"Discharged" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... before Inkspot got out of the hands of the police. Then he was discharged because the authorities did not desire to further trouble themselves with a stupid fellow who could give no account of himself, and had probably wandered from a vessel in port. The first thing he did was to go out to the water's ...
— The Adventures of Captain Horn • Frank Richard Stockton
... the thief, in vastly improved language and tone, "I'm indebted to you for a good supper and a warm bed last night. Besides, yours is the first friendly touch or kind voice that has greeted me since I was discharged, and you've said you can trust me! So I'll do my best for you even though you should not give me a penny. But remember, you will go among a rough lot whom I have but little ...
— The Garret and the Garden • R.M. Ballantyne
... state that, a week before the wedding, Albert freed her from a very embarrassing position, and had discharged a considerable amount ...
— The Widow Lerouge - The Lerouge Case • Emile Gaboriau
... This was the only conflict in which he ever suffered defeat, and the race was close. In 1847, without seeking or desiring the highly responsible office, he was elected Comptroller of the Finances of the State, and removed to Albany, where he discharged the duties of the office with great credit to himself and usefulness to the State, resigning the office in February, 1849, to enter upon the duties of the office of Vice-President, to which he had been called by the election in 1848. Gen. Taylor dying, ...
— Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; • William Gannaway Brownlow
... France; when government shall no longer be considered as property transmissible from sire to son, but as a trust committed for a limited time, and then to return to the people whence it came; as a burdensome duty to be discharged, and not as a reward to be abused;—then will be the time for contemplating the character of Lafayette, not merely in the events of his life, but in the full development of his intellectual conceptions, of his fervent aspirations, of the labors, and ...
— Successful Methods of Public Speaking • Grenville Kleiser
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