It was not done without a deal of opposition — the secret having been whispered that the candidate was a coal-merchant. ❋ Unknown (2006)
PLATE on the door of his hut (it is little better) is a coal-merchant. ❋ Unknown (2006)
He tried to be a wine-merchant, a coal-merchant, a commission lottery agent, ❋ Unknown (2006)
From sunrise to sleeping you can always be playing that game — with butcher, baker, coal-merchant, cabman, omnibus man — nay, diamond merchant and stockbroker. ❋ Unknown (2006)
However much he might be disposed to hate all parvenus (Mr. Wenham himself was a staunch old True Blue Tory, and his father a small coal-merchant in the north of England), this aide-de-camp of the ❋ Unknown (2006)
At twenty he married, left the family roof, and starting life for himself in a nearby metropolis became a successful coal-merchant. ❋ Robert S. Carroll (N/A)
Just think of our coal-merchant returning such a reply to us when the cellar was getting empty. ❋ Various (N/A)
Before the war it was a handsome place, built by a rich coal-merchant from Lille. ❋ William Henry Lowe Watson (N/A)
Then to shew that Lord Cochrane dealt with the produce of this check as his own, Thomas Parker, the coal-merchant of Lord Cochrane, says, "I received in payment a bank note of £.50 from Lord Cochrane, which is this very note, the number of which is 7,375; I wrote on the back of the note, and that is my hand-writing." ❋ William Brodie Gurney (N/A)
Our mutual friend Mr. Smith might then meet his friend the coal-merchant with a smile, and cheer himself with his open fireplace, putting away his stifling but economic stove; he might postpone his retirement from the three-story brick to the wooden two-story in the suburbs, eat his roast beef again on Sunday, and regale himself with black coffee after dinner, without a thought of the slow but sagacious ❋ Various (N/A)
How contemptuously all these people treated her -- Smith, the church-warden, a grocer, and Harris, the coal-merchant. ❋ Houghton Townley (N/A)
In addition, he would like to establish diplomatic relations with the publican, the coal-merchant, the man who grows the best vegetables, the farmer who happens to have cut down a tree and can oblige with logs, the butcher who hangs his meat longest, the village carpenter and the man who does a job about the drains. ❋ Sayers, Dorothy L. (1937)
While he pointed out the great alliances which his ancestors had formed, Philip amused himself by wondering whether Athelny was not the son of some tradesman in Winchester, auctioneer or coal-merchant, and whether ❋ Unknown (1919)
While he pointed out the great alliances which his ancestors had formed, Philip amused himself by wondering whether Athelny was not the son of some tradesman in Winchester, auctioneer or coal-merchant, and whether a similarity of surname was not his only connection with the ancient family whose tree he was displaying. ❋ Unknown (1915)
On one occasion he said after breakfast to Barthrop and me: “Arrivals to-day, Mr. and Mrs. Wetherall ” the man a retired coal-merchant, rather wealthy, interested in foreign missions; the woman inert; daughter prevented from coming, and they bring a niece, Phyllis by name, understood to be charming. ❋ Benson, Arthur C. (1915)
Christmas contribution, without making further inquiries in the proper quarters as to the legal liabilities of having, so she ascertained, three tons in her cellar, and as soon as her visitor had left her this morning, she popped out to see Mr. Wootten, her coal-merchant. ❋ Unknown (1903)
Rely solely on chemist and coal-merchant throughout the day. ❋ Unknown (1894)
But she was dealing with a coal-merchant who does not give credit -- a man who requires cash down and sees that he gets it. ❋ Barry Pain (1896)
You know we are a plebeian lot on the male side, my grandfather was a draper in a large way of business, my father was a coal-merchant who made a great fortune. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)
It was Jenny who bore the burden of every detail, Jenny who did their humble marketing, Jenny who made the hard bargains with landlord and coal-merchant, Jenny who taught and supervised the one clumsy damsel who was brought in as cook, scullion, laundress, and maid-of-all-work, and Jenny who, after all, did more than she taught. ❋ Charles King (1888)
