| 单词 | stock-in-trade |
| 例句 | Cimino drew on a strain of myth that was the stock-in-trade of classic movies and transfigured it with an aesthetic that was decades ahead of its time. Postscript: Michael Cimino, 1939–2016 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Not exactly the recipe for a living likeness, let alone the sort of three-dimensional portraiture that was Fallaci’s stock-in-trade as an interviewer. A new biography gets Oriana Fallaci the way people who knew her couldn't 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z He has made that everyman quality his stock-in-trade for over two decades, which is precisely why his recent pivot away from type has snuck up on viewers with such insidious effectiveness. Bate-and-switch: how Jason Bateman learned to embrace his dark side 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The aim was to find a theatrical language: Mr. Tiffany’s stock-in-trade, be it the rough magic of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” or the explosive physicality of his “Black Watch,” set in Iraq. ‘He’s All Impulse’: Making Disney’s ‘Pinocchio’ Naughty Onstage 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Each show falls into the genre of the not-always-funny-comedy or drama-with-laughs, a category that sometimes irks TV traditionalists accustomed to clearer drama and comedy boundaries–but which is the stock-in-trade of indie film. Why TV Is the Perfect Place for Indie Filmmakers 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z This has been the stock-in-trade of wiseacres, smartasses and iconoclasts from Chaplin to Groucho to Bill Murray to Robert Downey, Jr., to, on the female side, Barbra Streisand and Melissa McCarthy. Donald Trump is The Joker: Forget Mussolini and Hitler, the GOP strongman is an authoritarian populist straight from Hollywood 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Though he is capable of the full range of human emotion, the staples of "guilt and anger" that he identified once early in his career "after 14 Pernods" as his songwriting stock-in-trade remain dominant themes. Elvis Costello 2010-10-16T23:04:00Z Joy is Swiss Lips' emotional stock-in-trade, or rather, euphoria undercut by the knowledge that it is transient. New band of the day – Swiss Lips (No 1,400) 2012-11-21T16:33:32Z It betrays, too, a nostalgic streak that has gradually become Chappelle’s stock-in-trade. Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. Confront a Changing World 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Arabesques are Smith's stock-in-trade, the essence of her voice. Ali Smith has double vision in 'How to Be Both' 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z A likable stage presence equipped with a sure, strong voice, Mr. Xavier possesses the ready élan that was once the musical theater’s stock-in-trade. Musical Revivals Offer Mixed Rewards 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z The British government's covert seizure of an arms-dealing Mr Big is seen through the eyes of that stock-in-trade, the quintessential Englishman, a certain Paul Anderson. A Delicate Truth by John le Carré – review 2013-04-20T14:00:02Z Finding comedy in grave of situations is their stock-in-trade. It’s a “Daily Show” Reunion on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Silliness, of the Harry Hill variety, is also Simmons's stock-in-trade; his show Meanwhile is a volley of skilful nonsense, culminating in an oddly moving taco-smashing routine. Edinburgh 2011 comedy awards: who should have the last laugh? 2011-08-24T16:56:37Z But drama is, of course, the pop star’s stock-in-trade. Taylor Swift’s Netflix Special Is the End of an Era 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Typically, those sorts of artists are Grammy stock-in-trade, and there were a handful of them this year, like Silk Sonic, the recently formed union of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, The Grammys Discover Youth 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Renewal has been the stock-in-trade of the pianist Maurizio Pollini’s career, as he thrillingly displayed in recital at Carnegie Hall on Sunday. The Pianist Maurizio Pollini and the Shock of the Old 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Yudin's stock-in-trade is innocence with a twist – there is language used here that would never have made it to radio in 1962. New band of the day - Cayucas (No 1,410) 2012-12-05T16:46:35Z In the 1950s, he was working in Washington at a cramped strip club called the Wayne Room when he hit on a formula that became his stock-in-trade: He became a heckler from the stage. Don Rickles, lightning-fast launcher of comic insults, dies at 90 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Luckily for Metroplex's stock-in-trade, there's a future still waiting to happen. Label of love: Metroplex 2010-06-15T15:06:00Z First, gleeful needling has been that comic’s stock-in-trade for about two decades, and the awards show’s governing body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, hired Gervais to host the broadcast in 2010 as well. The Golden Globes of hatred 2011-01-17T14:10:00Z Beyond the cemetery, next to a railway siding, is an office whose stock-in-trade is people's most passionately guarded secrets, their deepest hopes and fears. Dear Juliet: the fans who write to Shakespeare's heroine 2010-05-19T19:59:00Z At all locations, the stock-in-trade is citrus-marinated raw fish with sweet potatoes and kernels of chubby Andean corn, in both its soft and crunchy forms. Peruvian Ceviche, Now With Plates and Chairs 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Much of it doesn't even approximate fact-based reporting, Fox News's stock-in-trade. Watching Newsmax, the Fox News challenger: Like home shopping TV for dangerous far-right fantasies 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z That sense of detailed authenticity is Mann’s stock-in-trade. Michael Mann on the 'savage beauty' of 'Ferrari': 'I wanted to put you in the driver's seat' 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z While sowing religious divisions has been an election-season stock-in-trade of the Hindu nationalist B.J.P., the lines are drawn differently in Manipur. A Rising India Is Also, in One Remote Pocket, a Blood-Soaked War Zone 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z It’s these emotions — curiosity, fear, excitement — that are Engineered Arts’ stock-in-trade. A visit to the human factory 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z At first, it seems familiar: As in his great six-volume autobiographical novel, “My Struggle,” major subjects include bourgeois anxiety and malaise, the stock-in-trade of middlebrow fiction. Review: Author Karl Ove Knausgaard, famously extreme realist, goes supernatural 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z More “Cook’s Tour” footage shows the consumption of a live cobra heart, from when stunt-eating was Bourdain’s stock-in-trade, and he notes, all casual bravado, “It kind of pumps on its way down.” ‘Roadrunner’ review: Does it help to learn more about Anthony Bourdain’s death? This film answers 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z It’s these roots in boxing promotion, where misdirection and the manifold arts of emotional manipulation are the stock-in-trade, that served him particularly well during his stunning ascent to the White House. Donald Trump wanted a fight with athletes. They may well have doomed him 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Not just the stock-in-trade five-ounce portioned fillets but also pinwheels and roulades and planked slabs. The Best Party Trick: Make Your Own Gravlax 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z He has made standing up for things his stock-in-trade. At age 100, the father of preventive medicine is proof he was right all along 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z He went on to remark that fear and division are “Donald Trump’s stock-in-trade” and that the country deserved someone who work to heal its historically wounded relationship with race. Democrats denounce white nationalism after El Paso massacre 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z Our current pop stock-in-trade is a school of male singer-songwriters with exceptional voices and wilfully unexceptional images that entrench an impression of authenticity. The ordinary boys: how Ed Sheeran-inspired troubadours swept the charts 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Provocation is a stock-in-trade for right-wing writers in Washington, but former colleagues said Mr. Howley’s behavior, in public tweets and private emails, went beyond mischief and into darker territory. With Northam Picture, Obscure Publication Plays Big Role in Virginia Politics 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z When pressed, she continued: “I don’t think it’s that kind of night. I’m political, but my stock-in-trade is not politics.” SAG Awards host Megan Mullally says there will be zero political humor at the 2019 event 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z And her ample frame, reviewers sometimes noted, cut an unpersuasive figure of the consumptive heroine — think of Mimì in Puccini’s “La Bohème” — that is grand opera’s stock-in-trade. Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z On a show that deals death as its stock-in-trade, nobody is safe, and some major characters are sure to meet with a bloody demise as this series saunters on like so many flesh-starved walkers. From Aquaman to The Walking Dead: 10 things we learned from Comic-Con 2018 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z What’s left doesn’t give Chastain a whole lot to play aside from good manners, sharp comebacks and the kind of flinty resilience that has become the actress’ stock-in-trade. Jessica Chastain plays the artist who painted Sitting Bull in the inert history lesson 'Woman Walks Ahead' Outrageous actions are his stock-in-trade, as is his ability to emerge unscathed from the wreckage, or so he believes. Russia Sees Midterm Elections as Chance to Sow Fresh Discord, Intelligence Chiefs Warn 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z With widescreen spectacle Spielberg’s stock-in-trade, digital was a natural draw for the director, and the odd juxtaposition in “Jurassic Park” and “Schindler’s List” being released the same year is not overlooked. 'Spielberg' dives deep into the filmmaker's venerated career 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z These and other harrowingly embarrassing tales are the stock-in-trade of Sara Schaefer, the latest potential US comedy superstar to head to the Edinburgh festival fringe. Sara Schaefer: the breakout comic on trashing Trump and bombing on stage 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Youth Defence is one of Ireland's largest pro-life groups and its stock-in-trade is shock. Abortion in Ireland: The fight for choice - BBC News 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z His stock-in-trade was debunking gloomy stereotypes about poor countries and economic development. Hans Rosling, statistician and sword-swallower, has died 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z If your stock-in-trade is comic exaggeration, you face new challenges all the time. Jonathan Coe: will satire save us in the age of Trump? 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Rousseau’s rejoinders to cosmopolitan commercialism have constituted the basic stock-in-trade of cultural and economic nationalists worldwide. How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z This should come as no surprise: high negatives are the bully’s stock-in-trade. The phony in American politics: how voters turn into suckers 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Trump does not engage in the dainty dance that is the stock-in-trade of a Republican establishment that shifts effortlessly from backlash politics to high-toned rhetoric. New Hampshire voters bite back at the elites 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Hemingway’s stock-in-trade–finely-detailed stories of drinking and sporting in foreign lands–struck some as ill-suited to a period of great suffering. Read TIME's Original Review of 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z And would this be supplemented by the usual fake math of moral opprobrium, which is the stock-in-trade of reporters covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Palestine: The Psychotic Stage 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Lily swanned around Manhattan’s high-end zip codes, unaffected by the roiling, soapy family crises that were the show’s stock-in-trade. The nightmare that is Kelly Rutherford's international custody battle 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z More importantly, it reflected the worldview, biases and delusions of corporate America’s friends in Washington, which is Politico’s stock-in-trade. Neoliberals’ pity party: Why an emboldened liberalism has corporate Dems running scared 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Its basic stock-in-trade appears to be the murder weapon, and it offers wide range of replica firearms alongside a choice of knuckledusters, choppers, cutlasses, daggers and bayonets. The best place for a traveller to fall ill? - BBC News 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Giving everyone not just a voice but an equal voice is Benchmark’s stock-in-trade. The Benchmark Way: Five Partners Who Make Other VC Firms Look Outgunned And Overstaffed 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Despite being so notoriously difficult to get right, predictions are part of the pundit’s stock-in-trade. It’s Elizabeth Warren’s party now! How to remake it in the liberal heroine’s image 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z When ideas become the stock-in-trade of a company’s employees—and when those ideas are acknowledged, discussed and implemented—employee engagement and job satisfaction will increase. NetAppVoice: 5 Ways To Inspire Innovation (And Plan For Disruption) 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z The little striker's stock-in-trade move had brought his first goal at club level of the year. Tottenham 3-1 Manchester City 2013-04-21T14:52:23Z Swing is his stock-in-trade and it is subservient to him, the best exponent England has had since the youthful Botham was rampaging. England's Jimmy Anderson fine-tunes swing secrets for career milestone 2013-03-02T20:00:01Z The secrecy that is the BVI's stock-in-trade operates at multiple levels. Offshore secrets: British Virgin Islands, land of sand, sea and secrecy 2012-11-25T20:00:12Z Like Kuschnir, Goldhirsh would like to see Take Back Tuesday go national, adopted either by Congress or by a critical mass of companies in the kind of do-it-ourselves movement that is GOOD's stock-in-trade. Give Your Employees Election Day Off. Here's Why 2012-11-02T12:45:23Z First, conflicts of interest aren't a part of how Wall Street does business; conflicts are its stock-in-trade. Conflicts of Interest? On Wall Street? 2012-10-06T02:53:25Z It is important not to overstate what seems to be happening; there will doubtless be more stock-in-trade scare stories in the Sun about migrant "scroungers" and excessive immigration. What does London 2012 say about British racial attitudes? 2012-08-06T18:29:19Z Now, as part of a broader plan to diversify beyond its stock-in-trade leveraged buyouts, it is gearing up. KKR Makes Push Into Real Estate 2012-04-24T22:54:01Z The stock-in-trade of the begging fraternity is some hideous sore, or twisted legs or sightless eyes, or some abnormal deformity that disqualifies the person from gaining a living by manual labour. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Practically her only stock-in-trade consists of her personal charm and her pecuniary advantages. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z "Tenez, monsieur!" cries an old woman, whose entire stock-in-trade consists of a few pairs of doll's shoes of chocolate, displayed upon a tin tray, over which she carefully holds a weather-beaten umbrella. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A visionary thinks about the future, but a lawyer’s stock-in-trade is precedent. Schumpeter: A guardian and a guide 2012-04-04T15:00:00Z "The usual stock-in-trade, I see," he muttered, looking round him scornfully. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z His stock-in-trade consists of great slabs of what the Americans call peanut candy. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z In brief, the sculptor had a stock-in-trade of designs, which he varied or supplemented, according to his ability and originality. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z Like every new theory, modern Socialism had, at first, to connect itself with the intellectual stock-in-trade ready to its hand, however deeply its roots lay in material economic facts. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z Animated with corresponding desire, the gardener resorts to lovely places in this "too-much loved earth," there to find his stock-in-trade and learn his craft. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z You know I am a bit of a student of human nature, it is my stock-in-trade. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z This was a very simple proceeding, as it required but very little capital, for his whole stock-in-trade could be laid in for a few shillings. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z My fire gives forth no smoke-cloud here below, My stock-in-trade no profit here below, And you, who call me tavern-haunter, know There is indeed no tavern here below 13. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z When he had removed his paint and other marks of his profession, he offered to show us the stock-in-trade of a real witch-doctor. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z The mercer's stock-in-trade at Colchester was much upon a level with the carpenter's tools. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z The following is a brief list of Archie’s stock-in-trade when he sailed away in the good ship Dugong to begin the world alone: 1. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z German books form a large part of the stock-in-trade of the Norwegian bookseller. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z Boodle, bōōd′l, n. a crowd, pack—'the whole boodle:' stock-in-trade, capital. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Your health and strength are all you have to depend on; they are your stock-in-trade, your capital. Health Five Lay Sermons to Working-People 2011-10-07T02:00:21.697Z When the stock-in-trade of the canteen was just giving out, a man from Kimberley, whom Moss knew, came into the canteen. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z You get rid of your claim for what it'll fetch; mine fetched what you see—a hawker's wagon, horses, and whole stock-in-trade. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z Others have called Sozzani a hypocrite for selectively championing the fuller figure while pouting waifs remain the stock-in-trade of Vogue Italia and fashion magazines everywhere. Franca Sozzani: The Rebel Behind 'Vogue Italia' 2011-09-16T09:00:00Z The Prince's generous speech—which was no more than the stock-in-trade of princes—was stamped on his heart. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z I merely suggest the possibility that a woman may form a subconscious resolution and not recognise it as part of her mental stock-in-trade for weeks, months, years.... The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Let me reckon up my capital," he thought as the train rushed on; "let me ascertain my authentic stock-in-trade. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z It was looked upon as the usual stock-in-trade language of a miser. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Nor are they ever weary of gazing at the ‘pelican of the wilderness’ as the showman describes it—a mournful bird with draggled feathers standing by the entrance, a traditional part of his stock-in-trade. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z That glorious day in June is one of the most precious perennials of the story-writer's stock-in-trade. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z They 8 are the stock-in-trade of writers who understand of them little more than the fact that somehow or other they are not ‘bourgeois.’ Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z A stout coloured woman was standing at the door of a little shop, the stock-in-trade of which appeared to be composed principally of stale, unwholesome-looking fruit. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z As he left the hall he stopped a moment to look at the stock-in-trade of an itinerant bookseller, who had established his track in front of the building since the family congress began. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Here again Chaucer makes use of the conventional stock-in-trade of medieval poets. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z My idea was to dispose of some of my stock-in-trade and acquire a sufficient number of oxen to enable me to get away with my wagon as soon as ever Alida should be free. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z The value of that, to the jaded, is the stock-in-trade of people like our hostess. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z Considerable damage was done to the machinery and stock-in-trade, and a large building was destroyed. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z "She says that her figure is her stock-in-trade—musical comedy, of course." Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z We were each so sure of the other's love that we did not pass through those agonies of suspense, petty jealousies, and quarrels that seem to be, according to novels, the stock-in-trade of lovers' conduct. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z When all was done, my bank account was depleted by a hundred and fifty pounds, but I felt that I had acquired a first-rate stock-in-trade, and I did not repent of the expenditure. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Myself.—Of what kind of books does your stock-in-trade consist? The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z He early took delight in drawing and modelling from his father’s stock-in-trade, and early endeavoured to understand those counterfeits of classic art by the light of translations from classic literature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The excesses of that same year of '48 will be the stock-in-trade for these grinding Governments for many a day to come. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z It is clear that some limitation of the literary stock-in-trade will become increasingly urgent as time goes on, and the question may well occur as to whether we are insuring the right baggage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z For still another week I nursed myself, hating to see my little stock of money dwindle, but not daring to begin the struggle without a stock-in-trade of strength. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The clock-dealer had no money, but he offered to pay his rent out of his stock-in-trade. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z His business and stock-in-trade consist of a box set up on two wheels, and drawn by a good-natured yellow dog. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z I did not want political platitudes, and before election day I had formed the opinion that political platitudes were the General's stock-in-trade. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z This is too much, and you inwardly send him to destruction, with his apples, jujubes, travelling-caps, newspapers, books, and all his—stock-in-trade. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Even so he was well placed at the far post to nod in Villa's second goal 10 minutes from the end following one of those searching crosses which have become Marc Albrighton's stock-in-trade. Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion 2010-12-13T07:01:00Z Carlsberg bucks the trend by eschewing its stock-in-trade humour for passion. Beard the lion 2010-05-27T09:50:00Z Since popular music is their stock-in-trade, commercial stations say that amounts to unfair competition. BBC shake-up 2010-03-02T18:59:00Z Burlesques of him were frequent, imitations of him were part of the stock-in-trade of weary comedians and gifted amateurs. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z "After all, he must soon exhaust his stock-in-trade, and then I shall have peace." Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z D. Wragg took his departure, after an affectionate glance all round at the birds and the rest of his stock-in-trade, while the little Frenchman stood lighting his cigarette with the match handed him by Janet. A Little World They are a part of the stock-in-trade of your moralists. The Man Who Rose Again The Scotch beggar's stock-in-trade is generally a Bible. Friend Mac Donald This modest pedlar was on her way to Montserrat to dispose of her stock-in-trade—not to the monks, who could have no interest in housewifes and pocket-mirrors, but amongst the visitors. Glories of Spain But the picture was Wyndham's backbone; it was his stock-in-trade before his world. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel A balance sheet must be drawn up every year; but where a stock-in-trade is from its nature or its size difficult to take, it is sufficient for an inventory to be taken every two years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The nautical instruments by no means represented all Mr. Boyd's stock-in-trade. Little Miss Joy A set of ebony blocks, which could be so arranged as to form any of the Chinese hexagrams, were his stock-in-trade, and he always began his divination with an earnest prayer to the gods. Lafcadio Hearn We have already stated that the stories which formed the stock-in-trade of the poets were divided into primary and secondary stories. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Barefaced boldness is the prime quality, the chief stock-in-trade, the ground-element of education in these artists. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Discretion was of necessity his chief stock-in-trade, and his small cargo of scruples he had thrown overboard long ago. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel It was his little stock-in-trade, and the rest regarded him enviously. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel And what a poor chance stands a political party whose entire stock-in-trade consists in a knowledge of the solitary fact that Citizen So-and-so is not to be trusted. Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 His sole stock-in-trade seemed to consist of a small leather bag jealously locked and strapped, which emitted a metallic clink upon being placed on the stone flags of the hall. International Short Stories English This effect is practically unknown to the Western Conjurer, but has been one of the stock-in-trade among magicians in India for years. More Conjuring Simple Tricks for Social Gatherings So also do such other articles of barter as can be carried in the waggons, which latter, however, are travelling light; for nearly all the stock-in-trade has been disposed of. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley I bought the owner's stock-in-trade for three dollars and ran the Monte Carlo for the benefit of the kids—about five thousand of 'em. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel He occupied the remainder of the time burying the most valuable of his stock-in-trade, the liquor to wit, and such other things as were worth bothering about in an emergency. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion With this stock-in-trade I had a perfectly gorgeous time in life, until—Fate stuck a finger into my mechanism and upset the working of my pendulum. The Brightener Sharp eyes are a valuable item of the orchid-growers’ stock-in-trade, for the smallest peculiarity among such “sportive” objects should not be neglected. The Woodlands Orchids Even a Raphael's genius would have been hampered by such elementary stock-in-trade. Loyal to the School However, the stock-in-trade of a Japanese dentist chiefly consists of the proper use of his finger and thumb. Japan A Record in Colour Such was my stock-in-trade, to begin life anew, at the age of forty-seven. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II No, no; each man brings what he can find, drinks what he is able, and leaves the rest; which, after all, is a very fair stock-in-trade to begin with. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Some days he has a large stock-in-trade, sometimes next to nothing. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century He has acquired but a small part of the necessary stock-in-trade of the telegrapher. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The literary men of 1850 have a keener eye to the value of their stock-in-trade, and keep it well garnered up, for conversion, as opportunity offers, into the current coin of the realm. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Yes, in "Atta Troll" there is plenty of that moonshine, of that tender sentimentality, which used to be the principal stock-in-trade of the German Romanticist. Atta Troll This to Arthur Wynn, who was seated rather despondingly in front of the collection of boxes, pots, and pails, which formed their stock-in-trade for bush life. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement This manner of carrying an intimacy at the bayonet’s point was Van Tromp’s stock-in-trade. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI They must stick to their dear Devil, as their most precious possession, their stock-in-trade, their talisman of power, without whom they were worse than nothing. Bible Romances First Series Salvation comes high, but no preacher ever gets so poor that he cannot distribute hell free of charge to the multitude without the least diminution of his stock-in-trade. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures In a thoughtless moment a local Secular Society gave him office, and that fact is his entire stock-in-trade as a "converted Freethinker." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Her manner of detailing her stock-in-trade, and the smile that accompanied her words were good to see. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country He was smoking a decorated Turkish pipe—'Toor-kaish,' he called it—and a low table and sundry decorated boxes and packages were his sole stock-in-trade. Against Odds A Detective Story This I did a week or so before quitting the land of my birth, and the sketches I made upon that occasion formed part of my stock-in-trade when I arrived in London. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 The long table which ran down the strange room’s center was covered with retorts, test tubes, Bunsen burners––all of the stock-in-trade of the scientist who spends most of his time at research work. The Mind Master What greatly disheartened me was to know that he had my green bag, containing my stock-in-trade, in his possession wherever he was. Adventures and Recollections It is a long cry from the graceful Geisha to the inanities and banalities which appear to be the stock-in-trade of music-hall performances in this country. The Empire of the East She seated herself with all those little tricks of movement which are also part of the stock-in-trade of the pretty woman. The Marriage of Elinor A basket with half-a-dozen brushes, combs, laces, a piece of oilcloth, and a pocket Bible, is all the stock-in-trade they require, and it will serve them for a year. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement No horse-hair sofa; no crochet antimacassars or hideous wax flowers; none of the usual stock-in-trade. Not Like Other Girls Or have they since come to be possessed by better ones than their normal stock-in-trade? Somehow Good They are not yet in that stage of development wherein they, themselves, become the chief objects of conversation and wherein endearments and compliments become the chief stock-in-trade. A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes Many might have been somewhat hazy as to antecedents, but all were well-provided with a certain stock-in-trade—personal charm. Juggernaut I expect, if the truth were known, the whole of his furniture and stock-in-trade could have been placed upon a wheelbarrow. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Compared with her calamities, half of which would have been the stock-in-trade of a Greek dramatist wherewith to wring tears from mankind for a couple of thousand years, what were his own piffling grievances? The Rough Road I sang at concerts—and it was part of my stock-in-trade. Hawtrey's Deputy It may be invested as it accrues—in machinery, or warehouses, or stock-in-trade, or in book debts, or in stocks and shares or other property outside the trader's business, as well as in cash. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" He had started life with a fair stock-in-trade of good intentions and straight ideas, and, indeed, had acted up to them honestly, and in good faith. The Sign of the Spider Bird-catchers, at any rate, without troubling to inquire into the reason, turn the instinct to profitable account, and in some parts of the country a stuffed owl is an important item of their stock-in-trade. Birds in the Calendar Nothing interfered with his business; he represented a firm in San Francisco, jobbers of the goods sold in the islands, calico, machinery and what not; and his good-fellowship was part of his stock-in-trade. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands One would not quite demolish The graphic rhymester's stock-in-trade, But if bare knees must be displayed, He might forego the polish. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 The automatic, stock-in-trade smile hardly ever fits the face that tries to wear it. The Girl Wanted His stock-in-trade consisted of some ferrets and an old terrier dog, and a more extraordinary dog was seldom seen. Anecdotes of Dogs Probably they were a part of the stock-in-trade of the stone-cutter, that satisfied Shakespeare's widow as expressing a known wish of her "dear departed." Shakespeare's Family You to advance stock-in-trade bearing interest, but having no claim on me for any part of that, further than my intromissions; the stock itself to be your security and property. James Watt Nobody takes the least interest in its romantic or poetic side, in the wonderful runs of luck or the terrible stories of ruin and despair which form the stock-in-trade of the novelist. Stray Studies from England and Italy But the best of it is that Forster and I have purchased between us the entire stock-in-trade of a conjurer, the practice and display whereof is intrusted to me. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 He bought the remaining stock-in-trade of an itinerant toffee-seller, and hammered the lid of the tin hat-box to beat up the children. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 By the time he is ready to go on the stage he will have a stock-in-trade of slang that will be the making of him, for he is so apt and ready with it. William Adolphus Turnpike At any other time Herr Carovius’s biliary sarcasm would have aroused Daniel’s whole stock-in-trade of aversion and indignation. The Goose Man Yes, but we will give them only our foul air as a small stock-in-trade with which they may begin business. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner I thought it was rather impudent of Cornwood to come on board of the Sylvania after what had happened; but brass and impudence were the principal elements of his stock-in-trade. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi So exhausted was his stock-in-trade that, had it not been for these feathers, Cook says he should have found it difficult to supply his ship with the necessary refreshments. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries The testimonials which he vaunted as his stock-in-trade had been given to an elderly man of dignity and pronounced decorum, not to this mouthing sheykh of the dirty raiment and the visage ploughed by dissipation. The Valley of the Kings The stagger of despair, the stricken, helpless aspect of such people, their gaunt faces and blurred eyes might conceivably be their stock-in-trade, the keys wherewith they unlocked hearts and purses and area-doors. Mary, Mary Their stock-in-trade must have been partly traditional and partly of their own composition. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology They are the stock-in-trade of writers who understand of them little more than the fact that somehow or other they are not 'bourgeois.' Poetry for Poetry's Sake An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on June 5, 1901 He offers to give you any security on the business, such as the stock-in-trade or the like, which I may advise you to take. Miss Mackenzie Or a group of jokes may form the stock-in-trade of a newly accepted contributor, who, as the seaside landladies say, "must have brought them in his portmantel." The History of "Punch" At the selling-stalls importunate vendors of tin-ware rattled their stock-in-trade and roared at the world in general, as if buyers could be forced to attend to the most noisy—which, indeed, they mostly did. The Dew of Their Youth “Beautiful ideas” are the very best stock-in-trade a young writer can begin with. The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly I have a little money, as Sir Harry paid me for the furniture and the stock-in-trade. The Bishop's Secret The land which his family farmed at Snitterfield supplied him with his varied stock-in-trade. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles His sole stock-in-trade seemed to consist of a small leather bag jealously locked and strapped, which emitted a metallic chink upon being placed on the stone flags of the hall. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories A few things, tied to a blue handkerchief, rested on one side of his head; and a parcel of ballads, his whole stock-in-trade, lay on the other. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves An oak-grained panel backs his head And all the stock-in-trade is spread, A symphony in white and red, Round his harmonious form. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 To the novel it became actually a stock-in-trade, and as such it was used by Henry Kingsley in his novel of "Ravenshoe." Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland There, condensed into eight hours or less, is the whole stock-in-trade of the Christian church. King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth If it is going too far to say that every modern politician owes his stock-in-trade of general ideas to the Greeks, there are certainly few who do not owe them their perorations. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield While yet any truth has not dawned upon one's own mind, and others' words are one's only stock-in-trade, simplicity and restraint in expression are not possible. My Reminiscences The man sat with his little glazed box of Turkish and foreign coins before him on the pavement, his whole financial stock-in-trade amounting to perhaps twenty or thirty pounds. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography He took the Spanish mission into his stock-in-trade, and he has since made that as hackneyed as the rest. My Contemporaries In Fiction The vague charges of immorality brought against the reformer by those calumniators, ancient and modern, may be dismissed at once as nothing more than the stock-in-trade of hard-pressed controversialists in the sixteenth century. The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics His stock-in-trade consisted only of a few old Violins of no particular value. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators See here," said Patsy, "this is no stock-in-trade to start out on. Patsy On the table were an empty bottle, two tumblers, and a little saucer stained with dry colors, blue and red, part of Shields' stock-in-trade. The Mark Of Cain At a conference of the chief men of the town it was resolved to try to induce Crux to quit quietly, and for this end to offer to buy up his stock-in-trade. Charlie to the Rescue Of the more minor twists of plot initially found here that have since become parts of the "pulp" science-fiction writers' standard stock-in-trade, there are literally too many to mention. Edison's Conquest of Mars But the stock-in-trade of German morality and honour, not only as regards individuals but also as regards classes, constitutes rather that modest species of egoism which brings into prominence its own limitations. Selected Essays Add to the above the three favourite maxims of my taciturn father, which were indelibly imprinted upon my memory, and you have the whole inventory of my stock-in-trade. Jacob Faithful Sensitiveness is indeed the stock-in-trade of all who work in the temple of Art, but unless it be controlled by reins of more than ordinary strength it is a very doubtful blessing. Spirit and Music Blackwood naturally disliked Borrow, said gypsies constituted nine-tenths of his stock-in-trade, and that his chief credential to London was a letter from “an eccentric German teacher”! Souvenir of the George Borrow Celebration Norwich, July 5th, 1913 He was a man whose stock-in-trade was a knowledge of human nature, and the ability to please. The Angel of Terror In the next bar he met a philanthropist who bought up his whole stock-in-trade. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant We are apt to look upon it as, in some sense, our stock-in-trade, and to forget to apply it to ourselves. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Ronald’s preparations were more easy, for surely no stock-in-trade is so simple as that of an author! Big Game A Story for Girls Commas and notes of interrogation form her chief stock-in-trade, though underlining is freely employed. The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton These are the stock-in-trade of the landsman; they were too real for the sailor to sing about. The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties His whole stock-in-trade is a circular whetstone worked by a strap between two posts fixed in the ground. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) During the winter of 1869-70 it seems that Posh conceived the idea that the capital of the firm of FitzGerald and Fletcher justified the working partner in increasing the stock-in-trade. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" There are many references to books and cycles of romance in medieval literature—minstrels' enumerations of their stock-in-trade, and humorous allusions like those of Sir Thopas, and otherwise. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature A pattern maker requires some stock-in-trade, and it is wise to collect together a store of some well-classified design material of ascertained value, ready to be drawn upon when required. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving On his pleading guilty, the stock-in-trade, together with the stolen property which he had purchased, was confiscated. Chatterbox, 1905. "Unless the Hungarian assassins of New York are bang up-to-date in the benzine part of their stock-in-trade, our car will make good in the next two blocks," said Devar, over his shoulder. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York His curled mustachios, his perfumes, his incomparable aplomb, his airs of a "Serene Highness" formed a magnificent stock-in-trade. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle Tammany p. 108made a notable parade of his honesty and public spirit, and the capital he gained in this way has been his chief stock-in-trade for the last two or three years. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Another class may be called the incurables; in England they would be kept out of sight, but here in Russia, running sores, mutilated hands and legs, are valuable as stock-in-trade. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers That he did cultivate them as an asset of his stock-in-trade I can affirm, for he would invent absurd mistakes and then rehearse them to me, with the question: 'Is that funny? Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 The leaves and stem are slightly acid and astringent, with a somewhat bitter taste, and frequently the former are mixed by sellers of water-cresses with their stock-in-trade. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure That is, I provided him with a capital of three krans;30 with it he bought needles, and this was his stock-in-trade. Memorials of the Faithful No limited stock-in-trade of knowledge, such as suffices for a joiner or an ostler, will serve. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought His stock-in-trade consists of a few newspapers, his pantry holds but potatoes. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. But the Egyptians wished to hear him sing again, and men of wealth among them planned together to buy up his whole stock-in-trade immediately. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 As I said before, I repeat now, that as I or mine are part of the stock-in-trade, I think I have an equitable claim to this intelligence, by way of my dividend. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle As they released our hands, with the always surprising strength that is part of the dancing woman's stock-in-trade, they slipped behind us suddenly and thrust us forward through the curtains. Caves of Terror Madden laughed his stock-in-trade laugh; it was intended to make the other man feel vaguely that he was talking nonsense to a seer. Wolf Breed The pleasure that carries farthest and brings round him the largest paying audiences is his ideal stock-in-trade. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays Sometimes, too, her stock-in-trade was increased by a collection of wooden bowls, spoons, scales, and trenchers, which Stiven "Storrom," living on the shore below, turned off his lathe, and sold through Morva's agency. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead Later, in “Lavengro,” he meets a tinker and buys his stock-in-trade to set himself up with. George Borrow The Man and His Books His stock-in-trade consists of some seed and two or three amadavats in one of the pyramid-shaped wicker cages that can be purchased for a few annas in any bazaar. A Bird Calendar for Northern India And she turned her back on me, whilst I drank my coffee, and ate some excellent cakes, which formed part of her stock-in-trade. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys The fact that all the stock-in-trade of a township amounts to a few pots and pans and house material of cane matting and mud makes it impossible to impress them by destroying their houses. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Then he simply acts by clear will and strength, and Forethought constitutes all his stock-in-trade, process or aid. The Mystic Will A Method of Developing and Strengthening the Faculties of the Mind, through the Awakened Will, by a Simple, Scientific Process Possible to Any Person of Ordinary Intelligence His young brother was safe on the cliff; so his fine efforts were not inspired by any grander emotion than that felt by the shopkeeper who fights fire in the protection of his uninsured stock-in-trade. The Harbor Master The business man has no stock-in-trade that pays him better than a good address. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society “Imagination seems to be the chief stock-in-trade of you newspaper men.” Maida's Little Shop A respectable stock-in-trade is proffered him by the insinuating shopman, to whom it is our custom to go. Certain Personal Matters The shop and stock-in-trade were hers, not his, and she ruled him and the whole place. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood Cattle, corn, and household furniture shall be excepted, and all such stock-in-trade as is already taxed by the land-tax, but the rest to be liable.” 122Stringent work! Andrew Marvell This method is part of the stock-in-trade of democracy. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Religion is, as it were, part of his stock-in-trade, and he is accustomed to parade it before strangers. The Future of Islam Sharp eyes are a valuable item of the orchid-grower's stock-in-trade, for the smallest peculiarity among such "sportive" objects should not be neglected. About Orchids A Chat The majority of the fortunes were composed of the conventional mixture of illnesses and love affairs which is the stock-in-trade of drawing-room magicians. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 Even then, no doubt, the original bolt will still survive as a recognised property in the stock-in-trade of every well-equipped poet. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science The shortcomings of the clergy had long been part of the stock-in-trade of almost all the Deistical writers. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century In "Paradise Regained," and yet more markedly in "Samson Agonistes," Milton seems to have prided himself on showing how independent he could be of the ordinary poetical stock-in-trade. Life of John Milton Lucia would inherit her father's money as the capital for the business, and her husband should inherit the workshop with all the stock-in-trade. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster One enters to some fine well-heads and other sculpture, not very different from the stock-in-trade of the ordinary dealer in antiquity who has filched a palace. A Wanderer in Venice His conversational stock-in-trade, he had the sense to realize, was totally unlike theirs. Burned Bridges When for the first five years you lay aside a well-written sermon a month, what a handsome stock-in-trade is at your disposal for life—your fortune is made. The Young Priest's Keepsake Olafaksoah had recourse to his stock-in-trade of oaths, and told his men to bring a gun, two hatchets, ammunition. The Eternal Maiden The stock-in-trade of this fortune-teller consisted merely of a convincing manner, a few words of scientific jargon, a great deal of impudence, and much good luck. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney The poor hack has all his little bundle of phrases tied up ready to his hand; but he has no brain left, and he cannot rearrange his verbal stock-in-trade in fresh and vivid combinations. Side Lights But compromise with treason has rarely a tranquillizing effect; and Pinetem's concession to the prejudices which formed the stock-in-trade of his opponents only exasperated them and urged them to greater efforts. Ancient Egypt In consequence of such worship the stock-in-trade of the merchant, become abundant and the produce of the agriculturist. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 But I was young—too young, by far— Or I had been more wary, I knew not then that winkles are The stock-in-trade of Mary. Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs So, if we ask whence comes the heroic and the romantic, which supplies the story-teller’s stock-in-trade, Page 70the answer is easy. Myths and Legends of China A painted wooden statue of a Cherokee Indian lay face downward across the walk, as the wind had blown it: bellying folds of canvas and tarpaulin hid the wreck of the poor man's stock-in-trade. Lady Good-for-Nothing But then, as the lawyer reflected, swindlers are generally fine fellows; indeed, their imposing appearance is often their whole capital and stock-in-trade. Doctor Claudius, A True Story Unlike nearly every other English singer, she has not set up with the small stock-in-trade of a good voice, and learned singing on the stage; making the public pay for her tuition. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, Of slighting all the winkly brood I surely had been chary, If I had known they formed the food And stock-in-trade of Mary. Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs That frown constituted his legal stock-in-trade, yet it passed current for wisdom with the Hong Kong bar. The Wings of the Morning Their position is apparently one of absolute dependence either upon the farmers or the landlords, there being no other local market for their labour, which is their only stock-in-trade. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) He is the dramatically complete embodiment of all the vacuous folly, empty-headed shoutings, and swaggering patriotism which make up the stock-in-trade of most provincial Tories. Sketches in the House (1893) The interest of Mr. Sale Lloyd’s Scamp depends on one of those misunderstandings which is the stock-in-trade of second-rate novelists. Reviews The perspicacity of the young man—it is a part of a Prince's stock-in-trade—had taken him by surprise. St George's Cross Once I saw her buy up the whole stock-in-trade of a flower-girl, because the poor things wanted water. The Dangerous Age It opens in quite a bewitching dance manner and then goes on tinkling away on top notes, with chromatic runs, half floating arpeggios and all the rest of the stock-in-trade of pretty salon music. Edward MacDowell The ingenious resources of Caleb Williams when he strives to elude his pursuer are part of the legitimate stock-in-trade of the hero of a novel of adventure. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance But, spite his half-century of life, he was still the best and the most daring man of a company who had taken daring as their stock-in-trade. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 The usury prohibition has been the centre of so many bitter controversies, that it has almost become part of the stock-in-trade of the theological mob orators. An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching Sometimes there is a tendency to train the body at the expense of the mind, and the young actor with striking physical advantages must beware of regarding this fortunate endowment as his entire stock-in-trade. The Drama He was an engineer who took a public-house, and helped himself freely to his stock-in-trade, with the result that he became a frightful drunkard, and lost £1,700. Regeneration Like Godwin, Shelley contrived to smuggle a little contraband theory into his novels, but his stock-in-trade is mainly that of the terrormongers. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance A crowd had gathered in the street, and several women were taking from the front room the general stock-in-trade of the village ironmonger. Across China on Foot It is impossible that every penny which is put into it will go into actual buildings, plant, machinery, and stock-in-trade. War-Time Financial Problems Many of these little shops are so small that their stock-in-trade flows over on to the pavement. Kimono An accusation of this kind was the stock-in-trade which the Nationalist press was always ready to bring against every ruler who was obnoxious to them. Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire They are the stock-in-trade of writers who understand of them little more than the fact that somehow or other they are not "bourgeois." English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice We expected our stay might be about six months, and had provided a stock-in-trade, consisting of a barrel of powder, half a dozen muskets, some fish-hooks, and a quantity of tobacco. A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 These engines and their corresponding tackle are the chief stock-in-trade of the village machinist. Hodge and His Masters On the other hand, of course, there are companionable, sympathetic writers whose whole stock-in-trade is themselves, their personal charm, their personal way of looking at things. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays The stock-in-trade for this skilled labour is an H.B. pencil and a Webster Dictionary. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917 The Italianate Englishman became the chief part of the stock-in-trade of the satirists and moralists of the day. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge His stock-in-trade consists of a few Platonic notions and a few Petrarchan antitheses. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti In the Jews' quarter that loud lifelong market of theirs was going forward, which required seemingly only some small basinfuls of sour Gurken and a few spoonfuls of beans of its stock-in-trade. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Men now regard their knowledge of other men as a part of their capital or stock-in-trade. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Her whole stock-in-trade had not cost a couple of francs, and on windy days the white dust from houses building in the neighbourhood covered it like a coat of whitewash. The Aspirations of Jean Servien Beyond this the shop contained no furniture whatever, and no stock-in-trade except a few planks leaning against the wall in one corner. The Ghost Ship It must not be supposed, however, that the perpetual exhibition in the market-place of all his stock-in-trade for sale or hire, was the major's sole claim to a very large share of sympathy and support. Martin Chuzzlewit An Actor sits in doubtful gloom,His stock-in-trade unfurled,In a damp funereal dressing-roomIn the Theatre Royal, World. The Bab Ballads They have assembled round a little knot of constables, who have seized the stock-in-trade, heinously exposed on Sunday, of some miserable walking-stick seller, who follows clamouring for his property. Sunday under Three Heads Another class of tramp is a man, the most valuable part of whose stock-in-trade is a highly perplexed demeanour. The Uncommercial Traveller The handful of members of Parliament who make Indian grievances their stock-in-trade fought shy of him, for indeed Ram Singh's case had no sort of platform appeal in it, and his arguments were flagrantly undemocratic. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies Many a pleasant stroll they had among the cool, refreshing, silvery fish-stalls, with a kind of moonlight effect about their stock-in-trade, excepting always for the ruddy lobsters. Martin Chuzzlewit But I was young—too young, by far—Or I had been more wary,I knew not then that winkles areThe stock-in-trade of MARY. The Bab Ballads This German Socialism, which took its schoolboy task so seriously and solemnly, and extolled its poor stock-in-trade in such mountebank fashion, meanwhile gradually lost its pedantic innocence. The Communist Manifesto Perhaps the most aggressive fraud that infects the earth is the professional atheist—the man whose chief mental stock-in-trade consists of doubt and denial of revealed religion, so-called. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 Their stock-in-trade consisted in a Roulette wheel, a few thousand francs, and an old and skilful croupier of Frascati, who knew a great deal about the properties of cards. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume I (of II) He abounded in those idealist sonorosities that are the stock-in-trade of all solemn old-fashioned frauds. The Grain of Dust These, with the primitive hammer, formed the principal stock-in-trade of the early mechanics, who were handicraftsmen in the literal sense of the word. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Evelina's funeral had been very expensive, and Ann Eliza, having sold her stock-in-trade and the few articles of furniture that remained to her, was leaving the shop for the last time. Bunner Sisters People would recognize them at once; besides, they form a part of my stock-in-trade. The Count's Millions His dabblings in the unseen might not have carried him beyond the customary platitudes of the drawing-room visionary if accident had not reinforced his stock-in-trade of mystical lore. Beasts and Super-Beasts Disunion, anarchy, the violation of all law, the appeal to the lowest and fiercest impulses of the most ignorant portions of the Northern people,—these constitute the real stock-in-trade of "the Hang-Jeff.-Davis-and-Charles-Sumner" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Villages, churches, and all the quieter communities are notorious for this, the peculiarity having formed for a hundred and fifty years the stock-in-trade of novelists. The Conquest of Fear It is scarcely an exaggeration to assert that the stock-in-trade of many an erotic poet is simply the phraseology of the divine song which we have been considering so inadequately. The Book of Delight and Other Papers But have you all your stock-in-trade with you, my good fellow? Vivian Grey Her stock-in-trade consisted for the most part of these stories, which she would retail to her lady friends at afternoon teas. The Heavenly Twins All the stock-in-trade followed suit down to the chocolate cigars and pipes in pink caramel. L'Assommoir The distinctions and divisions have become part of the stock-in-trade of would be philosophic jurists. Ethics He has the quaint subtlety of the author of the "Ingoldsby Legends," and revelled in the exaggeration of trifles that is the stock-in-trade of the modern funny man. The Book of Delight and Other Papers Name your price: the least trifle that can be given by a man who breaks a bank must be more than my whole stock-in-trade is worth. Vivian Grey Simon regards what is sacred and spiritual purely as part of his stock-in-trade, contributing to his prestige. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts Every man jack of them was trying to unload his stock-in-trade. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House She intended as far as possible to preserve her likeness to her father, which was, as it were, her stock-in-trade. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing He traveled with his stock-in-trade to far northern markets, to Samaria, to Damascus, to Hamath, and, from there his caravans wended their way east, even as far as the City Asshur, the capital of Assyria. Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) How many many hundreds of pounds has a barrister to sink upon his stock-in-trade before his returns are available? The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family It would not be difficult from these papyrus tales to start an historical dictionary of the elements of fiction: a kind of analysis that should be the death of much of the venerable stock-in-trade. Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri Second series, XVIIIth to XIXth dynasty We began in a small way as a nation, without much stock-in-trade, and we kept our accounts by rule of thumb. An American Politician In other words, they are here considered not so much as blessings to the possessor as his stock-in-trade, which he can employ for the Master's enrichment. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Charges of immorality against opponents were the stock-in-trade of the controversialist, while the greatest authorities in the Church allow that heresy lived upon the scandals and negligences of the Church. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 His physical and mental inferiority was his stock-in-trade, and he relied on it as a safeguard against reprisals. A Girl Among the Anarchists And when he went back up the road again, it was with a whole little stock-in-trade of his own—and he would stop at Sellanraa on the way and open his pack and show them. Growth of the Soil He was pushful, meant to get on, and had set up white spats as a part of his stock-in-trade. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough It included his stock-in-trade, and his pony and cart. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction No case is interesting unless it is outside the ordinary stock-in-trade of the Law Courts, and I think this was. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) Hence does terrorism form part of the stock-in-trade of the tyrant. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation "That depends upon how stale the little apothecary's stock-in-trade may be," answered Juanita. The Velvet Glove When folks do that I can understand that their hearts get hardened, and that they pass the little ones on from hand to hand without any more care than if they were stock-in-trade. Fruitfulness I could do so, for amongst the stock-in-trade I had purchased from the tinker was a small forge, with an anvil and hammers. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction He was always putting himself into attitudes, and his stock-in-trade were various theatrical properties, which when arranged in his apartments on the second floor made a tremendous show. Boys and girls from Thackeray Brazen impudence is the stock-in-trade of the private detective. The Hampstead Mystery His entire stock-in-trade, including the ground coffee in his kettle, does not as a rule exceed five rupees in value. By-Ways of Bombay Ah! yes, people don't keep their stock-in-trade on their hands. Fruitfulness "It's some people's stock-in-trade," he remarked, "not to look a rascal like they really are, sir." The Secret of the Tower And I scorn to fall back on the stock-in-trade of the poets,—all their silly metaphors and similes and suchlike nonsense. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations He was kept well supplied with billets-doux, half-faded flowers, bitten apples, and all the stock-in-trade of those intriguing dames whose business it is to fan an artificial passion that vanity has inspired. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 "Oh, m'sieu', if you please, no," she answered half timidly, flattered by the glance of his eye—a look of flattery which was part of his stock-in-trade. The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Complete The mean utensils, pewter measures, empty cans and casks, with which this room was lumbered, proclaimed it that of the host, who slept surrounded by his professional implements of hospitality and stock-in-trade. Peveril of the Peak The window, opened to clear it, only admitted the sickly scent of decaying weed from the river to compete with the perfume of the cobbler's stock-in-trade. The Young Step-Mother I embraced my new career with fervour, I embraced my stock-in-trade. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca Why, if these were ruined, how could the orators ever make another speech, with the best of their stock-in-trade taken from them? Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 It is unfortunately not so easy to value the shop, plant, stock-in-trade, and goodwill. The Fat and the Thin The leading man wore a "natty" outing-suit, and strutted with a little cane; his stock-in-trade was a jaunty air, a kind of perpetual flourish, and a wink that suggested the cunning of a satyr. The Metropolis It was full of clothing,—garments which might have formed the stock-in-trade of a costumier whose speciality was providing costumes for masquerades. The Beetle One could easily pocket and walk off with his stock-in-trade, for small is the danger of his awakening. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran The custom of the Fiji Islanders, which is their only stock-in-trade, their only claim to notoriety, is a relic of barbarism; but it is a, relic of our barbarism. The Fiend's Delight This supplies the infant population with a large stock-in-trade of ribaldry. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Old folios have, indeed, become merely the stock-in-trade of the illustrators of sensational novels. From a College Window A train had come in a little before at a station a mile or so away, and a number of the usual trick characters, with their stock-in-trade, were hurrying down to the sea. In Wicklow and West Kerry He examines it with lively interest, for, in comparison with the clumsy tools comprising his stock-in-trade, the wrench is as a watch-spring to an old horse-shoe. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran There were shelves, some filled with stock-in-trade, others with miscellaneous things, the nature of which he could not distinguish in the gloom. The Fortunate Youth For, obviously, the comic element in a drawing is often a borrowed one, for which the text supplies all the stock-in-trade. Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic Irony and sarcasm—very agreeable to a certain class of newspaper readers—were just now his stock-in-trade, and he could not afford to indulge any softer mode of meditation. In the Year of Jubilee They had been the stock-in-trade of her late husband, and she knew exactly what value to set upon them. The Master-Christian The desire of the moth for the star seemed to him a reasonable thing, since hopeless loyalty and unrequited passion were the eternal stock-in-trade of romance. Huntingtower But Chook often lacked the few shillings to buy his stock-in-trade, and Jonah never felt inclined for work till Wednesday. Jonah The plot of the villain who is the victim of his own villainy, or the cheat cheated, forms the stock-in-trade of a good many plays. Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic It contained his stock-in-trade as an author: his beloved manuscripts, "closely written over in a singular hand." The Life of George Borrow A salted, piquant tale of vice, a ghastly story of moral turpitude and physical corruption, a hair-raising narrative of horrors and abominations—these are the stock-in-trade of the sensation-monger. The Life of Cesare Borgia Then the pearl-fishers gave him the ten pearls and said to him, "Sell two of them and make them thy stock-in-trade: and hide the rest against the time of thy straitness." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] I abode thus for some time, and the factors of my father came to me and I gave them stock-in-trade, and I built me a second chamber behind the shop. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 Then he journeyed to another city where he sold the dish and buying with the price a stock-in-trade, returned to his own town. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 Nothing was heard of the destruction of the hotel stock-in-trade. Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks Personifications, capital letters, seas of sunbeams, visions of glory, shining inscriptions, the figures of a transparency, Britannia with her shield, or Hope leaning on an anchor, make up their stock-in-trade. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners Cupid, lord of gods and men, had bestowed on them the usual rose-colored spectacles which form an important part of his stock-in-trade, and they looked abroad on a fairy world. The Green Mummy It is the stock-in-trade of every comic journal. Tea-Table Talk These fearful images are no stock-in-trade of a showman; we are not invited to 'walk-up' to them. Yet Again Adams found him most useful; perhaps quite the most useful of all these great authorities who were the stock-in-trade of the newspaper business; the accumulated capital of a Silurian age. The Education of Henry Adams As a rule, tradition is a purely professional part of a guide’s stock-in-trade, but the angler who had my barque in his charge proved to be a fresh fountain of legend. Angling Sketches Poor Campbell had to remove his stock-in-trade, and send his children to board out, “to try whom the trouble did most follow.” Adventures Among Books Not that they cared much for those sorrows; but they were an excellent stock-in-trade. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth In discussing literature, they spoke of the perennial stock-in-trade of the republic of letters—woman's sin. Honorine "Peace at any price," ridicule of which was the stock-in-trade of his revolutionary editorship, is now the topic of his laudatory articles. A Daughter of Eve You see that they have got a tattered copy of Moody and Sankey's hymns, which is their stock-in-trade. London's Underworld As a rule, when their children die, the peasant's regret is for the loss of a useful chattel, and a part of their stock-in-trade, and the older the child, the heavier their sense of loss. The Country Doctor The bundle on which he reclines contains his stock-in-trade, composed, perhaps, of cotton printed goods and especially bright-coloured cotton handkerchiefs. Russia He is dangerous; his stock-in-trade comprises local directories, WHO'S WHO, annual reports of charitable societies, clergymen's lists, etc. London's Underworld |
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