"Clerkship" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... had a clerkship, but Mart was—unsteady, and he lost it. Then he got a place in the freight-yards, but there was a strike, and he went out. They wouldn't take him back then because he was so foolish in his talk; and they can't take him now, for ...
— A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike • Charles King
... was dean of the Hotel Magnifique's floor clerks. The primary requisite in successful floor clerkship is homeliness. The second is discreet age. The third is tact. And for the benefit of those who think the duties of a floor clerk end when she takes your key when you leave your room, and hands it back as you return, it may be mentioned ...
— Cheerful--By Request • Edna Ferber
... this standard and by the standard of real ability, Belton was entitled to the best place in the district in the gift of the government; but the color of his skin was against him, and he had to content himself with a clerkship. ...
— Imperium in Imperio: A Study Of The Negro Race Problem - A Novel • Sutton E. Griggs
... "Yes, sir,"—she said,—"'a clerkship;' and a very good thing, too! You need not turn up your nose at it, Master Frank; I can see you, although I do wear glasses! Grander men than you think yourself, sir, have not despised such an opening! Here is the vicar,"—she added, as her brother ...
— She and I, Volume 2 - A Love Story. A Life History. • John Conroy Hutcheson
... Sevier had a vacant clerkship which it was necessary to fill. A bright recollection flashed across ...
— Dr. Sevier • George W. Cable
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