land-agent

The land-agent received therefore the first fire of

A Start in Life 2007

It has not felt the desolating tramp of lawyer or land-agent, nor been bombarded by fine and recovery, lease and release, bargain and sale, Doe and Roe and Geoffrey Styles, and the rest of the pitiless shower of slugs, ending with a charge of Demons.

Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

Gourlay, an erratic Scotch land-agent, by the ruling class who feared his exposure of public abuses, had much to do with creating a reform party in the legislature.

Canada J. G. Bourinot

The afternoon of the second day he reached where the local land-agent lived.

The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Gordon Sellar

In the management of the estate, he had outraged the feelings of every landlord and land-agent within a radius of many miles, but he gained the affection of his tenants, and this he seemed to value more than the approval of his fellow-proprietors.

The Daughters of Danaus Mona Caird

His wife and daughter live under circumstances which would drive many people mad, and the combative land-agent and farmer himself maintains a belligerent attitude, the grey head and slight spare figure bowed, but by no means in submission.

Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker

But it'll be all right if you like this land-agent idea.

Tales of St. Austin's 1928

Scotland, as a sort of land-agent, as he wanted a chap who could play cricket, because he was keen on the game himself, and always had a lot going on in the summer up there.

Tales of St. Austin's 1928

In that case I should have made rather more than forty pounds in a few days, simply by assembling together my solicitor, stockbroker, land-agent, etc., etc., in London, and without going to West Africa at all.

Once a Week 1919

He was not quite secretary, not quite land-agent, not quite business-adviser, not quite companion, but something of all four.

The Red House Mystery 1919