| 单词 | peculator |
| 例句 | The man who was not a sinecurist or a peculator was pretty sure to be a profligate or a gambler. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z So he condemned, in no measured terms, these nefarious adulterators, and would-be peculators. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Add what has gone into the hands of peculators since the formation of our Republic—it would sustain that navy for thirty years. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution He could elect whether he would pay out the funds on appropriations that would place the money in the hands of the peculators, or would apply them to appropriations that were honest and necessary. The Disfranchisement of the Negro The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 6 None but the rich speculators and quartermaster and commissary peculators have a supply of food and fuel. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Not a few eminent men were sinecurists, peculators, profligates, and gamblers. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Yet their frauds were as molehills to the mountains which the busy hands of our public peculators have heaped up, and are daily piling higher. Public School Education To speculators and peculators that prowled around the public offices and army he was a terror during the war. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Loud were the howls of the peculators against "that beastly German" when His Royal Highness took it in hand. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 It is, at any rate, something in his favour that he remained in office till his death, unless he was kept there on the principle of setting a peculator to catch a peculator. The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 Even Constantia would abjure him:—surely she would never hear of his being reproved as a peculator, and ordered under an arrest for insubordination. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel As Finlay points out in his thoughtful history of Greece, Belisarius must have been a peculator on a large and dangerous scale. Gibbon He was made to suffer for many other peculators, who had been, or were about to be, and was given the full penalty. A Pair of Patient Lovers Do you know the whole tribe of peculators, whom Mr. Hastings calls his faithful domestic servants? The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) Here, my Lords, I must beg you to recollect Mr. Hastings's proceeding with Gunga Govind Sing, and to contrast his conduct towards these two peculators with his proceeding towards Durbege Sing. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) He is a peculator for the good of his country. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) Had the Colony shop been ever so justly and honestly conducted it could not be popular, how much less so must it have been in the hands of Alexander Macdonell, the peculator and deceiver. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba "Sing Tantararara Rogues all," &c.—The above is the chorus of many satirical songs written to expose the malpractices of peculators, &c. Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850 Consider the shades of meanings among such word-groups as thief, peculator, defaulter, embezzler, burglar, yeggman, robber, bandit, marauder, pirate, and many more; or the distinctions among Hebrew, Jew, Israelite, and Semite. The Art of Public Speaking He has thanked the peculators for not despairing of their commonwealth. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) They who are on thy establishment are all peculators. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 NOTE: The printed documents of the trial of Bigot and the other peculators include the defence of Bigot, of which the first part occupies 303 quarto pages, and the second part 764. Montcalm and Wolfe But they were most unscrupulous peculators, incapable of taking an interest in the scientific aspect of such matters, and hypnotized by the dreams of lucre which the opportunity evoked. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference One of these victims, questioned by Virgil, acknowledges he once held office in Navarre, but, rather than suffer at the hands of the demon tormentors, this peculator voluntarily plunges back into the pitch. The Book of the Epic It was the constant policy of Rome to tolerate and patronize the various people in its provinces, to respect, if not to understand, their religions, and to protect them from the peculator. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 There also was that terror of colonial peculators, the old ex-Intendant Morales, who, having quarrelled with every governor of Louisiana he ever saw, was now snarling at Casa Calvo from force of habit. The Grandissimes Great abuses there were; and of the money sent to Canada for the service of the King the larger part found its way into the pockets of peculators. Montcalm and Wolfe Owing probably, to these prejudices, and the influence of the peculators, he was treated, on his return to England, in a manner which had nearly driven him from the service. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Petitions from counties, cities, and boroughs, in all parts of the kingdom, were presented, crying for the justice due to an injured nation and the punishment of the villanous peculators. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 Intellectually he stood at the head of the nation, and was a man of great integrity of character, as austere and upright as Guizot, having no toleration for freebooters and peculators. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09 European Statesmen As a fact, those knaves, by their extravagance, had pushed him to ruin and compelled him to do things for which he was indicted as a peculator. The Queen Pedauque The fate of Bigot was a warning to public peculators and oppressors. The Golden Dog Encouraged by the conduct of Lord Howe, and by his reception at court, Nelson renewed his attack upon the peculators with fresh spirit. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Madame de Maintenon, writing on this subject, says, "We hear every day of some new grant of the Regent; the people murmur very much at this mode of employing the money taken from the peculators." Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 That filthy fellow, the Duke of Wharton, from being an empty fop turned himself on a sudden into a Crown attorney to prosecute the peculators. The Lion's Skin He knew, however, that if he quarrelled with the Parliament for treating either peculators or Papists with severity, he should have little support in England. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Behind them, the bandits of the street, those "who gutted houses during the Revolution," peculators or Septembriseurs out of employment, in short, the relics of the terrorist gang or of the revolutionary army. The French Revolution - Volume 3 Young made no concealment of the fact that men high in the councils of the church were among the peculators. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 Some of 'em were stockmen and some gamblers and some horse peculators and plenty were in the smuggling line. The Gentle Grafter By barterers are meant peculators, of every description; all who traffic the interests of the public for their own private advantage. v. Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete The name of this peculator is said to have been Ciampolo. v. Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete |
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