Through this delicate perception, through the tact with which it invariably seized it, and through the genius with which it always acted on it, the Circumlocution
Office had risen to overtop all the public departments; and the public condition had risen to be--what it was.
No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil
Office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any
Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in
Office.
Perhaps an exact description of Monsieur de la Billardiere's division will suffice to give foreigners and provincials an idea of the internal manners and customs of a government
office; the chief features of which are probably much the same in the civil service of all European governments.
The solicitors employed by her husband are also the solicitors to one of the two insurance
offices. There may possibly be something in the report of the commission of inquiry touching on Ferrari's disappearance.
Watson began to talk of hunting--it was such an infernal bore having to waste one's time in an infernal
office, he would only be able to hunt on Saturdays--and shooting: he had ripping invitations all over the country and of course he had to refuse them.
'He can judge best what the cloth is like, for he has intellect, and no one understands his
office better than he.'
It was the
office of one Blaythwayt; and Blaythwayt was not only an acquaintance, but a sportsman.
I have his address at my
office, if you think it worth while to try him."
Men began to throng into the
office and call at him over the railing, jovially, sharply, viciously, excitedly.
"Is this young gentleman one of the 'prentices or articled ones of your
office?" asked the turnkey, with a grin at Mr.
The
office was a front parlour, with a panelled wall.
The five, who elect each other, have very great and extensive powers; and these choose the hundred, who are magistrates of the highest rank: their power also continues longer than any other magistrates, for it commences before they come into
office, and is prolonged after they are out of it; and in this particular the state inclines to an oligarchy: but as they are not elected by lot, but by suffrage, and are not permitted to take money, they are the greatest supporters imaginable of an aristocracy.