| 单词 | slater |
| 例句 | Bricklayers, masons, roofers, roof tilers, slaters, carpenters, joiners and plasterers will benefit from cheaper visas and more relaxed employment criteria under the changes. UK relaxes visa rules to attract foreign construction workers 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Her dad is a roof slater and she says she loved to help him do building work when she was younger. The young women constructing their careers 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z It was seldom that a year passed without several visits from the plumbers, the slaters and the thatchers, to the precincts of a nunnery; and once arrived they were not easy to dislodge. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Slate′-axe, a slater's tool, a sax; Slate′-clay, a fissile shale.—adjs. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z A slater being employed by a gentleman to repair his house in the country, took along with him a prentice, when they set to work, and continued to work for some days. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z Now I come," said the slater, as he fell from the roof; "what on earth does that mean? Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z It is true the roofing would be a long job, for only two feminine roofers and slaters are to be found in the whole country. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 A slater on the slope of a neighbouring roof eyed me curiously. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers The carpenter and slater have little influence in recommending the repairs of the roof; but the bad painter has great influence, as well as interest, in recommending those of the picture. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), On the one side sat the bride, a high-coloured, buxom young girl, serene and erect as Britannia on the halfpennies, and guarded by two stout fellows, masons or slaters apparently, in their working dresses. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. No, I am too poorly clothed,” said the poor son of the slater, glancing at his worn-out vest and at his green trousers patched with gray. Happy Days for Boys and Girls As mining did not turn out remunerative enough, I left it for the town, where in succession I became typographer, slater, plumber, etc. Woman under socialism He has to do the tapping and keep up an industrious bustle on the housetop during the absence of the slaters. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) When at work on the roofs of houses, slaters do not feel their heads swim; and those accustomed to darkness do not fear it at all. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts I could have got work to-day if I had been a carpenter, or if I’d been a joiner, or a slater, or a bricklayer, or a plasterer, or a painter, or a hod-carrier. Dr. Sevier It is flat, black, hard, and shiny, and resembles a cross between the English black-beetle and the woodlouse or slater. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand And now that I am a contractor I can understand how it is possible to spend several days hunting through the town for slaters to carry out a trifling order. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories It appeared that when a party of slaters were engaged upon a roof, they would now and then be taken with a fancy for the public-house. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) The wind calmed down, and the rain was restrained until midday of Wednesday, when the repairs were about finished, but heavy rainfalls drove the slaters from the roof. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God In forming the brigade in Edinburgh, where the firemen are only occasionally employed, the description of men, from which I made a selection, were slaters, house-carpenters, masons, plumbers, and smiths. Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction A slater had given it to him for fifteen francs. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life And thus we spent a most pleasant week, though we knew very little of Welsh and the slaters spoke but little English. George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore He often got into scrapes; but he declared that, like a hedgehog or slater, or woodlouse, he always managed to roll himself out of them. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea The day was Saturday, and no glazier and slater could be had before Monday. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God A slater employed about the house discovered several chests with the Derwentwater arms engraved on the lids. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. They spent the remainder of the afternoon in estimating the amount of the damage, and they continued the inquiry on the following day with the assistance of the carpenter, the mason, and the slater. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life He has driven our Winter Rhapsody clean out of our noddle—and to-morrow we must be sending for the slater, the plumber, and the glazier. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 Listen, my dear Doctor: I really believe that if it suited my pleasure I could shoot a slater off the roof, and the affair would have no unpleasant results. How Women Love (Soul Analysis) Men naturally slaters and of all callings, save in their own rooms. Pascal's Pensées In the various literary coteries of London no one knew that Quentin Burrage was the slater who thrilled, irritated, or amused them, though he was of course recognised as an occasional contributor. Masques & Phases If a slater comes off a roof and breaks a limb, there is a hospital for him within half an hour's drive in most towns. A Dream of the North Sea How easy it is for an accident to happen to anybody, specially to a slater who hovers between heaven and earth like a bird, and yet has not the wings of a bird. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig There is in our village, a slater, very fond of keeping bees. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 558, July 21, 1832 "He is a good slater," says one, and, speaking of soldiers, remarks, "They are perfect fools." Pascal's Pensées As he began to write, the old spirit of the slater came over him. Masques & Phases Charitable men can see the slater, so they help him; they can't see the fisher without running the chance of being bruised and drenched, so they don't help him—at present. A Dream of the North Sea For a week the children of the town play at being slaters. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig So clever a workman was not likely to remain long a village slater. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers A slater on the slope of a neighbouring roof eyed me curiously. Lay Morals Oh, please God we live till Monday morning, we'll set the slater to mend the roof of the house. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 We don't want the public to think the fisher is a more deserving man than the slater; we want both men to have a fair chance. A Dream of the North Sea But before he has bound the ladder fast—and in order to do that he must climb it once—the slater may commend his poor soul to God. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Among the workmen he found his old friend the slater, whose acquaintance he had made on the roof. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House So cries the slater from his tower's high top, And so the little would-be mighty man, Hans Metaphysicus, from out his critic-shop. The Poems of Schiller — Third period A slater is seen upon the highest part of the roof.— Wilhelm Tell But she had no mind to be disturbed just then by the presence of a troop of stone-masons, slaters, and carpenters, nor any time to lose in waiting for the end of their operations. Cashel Byron's Profession The two strange slaters stated that they thought extensive repairs were necessary. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig He also murdered many from no other motive, and shot at slaters for the pleasure of seeing them fall from the roofs of houses. The Book of Were-Wolves The St. Kilian's Church, your Highness, and big stone giant at the top of the steeple yonder,—adventurous masons and slater people get upon the crown of his head, sometimes, and stand waving flags. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 07 Here, too, is a curious little work upon the influence of a trade upon the form of the hand, with lithotypes of the hands of slaters, sailors, corkcutters, compositors, weavers, and diamond-polishers. The Sign of the Four As slaters sort their slates, do they degrees and families.” The Ancien Regime That was dizziness, the slater's worst, most malicious enemy when it takes sudden hold of him on a swaying ladder between heaven and earth. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig But his soul was not where he hammered; it was where ropes were constantly breaking and luckless slaters plunging headlong to certain death. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig The slater's calling is a dangerous one, between heaven and earth; the man who lay beneath the black pall, between the boards, silent as he was, preached that with poignant eloquence. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig That is why the slater's calling is such a noble calling; the slater is the most manifest picture of how Providence holds the man who works at an honest profession safe in its hands. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig The strange slaters knew very well that the Council feared the expense of more extensive repairs and had postponed those that had long been highly necessary from year to year. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Between heaven and earth is the slater's realm. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig The slater who meets his death through accident stands before the world as an honest man—honest as the soldier who dies on the battle-field. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Inwardly they made a vow that none who belonged to them should ever become a slater. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig An old slater told me the secret of how to see with the 'second sight.' The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Soon no one stands below any longer looking up; the slater at work is no longer any novelty. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig |
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