| 单词 | sinecure |
| 例句 | There is no such position officially, but it sometimes came into existence through necessity, and was the opposite of a sinecure. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The Wardenship was actually the number two job at the Mint, and could be treated as a sinecure. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z But since the then Master of the Mint effectively treated his own post as a sinecure, Newton had a chance to get his hands on the levers of power. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He even had a job, a sinecure, more highly paid than his old job had been. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But she would: The job was a bit of a sinecure after all; he would not have been offered it in the first place if the editor were not an old friend of hers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After confessing to these things they had been pardoned, reinstated in the Party, and given posts which were in fact sinecures but which sounded important. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As this one opens, Lenù is 32, enjoying both esteem as a novelist and a sinecure in the prosperous, law-abiding Italian north. ‘The Story of the Lost Child,’ review: Elena Ferrante’s final — key — volume 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Zink’s humor is rarely predictable, even when she goes after predictable subjects — such as academic sinecures and poets. ‘Mislaid’: Nell Zink’s subversive novel takes on racism and sexuality 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Record keeping, fire precautions and a further flushing out of sinecures ensued. The Day Parliament Burned Down by Caroline Shenton – review 2012-10-05T21:55:06Z Henry intended to follow previous generations of Adams men into public service; if not the presidency, then the family sinecure in the Foreign Service. The Brilliant, Bitter, Unlikable Scion of an American Political Dynasty 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z For talented and compliant intellectuals who had run afoul of authorities but showed willingness to “reflect on their errors,” the Party offered sinecures and a quiet life. The Widow of a Nobel-Winning Chinese Dissident Rebuilds Her Career as an Artist 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z It had extended the franchise, passed the Factory Acts – indeed in closing one old nest of sinecures, the Exchequer of Receipt, it had, indirectly caused the fire. The Day Parliament Burned Down by Caroline Shenton – review 2012-10-05T21:55:06Z This is why Churchill eventually had him removed from Europe and given the sinecure of a colonial governorship in the Bahamas, where he could be well-supervised. Why The King's speech is a gross falsification 2011-01-31T20:30:02Z For most press secretaries, the job opens the door to a lifetime of sinecures: lucrative speaking circuits, punditry gigs and, yes, books deals. The ballad of Sean Spicer: He snagged the Washington dream job, but at a price. 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Famous men with lucrative sinecures on cable news, streaming platforms and legacy print publications can proclaim themselves victims. The Actual Malice of the Johnny Depp Trial 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Walter Benjamin dithered away his early opportunities for an academic sinecure and turned toward journalism and criticism; ever the envious genius, he wanted to start a magazine whose main mission was the “demolition of Heidegger.” How Wittgenstein and Other Thinkers Dealt With a Decade of Crisis 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z Yet, armour-plated against actuality by think tanks, academic sinecures and TV gigs, they continue to find eager customers. The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z Beyond that, there’s the revolving door: Former politicians and officials who supported the interests of the wealthy find comfortable sinecures at billionaire-supported lobbying firms, think tanks and media organizations. Plutocratic power and its perils | Paul Krugman 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z But instead of receiving some cushy sinecure for his sacrifice, he finds himself exiled to Tulsa, Okla. to “plant a flag.” 'The Sopranos' meets 'Yellowstone' in Stallone's likable crime comedy 'Tulsa King’ 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z The claims turned him into a scientific “unperson,” in his words, and lost him sinecures at business and scientific institutions. Column: Is Elon Musk a genius or an idiot? 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z And had Sasse wanted a think tank sinecure or some corporate board seats, no one would have protested. Opinion | Ben Sasse gets a lesson in Trump-era accountability 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z When Mr. Mura tried to veer Mr. Lai back to talk of working in the open air, he instead extolled the benefits of procuring a permanent sinecure in town hall. Who’s the Oldest of Them All? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z In the United States, our passion for creating more and more — and more — police agencies, fiefdoms and sinecures makes even normal performance highly unlikely. Opinion | The lesson from Uvalde? America has too many police departments. 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z In the old days, political types offering nothing but spin would be thrown out of the press room; now they’re given a well-paid sinecure to provide “balance.” Column: Here are all the reasons CBS should never have hired Trump aide Mick Mulvaney for its newscast 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Prominent figures in Germany, France and Austria were happy to accept well-paid Russian sinecures. The making of Vladimir Putin 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z But a growing partisan split is turning what once were sleepy races for judicial sinecures into front-line battles for ideological dominance of courts with enormous sway over people’s lives. In North Carolina, a pitched battle over gerrymanders and justices 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Under the unwritten British constitution, George’s greatest powers were to choose the men who ran the government and to distribute royal patronage in the form of titles and lucrative sinecures. Review | American colonists called him a tyrant. But was King George III really so bad? 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z “Our embassy in Athens should not be treated as a sinecure to be purchased in return for campaign contributions or as a training ground for novice diplomats, still less incompetent amateurs,” he added. Biden's pick for envoy to Greece panned by former diplomats 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Although Crouch’s novel is, yes, a sharp-eyed comic treatment of what the government refers to as “trailing spouses” — those who follow ambassadors to their sinecures — it’s also a sad-eyed testament to corruption and misogyny. Review: Real housewives of diplomacy: A Namibia embassy novel turns an eye toward injustice 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z It was seen as another Tallahassee insider deal - a sinecure for a well-connected politician. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z When Brady, 43, decided to play quarterback for the team after 20 seasons in New England some assumed it would be a sinecure in the sun. Could Tampa Bay Be the New Titletown? 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z In normal times, even those of serious political polarization, a host of sinecures beckoned to anyone with a White House job on their CV. Column: Shaming? Absolution? Jail? How to treat those complicit in Trump's wrongdoing 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z In the 1930s it was common practice to stash political operatives in government sinecures from which they would do campaign work – double duty patronage. Pence gets tangled in the flag 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z In recent decades, though, it has become known mainly as a sinecure for wealthy donors and other well-connected types. New Nominations to U.K. House of Lords Raise Old Concerns of Cronyism 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Burisma employed Hunter Biden as a board member, paying him hundreds of thousands of dollars for a sinecure that he has acknowledged was the result, at least in part, of his father’s famous name. Targeting Hunter Biden, Senate panel approves subpoena for lobbying firm over Democrats’ objections 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z And popes often rewarded those bishops with sinecures. Opinion | Pope Benedict shows us how the Catholic Church went so terribly off-course 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z If that sounds like an executive role, an honorary sinecure, it is not. Soccer Pioneers, Priced Out by Progress 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Michael Flynn was never going to be one of those studious, intellectual military leaders who quote from Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” and settle into Ivy League sinecures after taking off the uniform. Michael Flynn’s transformation from storied officer to heated partisan 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z From that brief moment at the apex of power, Mackinder soon fell into obscurity -- losing his seat in Parliament, retiring from the LSE, and settling into a sinecure as chairman of the Imperial Shipping Committee. Trump’s trade Czar, the latest architect of imperial disaster 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z This is no haphazard system, they report, but is run by a methodical apparatus devoted to collection, distributing stipends, sinecures and cash to those who help. Opinion | China’s ominous plan to ‘penetrate and sway’ the United States 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Do they "dethrone" him altogether, giving him some titular promotion to a meaningless sinecure? Khashoggi murder: Is Saudi crown prince finished? 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z She says the Trump campaign offered her a $15,000-a-month sinecure to keep quiet about her on-the-job experiences. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “Pay for performance” became an eight-figure sinecure, the rich man’s version of welfare. Perspective | How Elon Musk became an inequality machine 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z It is a life-long sinecure for the "therapist", but only a waste of time and money for the patient. When Alzheimer’s Makes Room for Love 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z More broadly, with incumbents like Ms. James re-elected across the board on Tuesday, New York may be seeing a new political normal where the city’s term-limits law has given rise to two-term sinecures. Glow of De Blasio’s Primary Victory Is Dimmed by a Cuomo Speech 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Indeed, many Indian applicants bribe school boards to get a job, which they treat as a sinecure rather than a career. Why the world’s biggest school system is failing its pupils 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z For some far-right politicians, a perch in the European Parliament can mean a lucrative sinecure, easy news media exposure and immunity from criminal prosecution at home. Far-Right Leaders Loathe the European Parliament, but Love Its Checks 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z His goal, he says, is to turn a power center of political favors into an institution that offers all candidates a fair chance, rather than finding sinecures for C-average nephews of legislators and ex-warlords. Afghan government disappoints many, but some cling to hope 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Burke seemed to like dressing up in medieval regalia, and the ceremonial sinecure should have been no more than a Gothic folly. Pope Francis Is the Anti-Trump 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Trump’s rise was enabled by people who knew he was political trash but were looking for a sinecure or who felt, what the hell, let’s roll the dice on democracy. In political Washington, 2017 will be the year of the chicken 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Toward the end of our interview, I asked Johnson why he left National Economic Research Associates, where he had a sinecure and where a good future awaited him. Do grilled-cheese lovers have better sex? This wonk will tell you the answer. 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Recently, he has been more willing to play by the old rules—for example, he named Gailani to the sinecure position of chairman of the High Peace Council. Afghanistan’s Theorist-in-Chief 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Just about everyone else has aged out of the hard work of partisan politics and policy scrutiny, and into the easier sinecures of public life. Hillary Clinton, After the Clintonites 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z He hopes he will do well enough to earn a government job with the police or railways, which reserve slots for successful wrestlers — a sinecure better than uncertain farm life. Even in fast-changing India, kushti wrestling is a wellspring of power, pride and identity 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z After the catastrophic Chinese hack of the Office of Personnel Management, the feds need top-flight information officials—not men or women who view it as a sinecure with plenty of time to run other businesses. Washington’s Next Hacking Target? 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z But once he completed his lackluster tours at Andover and Yale, he careened carelessly from one family- arranged sinecure to another, sinking deeper into general dissolution and alcoholic depression. The 'affluenza teen' is just another example of privilege with no conscience | Chris Lehmann 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z It used to be that being a director was a sinecure. No Clear Answer on Director Pay 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Boehner never regarded the Speakership as a personal sinecure, and the critics who demanded his head could learn from his example. Boehner’s Speaker Sacrifice 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z An usher — the job is a sinecure often passed from father to son — shows you the way. Life on the Papal Beat 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z But it should never be treated as a minor dependency, or sinecure for curators who are essentially rooted in New York. New director of Hirshhorn snubs D.C. to hold 40th-anniversary gala in New York 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z His other political sinecure is a top job with the state-run Buddhist Association of China. Money, Lust and Kung Fu: Shaolin’s ‘C.E.O. Monk’ Is Under Fire 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Greeks get ahead by finding a sinecure and defending it. How Greece Created Hades For Entrepreneurs And Crippled Its Economy: A Lesson For The US 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z That, he said, is another parallel with Stalin's lifetime sinecure as Soviet leader. Putin, once critical of Stalin, now embraces Soviet dictator's tactics 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z During the pre-modern era and blessed with abundant ground water, the area was populated by samurai warriors who supplemented their measly sinecures by raising goldfish. Roppongi Hills: controversial blueprint for Tokyo's new breed of high-rise – a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 38 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The legacy has been diverted over time to provide a large sinecure for the clerical warden of the place. Why Trollope Is Trending 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z It’s also clear that there are no sinecures in business. Jeff Bezos' Letter To Shareholders: 'Don't Just Swipe Right, Get Married (A Lot)' 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z But as Labour colleagues start to agitate against his leadership, a cabinet sinecure might be attractive. The price of Bibi’s comeback 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z None of this is particularly surprising, given that Jeb’s been doing all the other steps required of him in this silly dance – announcing an exploratory committee, severing ties to all his corporate sinecures, etc. Jeb’s shiny new PAC: How Bush is working to prevent becoming the next Mitt Romney 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Beethoven composed music that spoke of and to the emerging bourgeoisie and its triumph over the elite that provided Beethoven’s teacher, Joseph Haydn, with lifetime sinecures. 'The Newsroom,' The New Republic and the New Tech Media Owner 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z There never was any dignity to be had in American politics, and the lucrative sinecures will always be available. GOP’s most desperate ad of 2014: Why this pathetic gem takes the prize! 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Where will General Holder end up on Wall Street, in a highly paid sinecure? The Touchable: Holder and the rackets 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z After the ERA failed, hardline feminists, rather than reexamine their tactics, retreated to the campus, erecting sinecures where they could safely nurse their grievances. Studying the History of Feminism Might Save Feminists from Themselves 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z A majority of working-age Saudis do not have jobs, and most who do are employed by the state, often in what economists call well-paid sinecures that bloat an already flabby bureaucracy. Analysis: Saudi labor crackdown promises long-term gain for short-term pain 2013-11-20T14:14:02Z "But I guess I found a sinecure," she adds with a laugh. Eugenie Scott to Retire from U.S. Center That Fights Anti-Evolution Forces 2013-05-06T22:45:00Z But if Beckham's new appointment as the first "global ambassador" for Chinese football looks like another nice sinecure for football's biggest one-man brand, the reality might be tougher. Why even David Beckham may struggle to revive Chinese football 2013-03-22T13:10:30Z This is not to suggest that bowling to Taylor and, in particular, McCullum is in any way a sinecure. England beat New Zealand after Root's scintillating innings 2013-02-20T09:20:00Z This pitch is no sinecure for batsmen but neither is it one on which seven wickets should fall on the first day. Jimmy Anderson irresistible as England take India by the scruff 2012-12-05T13:10:54Z Another key lure: These jobs are usually lifetime sinecures, with employees dismissed only for gross negligence. In China, a 'Golden Rice Bowl' for Civil Service 2012-10-26T12:42:10Z It's hard not to feel that webOS has become some sort of sinecure for using up spare HP cash. Boot up: Apple's fingerprint buy, Toshiba's RT bust, RIM woos carriers and more 2012-08-17T05:30:00Z The Manhattan Institute’s Heather Mac Donald notes that sinecures in academia’s diversity industry are expanding as academic offerings contract. Subprime college educations 2012-06-08T23:54:00Z Whereas losing presidential candidates usually have their pick of well-paying sinecures, their consultants and flacks will need to preserve their reputations just well enough to get the next job. Mitt: The real European 2012-04-27T12:00:00Z His definition of republicanism projected greater civic involvement and an expansion of the electorate, opening minds rather than opening the wallets of the privileged few to preserve their political sinecures. Obama?s GI Bill fight 2012-04-27T17:21:00Z It will be realised that these injunctions were exceedingly severe and that the visitors were not likely to find their task a sinecure. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Incompetent as ever, and totally unable to adapt herself to modern conditions, she enjoys a splendid sinecure in the new China and Glass. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z If that were all there was to it weather officials would have a sinecure. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Henry Stuart likewise held sinecure benefices in France, Spain and Spanish America, so that he became one of the wealthiest churchmen of the period, his annual revenue being said to amount to �30,000 sterling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The Queen found the boys far less submissive to her will than they had been before their year of liberty in England, and Lord Craven, who acted as mediator, found the post no sinecure. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z One may be able to study newspapers at the office of a navigation board, but my job is not a sinecure. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z The poor fellows who acted as preventive-service men in the coastguard had no sinecure in this dreadful situation. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Fortunately my occupation was very much of a sinecure; so, often during the day I found time to fulfil our almost hourly assignations. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z In African countries such as Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda teaching is all too often a sinecure, not a vocation. Private schools for the poor: Rich pickings 2012-03-15T16:00:33Z War was now irrevocably declared, and Rupert found his generalship no sinecure. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z When the Order of Jesuits was suppressed he took one of the body, Father Adam, into his house, and made him his almoner, a post which was far from being a sinecure.” Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z That the mem-ers of what has been hitherto the Royal Family keep all the property they have accumulated, the nation resuming from them all grants of sinecures and other salaried appointments. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z But the pensions for abolished sinecures are the most flagrant. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Up to that time it had been no sinecure, being a conductor or a trainman on the old Rome road. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z Such an academy might be a very comical institution, certainly; but the duties it would have to perform would not suffer a professor's place to become a sinecure in France. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z In refusing to set up as an arbiter elegantiarum I think Mr. Lowther is wise, for the post in these days would be no sinecure. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 28th, 1916 2012-02-23T03:00:40.467Z But Jim found favor in the eyes of "our old woman," who straightway elected him general assistant, and he soon discovered that to be assistant to Dr. Denham was no sinecure. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z There are pensions given under the pretense of supporting the peerage, in consideration of parties' circumstances, and to compensate for abolished sinecures. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Deaneries are sinecures in the old sense, i.e. they are without cure of souls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Madam Gillin's singular office had for the space of twelve years been a sinecure. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z By the help of the English admiral, Shane fully intended to make capital out of this sea-fight, and win for himself an English peerage, and possibly some convenient sinecures. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Money is left and buildings are erected and sinecures provided for a good many worthless people. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Daniel was made a gentleman-extraordinary and groom of the chamber to Queen Anne, sinecure offices which offered no hindrance to an active literary career. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z A sinecure mostly the cure of the souls To which for attention not giving They never feared being called over the coals, They showed forth their fruits of good living. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Feb 3, 1872 2012-02-10T03:00:16.947Z The lonely situation of The Place made Lad's self-appointed guardianship of its acres no sinecure at all. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z It was but too probable that he might whistle both for an English peerage and comforting bits in the way of sinecures; and all because of Terence. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The office of a missionary Bishop at the west, if he does his duty, and throws himself with all his heart into the work, is no sinecure. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z The office of an undertaker, in those days, was no sinecure. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z “All I ask is that it be a sinecure, for we clever folk have a great dislike for hard work!” Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z He also was in charge of the stewards, cooks, pastrycooks, bakers, cupbearers, carvers and the other servants, besides the keeper of Prince Charles's lions and rare birds, so that his post was no sinecure. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z The office was understood to be lucrative, but he was not destined to hold this254 sinecure for more than a few weeks. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z As the club increased in number so did our commissariat in supplies and importance, and the office of ‘Old Beans’ became no sinecure. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Why not shake awake labor leaders who preserve the sinecures of their least inspired workers rather than ask them to work harder to create a better city? Gotham: Harvey Robins Is Unleashed, and Ready to Discuss N.Y. City Hall 2011-12-27T04:02:57Z One hundred years before there had been no sinecures. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z Towards all commonly-accounted sinecures, he bears the coldest front in Nature, like a magician walking a maze, and scornful of its flower-bordered detentions. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Then suddenly he was muzzled with a sinecure. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Yes; but a cacique holds a kind of sinecure office. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z If he didn't soon receive a proper licking from somebody, the hegemony of Cox's Piece might cease to be a sinecure. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z The door flew open, and Lady Derryclare strode in, wrestling as she came with the strings of a painting apron, whose office had been no sinecure. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z Truly the Herr Kapellmeister held no sinecure, if his royal master did! Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z At the end of March 1751 died the second Earl of Orford, and thus vacated the rich sinecure office of Auditor of the Exchequer, worth at least eight thousand a year. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z They’d rather do big licensing deals, hit the festival circuit and find themselves a sinecure on shows like Top Chef, Chopped, or Iron Chef America. The Top Chef Effect: Bravo's Reality Competition Series Is Good for Young Egos -- and Bad for Gastronomy 2010-08-30T17:50:00Z A nominal nurse, indeed, accompanied the party, but her place was a sort of anxious waiting sinecure, as the child did not fancy her attendance. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z In some other cases, the state oil firm is simply incompetent—many are expected to provide sinecures for politicians’ useless nephews. The oil business: Big Oil?s bigger brothers 2011-10-27T09:03:03Z From such causes, instead of their being a benefit to the Province, they are sunk into obscurity, and the heads of most of them are at this moment enjoying their situations as comfortable sinecures. Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada 2011-10-14T02:00:23.300Z His chief complaint is that royalty is an expensive "sinecure." The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z As the Mexican assistant of the director never arrived in time to help with the accounts, the Royal Hacienda, as it was called, was not a sinecure. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z He is dancing on a funeral pyre of papers, the results of the administration, its endless negotiations with France, its sinecures and patronages, which are blazing away. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z One long course of misgovernment, one unceasing heaping of burdens on the people, and of pensions and sinecures on the aristocracy,—one unvarying round of oppression, plunder, murder, corruption, and extravagance. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z But he sympathized with poor Mr. Deutch; it could be no sinecure to be the superintendent of a murder! "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z An opinion has also obtained some credence that the funds of the Society, though considerably increased from year to year, are absorbed in the payment of sinecures. History of the Washington National Monument and of the Washington National Monument Society 2011-09-27T02:00:16.967Z A free grammar school, now degenerated into a complete sinecure, was founded here in the year 1522. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z It attacked useless expenditure upon sinecures and unnecessary offices in the household, the only use of which was to spread abroad corruption amongst the upper classes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z And the report that I have got fat is a calumny; at least I have not yet received any fat sinecure, even if I possess the requisite talents. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Whatever the responsibilities of Father Maupassant may have been, he must have had a sinecure in comparison with the king's confessor. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z As the Fables were written for the amusement of one royal child, 541 there would appear to have been a measure of reason in giving him a sinecure in the service of another. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Had she wished, she might have made her occupation as gardener at the Hall a sinecure. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z It will be no sinecure, I warn you. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z The work entailed was no sinecure, the more especially since Miss Collins was obdurate as to her time-limit of ten to five-thirty. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Indeed, their negroes were a terrible care to them; they had large retinues of house servants, both in the city and country, both having a sinecure during their absence. Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army 2011-08-19T02:00:11.243Z In his hands the posts which he obtained were no sinecures. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Her situation here is that of matron to the hospital, but it is almost a nominal office, a perfect sinecure, for she has scarcely any duty, and a comfortable income. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z Having the washing done did ease up the work; 214 though one would have considered it no sinecure to feed five hungry boys. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z I can assure you that a special correspondent’s duties were no sinecure.” George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z But he declined the thoughtful offer, deeming the office to be of the nature of a sinecure. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z The office of proctor—the literary policeman of the olden time—has become a sinecure. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z Among other drastic steps, he abolished the sinecure at the Johnson warehouse held by the cripple Oliver, and the annual subsidy paid to Oliver's son, the philologist Frank. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z He sought to abolish sinecures, and to put the papal finances otherwise on a sound footing; beginning with the clergy, he endeavoured to raise the laity also to a higher moral standard of living. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Whatever its present position, the office of exorcist was, until comparatively recent times, by no means considered a sinecure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z I've been thinking, sir, that we might promote our honest friend here to some sinecure, where he will for the rest of his days have little work and plenty of pay. 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 Factotum to a young merchant is no such sinecure, neither. Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z The Indian who stands beside them, with the butt of his long spear resting upon the turf, seems to know that his guard duty is a sinecure. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z "On my soul, the man's place is a sinecure," Lord George would say; "he never has to open the gate to me." The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z I don't know of anything except to keep house and provide for the meals—" "That's no sinecure in this climate, mother. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z It must not be imagined that kite-flying for meteorological purposes is a sinecure. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z In 1812, the Prince Regent gave a sinecure office, that of Paymaster of Widows' Pensions, to his "confidential servant," Colonel Macmahon. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z Owing to the want of the church, which has been destroyed upwards of 200 years by the encroachments of the ocean, this is a sinecure benefice, and the inhabitants use the neighbouring church of Hempstead. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z The happy man gets some sort of a sinecure. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z At one point, he told me, he had worked in finance — in a sinecure — but in the end, it “wouldn’t do.” New York Story: This Town Is Big Enough for Both of Us 2011-04-30T02:06:08Z Hence the sparseness of our library table, which renders our old vocation comparatively a sinecure, and leaves us, without the necessity of immolation, to the undisturbed enjoyment of our chair. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z He was sarcastic and bitter on the failure of his connections to procure him a lucrative sinecure. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z —The chancel of East Dereham church was re-opened, after “additional embellishment, through the liberality of the sinecure rector, the Rev. W. C. Wollaston.” Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z She had full charge of the children now; they took their meals with her, and she had them in her keeping the best part of the day—an office that was no sinecure. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z Ah, me! it’s no sinecure to be the sindico of such a town. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Though the post was no sinecure, a scandal such as threatened now, was quite unprecedented. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z He was, however, anxious to get to sleep again, for his post was no sinecure, and he usually rose in the early morning. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z By two o'clock it was clear that as superintendent I had a sinecure. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z He held the Captaincy of Canossa, a small sinecure involving no important duties, since the Castle of Canossa was even in those days a ruin. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Are not," replied Henry, "the salaries and pensions of all the posts and sinecures they hold paid by means of taxes, a great proportion of which are levied on industry? Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-04-06T02:00:04.340Z Later he received a sinecure appointment besides at Breslau. The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe 2011-04-03T02:00:15.847Z Hence the origin of that noted office—now happily a sinecure; though, unhappily, not the only sinecure of like obsolete utility in this grievously taxed land. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z His office is a sinecure; the salary that I pay him is an alms,--but Alfred Capriani can do as he pleases there,--and at least the fellow understands something about horses. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Afterwards a sinecure, but profitable office under Government, was offered him by the Whig ministry; but his political creed, was reform and consistency, and therefore, he politely declined the tempting offer. Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy 2011-03-25T02:00:12.637Z I am beginning to find my guardianship no sinecure after all! Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z At the general election of 1844 he was appointed Returning Officer, a position which was far from being a sinecure. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z His decision was final in all these matters, so that the stage manager of the "old stock" days was no sinecure. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z Of course the child had a French bonne, but her post was almost a sinecure. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z The squire never interfered, but I could do so; and—you see, my dear Jack—a snug little sinecure, say of a thousand a year! Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z So far as work went I enjoyed a complete sinecure; I had nothing to do but to walk about the valley, to eat, and to sleep. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z Although the quantity of matter distributed by the mails was infinitesimal in those days as compared with the present, a country postmaster had no sinecure. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z Back in 2001 a Labour MP opined: "My fear is that he thinks this job will be some kind of a sinecure." Prince Andrew: useful envoy or liability? 2011-03-08T21:38:41Z Sergeant Doonan's position was no sinecure, and he had his headquarters at Swamp Creek. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z Similarly, her views on the ailing industry will confound those who have assumed her appointment to the Epic presidency was little more than a sinecure for a corporate stooge. Amanda Ghost: not in Kansas any more 2011-02-24T22:30:01Z "I am afraid, Miss Green," said I, tentatively, "that your post is no sinecure." Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z He is the son of a certain lawyer, lately promoted to be judge of the district—an office that cannot be called a sinecure, supposing its duties to be faithfully performed. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z Like the politically powerful armies of Turkey and Pakistan, the military receives lucrative sinecures and controls factories that produce everything from weapons to home appliances. At the core 2011-02-04T16:30:21Z This station must be to them an agreeable sinecure. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z His Grace is Hereditary Grand Falconer, a pleasant little sinecure of some $6,000 a year. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z She merely represented the conventions, and her position was more or less of a sinecure. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z As may readily be imagined, my office was no sinecure. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z Flood had no scruple in providing for himself, apart from his friends, by acceptance of a rich sinecure under the government. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z The profession of these marauders would be, in such a case, but a sinecure; provided they would allow the lights to remain. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z These and the returning emigrants were provided with rich sinecures, and began to talk of restoring estates to their rightful owners; in some cases the possessors, on their death-beds, were intimidated into making such restitution. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z The money paid in the form of comparatively sinecure fellowships, or retiring pensions to young men in Oxford alone, "now amounts to about eighty or ninety thousand pounds a year." The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality 2010-12-30T03:00:25.567Z These legistlatively authorized commemorative commissions are political boondoggles and rarely do anything except provide sinecures for politicians and their friends. City Room: N.Y. Forgoes Civil War Remembrance 2010-12-26T22:37:21Z A captain in the navy; wishes for some sinecure employment.” Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z This small body of Whigs therefore laboured, though with little success, to maintain the purity and independence of the Commons by the exclusion of placemen and the reduction of sinecures. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z This sinecure of superannuated political hacks is incapable of operating an effective, efficient and fair system of voting. | Mayor Moves to Make Voting Easier 2010-12-07T15:49:00Z Mr. Cuomo did not treat his job as a sinecure; colleagues and adversaries called him diligent and astute. Bond With Past Foe Is Fodder for Attack on Cuomo 2010-10-15T02:35:00Z Officials are adept at finding reasons for postponement and in providing useful sinecures to their political backers. International bureaucracies: Secretarial work 2010-06-24T11:19:00Z There were large sinecures, instruments of corruption in the hands of the government. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z Almost the only practical grievances alleged against the old system were expensive wars and the maintenance of sinecures. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z Three types of people tend to seek government work: idealists, those looking for sinecures and those who want to build lucrative private-sector careers based on their knowledge of government regulations. Management 101: What the Democrats Need to Learn 2010-05-06T09:00:00Z If anything, making a public fool of herself guarantees a prosperous sinecure. In today's media, substance is no match for BS 2010-04-08T00:20:00Z He strongly opposed the system of sinecure officers and pensions; but his probity was not strong enough to prevent his taking advantage of it himself. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The Americans in the wood enjoyed no sinecure, but were engaged in continuous skirmishes against groups of the enemy. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. It was no sinecure; but where does such a thing as a sinecure exist in the country of Prussia? The Undying Past The lord almoner, or lord high almoner of England, is generally a bishop, whose office is well-nigh a sinecure. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide During Elizabeth's time these Linacre lectureships sank to be sinecures and for nearly a hundred years served but for the support of a fellowship. Catholic Churchmen in Science But La Place, then and since, the first scientific name of France, was found utterly inadequate to even the almost sinecure duties of his office. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 No demagogue bipeds were permitted to fatten at the public crib—no droning sinecures were lounging under the mantle of government. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Bojo, the salvation of this country isn't in making sinecures for good-natured, lovable chaps of the second generation, but in sorting 'em out and letting the weak ones fall behind. Making Money They attacked sinecures and pensions and the criminal code and the procedure of the law courts. The Acquisitive Society Ah, it's no sinecure to be married to a Man of Genius. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 26 1890 She had full charge of the children now: they took their meals with her, and she had them in her keeping the best part of the day—an office that was no sinecure. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir He well knew that there was but little sinecure mushroom dandy stock on-hand—that the great mass was bone and sinew of the first water. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The ticket-collector was ostensibly waiting to provide tickets, but as everybody in our parish has a season ticket, that part of his duty is almost a sinecure. The Great Discovery They were engines of the vintage of James Watt, and Beezer's task in keeping them within the semblance of even a very low coefficient of efficiency was no sinecure. The Night Operator Clement VI. conferred one or two sinecure benefices upon Petrarch, and would probably have raised him to a bishopric if he had chosen to adopt the ecclesiastical profession. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 And the position of the better sort of trustee valuable to the best work of the librarian, is not that sinecure seat sometimes depicted. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses But, as might be supposed, the teacher's task, under the object method, is no sinecure. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them No sinecure, this mission of woman, as you see—no joke either; but moralists have no sense of humour—not a particle of it. Rambles in Womanland Thus, almost overnight, Jimmy's private secretaryship became anything but a sinecure. The Book of Susan A Novel In April 1811 a quarrel with the emperor led to his retirement, and he obtained the sinecure office of intendant general of the crown. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" It must not be supposed, from anything which I have said, that the position of a director or trustee of a library is, in the opinion of librarians, a sinecure. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses But as I am no believer in conventions, I am not likely to get any of the big sinecures. Lafcadio Hearn And the job of coaching is no sinecure. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside Of these three offices the last was a sinecure by reason of the absence of mines in Yucatan. History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. Their office was a sinecure, and they accordingly were appointed, with a sufficient suite, fully capable of representing to advantage, abroad, the wealth, splendour, and intelligence of the "ancient and loyal corporation." Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) Laura had had quite a long spell of work, considering that the office of a cloud-compeller is not a sinecure, and she was well entitled to a rest. Fragments of an Autobiography And when he was made one of his father's chief advisers—a privy councillor—his counsels amounted to nothing, and his position was simply what politicians call a sinecure. Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 The latter was thinking the same thing, and was more than ever convinced that Sir Anson had spoken the bare truth in saying that he would find his charge no sinecure. Harley Greenoak's Charge He saw work before him, hard work, too; for he had been given to understand that the post of agent would be no sinecure. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War The office of vizier was by no means a sinecure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" This Quasimodo of the fabric, a simple and worthy functionary, enjoys a sinecure, except, it is to be feared, with regard to salary. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. Old Father Martin, the warden, found his office almost a sinecure. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" In this way you secure to yourself a sinecure which will give you five or six thousand gulden, and I will secure for my undertaking a splendid future. Black Diamonds In the reign of George I., during his first Parliament, 271 members held offices, pensions, and sinecures; in the first of George II., The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. He held it to be his special duty in his office not simply to abolish sinecures, but to watch for every opportunity of cutting down all unnecessary appointments. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) They've made me commander of the National Guard over here," and with a contemptuous snort, "—a sinecure; might as well have given me a bunch of tin soldiers to play with. The Brain Since Joshua has obtained his lucrative sinecure, he spends his time in riding about in his phaeton and reading romances. Every-Day Errors of Speech Sophie had virtually a sinecure of it, because, with the exception of a dinner-party now and then, her master, who was a bachelor, took his dinners at the restaurant. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections The fetching of the water is often no sinecure. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches The Surgeon and Paymaster were "temporary" and only waited the last shot to return to the comfortable sinecures, which they averred awaited them in London and Edinburgh. Captain Macedoine's Daughter Her consorts trotted meekly in her trail; unhappy little men, rudely aroused from their harem sinecure, jealously guarded and prodded on by the queen's countless ladies in waiting and the palace guard. The Brain I assure you that my post in this house is no sinecure. A Life Sentence A Novel The Kabyles have no higher use for the negro, the post of seraglio-guard assigned him among wealthier and more orthodox Moslems being a sinecure with them. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Yet still the patriot cry is of sinecures. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Not to say that a juniorship is a sinecure: some swipes earn their salaries several times over. A Canadian Bankclerk His position at Coton Manor had thus become a humiliating sinecure. The Return of the Prodigal If ever they did, if ever I was so fortunate," he went on in a low tone, "you would find your office no sinecure. A Monk of Cruta The Archbishop's duties, as general superintendent of literature and the press, constituted, indeed, no sinecure. Books Condemned to be Burnt Let the few sluggards that possess but cannot enjoy them, doze away on them till sinecures and sinecurists drop into the dust. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Farmer Cole had agreed to lend Joe for the important day, and it looked as if the hired man would not find his post a sinecure. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted He said publicly that a miserable moral and political tone resulted from the nation's retaining a lot of sinecure offices—Hereditary Grand Falconer, and all that sort of thing. The Crow's Nest The two gentlemen, finding their office a sinecure, have devoted their salaries to making periodical additions to the library. Old and New London Volume I The position of recruiting officer for colored troops was by no means a sinecure; on the contrary, it was attended with hardships, annoyances and difficulties without number. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War This step was viewed with disfavour by the British government, for, unless Sir Robert Bredon’s post was to be merely a sinecure, it imposed two masters on the maritime customs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" That Burke was not strict in such matters is further shown by his efforts to secure for his son the rich sinecure of the Clerkship of the Polls, in which he failed. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 The people complained with every just reason of the pressure of taxes, which were levied, as they said, upon the industrious, to be squandered in extravagant salaries, sinecures, and unmerited pensions. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. We cannot but think, if it had been, that the two respected arbitrators would not have had to complain of the office as a sinecure. Old and New London Volume I Every year the invention will save fully £500 worth of human toil; and the reward seems small when we see every year millions voted for warlike, sinecure, and other worse than useless purposes. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. It was natural, therefore, that he should choose a sinecure office, and the ease of the Lords. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" It may be an electioneering card in the United States, and it may reconcile some of our members of Congress to the incumbency of Mr. B. in a sinecure position. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital He afterwards became rector of the rich living of Waddington, near Lincoln, of which he purchased the perpetual advowson, holding also the sinecure of Gedney, in the same county. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 This sinecure office, the gift of the Crown, was a rectory without tithes, and the Custos was dependent upon voluntary contributions. Old and New London Volume I The subject of a sinecure office in the Archdiocese of Canterbury has attracted some attention. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Sailing a ship is no sinecure, and for Conrad a ship is something with human attributes. Ivory Apes and Peacocks He is chief clerk to Mr. Benjamin, a sinecure position in the State Department. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital But again, these officials would have no sinecure. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) The sheriff's job had come to be looked upon as a sinecure. Mystery Ranch It seems that the emoluments of the office of Register of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, have been from £9000 to £12,000 per annum, and that the office itself is a sinecure. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. The office of the Sons of Levi was a sinecure by comparison. When Ghost Meets Ghost Besides, the office is a sinecure, and may remain so for a long time, if the powers at Washington should “stint, and say aye” to the demands of England. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital He wants her services, and I do not; but because she gets into a rage about nothing he must find her a comfortable sinecure. A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends Between standing waist-high in mud in a trench and being drowned in it, buried in it, blown up or asphyxiated, the post of crossing-sweeper becomes a sinecure. With the French in France and Salonika His “watch” is a sinecure save in thick weather, and is usually occupied by day with sundry odd jobs, by night with thoughts of home. An Ocean Tramp The making of a husband out of a mere man is not a sinecure; it's one of the highest plastic arts known to civilization. A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl It's a pretty house, but I'm afraid it would be no sinecure to be his housekeeper.... Records of Later Life Dogs live with man as courtiers round a monarch, steeped in the flattery of his notice and enriched 115 with sinecures. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 “When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again” he will find he must look for a man’s job, and that men’s jobs no longer are sinecures. With the French in France and Salonika The Chancellor’s secretaryship must be no sinecure, and he has particularly distinguished himself by his reports of the debates in the House of Commons. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III This he said in reply to what I told him of Brougham’s trumpeter Sefton, who echoes from his own lips that ‘the Court of Chancery is such a sinecure and mere child’s play.’ The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II One sees, by this, that the Bey’s place is no sinecure; and I am told that few 68 monarchs in Christian countries have so much personally to do. Notes in North Africa Being a Guide to the Sportsman and Tourist in Algeria and Tunisia Your friend has a life job molding the plastic minds of prospective preachers, and he doesn’t want to lose the sinecure. Carmen Ariza The existence of Fellows who received from £300 to £800 a year, as a mere sinecure for life, provided they did not marry, seemed to me at first perfectly incredible. My Autobiography A Fragment The Piombo, a well-paid, sinecure office of the Papal court, was bestowed on him, and his remaining years were spent in Rome. The Venetian School of Painting He accepted a sinecure from the Whigs, and became a Yeoman Usher of the Exchequer, with a small stipend and chambers in New Palace Yard. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle McGee was to have retired from political life and to have received the appointment of commissioner of patents at $3200 a year, a sinecure which would have enabled him to pursue his literary work. The Fathers of Confederation A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion The harness was taken off, the horses enjoyed a sinecure, the coachman sat in uneasy idleness on his box, and the crowd tugged away in their best style. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 His party handsomely acknowledged his services by a retiring pension, which Mr Pitt, when minister, exchanged for the clerkship of the pells, thus disburdening the nation by substituting a sinecure. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 Mr. Ordway was made president of the board, and in his hands the office has been no sinecure. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. The position of army surgeon in the field was no sinecure. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War But the position of the secretary was the absolute antipode of this tranquil and festive sinecure. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 The playing of detective en amateur is not always a sinecure or a pleasant labor; but if it succeeds—aye, if it succeeds—why then! Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 We all took our turns except the cook, who was relieved from that duty and from yoking and hitching up his own team, as cooking for sixteen men while in camp was no sinecure. A Gold Hunter's Experience My position is a mere sinecure, thanks to Miss Lawton’s wonderful consideration. The Crevice She has no sinecure of a situation, and, after eleven at night, when the last supper is over, she has to polish the knives for the morrow's breakfast. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The life of a King’s Messenger is, indeed, no sinecure, for constant journeys in the stuffy wagonlits of the European expresses try the most robust constitution. The White Lie He at the same time retrenched those rich sinecures which were, so to say, engrafted on the temporalities of the Papacy. Pius IX. And His Time In discharge of the duties of this office, sometimes little more than a sinecure, he made it an object to bring before the society, in his annual reports, subjects of permanent interest. The History of Dartmouth College “That time as the Meeting was held, when he spoke up again' the sinecure, was the only time as my mind was satisfied,” cried another. Phoebe, Junior The taking of this phenomenon's gate-money seemed to be almost a sinecure. Somehow Good The publisher of a race paper early finds that it is not a sinecure nor a bed of roses. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century I am protector of the rights, and not the fantasies, of those who inhabit England, and I hold no sinecure. The Buccaneer A Tale He could not consent to make such an office as he held a sinecure, or to see the college labor through its severe adversities without greater vigor of administration than his infirmities admitted. The History of Dartmouth College The hated word sinecure did not seem to affect him from her lips as it would have done from any one else's. Phoebe, Junior These great fortunes were raised from fees taken in practice at the bar, from judicial salaries or pensions, and from other official gains—such as court dues, perquisites, sinecures, and allowances. A Book About Lawyers One nobleman had eight thousand a year in sinecures, and the colonelcies of three regiments. A Hundred Years by Post A Jubilee Retrospect As for the jito, from the middle of the Kamakura epoch their posts became mere sinecures, the emoluments going to support their families, or being paid over to a temple or shrine. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The 'matter of corruption,' as Bentham called it, was provided by the privilege and the sinecure. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. “And what do you call your nominal curateship,” said his father, “is not that a sinecure too?” Phoebe, Junior Making three addresses a day, longer or shorter, for three weeks in succession, is no sinecure. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions It’s what they call a sinecure,” Alan was saying at the very instant the summons came. Brand Blotters To be a crow mamma is no sinecure. Little Brothers of the Air The man who holds a sinecure, or enjoys a privilege, uses it for his own private interest. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. He made a frightful violent speech about the College and the sinecure, and what a disgraceful thing it was that your brother, a young man, could accept it. Phoebe, Junior In my case the Bedouins had a very easy job, while the Sheik enjoyed a sinecure. The Critic in the Orient Now it was no sinecure, teaching Rhoda, but she won the dress,—a lilac print, delicate and pretty enough for any one. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 This paid him 400 pounds a year, and did not require much work, as the office was a sinecure. Stories of Authors, British and American He opposed the government because he hated war, taxation and sinecures. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. “What is a sinecure, papa?” she asked, her brother's last word still dwelling in her mind. Phoebe, Junior In parishes like these of the Lizard, and on the north Cornwall coast at places like Morwenstow, this duty of giving Christian sepulture has been no sinecure. The Cornwall Coast The keeper's place became a sinecure, and the squire had as much game as he wanted without expense, and was, moreover, the most popular man in the county. Tom Brown at Oxford The office of conservator degenerated into a sinecure. Notes and Queries, Number 183, April 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Such sinecures and the pensions on the civil list or the Irish establishment provided the funds by which the king could build up a personal influence, which was yet occult, irresponsible, and corrupt. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. A sinecure! what does he call a sinecure?” Phoebe, Junior But inasmuch as sinecures had been largely given to persons who had held public offices of business, it was thought necessary to institute pensions to an amount not exceeding one-half of the reduction. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Up to the present his work had been almost a sinecure. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War He had seen enough to realize that pulling a trawl was no sinecure. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good I hoped, as minister, I was secure To fatten in an easy sinecure; Instead of which, I've not one moment's leisure; No carnival, nor any Christian pleasure. Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx She had heard of lucky people who held sinecures, and she had heard them denounced as evil things, but without entering closely into the meaning. Phoebe, Junior In 1817 a committee sanctioned by the ministers recommended a measure for the gradual abolition of sinecures, which then figured prominently in the domestic charter of reform. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) When stationary in the winter, they have really almost a sinecure of it, sitting quietly in their huts, and having little or no employment for the greater part of the day. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage Winter, whose office had been a sinecure hitherto, now came into the scheme. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley He now carried his economical reform, abolishing sinecures, suppressing useless expenses, and cutting down salaries, among which was his own. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History In the course of the evening, however, Ursula took advantage of a quiet moment to look into the dictionary and make herself quite safe about the meaning of the word sinecure. Phoebe, Junior Their recommendations were adopted, and a large number of sinecure offices were swept away. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) If all birds were as sociably disposed as the little tomtit—for that is also one of his names—bird study would be a delight, and almost a sinecure. Our Bird Comrades The place was no sinecure, I assure you.” Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall What with the Lowell Institute, the college in Charleston, S. C., and Cornell University, in addition to Harvard, he may be said to have held three or four professorships at once, none of them sinecures. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History And here he comes with his fantastic nonsense about a sinecure! Phoebe, Junior Dioceses and benefices were to be freely consolidated, clerical sinecures were to cease, and the more scandalous abuses of the Irish Church were to be redressed. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Well, I have nothing for you to do, and as far as I am concerned your duties will be a sinecure until the day we arrive in Chili. With Cochrane the Dauntless His connection with the firm was at first a sinecure. Washington Irving If all men were like Stonor the tailor’s task would be a sinecure. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] She wished with a sigh that there were sinecures which could be held by girls. Phoebe, Junior It had all to be set right by him, and editorship on such terms was not a sinecure. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete General Gregory's post at Great Swamp was no sinecure. In Ancient Albemarle During the subsequent period the cry against sinecures became more emphatic. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill He never visited Jamaica, and the office held on these conditions was a sinecure; but he occasionally took part in the affairs of Jamaica in this country. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I It is a waste of money that might be better employed; it is a sinecure.” Phoebe, Junior He begins to confide all his maudlin woes to Evan, and that young man is ever ready with sympathy and advice that is not calculated to make Jasper Lamotte's position, as bear trainer, a sinecure. The Diamond Coterie Her appointment as ranger in Richmond Park, one of those sinecure offices which are scattered among the dependants of the throne, made her enemies. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Besides the direct pensions, every new department of administration seems to have suggested the foundation of offices which tended to become sinecures. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Paul had, therefore, no sinecure in filling the pannikins. The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers He did not grudge work, but rather liked it, and would be ready to do anything, he did not care what, to make his sinecure into a volunteer's outpost for every good work. Phoebe, Junior As they rolled me about and yelled like Indians, I could see that an official position in that regiment was to be no sinecure. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 There are others who draw salaries for what are really sinecures. In the Mayor's Parlour By the time of the Reform Bill, a sinecure had become an anachronism. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill As a member of the Dickinson House I combated the proposition of Mr. Stover and his associates to make this invention a Kennedy House sinecure. The Varmint It would not answer any good purpose,” she said, administering a little sting scientifically, “if all clergymen held sinecures.” Phoebe, Junior Pitt won general admiration by granting the valuable sinecure office of clerk of the pells to Barré in exchange for the pension secured to him by the whigs. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration The business of the worthy padres among them must be a perfect sinecure. The Tiger Hunter They have squandered our revenues, multiplied sinecures and pensions, doubled salaries, given monopolies and encouraged jobs, and depressed the poor and industrious. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Her statesmen, warriors, and favourites enriched themselves with sinecures, confiscations, and shares in trading and buccaneering adventures. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography It did not somehow hurt him as he thought it would, this sinecure he had accepted. Phoebe, Junior The corruption of parliament, of which both whigs and tories had been guilty, was brought to an end; many abuses and sinecures were abolished and public life became purer. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration The measure received warm support from Canning, who a month earlier had resigned the Under-Secretaryship for Foreign Affairs, and was now for the time merely on the India Board of Control, with a sinecure superadded. William Pitt and the Great War One has only to look along the crowded shelves to be convinced that Mr. Melville Robertson's office is no sinecure. From a Cornish Window A New Edition My word! learned one, your post is going to be no sinecure. In the Mahdi's Grasp The Assembly then went through the civil list, affixing to each office a salary, and passing over without any appropriation such offices as were either positive sinecures or little else. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 During the first days of the session Pitt was absent; he had at the king's earnest wish accepted the valuable sinecure office of warden of the Cinque Ports, and was not yet re-elected. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration Five aspirants refused the posts offered to them because they expected "snug sinecures" which "require no attendance at all." William Pitt and the Great War A snug sinecure with a commodious residence and a good car—cheap American motors are of course barred—represent the indispensable minimum. Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914 The position of General Manager as Bruce interpreted it was no sinecure. The Man from the Bitter Roots Do you think I come to you for a personal sinecure? Greener Than You Think The civil list was burdened with pensions and sinecures, distributed either as a means of parliamentary corruption, or among the supporters of the castle policy and the hangers-on of the English court. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration Now reformers were moved by a wider enthusiasm for the rights of humanity, and sought not merely to abolish pocket boroughs and sinecures, but to level up the poor and level down the wealthy. William Pitt and the Great War Her membership on the Costume Committee was no sinecure. Judy of York Hill They dissipate the Thackerayan fable that on the production of The Old Bachelor, the fortunate young author received a shower of sinecures, ‘all for writing a comedy.’ The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] Either Earl Ranulph de Blundeville was very neglectful of his office, or else he must have found it anything but a sinecure. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century Besides money deliberately spent in corruption, vast sums were wasted on abuses in the royal household, on sinecures, and on other useless places of profit. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration It was beyond the power of Auckland, a comparatively poor man, burdened with a large family, to grant a dowry with her unless Pitt awarded to him a lucrative post and sinecures. William Pitt and the Great War Then the Honorary Secretary has a sinecure?—What does the word honorary mean but a sinecure? A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father The position of the mistress of a family in those centuries was no sinecure. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 It is no sinecure—the life of the logging camp. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest But he was sure Aileen's anomalous place in the household at Champ-au-Haut—neither servant nor child of the house, never adopted, but only maintained—could have been no sinecure. Flamsted quarries And a sinecure he had of it for the next few hours. The Gold of Chickaree "He made my job a sinecure, for he was good for a column any day and a full page on Sundays." Side Show Studies He was lavish in the gift of lucrative offices, of rich sinecures, of pensions, and even of bribes in a lump sum, money down. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I Yes, but the debt is not a heavy one, and you may think me entitled to very small thanks; for let me tell you your existence here will be no sinecure. Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars A sub-prefect who patronized him had created for him the sinecure where he devoured in peace his very small living. The Fête At Coqueville 1907 The superintendent of government soon found that his office was a sinecure, as all attempt at coercion in that half-civilised country would have been not only useless but dangerous. Diary in America, Series One Of late her walks had been greatly curtailed, for the last few days Faithful’s office had become a sinecure, though he still remained at his post, ready to perform his duty if required. The Rival Crusoes But yet she stopped to dress us in our Sunday clothes,—and no sinecure was it to dress three persistently undressable children; Winthrop was a host in himself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 But the porterage was no sinecure for the delinquent elephant, who found it difficult at times to get along over African sands even without a burden. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The kaváss is a very important functionary in Constantinople, and, though his office is lucrative, it is no sinecure. Paul Patoff It has been well said that during his tenure of office and that of his immediate successor, the sinecures and pluralities held by the highest clergy were worthy of the mediæval period. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See There were a great many Government employments of the kind which were merely sinecures. The Philippine Islands The office of “reader” is no mere sinecure; it requires a keen critical sense, an impartial mind, and not a little moral courage. Mary Wollstonecraft Into what channel went all that money which he received for bribery, for creating appointments, and for suggesting that young men of good family should be given sinecures, I was never able to discover. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia So the way was made simpler, though not at any time a sinecure, for those who followed the intrepid pioneers in the scarlet tunic. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police What one man has done another can do, but your job will be no sinecure. Prairie Flowers What wonder, when this advice is followed out to the letter, that we are overwhelmed with assurances that prayers have been answered, when a man is appointed to a sinecure or has obtained a life-pension? Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles When I left Upper Canada last year," writes Mr. Mackenzie, "some of the offices, sinecures, and pensions of the Government were divided as follows:—No. 1. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion One was the extraordinary extent to which its high offices were used as sinecures for the favourites, and the sons of favourites, of nobles and of kings. John Knox But my situation has been an absolute sinecure as yet, for he says I am not strong enough to work, and won’t let me do anything. My Doggie and I The office of lady’s-maid was, however, a mere sinecure, so the bride had plenty of time to devote to the garden. The Garret and the Garden As there were nine lights to attend to, and get ready for nightly service, it may be easily understood that the lamplighter’s duty was no sinecure. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands Certain highly-paid offices were the merest sinecures, and had been created for no other purpose than to provide for serviceable tools of the Administration. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion The post of the latter, however, was a sinecure, as the wind had again fallen. The Red Eric But it must not be supposed that the youth’s office was a sinecure. The Settler and the Savage It was intended to be a perfect sinecure; there was no one to be let in and no one to be let out. Milton Is there a man who has succeeded in getting any sinecure office from the State who doesn't know that the moment Ericson comes back to Gloria out he goes, neck and crop? The Dictator Even a born statesman would have found his task by no means a sinecure. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion People may say that a sinecure is one that has not its disadvantages; but such is not the case—there is the disgrace of holding it. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook “A very pretty sinecure,” thinks I to myself, “just as if I had not my hands full already.” Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer The doctor’s office was a sinecure so long as no fighting was going forward, as the hardy llañeros were seldom sick, or preferred their own remedies to those he could administer. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela Commissioners of the customs, long regarding their offices as sinecures and habitually residing in England, were ordered to repair at once to their posts in America. Beginnings of the American People The three new Councillors were not long in discovering that their places were sinecures. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion At all events, Joey’s place was no sinecure, for he was up early, and was employed the whole of the day. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook She had no sinecure office of it; but, in spite often of the most remarkable demands, she dispensed the beverage with the most perfect justice and good humour. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days Measures to cut down sinecures, to limit the secret service fund, to take away opportunities for royal corruption, were introduced by Burke and, although defeated, drew large votes. The Wars Between England and America He has had no respect for ermine, lawn, or epaulets, in his assaults upon the monopolies and sinecures of Church and State, circumlocution offices, nepotism, patronage, purchase, and routine, in army or navy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 It was a position for which she felt herself peculiarly fitted, even without the semi-official commission she held—a position which so conscientious a person could not regard in the light of a sinecure. The Madigans Sometimes it was simply a legatio libera, a sinecure without any pretence of purpose, sometimes it was voti causa, enabling a man to fulfil some vow he was supposed to have made. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Walpole was a thorough Whig and a freethinker, so long, at least, as freethinking did not threaten danger to comfortable sinecures bestowed upon the sons of Whig ministers. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century The public offices were heavily burdened with lucrative sinecures, which were used in the factional contests to buy support in Parliament, as were also peerages, contracts, and money bribes. The Wars Between England and America This duty, it may be added, had been a sinecure from the date of its institution, nothing having ever since been seen. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land He saw that Swanson did not like him because he considered the wireless job a sinecure, and wanted to keep all the crew hard at work all the time. The Pirate Shark To serve this end two or three sinecures are maintained, the best known being the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. The Governments of Europe For the innkeeper of the csárda does not live by only doling out wine, but is a bit of a farmer besides, and his business is no sinecure. A Hungarian Nabob He told me that he had filled the onerous post of Secretary of War during the first seven months of the Secession, and I can easily believe that he found it no sinecure. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 He offered him a sinecure, and when he declined it he bestowed on him a pension of a hundred crowns a year. History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 The professorships in the English universities, which are largely endowed, are sinecures; while those in Scotland, to which small stipends are annexed, are filled by able and active men. Priestley in America 1794-1804 Their authority and respectability continued until the lust of dominion had corrupted the policy of the Romans; after which their situations were comparative sinecures, and their solemn deliberations dwindled into useless or contemptible formalities. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Renault, who had seen her grow up; Doctor Martout who had held the sinecure of physician to her; the architect, the notary, in a word, everybody present was plunged into a state of absolute stupefaction. The Man With The Broken Ear All this, to a good-looking man of—well, considerably over forty, was flattering, but no sinecure. The Romance of an Old Fool This man has his hands full of money, of bank-notes, of railroad shares, of offices, of decorations, of sinecures; this man stoops down to the office-holders, and says, "Office-holders, betray your trust!" Napoleon the Little Upon which Sir Boyle Roche congratulated his honorable friend on the snug little sinecure he had discovered for himself. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The presidency of the Salamander, involving as it did occasional interviews of a nature similar to this with Mr. Murch, was no sinecure. White Ashes Mr. Simon Hanscomb, who had been efficient in bringing about the nomination of Mr. Banks, received a twelve-hundred dollar sinecure clerkship, and others who had aided in bringing about the result were cared for. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Above all, no jobbing, no sinecure, no monkish stalls for lazy idlers. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. And for the next quarter of an hour the place of the poor repeater was no sinecure. Stories of Comedy "Sure I know what a sinecure is: it's a place where there's nothing to do, and they pay you by the piece." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Her secretary was not likely to enjoy a sinecure. Mary Gray It has many varieties, among them sinecure, privilege, and restriction upon trade. Sophisms of the Protectionists His is no sinecure, as you may guess; Coach, servants, gondola, he goes to call, And carries fan and tippet, gloves and shawl. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 Footnote 122: He was Joint Chief Clerk of the Pleas in the Queen's Bench, a sinecure conferred on him by his father, who was Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 1802-1818. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 A pleasant, poetical sort of sinecure,—there are lots of them to be had. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 To get a price for damaged goods is no sinecure. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) By some means or other, he secured a lucrative sinecure, that of treasurer of finances at Caen in Normandy. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Travelling with a round top Calico found to be no sinecure. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle The pools sell rapidly, and the genial auctioneer finds his post no sinecure. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City This was as well, for the post of musician on a pirate ship was no sinecure, as every pirate had the right to demand a tune at any hour of the day or night. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers In 1871 he was selected to second Mr. Trevelyan's motion on army reform, and in speaking on that occasion he again attacked the sinecure colonelcies and other abuses in the administration of the army. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities He perceived that she needed some well paid sinecure. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl Matters progressed so quietly for the next couple of days that I began to wonder whether I had not fallen into a sinecure after all. The Lost Valley These several sums are drawn out of the County Bureau alone, and he holds an equal number of sinecure positions in the City Bureau. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The entertaining of Captain and Mrs. Berwick was therefore no sinecure. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes On coming to Glasgow, he soon gave lively proofs that the important situation which he had been brought to fill would, in his hands, be anything other than a sinecure. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities The Bahamas, however, were a favourite resort for pirates and other men of desperate character, and Lilburne soon discovered that his place was no sinecure. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century As there are well over two million Englishmen in France, a very small percentage of whom have any knowledge of French, the liaison enjoys no sinecure. Italy at War and the Allies in the West One of these contains the names of all the clerks regularly employed in the Bureau, and about a dozen names of persons who hold sinecure positions, p. 85or have no existence. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City If any trick is easier than another it is the third, but none of them are by any means sinecures. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers The dean is the presiding officer in chapel: his business is to pull up the absentees—no sinecure, it is said. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 The pastor of a large congregation in the city of New York has no sinecure. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter In the spring of 1534 Calvin gave up the sinecure benefices he had held, and towards the end of the year left France because of the growing persecution, for he had already rendered himself suspect. The Age of the Reformation In most cases the latter was unavoidable, and these aliens, furious at being driven from their prescriptive sinecures, went up to Vienna and did their best to make it hot for the Hungarians. Dr. Dumany's Wife I don't care what it is, so long as I get a life-long sinecure—suppose we say his bailiff, or his librarian, or his secretary? The Poor Plutocrats The idea is something that remains to us from the old days of sinecures. Thackeray George the First was dead, George the Second had succeeded and with the change of government Gay hoped to obtain the "sinecure" which would have kept him in comfort to the end of his days. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Yes, the army of girl and women workers in this great metropolis is, indeed, a vast one, and work for them is no sinecure. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 357, October 30, 1886 The profession of medicine is no sinecure; its labors are constant, its toils unremitting, its cares unceasing. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand The whole of the united provinces were, by the absurd fiction of a sinecure law, "in the diocese of London!" Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 He would have repudiated the notion that he was looking for a sinecure, but no doubt considered that the duties would be easy and light. Thackeray Silesia Region of central Europe in southwest Poland and northern Czech Republic. sinecure Position or office that requires little work but provides a salary. spoliations Despoiling or plundering. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States His title, his social position, his sinecure, his grafts and perquisites, his alias-shrouded Company expense account—all out the airlock. Little Fuzzy Sinecures were legion, yet to many a holder they were no sinecures at all, for they entailed constant servility and a complete abdication of all freedom of opinion. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Under such circumstances the office of municipal magistrate is no sinecure. Leaves from a Field Note-Book His post as President of Chile was no sinecure. South America After the example of her grandfather, she made him her chaplain and household clerk, both of which offices must be supposed to have been sinecures. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch The office of the Governor, or Voivoda, to give him his proper Montenegrin title, corresponding to our word Duke, is therefore no sinecure. The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro Being general reserve is no sinecure with bluffing tactics prevailing. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years For though to physic he was bred, And passed at Surgeons' Hall, To make his post a sinecure, He never cured at all! The Haunted Hour An Anthology It was no sinecure, her office—alternately scapegoat and confidante. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' For taking this part in the conspiracy he expected a fat sinecure on the return of the Bourbons, in recompense for his devotion. The House of the Combrays You may laugh, Miss Scott, but I can assure you that my duties are no sinecure. A Prince of Sinners There were cavalry patrols beyond us again, and anyway no Arab could come within five miles without our seeing him, so our guarding was a sinecure. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years This bold application was successful, and he had a sinecure given him, as a kind of inspector of the fine arts. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business They need an interpreter and the post is not a sinecure. Greenwich Village There was nothing more to be feared from the Aryks, and his situation, therefore, of guardian of his sleeping friends might be considered a sinecure. The Land of Mystery "A sinecure, whose holder is in receipt of a salary of five thousand pounds per annum," was Mr. Bonar Law's description of his office as Lord Privy Seal. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920 In 1775 an offer was made to him of the sinecure post of Lord of the Bedchamber. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Trailing a herd of cattle through a strange wild country is no sinecure. Square Deal Sanderson Some of these "stretcher men," as Blount contemptuously called them, had been employed in past campaigns; others were still the beneficiaries of the railroad, holding pay-roll places which Blount acutely suspected were chiefly sinecures. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush There are too many officers at the port; it is a sinecure. Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross In the stern sheets a young man stood, resting one hand on the tiller, his navigating a sinecure, for the wind was barely enough to give him steerageway. Poor Man's Rock For a number of years Selwyn had been in a constant state of alarm lest he should be deprived of his sinecure office of Paymaster of the Board of Works. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life The police magistrate holds any thing but a sinecure. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 So long as the wheels revolved smoothly and the stream of creamy flour issued from the mouth of the machine the miller had a sinecure. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest |
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