 | Beckles Willson - 1915 - 610 pàgines
...effected a prudent choice. The only, or at least the chief, drawback is that you are dependent upon the good-will and caprice of one man, who is a little...years a trader at a congenial post, with promotion in sight. You do not hint in your letter anything concerning your destination. Your sojourn at Lachine... | |
 | Beckles Willson - 1915 - 594 pàgines
...dependent upon the good-will and caprice of one man, who is a little too much addicted to pre70 judices for speedy advancement ; but this is probably true...years a trader at a congenial post, with promotion in sight. You do not hint in your letter anything concerning your destination. Your sojourn at Lachine... | |
 | William Lawson Grant - 1926 - 874 pàgines
...intolerant of 'puppyism,' by which I mean carelessness and presumption." "It is his foible," he added, "to exact not only strict obedience, but deference to the point of humility. " Donald A. was never a favourite with Simpson and his lot might have been made harder, if that were... | |
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It is his foible to exact not only strict obedience but deference to the point of humility. As long as you pay him in that coin you will quickly get on his sunny side and find yourself in a few years a trader at a congenial post, with promotion in sight. 