"General agent" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... as soon as a vacancy arose he was elected as Representative to Congress, where he remained from 1831 to 1843. On his return from Washington he was elected Governor of Vermont in 1844, and in his later years was corresponding secretary and general agent of the Board of National and Popular Education, for which he did most valuable work. He was a distinguished speaker and an author of note, his Vermont State Papers being still a ...
— American Prisoners of the Revolution • Danske Dandridge
... days ago we heard of a general agent who has one of the largest and most prosperous territories in this country. He has been in the business for years, and yet that man, for some unknown reason, rather apologises for his vocation. He said he was a little ashamed of his calling. Such a ...
— Appearances - Being Notes of Travel • Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
... filled the position of General Agent for the Sells Brothers Combined Shows, to the complete satisfaction of all the Brothers and ...
— Watch Yourself Go By • Al. G. Field
... the Borough of the Bronx, pretty well up toward Yonkers—locality and means of access obligingly written out on a card for the caller by the clerk. Was Mr. Ford's business of a routine nature? If so, perhaps, Mr. Ten Eyck, the general agent, could attend to it. Ford said it was not of a routine nature, and made his escape to inquire his way to the nearest subway station. To pause now was to lose the precious impetus of ...
— Empire Builders • Francis Lynde
... "That of a general agent—an intermediary, if you like," answered Fullaway. "I arrange private sales a good deal between European sellers and American buyers—pictures, curiosities, jewels, antiques, and so on. I'm pretty well known, Mr. Allerdyke, on both ...
— The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation • J. S. Fletcher |
