"Sinclair" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... protest. There existed in Dublin in 1828 a Society for the Improvement of Ireland, an active body which included in its membership the Lord Mayor (a high Tory, of course), Lord Cloncurry, and a long list of notable names such as Latouche, Sinclair, Houghton, Leader, Grattan, Smith O'Brien, George Moore, and Daniel O'Connell. In the year mentioned the Society appointed a number of committees to report on the state of Irish agriculture, commerce, and industry. One of these reports is full of information touching the drain of capital from the ...
— The Open Secret of Ireland • T. M. Kettle
... by Pitt, Secretary of the then Board of Agriculture. A melancholy account is given by Young of a visit he paid Burke at Gregory's in 1796. Young drove there in the chariot of his fussy chief, Sir John Sinclair, to discover what Burke's intentions might be as to an intended publication of his relating to the price of labour. The account, which occupies four pages, is too long ...
— In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays • Augustine Birrell
... to the hotel together, Miss Sinclair said: "You are probably surprised at what has taken place, but I have strong reasons for acting as ...
— The Young Explorer • Horatio Alger
... that was characteristic of the ranchers and cowboys of the district had given place to an air of stern and serious determination. It was evident that they had gathered for some purpose of more than ordinary moment. By common consent Sinclair, a shrewd and fair-minded Scotch rancher who possessed the complete confidence of every man in the company, both for his integrity and his ...
— The Prospector - A Tale of the Crow's Nest Pass • Ralph Connor
... In this book, Mr. Sinclair has written a satire of the first order—one worthy to be compared with Swift's biting tirades against the ...
— The Bright Face of Danger • Robert Neilson Stephens
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