"Seniority" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... work shall be measured by the number of hours he has worked; the older members receiving more than those who have joined the association later, in the proportion of a premium of x per cent. for every year of seniority. Also, a premium can be contracted for, in the way of free ...
— Freeland - A Social Anticipation • Theodor Hertzka
... confirmed by yourself. I must confess to you that at the present stage of the war, I should prefer your going into Congress, and from thence becoming a minister plenipotentiary for peace, to your remaining in the army, where the dull system of seniority, and the tableau, would prevent you from having the important commands to which you are entitled; but, at any rate, I will not have you renounce your rank unless you entered the career above mentioned. Your private affairs ...
— The Conqueror • Gertrude Franklin Atherton
... excellent friend and patron Captain Pownoll, who was so delighted to obtain once more the services of a follower whom he regarded with equal pride and affection, that he removed for his sake an officer of high connexions, whose seniority would have prevented Mr. Pellew from being ...
— The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth • Edward Osler
... her husband, leaning back with negligent grace, and carelessly stroking his silky black moustache with one gloved hand, while the other toyed with a jewelled opera glass. Although only two years her junior, she bore the appearance of much greater seniority, and the proud patrician cast of his handsome face contrasted as vividly with the coarser lower type of hers, as though in ancient Roman era he had veritably worn the clavus and the bulla, while she trudged ...
— Infelice • Augusta Jane Evans Wilson
... order of seniority with two of the hills on which Prague stands. First in order, Vy[vs]ehrad, with its memories of Libu[vs]a and her supernatural gift. Refers also to one P[vr]emysl, Libu[vs]a's chosen consort, and the long line of rulers his descendants. Tells of how the foundations of the Hrad[vs]any were laid ...
— From a Terrace in Prague • Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
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