"Take office" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... present United States government is the duty of every abolitionist; since no one can take office, or throw a vote for another to hold office, under the United States Constitution, without violating his anti-slavery principles, and rendering himself an abettor of ...
— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society
... for some years, and the consular age being forty. His colleague was a very old man, having been consul before the war began, and having long lived in retirement, because he had been unjustly treated. The Romans now forced him to take office, against his wish, though his actions and his language were of the most insulting character. A great union of parties had taken place, for Hasdrubal was marching to Italy, for the purpose of effecting a junction ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864 • Various
... very important position in the young people's society. But she had belonged to one back in Greensboro, in her own beloved church, and she had helped form this Poketown organization. She would not take office in this new society, for all the time she hoped that her father's affairs would change and they might be ...
— Janice Day at Poketown • Helen Beecher Long
... of Finance. Rattazzi, who still occupied the Speaker's chair, was willing to wait for the present for a seat in the Cabinet, especially when he heard that the king, who was at first very hostile to the Connubio, had quite expected him to take office. ...
— Cavour • Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
... to take office Sir Robert Peel requested the Queen to change the ladies of her household, and on her refusal to do so, the Melbourne Ministry had come in again. Their return to power has been generally considered a blunder, from the party point of view; but their action ...
— Lady John Russell • Desmond MacCarthy and Agatha Russell
... to him his two sons. 4. Next day, Tsze-lu went on his way, and reported his adventure. The Master said, 'He is a recluse,' and sent Tsze-lu back to see him again, but when he got to the place, the old man was gone. 5. Tsze-lu then said to the family, 'Not to take office is not ...
— The Chinese Classics—Volume 1: Confucian Analects • James Legge
... Haakon, "if you can't line him up, you will have a chance to rewoke his certificate when you take office." ...
— The Brown Mouse • Herbert Quick |
