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  • When the lord of the counting-house bends o'er his book,

    Enigma 2010

  • I was not made for the desk and counting-house, for petty business squabbling, and legal jangling.

    Chapter 30 2010

  • Canadian-born, city-bred Scots, in a foolish moment they had resigned their counting-house desks, drawn upon their savings, and gone Klondiking.

    AT THE RAINBOW'S END 2010

  • Me for the counting-house and ledger, the monthly salary, and the little home with Ruth.

    Chapter 26 2010

  • He wrung his livelihood from it, and that was all the sea was, the place where he worked, as the mill, the shop, and the counting-house were the places where other men worked.

    THE SEA FARMER 2010

  • Robert was also managing the affairs of his half-brother, Thomas; he enrolled him in school and, around the time the boy turned sixteen, took him on as a clerk in the counting-house.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • Robert was also managing the affairs of his half-brother, Thomas; he enrolled him in school and, around the time the boy turned sixteen, took him on as a clerk in the counting-house.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • The new standard counting-house book-keeping,: Theoretical and practical, containing a thorough exposition of the principles and practice of double and ... and high schools, and to self instruction by John C Bryant

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Now GOP Rep. Issa cares about taking extra measures to preserve White House e-mails. 2009

  • He began by praising the counting-house clerk in the most extravagant manner.

    News from the Counting House 2009

  • Unreformed, the nation's counting-house could very well zero itself, and the nation, out.

    Carla Seaquist: Recovery Without a Reckoning 2009

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