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...ok is but a draught—nay, but the draught of a draught. Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience! CHAPTER 33 The Specksynder C ONCERNING THE OFFICERS of ... ...ys, the captain’s authority was restricted to the navi- gation and general management of the vessel; while over the whale-hunting department and all i... ...from in disgust. I will not strip these men, thought Ahab, of all hopes of cash—aye, cash. They may scorn cash now; but let some months go by, and no ... ..., and no perspective promise of it to them, and then this same quies- cent cash all at once mutinying in them, this same cash would soon cashier Ahab.... ...buck, his official superior, quietly resigned to him for the time the sole management of affairs. One small, helping cause of all this liveliness in S... ...erboard. Nor could I possibly forget that, do what I would, I only had the management of one end of it.* I have hinted that I would often jerk poor Qu... ... being suspended a few inches be- neath them by the cords. By very heedful management, when the ship drew nigh, the whale was transferred to her side,...

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... we find the affairs of the testator, and by yourself, who, having had the management of them, can doubtless give full information on the subject. But... ...e for all, sir,” replied the baroness sharply, “I tell you I will not hear cash named; it is a style of language I never heard in the house of my pare... ...nifies noth- ing to me so long as you pay for your lessons out of your own cashbox. But to-day I find you are drawing on mine, and that your appren- t... ...our good; treat me in the same way. You say you have nothing to do with my cash- box. Be it so. Do as you like with your own, but do not fill or empty... ...ercial business. Why did he kill himself instead of you? Because he had no cash to save. My life belongs to my cash. M. Debray has made me lose 700,00... ... really lost by that affair in Spain?” “Yes; only 700,000 francs out of my cash-box — nothing more!” “Why, how could you make such a mistake — such an... ...opinion the time ought not to be yet. I know you to be well skilled in the management of the sword, while I am only moderately so; I know, too, that y...

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...pera divinity never knows how to take care of her money, she intrusted the management of the estate to a steward, oc- cupying herself with her flowers... ... young man without property of any kind, succeeded a steward enriched by a management of thirty years, who preferred to become a partner in the famous... ...nt, a nov- ice in business, and little fitted to understand details in the management of an estate. Gaubertin flattered himself that he could catch an... ...t of the evil done by the careless indifference of the great singer to the management of her property. Mademoiselle Laguerre betrayed, through mere se... ...my on the battle- field where all landlords are compelled to fight,—I mean cash results. It is not enough to produce, you must sell; and in order to s... ...rt; for the chief justice, one of the three ministerial deputies, left the management of it to Gendrin during half the year. The coun- sel for the Pre... ...red morocco chairs and mezzo- tint engravings in the dining-room, and blue cashmere furni- ture in the salon,—all details of a chilling and perfectly ... ...ffects upon his interests. His 255 Balzac books and papers were kept by a cashier,—an honest man, whom men of Gaubertin’s stamp always seek to get ho...

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...to business, many excellent opportunities have escaped me for want of good management; and yet my deliberations were sound enough, according to the oc... ..., with the vice of ingratitude and unthankfulness. I have not been so long cashiered from the state and service of this god, that my memory is not sti... ... “What! hast thou a mind that thy sub- jects shall look upon thee as their cash-keeper and not as their king? Wilt thou tamper with them to win their ... ...rock it asleep; into whose hands I might deposit, in full sovereignty, the management and use of all my goods, that he might dispose of them as I do, ... ...good husbandry in general, and how pleasant quiet and prosperous household management, carried regularly on, is to some natures; and not wishing to fa... ...to conclude from the discreet conduct of a private life a capacity for the management of public affairs is to conclude ill; a man may govern himself w... ...sordered by this inward agitation. If, sometimes, I have been put upon the management of other men’s affairs, I have promised to take them in hand, bu...

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...om the list of officers, as he had died by his own act, adding that in his cash-box there would be found more than sufficient money to pay his debts,—... ...cased box which stood at the head of her bed; she kept in it all her spare cash, and there was a considerable amount of it. Kirillovna had reassured h... ... moment! She became as soft as silk, she gave him an authorisation for the management of all her estate—what more would you have? You know it is somet...

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...es.] But the affairs of my publishers having, unfortunately, passed into a management different from their own, I had no right any longer to rely upon... ...ed under the most favourable auspices. It was lib- erally supported by the management, and highly patronized by the public. Notwithstanding, it fell s... ...ethren, by publicly acknowledging the obliga- tions they were under to the management for the aid given and the warm interest they had all along taken... ...brother, the late Mr. Siddons, it was proposed that I should undertake the management of the Edinburgh Theatre, I confess I drew back, doubting my cap... ...e it; and so the price of the whole being some thousand pounds beyond what cash he had on hand, this accommodating Dives would gladly take a partner i... ...commodity of rusty iron, a bay or two of hobnails, a few odd shoe-buckles, cashiered kail-pots, and fire-irons declared incapable of service, are quit...

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...ur Mignon, the next owner of the prop- erty, was very much attached to his cashier, Dumay, and the following history will prove that the attachment wa... ...ith chintz, were charming in their costly simplicity. The study, where the cashier and his wife now slept, was panelled from top to bottom, on the wal... ...cs, and ten thousand more as indemnity, if he would give up the lease. The cashier refused; though he had but three thousand francs from Gobenheim, a ... ...n, a man worth three millions! What criminal leze-million on the part of a cashier, to hold up to the eyes of such a man the impotence of his wealth! ... ...d many persons explained it by the phrase, “Dumay is a Breton.” As for the cashier, he thought Madame and Made- moiselle Mignon would be ill-lodged el... ...onor but was without other means than his salary; he was accustomed to the management of business and had learned a good deal of life during his four ...

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...re time wasted, and the day would be lost. He had noth- ing to do with the management of the ranch, and if Hooven wanted any advice from him, it was s... ...rman did not supervise, from the consignment of a shipment of wheat to the management of a damage suit, or even to the repair and maintenance of the r... ...h. But he took no great interest in ranching and left 79 Frank Norris the management of his land to his superintendents and foremen, he, himself, liv... ... not ready. Here’s your check.” “You won’t take it?” “No.” “I’ll make it a cash payment, money down—the whole of 154 The Octopus it—payable to Cyrus ... ...d an outcry. Aha, a fine way to treat pas- sengers! There was P. and S. W. management for you. He would, by the Lord, he would—but the porter ap- pear... ... the seat that had been occupied by the porter, the Pullman conductor, his cash box and car-schedules before him, was checking up his berths, a blue p... ...k of the nearest seat, just in time to prevent a fall, and the conductor’s cash box was shunted off the surface of the plush seat and came clanking to... ...s all up now?” “Emergency brakes,” declared the conductor, catching up his cash box and thrusting his papers and tickets into 324 The Octopus it. “No... ...us, indifferently, “is, of course, greater than if they were all under one management.” “That may be, that may be,” rejoined the other. There was a lo...

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...him as for his parchment deeds! And to be disgusted at every turn with the management of the house and the estate! In such circumstances a man necessa... ...ly , with an inward scorn of all knowingness that could not be turned into cash. The talk was in rather a lower tone than usual to-day, hushed a littl... ...aving a proper steward to look after th’ estate. And he’s lost more by ill management o’ the woods, I’ll be bound, than ‘ud pay for two stewards. If h... ...ng other folks right, you know—would have it Burge was the man to have the management of the woods. ‘A substantial man,’ says he, ‘with pretty near si... ...chelor.” “Well, then, it was so far settled yesterday that I’m to take the management o’ the woods. The captain sent for me t’ offer it me, when I was... ...eyes fixed on the dark picture opposite, and his hands busy with the loose cash and other articles in his breeches pockets. When the young squire ente... ...d fellow when I find him. It has long been my wish that he should have the management of the woods on the estate, which happen to be very valuable, no...

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... disliking anything in the shape of fuss or scandal—Lispeth was beyond her management entirely— had told the Englishman to tell Lispeth that he was co... ...d worked with the usual staff—one Manager, one Accountant, both English, a Cashier, and a horde of native clerks; besides the Police patrol at nights ... ...ttitude of Mr. S. Riley. He had worked himself up, after seven years, to a Cashier’s position in a Huddersfield Bank; and all his experi- ence lay amo... ...g would be well, and that he, Reggie, would confer with Riley daily on the management of the Bank. Riley was a little soothed, but he hinted in as man... ...rvants would be away. Pack was a cheap soul. He had not purchased a decent cash-box to keep his papers in, but one of those native imita- tions that y...

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...precarious, after all; and if my father would only trust everything to her management, he should never feel himself stinted: but he, for once, was inc... ...and my precious desk, containing my letters and papers, my small amount of cash, and all my valuables, was about to be precipitated from the three-sto... ...sked about our school, I was led to say something about you, and your good management; and he said he should like to know you, and asked if I would in...

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...be stripped of everything, and resolved to invent a more perfect system of management in his domains, and he did well. In a cellar of Gargantuan abode... ...nt to shorten his life with this cursed woman; where, also, he emptied his cash-box. When he was in his bed, and knew his last hour had come, he swore...

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...st have domestics, man-servants and maid-ser- vants, under himself for the management of the household, so that all whom we call masters are in the pl... ...t pick-locks and sneak-thieves who 48 Martin Luther snatch away the ready cash, but who sit on the chair [at home] and are styled great noblemen, and...

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...taken to a wicket marked 100 or 130 as the case may be, and there stands a cashier with his money in piles of 100 or 130 francs counted ready to hand;... ... 130 francs counted ready to hand; he sweeps in the coupon, sweeps out the cash. “Next!” I became interested in the worker’s side of this organisation... ... when it behoves the older generation to let in the younger to responsible management and to efface themselves. He was a man of five-and-forty. Incide...

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...housand francs’ worth of merchandise, forty thousand in a bank or in their cash-box, and the value of their business. Sitting on a bench covered with ... ...the most charming towns in all France, rivals Frangistan and the valley of Cashmere; not only does it contain the poesy of Saadi, the Persian Homer, b... ...festooned with stucco flowers to represent wood-carving. The furniture, in cashmere and elm-wood, consists, with classic uniformity, of two sofas, two... ...erity. He showed how natural it was that the guardian should have left the management of his ward to a woman; he dwelt on the fact that Rogron had not...

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...retain me. My departure being thus determined by those who under- took the management of my concerns, I had only to submit; and I did it without much ... ...and- ing, though destined to experience adverse fortune, might, by skilful management, arrive at happiness; that there was no true felicity without vi... ... I yet remained on good terms with the Counsellor de Coccelli, who had the management of it. Some time after, the director of the custom-house entreat... ...s be- trayed me, and though no notice was taken of it, I had no longer the management of the cellar. In all this Monsieur Malby conducted himself with... ...recari- ous situation. He was receiver-general of finance. M. Dudoyer, his cash-keeper, was old and rich, and wished to retire. M. de Francueil offere... ... without the least difficulty; I even entered on my new office; I kept the cashbook and the cash; I paid and received money, took and gave receipts; a... ...ncueil took a little jour- ney, during which I remained intrusted with the cash, which, at that time, did not amount to more than twenty-five to thirt... ...this sum of money occasioned me, made me perceive I was very unfit to be a cash-keeper, and I have no doubt but my uneasy situation, during his absenc... ...d to a situation with which they had so little relation? Should not I, the cash-keeper of a receiver-general of finances, have preached poverty and di...

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...etermined in her heart to ask her mother’s permission to present her white Cashmere shawl to her friend. Could she not spare it? and had not her broth... ...seph just brought her two from India? When Rebecca saw the two magnificent Cashmere shawls 19 Thackeray which Joseph Sedley had brought home to his s... ... Dobbin did not take the slightest notice. He carried about Amelia’s white cashmere shawl, and hav- ing attended under the gilt cockle-shell, while Mr... ...ood Heavens! Dobbin, where have you been?” 0sborne said, seizing the white cashmere shawl from his friend’s arm, and huddling up Amelia in it.—”Make y... ...self. I 111 Thackeray know the Misses Osborne were excellent critics of a Cash- mere shawl, or a pink satin slip; and when Miss Turner had hers dyed ... ...dvancing matters. 522 V anity Fair The truth is, that by economy and good management—by a sparing use of ready money and by paying scarcely anybody— ... ...parture of Miss Briggs, and that Becky was quite clever enough to take the management of her own house. It has been narrated in a former chapter how t... ...ess of Southdown about the Warmingpan Fund for the Fiji Islanders (for the management of which admirable charity both these ladies formed part of a fe...

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...han by what the man had to show for himself in the shape of real spiritual cash on the occasion. But withal there was ever a fine element of natural c... .... Besides running much about among friends, and hold- ing counsels for the management of the coming winter, Sterling was now considerably occupied wit... ...ts obsolete insane pretensions; and then if, after some experience of Whig management, he discerned that Wellington and Peel, by whatever name entitle... ...n huge measure, would come. That however showy, and adroit in rhetoric and management, he was a man of incurably commonplace intellect, and of no char...

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...by the bedside of his old patient, Aubrey, who had been always left to his management. ‘Ah, I see,’ he said, with a certain tone of satisfaction, ‘for... ...s thorough health or comfort! I always hope that with Flora’s patience and management she may improve.’ ‘Pshaw, Ethel! she will always be a misfortune... ...e avoided consulting the physician as much as possible. More than once his management of a case was not approved by Dr. May; and the strong and hasty ... ...n, home would be bad enough; but to be ruled by her, and resign to her the management of the chil- dren, would be intolerable beyond measure. Too unha... ... told me that he wished to send me to town by the mail train, to take some cash to Drummond’s Bank, and to return by to-day’s four o’clock train. He s... ... bag shown to him was one that had originally been made for the keeping of cash, but latterly had been used for samples of grain, and he had last seen... ... into Whitford to pay in a large sum, and another time with an order to be cashed. The dates of these transactions were shown in the books; and Hazlit... ...bsequently , an order for nearly 208 The Trial the entire amount had been cashed, signed by the deceased, but filled up in Samuel’s handwriting. This... ...and then Hazlitt has promised to let me know if that cheque of Bilson’s is cashed. If I am away, telegraph, and meantime set my father on the scent. I...

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...word became the national weapon had there been more dexterity shown in its management than by the hands of Sergeant Troy, and never had he been in suc... ...o secure my compliance with your wishes. But she must know nothing of this cash business.’ ‘Nothing, nothing,’ said Boldwood, hastily. ‘Here is the su... ...r on leaving the town at nine o’clock in the evening he had diminished his cash only to the extent of a few shillings. He trotted slowly homeward, and... ...l discuss it at our leisure. My intention is ultimately to retire from the management altogether, and until you can take all the expenditure upon your... ... allow me.’ ‘O yes, certainly.’ ‘It is that I may soon have to give up the management of your farm, Mrs Troy. The fact is, I am thinking of leaving En...