He was the only one left in the counting-house that night. From LearnThat.org.
Mr. Spires himself from his counting-house window. From Wordnik.com. [International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850] Reference
"Coward!" muttered Grossman, as he left the counting-house. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference
The counting-house thrilled with arguments of high strategy. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914] Reference
My spirit never walked beyond our counting-house -- mark me!. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
"He looked like a counting-house clerk more than any thing.". From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
At length the hour of shutting up the counting-house arrived. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
That morning he entered the counting-house rubbing his hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 288, Supplementary Number] Reference
I was close behind Wholesome at the door of the counting-house. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876] Reference
There was none, the counting-house being lighted by a sky-light. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
We should decidedly have preferred to receive it in the counting-house. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
While a clerk of eighteen, in a counting-house near Faneuil Hall, he published. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees] Reference
"But some day," I cried, "I'll have a counting-house of my own -- some day --". From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
"An indispensable book for all young men entering a counting-house for the first time.". From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
After leaving school he spent some years in the counting-house of his father, a brewer. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
But Seymour has been taken by one of his uncles, a rich banker, into his counting-house. From Wordnik.com. [Holiday Tales] Reference
Then he suddenly recollected that he must go to the counting-house, as he was "very busy.". From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
Moreover, my heart moves me to studies more congenial with the college than the counting-house. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
That night the Sheriff went into his counting-house and counted out three hundred pounds in gold. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
London, of course, is the investing, controlling, and supervising counting-house for all this capital. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
All day, sitting here at my desk in Wirt's old counting-house, these notions of Josiah's have dogged me. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
One day, for instance, after breakfast, the king went into his counting-house, and counted out his money. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
To-day it is the counting-house of one of the great brandy shippers whose name is current the world over. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Just before completing his thirteenth year he entered the counting-house of Mr. Cruger, a merchant of Santa. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
So he knocked at the door of the king's counting-house, where it was all but a capital crime to disturb him. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
He will probably go back to England, where he passed some time in a counting-house or perhaps come to the United. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
The needs and luxuries of the immense royal household render the counting-house a feature of the utmost importance. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
Mrs. Day had a feeling of oppression in the breathless air of the counting-house, of being smothered by George Boult. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
In the mean time, I will hasten and finish my business in the counting-house, that I may enjoy your company this evening. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side] Reference
From the manufactory or counting-house, from the law-court, or from having visited your last patient, you return at evening. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838] Reference
Accordingly, he incontinently proceeded to the counting-house of M.M. ---- to receive the promised price or to know the reason why. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858] Reference
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