There was a dinner giving in the Harley Street establishment, while Little Dorrit was stitching at her father's new shirts by his side that night; and there were
magnates from the Court and
magnates from the City,
magnates from the Commons and
magnates from the Lords,
magnates from the bench and
magnates from the bar, Bishop
magnates, Treasury
magnates, Horse Guard
magnates, Admiralty
magnates,--all the
magnates that keep us going, and sometimes trip us up.
Holdsworthy treated him more like a brother than a mere fellow-clubman, watching over him, advising him, and introducing him to the
magnates of the local financial world.
At about this limit of mental anarchy Father Brown's view was obscured altogether; for the City
magnate in front of him rose to his full height and thrust his hands savagely into all his pockets.
"It will show the stuff that's in you, besides, and it will be a better claim upon the INTELLIGENCER people than all the lines from all the senators and
magnates in the world.
It is one object of our task, however, to present scenes of the rough life of the wilderness, and we are tempted to fix these few memorials of a transient state of things fast passing into oblivion; for the feudal state of Fort William is at an end, its council chamber is silent and deserted; its banquet hall no longer echoes to the burst of loyalty, or the "auld world" ditty; the lords of the lakes and forests have passed away; and the hospitable
magnates of Montreal where are they?
1334, which interdicts access to the cloister to "any woman whatever, old or young, mistress or maid." Upon which the bishop had been constrained to recite to him the ordinance of Legate Odo, which excepts certain great dames, aliquoe
magnates mulieres, quoe sine scandalo vitari non possunt .
In one other respect, too, he occupied a unique position amongst the financial
magnates of the moment.
That was reserved exclusively for resident or corresponding members; no one else could possibly have obtained a place; and the city
magnates, municipal councilors, and "select men" were compelled to mingle with the mere townspeople in order to catch stray bits of news from the interior.
Old Acton, who is one of our county
magnates, had his house broken into last Monday.
First comes the Plutocracy, which is composed of wealthy bankers, railway
magnates, corporation directors, and trust
magnates.
The duchess and the duke came out to the door of the room to receive him, and with them a grave ecclesiastic, one of those who rule noblemen's houses; one of those who, not being born
magnates themselves, never know how to teach those who are how to behave as such; one of those who would have the greatness of great folk measured by their own narrowness of mind; one of those who, when they try to introduce economy into the household they rule, lead it into meanness.
The stupid
magnates of this Leghorn government can not understand that so large a steamer as ours could cross the broad Atlantic with no other purpose than to indulge a party of ladies and gentlemen in a pleasure excursion.