"Work at" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... admitting Apprentices, taking only such as are fit both physically and morally, and keeping none without assurance that he would stay seven years in order to learn his craft. He must be patient with his pupils, instruct them diligently, encourage them with increased pay, and not permit them to work at night, "unless in the pursuit of knowledge, which shall be a sufficient excuse." He must be wise and discreet, and undertake no work he cannot both perform and complete equally to the profit of his employer and the craft. Should ...
— The Builders - A Story and Study of Masonry • Joseph Fort Newton
... "The whole industrial expansion of Germany dates from the introduction of the Bessemer process in 1879, by which its supplies of iron became possible to work at a ...
— The World in Chains - Some Aspects of War and Trade • John Mavrogordato
... Devil did the Work at last, and when the Emperors concerning themselves one way or other, did not appear sufficient to answer his End, he chang'd Hands again, and went to work with the Clergy: To set the Doctors effectually together by the Ears, he threw in the new Notion of Primacy among ...
— The History of the Devil - As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two Parts • Daniel Defoe
... may not be strong for a year or two, and must be careful not to overtask himself, but John made him see one of the greatest physicians in New York, to whom Dr. Medlicott had sent letters of introduction-as if they were needed, he said, after Jock's work at Abville. He said, as John did, there was no lasting damage to the heart, and that the attack was the consequence of having been brought so low; but he will be as strong and healthy as ever, if he will only be careful as to exertion for a year or so. This appointment is the ...
— Magnum Bonum • Charlotte M. Yonge
... warrior, breaking a silence that had been long kept, "this is cold work at the best, and hunger pinches me; ...
— Alice, or The Mysteries, Book VIII • Edward Bulwer Lytton
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