlers’, and strode through the classic portals of that club with gravity upon his brow. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man If the intuitive imagination is joined to the inductive spirit we have the talent for observation of the naturalist, the psychologist, the pedagogue, the man of affairs. Essay on the Creative Imagination A man of affairs, with the triangle and a ship of state, and here are the roses growing. Cupology How to Be Entertaining There was work here for Poltavo; he was an accomplished scholar, and a shrewd man of affairs. The Secret House A leading nerve specialist in New York once said that the worst malady he had to treat was the man of affairs whose credit was suspected. James Watt She paused, and laying a neatly-gloved hand on my arm proceeded: "You are a man of affairs." Some Reminiscences of old Victoria This man was Dante, the son of Alighiero, a Florentine who was popular and well known as a man of affairs. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Instead of being a musty bureaucrat, as so many are, he is a live, alert progressive man of affairs who played a big part in the late war. An African Adventure He is a powerful, generous personality, a man of affairs, breezy, gay and careless. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea He was no longer a dreamy youth: he was at once a man of affairs, and the light of a high ambition shone in his eyes. Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations For a certain portion of the day he is a man of affairs. Child-life in Art Nor did she like the spectacle of a middle-aged man of affairs trying to play the gallant; there was another manner, one just as good, that would become him more. The Candidate A Political Romance The men who write the books on "Epistemology" or "Ontology," are regarded by the average man of affairs, even though he may have enjoyed a "higher education," with little sympathy and less intelligence. The Approach to Philosophy Men in Washington, New York, and Boston, not in academic life, were drawn upon; a soldier of the Civil War, living in Cincinnati, a man of affairs, sent many reviews. Historical Essays You, Ivan,—you are different: you are not a man of affairs; how could you spend your time better than reading prayers over our father's grave?' Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations “Who was that man Clark that was down here last week?” asked Mrs. Gusty, impressed, in spite of herself, at being taken into the confidence of such a man of affairs. Mr. Opp As man of affairs, I am present at painful scenes, which wring the heart. Rita He was once more the unemotional man of affairs who had stood Wall Street on its esteemed head and caught the golden streams that trickled from its pockets. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights He was likewise a man of affairs, but his life work was his historical writings, which, had we all of them, would fill probably four moderate-sized octavo volumes. Historical Essays At last, then, the leader had shown himself in seizing the salient elements of a complicated situation, and the man of affairs had found a style in which to express his clear-cut ideas. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) We regard Mr Cox, author of the book under notice, as a remarkable example of the union of the man of affairs with the author. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 The editor has been fortunate enough to discover some documents which set his character as a man of affairs in a favourable light. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 He doubtless would have avoided it if he could—he was a man of affairs, a leader of practical men, and he was a teacher. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators And Spencer Walpole himself was a man of affairs. Historical Essays But, he desired above all things to see Luigi Poggi, his friend, the most popular merchant and keenest man of affairs in the town, the first mayor of the city of Flamsted. Flamsted quarries When the mature man of affairs takes a young girl to wife, he expects to mold her to his nature, but he reckons without his host. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 He looked thoroughly the man of affairs and of the world in his faultless dinner clothes, while the air of power which emanated from him seemed to be something concrete—definite. The Fighting Shepherdess "Naturally not, for I understand you are a very shrewd man of affairs, señor." Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win Put it this way, sir: In your opinion, as a man of affairs——" "Here, here, just a minute. Fair Harbor She was trying hard to keep her poise, not loosing her emotions, preserving her dignity with a man of affairs and phrasing her replies with rather stilted diction. Joan of Arc of the North Woods The name of Youmans is not in the Hall of Fame as one of the world's great men, but as naturalist, teacher, writer, lecturer and practical man of affairs, he reflects credit on his Maker. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Hatch was emphatically a man of affairs, and full of business both public and private; wiser, perhaps, for this world than the next, he sought to become a political leader and office-holder among his townsmen. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886 In a crowd one can hardly fail to note the easy air of competence and confidence that distinguishes the successful man of affairs. Human Traits and their Social Significance I thought of Mr. Fluette, financier, speculator, man of affairs that he was, and concluded that I did not at all envy him his self-imposed task of keeping asunder these two lovers. The Paternoster Ruby Down-town I am looked upon as a man of affairs, a business man, with the care of half a dozen fortunes on my hands. The Lure of the Mask Now let us apply this to the general case of the man of affairs. The Moral Economy Also, what I shall tell you is true, and I shall tell it briefly, for it is clear to me that you are a man of affairs and action. A Son Of The Sun He wrote as a man of affairs with a vigorous mind and a gift of picturesque speech, a robust taste and a genuine love of letters. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Lord Milner, independent man of affairs at the time, spoke out strongly on the subject in the House of Lords. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 Blakely had been a man of affairs at home, and was a sharp, shrewd business man. The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages For, in truth, it is as impossible for the man of affairs to avoid disinterested reflection, as it is for the commercial traveller to be unsociable. The Moral Economy Even here, at his beloved Lucerne, the man of affairs could not escape the thrall of the life into which he had thrown the whole effort of his fine mind. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn The expression of his face was of that abstract and thoughtful, nay, even melancholy, cast which we commonly associate with the student rather than the man of affairs. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution One—and the most important—person was a certain solicitor in Norcaster who enjoyed a great reputation as a sharp man of affairs. The Borough Treasurer A man of affairs may not, indeed will not, always steer by that compass; but he must have it aboard. The Plum Tree But it may be observed that the distance between the philosopher and the man of affairs is considerably shorter than it used to be. The Moral Economy It was as if the stern man of affairs took control and demanded of the doubting creature opposite, common sense and plain justice. A Son of the Hills Handel was a man of affairs as well as a musician, and if he had loved money more than Art, he could have withdrawn from the fray at thirty years of age, passing rich. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians "It is," I replied, "that the Vicomte de Clericy is not a man of affairs, but a gentleman of station and birth—that this is not an office, but a nobleman's private house." Dross The sedate man of affairs who decries athletic sports, and has never taken part in them, cannot understand the wild enthusiasm which prevails between rival teams in a hotly contested event. The Mind and Its Education Even the man of affairs cannot easily avoid being a philosopher. The Moral Economy I do not underestimate the troubles of the man of affairs. A Preface to Politics A suite had been engaged for her and here in the sitting-room she started to talk business with her man of affairs. The Beach of Dreams "Monsieur Giraud," he then said to him in French, "as a man of affairs I cannot but deplore your heedlessness." Dross Mr. Delfosse had spent his life in the Diplomatic service, was not in any sense a man of affairs, and was profoundly ignorant of the fishery question. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The Russian was a man of affairs, cautious, cynical and given to analysis, and he was also a student of human nature. The Hippodrome Presumably old Mr. Withers knew what he was talking about, for Li had been his interpreter, his accountant, his man of affairs for years. Civilization Tales of the Orient The spacious forehead, deep-set gray eyes, and firm chin, scarcely concealed by a light beard, marked the thoughtful man of affairs. The Colonel's Dream A man of affairs is the slave of the moment. Dross He was a lawyer and a man of affairs,—engaged at one time in banking, and for many years president of an important railroad company. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Mr. Scott was in the largest sense a man of affairs. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective If Bennett asks Mrs. Bal to be his wife, he's not the sharp man of affairs he's supposed to be if he expects to find her a mirror of truth. The Heather-Moon I am perhaps more a man of affairs than a diplomatist, and I have spoken to you with less reserve than is altogether customary. A Maker of History But let me tell you, I'll be a man of affairs when I come back from New Orleans. An Arkansas Planter Jawkins's manner suddenly changed, and he became again the serious man of affairs. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow In him were combined the virtues of the scholar and patriot, the efficiency of the man of affairs with the wisdom of the philosopher. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers He is the man of affairs, and I am buried in my work. Swirling Waters He is an able minister, a good pastor, and a practical man of affairs. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro He had none of the brisk effectiveness or mundane radiance of a successful man of affairs. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother The patience and frugality and self-confidence of the successful man of affairs were born in him. Old Kaskaskia But here was this unkempt clerk actually smiling, and addressing him as a man of affairs. The Challenge of the North He seemed to find difficulty in speech, this suave man of affairs. The Hidden Places We knew him as the brilliant critic, the man of affairs, and the wide and experienced traveller. Among Famous Books He was an excellent man of affairs, never "slothful in business," but with great practical ability. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother The letters of many a successful man of affairs are still hidden in the treasure-box of the woman he loved, but did not marry. The Spinster Book But in the old country neighborhoods there was nearly always the man of affairs who knew how to make money and was prone to build a house "as handsome as his purse could afford." If You're Going to Live in the Country Even in the time of Cicero the soldier, the peasant, the politician, the man of affairs, the advocate were alone regarded as truly occupied. History Of Ancient Civilization I have been listening to some purpose, and I know you are a man of affairs, and can have very little time for social nonsense, such as occupies the thoughts of women. Bella Donna A Novel She looked away from me and said: "He is my father's factor and man of affairs." The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady I was made her spiritual director soon after her marriage, and I may say that she showed more discretion in the choice of her confessor than in that of her man of affairs. Romance A reader of History, with no experience of affairs, is likely to have imperfect bookish notions; just as a man of affairs, not a reader, is subject to narrowness of another kind. Practical Essays I am going abroad for the summer, dear, and I've just had a conference with my man of affairs. Everybody's Lonesome A True Fairy Story He was decidedly not a "woman's man," but was a keen and pertinacious man of affairs, who liked the activities of life and knew how to deal with men. Bella Donna A Novel That Marvell was a strong, shrewd, capable man of affairs, with enormous powers of self-repression, his Hull correspondence clearly proves, but what more he was it is hard to say. Andrew Marvell "Somerham says that Dartrey is a dreamer," the Countess went on, "that you are the man of affairs and the actual head of them all." Nobody's Man The Friesian refused to admit it, and Frederick observed in unchanged form that characteristic in his friend which made of him at once the well-informed practical man of affairs and the undismayed ideologist. Atlantis Already, as a man of affairs, he is much spoken of. The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York Bills, a communication from his agent at Etchingham, a note from his man of affairs in Cairo, and—hullo!—a letter from his brother, Harwich! Bella Donna A Novel Even in the most troubled times men go about their business, and our poet was always a man of affairs. Andrew Marvell The excuse for referring so often to the busy man of affairs is that his help is most needed. Random Reminiscences of Men and Events It was a proper and gratifying tribute to his success as a man of affairs. A Prince of Sinners He was a man of affairs, too, for once a month in peace time he would drive into Hazebrouck. Adventures of a Despatch Rider He was originally from Tennessee; when a boy was in the Confederate army; had been knocked about until he was a perfect man of affairs, and the heart within him was simply just royal. The Wedge of Gold With Parker’s thunders and threats of the authority of princes and states, Marvell deals more in the mood of a statesman than of a philosopher, more as a man of affairs than as a jurist. Andrew Marvell Tom's Edinburgh friends wished him to become a Writer to the Signet or, at any rate, to learn something about business since, as a landed proprietor, he must be a man of affairs. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 You see I am Lord Arranmore's man of affairs now, and he keeps me pretty hard at work. A Prince of Sinners As an English university career became more self-sufficient, Oxford became the school of the politician and the man of affairs as much as of the pure student. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) He was an honest, able, and cool man of affairs, who regarded politics wholly from a business point of view. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life He looks a typical man of affairs in sculptured representations-- shrewd, resolute, and unassuming, feeling "the burden of royalty", but ever ready and well qualified to discharge his duties with thoroughness and insight. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria He was simply smitten with a human curiosity to know what this stout, successful man of affairs had to propose to him. Burned Bridges Well had Marco Lombardo, that "wise and valiant man of affairs," told him, "The wrath of God is the only thing lacking to you." Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition They were a good-looking pair, and at heart not dissimilar, though it must be taken into account that the same qualities manifest themselves differently in a man of affairs and a romantic, irresponsible young woman. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest The theologian, philosopher, and poet was also a man of affairs. Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment Now, the successful man of affairs, who has been intent on the incidents of the passing day, is often strangely oblivious of the mass movements. Humanly Speaking Even the scholar and the practical man of affairs find relaxation in the mystery of the detective story. 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 Vega commends himself and his associate—some man of affairs—as heads for this enterprise, and urges that the royal sanction be speedily given to it. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55 1606-1609 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century My mother was the daughter of a famous classical scholar, who was opposed to her marriage because Father has always been a man of affairs. Success A Novel On the contrary, Gorham was the refined man of affairs, confident in himself and in the certainty of his strength. The Lever A Novel Alfonso, for his part, bold general in the field and able man of affairs as he might be, found no courage to resist the conqueror. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Ah!" sighed the little Jew, "a man of affairs like myself meets so many people that he may be pardoned.... The Man with the Clubfoot Collingwood acted like a sound hardheaded man of affairs in salving all he could and destroying those he could not without risk of greater disaster. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon He did not consider where he was going, but was for a time the busy man of affairs, stimulated by the unconscious influence of his surroundings. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches "If that's the case," he said, emphatically, "I'm going to become a man of affairs, just to give you that pleasure." The Lever A Novel Justice, which is another word for honesty in practice and in intention, is perhaps the easiest of the virtues for the successful man of affairs to acquire. Success (Second Edition) On religious grounds alone, those thoughts of his which have been recorded not only disclose the insight of a man of affairs, but reveal the thinking mind of a deeply religious being. The Tragedy of St. Helena She saw him now as a young man of affairs, with errands abroad—this in itself of significance; and he had to do with politics, a subject that had begun to interest Sylvia. A Hoosier Chronicle Oliver Pollock, the shrewd merchant and patriot, man of affairs, and judge of his kind, observed them closely and, observing, he felt a great thrill of satisfaction. The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi He might have been a planter, a rancher, a man of leisure or a man of affairs, as it might happen that one met him at the one locality or the other. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains There is something deep down in the nature of a successful man of affairs which seems to conflict with it. Success (Second Edition) Louis was always a busy man of affairs and never shirked his kingly duties. The Story of Versailles To be sure he recognized that a remark like this uttered to a pretty woman by an astute man of affairs such as Elton was not to be taken too seriously. Unleavened Bread His high character and literary abilities were held in deserved esteem by his countrymen, but as a man of affairs he was never really successful. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 Bruce, so shrewd and vigorous, so vital, the practical man of affairs. His Family But it is perfectly clear that this quality in the man of affairs, which is akin to the artistic temperament, may very easily degenerate into mere pliability. Success (Second Edition) He was too much a man of affairs not to give credit to the practical abilities she had shown that night. The Inner Shrine Sir Bertram Windle, President of University College, was another of Government's choices—a man of science who was also very much a man of affairs. John Redmond's Last Years Farnsworth was a man of affairs, and had sometimes to go to Washington or other distant cities on business, but not often or for a long stay. Patty and Azalea One divined in his look the cool, unscrupulous man of affairs, capable, for all his honeyed ways, of doing one a bad turn. Là-bas But, quite apart from this, nothing but fluidity of judgment can ever lead the man of affairs to success. Success (Second Edition) Deringham was not a farmer, but he was a man of affairs, and all he saw spoke to him of prosperity that sprang from strenuous energy and administrative ability. Alton of Somasco He was also a man of affairs, for he had represented the district for two years at the State Legislature, and was spoken of as a future Senator. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories It digests well, even when eaten rapidly, and perhaps partly for this reason is favored by the hurried man of affairs. Everyday Foods in War Time "Please recall, Judge Harvey, that you are here at the present moment not as a friend but as my man of affairs." No. 13 Washington Square Politics, journalism, the management of Commissions or charitable organisations, all require much the same kind of aptitudes and draw on the same kind of experiences which are acquired by the successful man of affairs. Success (Second Edition) It was the weariness of the governing Englishman, and it was answered immediately by that other instinct, partly physical, partly moral, which keeps the elderly man of affairs to his task. Lady Rose's Daughter So astute a man of affairs as he knew that Westerling's voice, storming, breaking, tightening with effort at control, confirmed all reports of disaster. The Last Shot Mr. Augustus Frothingham never went to the theatre because he did not believe that a man of affairs should unduly stimulate the imagination. Romance Island "As my man of affairs," she continued with her magnificent iciness, "you may now tell me what you have been able to do for me about a cottage in Newport." No. 13 Washington Square It is here that the retired man of affairs can help. Success (Second Edition) But his companion—a young enthusiast, secretly very critical of "big-wigs"—was conscious only of the trained man of affairs, courteous, methodical, and well-informed, putting a series of preliminary questions with unusual point and rapidity. Marcella The man of affairs knows little or nothing of young minds and their limitations, of the conditions under which teaching is done, or of the educational values of the various studies in a school curriculum. Cambridge Essays on Education He was a man of affairs, a diplomat, a scholar, an artist, and a citizen highly esteemed and reverenced for his judgment and knowledge. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 "Very well, here goes as your man of affairs: You said you wished to be in Newport from the middle of July to early in September." No. 13 Washington Square He is a man of affairs, and will understand that I have given him a straightforward, practical answer, and he will be satisfied. The Captain's Toll-Gate She was perfectly conscious of him, as both the great magnate on his native heath, and as the trained man of affairs condescending to a girl's fancies. Marcella He was not only a student, but a man of affairs besides. The Light That Lures Lady Dunstable, it seemed, was capable of talking like a man with men, and like a man of affairs with the men of affairs. A Great Success "As my man of affairs, I believe you are acquainted with its contents." No. 13 Washington Square He is a man of thirty-something; well but not clubbishly dressed; an intelligent, thoughtful face; a man of affairs. The Gibson Upright He was much less successful as a poet than as a man of affairs. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature He had been a frugal, hardworking, far-seeing man of affairs whose money had doubled itself year by year. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office Thayor stood beside the broad writing table of his den as Bergstein entered; his manner was again that of the polite, punctilious man of affairs; he was exceedingly calm and exasperatingly pleasant. The Lady of Big Shanty In other words I am an active man of affairs, a man among men, a man of force and influence, who, as we say, "cuts ice" in the metropolis. The "Goldfish" In the Rome of the republic a man of affairs or ambitions required above all things to be an accomplished speaker, and this tradition had not weakened under the empire. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul But he became at once an exceedingly vigorous man of affairs. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History This telegram, sir"—unfolding it—"is from my private secretary, a most careful and trustworthy man of affairs. The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers Coming from the ranks of the bourgeoisie, he was a man of affairs, not a cleric or a courtier as his predecessors in office had been. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 Had Morse not been a forceful and able man of affairs as well as an inventor, the introduction of the telegraph might have been even longer delayed. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty It may be chosen with no thought of renunciation or self-denial, for the greater convenience and freedom of the student or the philosopher, the soldier or the man of affairs. The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 This man of affairs, an exponent of the efficiency of business, was a sentimentalist when it came to war, as Anglo-Saxons usually are. 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 Another victim, forty-five years of age, was one who had formerly been a successful man of affairs. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography The man of affairs chided him with fatherly kindness. The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On This was partly because he very early became a man of affairs; partly that his health interfered with habits of study. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 Is it not significant of what a great man of affairs found needful for the enkindling and sustenance of a courageous hope? The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index His learning was all but universal, yet he had the rugged, direct vigor of the man of affairs. The Second Generation If engaged in his own ventures, taking risks and devising plans, he might have abandoned his speculations and fancies, and become a man of affairs. Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 On the twelfth of August, 1891, the famous poet, essayist, and man of affairs died. Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans But in America people still thought of him only as a man of affairs, as a great printer, and as the editor of Poor Richard's Almanac. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans His plans mingled in a singular manner the bright enthusiasm of the youthful dreamer and the eminent practicality of the man of affairs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 He felt that he was a man of affairs, a man of consequence, he had lawyers, and a big suit pending; and soon he would be rich. The Second Generation Reuben, although an excellent worker in business hours, is a student, or perhaps rather what one would call a scholar, whereas Walter is more a practical man of affairs—decidedly long-headed and shrewd. The Red Thumb Mark It is a scorn that many poets and writers suffer when confronted by the man of action, or even by the man of affairs. Essays in Rebellion The average man in the street or man of affairs has no very clear conception of what manner of man a "scientist" may be. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Depressions may follow to the man of affairs after this dream. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition As for Bell himself, he was not a man of affairs. The History of the Telephone "Is that all?" demanded the impatient man of affairs as he turned to the 'phone. Stories from Everybody's Magazine He had begun by feeling an interest in his story, and had asked questions about him, because a situation such as his suggested query to a man of affairs. The Shuttle Or was it merely that Rezanov was the man of affairs always, the lover incidentally? Rezanov He the important man of affairs kneeling at the feet of a nobody!—and why? The Grain of Dust His specialty, as a man of affairs, had been marine law; and his hobby was the collection of rare books and old English engravings. The History of the Telephone He was a good man, full of tenderness for everyone, and should not have tried to be a man of affairs. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life He was a great man of affairs, learned in the law and very strenuous. Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga You are a man of affairs; you have made your own way; you should be even more free from illusions than I am. The Market-Place Those knew him uptown only, where he hid the man of affairs beneath the man of the world-that-amuses-itself. The Grain of Dust But Presley was essentially a dreamer, not a man of affairs. The Octopus : A story of California With all his capacity for study he was a man of the world, and a man of affairs, not a bookworm. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The debt-raiser shook her head—again the prompt, decisive movement, so like a busy man of affairs. The Damnation of Theron Ware Be a man of affairs like your pa, and like that fellow Shepler. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation I was a man of affairs, twenty-five years of age, with some money of my own, an excellent position, and as good a circle of friends as fortune ever gave to mortal man. In the Valley Then silently Vanamee withdrew, going on his way, wondering at the trouble that, like himself, drove this hardheaded man of affairs, untroubled by dreams, out into the night to brood over an empty land. The Octopus : A story of California The college education did not seem to disclose the secret of power, and the man of affairs would have none of it. The Call of the Twentieth Century An Address to Young Men It gave him a pleasurable sense of being a man of affairs, almost a detective, to be confronted by the necessity now of baffling observation once again. The Damnation of Theron Ware Here he had prestige because he was the son of Daniel Bines, organiser and man of affairs. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation With the assistance and advice of this man of affairs he had been visiting the big mines and smelters and studying zinc and lead. The Calling of Dan Matthews It was the indulgence of the politician and man of affairs towards the little backwoods girl who was setting him to rights. Eleanor I have much to do; you may call me just now quite a man of affairs. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett The one was the man of affairs; the other the man of thought; they supplemented and helped each other. The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love In the early prophetic narratives, Abraham is the perfect servant of God, Jacob the type of the Israelitish race, but Joseph is the ideal man of affairs. The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament You are simply a collector of money for its own sake, with no appreciation of what it might represent if you were really serious and really a business man or man of affairs. Why Worry? The man of affairs, be he statesman or worker, is always apt to think that things are more than thoughts. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts He was no longer the college professor or the cold man of affairs. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him He had sprung at a leap, as it seemed to him, from the condition of the boy-adventurer to that of the man of affairs. The History of David Grieve After the poet-psalmist came the prosaic and keen-sighted shrewd man of affairs. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII The scientist and the man of affairs, on the other hand, are concerned with the physical; therefore most of the time they dismiss consideration of the spiritual as being outside of their province. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Macaulay, the busy man of affairs, voiced the pride of his generation in British traditions. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived And how can your man of affairs carry on if women are buzzing round criticizing all the time? The Adventures of Sally Steve had in him the making of a live man of affairs, and he decided to investigate. Poor White Writing generally as a man of affairs, for practical ends, he makes no attempt at elegance and is informal even to the appearance of looseness of expression. A History of English Literature In the car the grey-haired man of affairs put his head down upon the back of the seat in front. Marching Men I saw in him the judgment, energy, and ability for organization of a real man of affairs. Over the Pass But, of course, your man of affairs and vast interests flits about all over the place. The Adventures of Sally Just starting out on his own career as a man of affairs, Steve had an overpowering respect for what he thought of as the subtlety of men of affairs. Poor White A certain adventurous recklessness is necessary for the man of affairs. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough He was not a theorizer, but a practical man of affairs. Halleck's New English Literature Not enough the man of affairs to realize that we can't always have literally what we have theoretically. Plays Like Chaucer, Spenser was a busy man of affairs, but in him the poet and the scholar always predominates. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World "Is this the reason why Jimmy is making his great debut as a man of affairs?" The Profiteers Narcissus, the younger brother, had neither the height nor the good looks nor the masterful carriage of Endymion, and made no pretence to rival him as a man of affairs. The Westcotes Phineas Duge, notwithstanding an absence of anything approaching vulgarity in his somewhat complex disposition, was, for a man of affairs and an American, singularly fond of the small elegances of life. The Governors Oh, I sometimes think the man of affairs has the only vision. Plays Chaucer was a combined poet and man of affairs, with the latter predominating. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World For me, I am a man of affairs. The Double Traitor The coarse-fibred, hard-worked man of affairs looked with superstitious reverence on one who lived so near to God that even in sleep his lips still moved in prayer. Henry the Second That's a subject I must consider carefully, for he was a man of money, a man of science, a man of affairs. Aunt Jane's Nieces out West Now he felt himself a man of affairs, could not even have a quiet supper with his family without the outside world demanding him. Miss Lulu Bett The second period, of fifteen years, covers Chaucer's active life as diplomat and man of affairs; and in this the Italian influence seems stronger than the French. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World He was a man of affairs, a man of the world, easily at home among traders and schemers for money, at a political meeting, at a banquet, or in society. The Wolf's Long Howl A dash of colour rose to his face, his fine eyes grew bright; he was the "man of affairs," the great financier again. At Love's Cost Grandpa Kennedy, although nearing his ninetieth birthday, was still a man of affairs, and what was still more important on this occasion, a lifelong Conservative. The Black Creek Stopping-House Thomas Wilson, although he wrote a rhetoric, wrote a better one in many ways because he was not a professional rhetorician, but a man of affairs. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism Macaulay is the practical man of affairs, helping and rejoicing in the progress of his beloved England. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World My son," he sighed, "allow me to point out the misfortune of being a man of affairs. The Unspeakable Gentleman You uncover a rogue or a man of affairs, and in either case you will lose your pressman. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation I think you are the born poet," said she, smiling, "and that Mr. Garvald is the sober man of affairs. Salute to Adventurers Gabriele the elder son, also painted, but he was mainly a man of affairs, and attended to business rather than to art. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Percy gave a languid gesture indicative of the man of affairs whose time is not his own. The Coming of Bill Now, Bigot the intendant, the man of affairs in the colony, was on the spot; and he was one of the cleverest knaves ever known, with a feeble colony in his power. The Passing of New France : a Chronicle of Montcalm The book man of to-day is quite as likely to be also the man of affairs, and the pale and cloistered student of the past is rather a memory than a present fact. Anne Bradstreet and Her Time The gray old libertine despatched a messenger for his man of affairs, a lawyer of high standing in Edelweiss. Beverly of Graustark I am neither, merely a man of affairs. The Earth Trembled You should be thankful that your husband is not a man of affairs and constantly in demand. Cap'n Dan's Daughter He went out quickly, the keen, tense man of affairs. Uneasy Money Even the brisk man of affairs must stop when spoken to. The Little Nugget The matter with Mr. Simcox was that, in India a man of affairs, in England he found himself a man of no affairs and a man who had "lost touch." This Freedom Overmuch in action, the man of affairs may win the admiration of a surface-seeing world; may capture the benefits of strong purpose, of wealth, and of position. Once Aboard the Lugger Essentially, this was the workroom of a man of affairs. Bat Wing The man to whose influence the Abbess owed most in securing her the appointment was the Cavaliere Scipione, a lawyer and man of affairs, married to the sister of the Abbess. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists Instead of this bovine silence, gay small-talk, the easy eloquence, in fact, of the brisk man of affairs should have been my policy. The Little Nugget So should I. He is the best man of affairs among them all—has good judgment and sense, and is always trying to do something to get on. Bricks Without Straw The little boy was breathless with excitement, yet the spirit of the man of affairs worked strongly in him. A Prisoner in Fairyland Her small fortune was invested for her by her uncle, Captain Barnabas, who was the Bayport magnate and man of affairs in those days. Kent Knowles: Quahaug He was an active, practical and useful man—a skilful draftsman and mathematician, and a man of affairs who could undertake a difficult task and carry it through to completion. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists Thus reasoning, I raised my hat, uttered a crisp 'Good morning', and passed on, the very picture of the brisk man of affairs. The Little Nugget The indulgent aunt who had supplied him with funds in college was rich in business blocks and apartment buildings; and now, Mr. Robertson R. Rigby was her man of affairs. Jane Cable It was evident to the most casual acquaintance that he was a man of affairs, and that his time was engrossed in the largest sort of operations, about which there was a mysterious air. The Gilded Age, Part 2. Miss Elizabeth sparkled through the chorus of laughter, but I remembered the "awful creature," a genial and wise old man of affairs, whose daughter's portrait George painted. The Guest of Quesnay Strangely enough, however, about the same time the Senor Ramiro appeared in another part of Spain, where with success he practised as a notary and man of affairs. Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Cox, the man of affairs, is overshadowed by "Jimmy Cox." The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox Young Bayley jumped lightly up and stroked his moustache like a man of affairs. Five Little Peppers Midway The face of a man of affairs, and a good fellow, with just that saving touch of sensuality about it which makes an expression human and lovable. A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus He had made a ringing appeal to the public, and its support would hinge upon its confidence in him as a man of affairs. The Iron Trail The priest and father confessor were gone now; it was the man of affairs who was speaking. Felix O'Day Even in death, barring that horrible look, he was rather distinguished-looking, and his close-cropped hair and moustache set him off as a man of affairs and consequence in his own country. Gold of the Gods He was the typical forceful New York man of affairs, carefully groomed, perhaps a little inclined to stoutness. The Auction Block "Dad says I'd have made a man of affairs," she remarked. The Unspeakable Perk He is an experienced man of affairs; he will always have an attraction for women, and they for him. Harriet and the Piper No, indeed," said the great man of affairs, "I have never forgotten our trip West together, and I have followed you with much interest through the columns of the Enterprise. The Adventures of a Boy Reporter Why, he was an influential Peruvian, a man of affairs in his country, and an accomplished scholar. Gold of the Gods His verdict was that it was vain, frivolous, unworthy, beneath the serious consideration of a man of affairs such as he. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel Needed a secretary and man of affairs, so took him into my office. Brewster's Millions He is a prominent man of affairs, a perfect mine of political secrets. From a College Window Jadwin lit a cigar; he still wore his business clothes—the inevitable "cutaway," white waistcoat, and grey trousers of the middle-aged man of affairs. The Pit With the instinct of the man of affairs he persuaded the Council to change his title. The Fortunate Youth This meeting was the first of many between the fashionable lady and the keen man of affairs. In the Year of Jubilee Hopkins had apparently sometime before dropped his character of "lay-reader," and was a pretty efficient man of affairs, but his vocation at the time of the exodus is not known. The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete He was an idealist, who, owing to a vigorous power of practical organization and a mastery of detail, was essentially a man of affairs. From a College Window Hopkins had apparently sometime before dropped his character of "lay- reader," and was a pretty efficient man of affairs, but his vocation at the time of the exodus is not known. The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Volume 4 To the temperament of the artist," continued the modest Papadopoulos, "I join the intellect of the man of affairs and the heart of a young poet. Simon the Jester Mr. R. J. Caldwell of New York, life-long suffragist, financier and man of affairs, faithfully and persistently stood by the amendment and by the militants. Jailed for Freedom For the rest, that he was infinitely more gifted and infinitely more a man of affairs is not to be gainsaid by any impartial critic. The Life of Cesare Borgia "He lacks the polish of a man of affairs, and he surrenders too easily." The Puppet Crown Mr. Ault adopted a middle course, and took the respectable yet fashionable, solid dress of a man of affairs. That Fortune In vain did the man of affairs point out to his client that with the help of a cheque of �100 he could arrange the matter for him in ten minutes. Beatrice But as a practical man of affairs it is acknowledged that you stand alone. The Hound of the Baskervilles His rôle was that of friend to the great artist, a man of affairs and leisure. Cabbages and Kings I will give you a letter to a legal friend of mine—a man of affairs, a man of the world, and a Scot as typical, perhaps, as any you have mentioned. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories A man of affairs, and yet a good Catholic, too. The Three Partners From being an active man, a man of affairs, he became almost a hermit. Mary-'Gusta Monsignor Searle, in the capacity of confidential man of affairs, had dominated over the Cardinal in private for years with the autocratic fidelity of a servant who has grown indispensable. Eminent Victorians The Stranger appeared to be well-dressed; his voice and bearing suggested the man of affairs; his face—what feeble light there was being behind him—remained in shadow. They and I In a broad way he was a man of affairs, and with his vast fund of anecdotes and reminiscences very entertaining socially. My Memories of Eighty Years I will toy with it—but absently and in a distrait manner, as becomes a man of affairs. Piccadilly Jim A few women were sitting about; a sprinkling of Frenchmen were taking their aperitif; here and there a man of affairs, on his way from the city, had called in for a glass of vermouth. Peter Ruff and the Double Four There was never anything of the practical man of affairs about him. The Zeppelin's Passenger With the wisdom of a statesman and a man of affairs, Mr. Adams addressed himself to the one practical point of the contest. Hero Tales from American History A strange combination this of the worker, the idealist, the man of affairs. The Yellow Crayon Even nowadays he is not a man of affairs, and then he was a singularly helpless person. Twelve Stories and a Dream Supported by many pillows, she was issuing her last instructions with the cold precision of the man of affairs who makes the necessary arrangements for a few days, absence from his business. Peter Ruff and the Double Four I mean that Innocent Smith is a man of business," said Moon with ponderous precision—"a plain, practical man: a man of affairs; a man of facts and the daylight. Manalive The man of affairs looked haughtily at the poor cowboy. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The man of affairs works for the behoof and the use of poetry. A Biography of Sidney Lanier What is certain is that the late Henry Allègre’s man of affairs found himself comparatively idle. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes All he discovered was a strange, fat woman, a sort of virago, who had, apparently, been put in as a caretaker by the man of affairs. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes He had neither the fortune of Henry Allègre nor a man of affairs of his own. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes |
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