silk-mercer

The boots stared the honest silk-mercer out of countenance, and, it must be added, they pained his heart.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

That amateur was a worthy silk-mercer of the Rue des

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

At that word, Coralie sprang to her poet and held him tightly to her; then, with her arms still about him, she turned to the silk-mercer, as if to bid him see the beautiful picture made by two young lovers.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

Matifat was in the ground-floor box exactly opposite with a friend of his, a silk-mercer named Camusot

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

Camusot had ordered the best possible dinner; and Coralie, feeling that she was rid of her adorer, was more charming to the poor silk-mercer than she had ever been in the fourteen months during which their connection lasted; he had never seen her so kindly, so enchantingly lovely.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

John Rudyard, a silk-mercer of Ludgate-Hill, was engaged as the architect.

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope

Florence Guyart, was noted among his fellow-citizens for piety, integrity, and uprightness, but although richly endowed with the treasures of virtue, he was but indifferently provided with those of fortune, his business as a silk-mercer supplying him barely with a competency.

The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation A Religious of the Ursuline Community

It is, however, generally accepted that, on leaving school, he was apprenticed to a silk-mercer in London.

Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) Melville, Lewis 1921

He had always believed that he was a Liberal, a Low Churchman, and a silk-mercer.

Matthew Arnold Russell, G W E 1904

It is, however, generally accepted that, on leaving school, he was apprenticed to a silk-mercer in London.

Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) Lewis Melville 1903