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Sentences ending with crewe

And incidentally everybody who had a farm for sale wrote to Mr. Crewe. [9]
It was Senator Whitredge--only, last autumn so pleased to meet Mr. Crewe at Mr. Flint's--who asked the hypocritical question, "Who is Humphrey Crewe? [9]
The Marchesa cared very little about the library, or about the house, for that matter; a great aunt and uncle, spinster and bachelor, were living in it that winter, and they vacated for Mr. Crewe. [9]
Do you know these other gentlemen, Crewe? [9]
The president of the Northeastern Railroads rose as he spoke these words, and held out his hand to Mr. Crewe. [9]
You've got 'em on the run right now, Mr. Crewe. [9]
But the rest of his protest was cut short by Mr. Crewe. [9]
At any rate, he now had a manuscript collection which was unique in its way, which would have been worth much to a great many men, and with characteristic generosity he was placing it at the disposal of Mr. Crewe. [9]
A smooth-faced, red-cheeked gentleman in gray flannels leaned over the balustrade and made audible comments in a penetrating voice which betrayed the fact that he was Mr. Humphrey Crewe. [9]
I'll say that for you," said Mr. Crewe. [9]

Short sentences using crewe

Mr. Crewe was nettled. [9]
I'm Humphrey Crewe. [9]
Humphrey Crewe. [9]
Crewe. [9]

Sentences containing crewe two or more times

He is the same Humphrey Crewe that he was before he became the corner-stone of the temple; success is a mere outward and visible sign of intrinsic worth in the inner man, and Mr. Crewe had never for a moment underestimated his true value. [9]
Mr. Humphrey Crewe discovered her in a boa-stall at Wedderburn,--as his place was called,--for it made little difference to Victoria that Mr. Crewe was a bachelor of marriageable age and millions. [9]
Here was Humphrey Crewe, sitting talking to her in the road--Humphrey Crewe, whose candidacy for the governorship impugned her father's management of the Northeastern Railroads--and she was unable to take the matter seriously! [9]
It was Mr. Crewe who, without pausing to knock, pushed open the door of number nine, which was not quite closed; and it was Mr. Crewe who made the important discovery that the lugubrious division superintendent had a sense of humour. [9]

More example sentences with the word crewe in them

But you've said yourself, Mr. Crewe, that we've got to deal with this thing practically. [9]
But Mr. Crewe would have been interested if he could have heard Mr. Flint's first remark to the senator after the door was closed on his back. [9]
Mr. Crewe paused, with his forefinger on the page, and fixed a glassy eye on the remote neighbourhood in the back seats where the disturbance had started. [9]
Here's Adam Hunt with both feet in the trough, and no more chance of the nomination than I have, and Bascom and Botcher teasing him on, and he's got enough votes with Crewe to lock up that convention for a dark horse. [9]
Austen suddenly remembered, with an irresistible smile, that one of the reasons which he had assigned for his visit to the capital was to hear this very speech, to see how Mr. Crewe would carry off what appeared to be a somewhat difficult situation. [9]
As man and wife confronted him, Mr. Crewe greeted them in hospitable but stentorian tones that rose above the strains of "Don't you wish you'd Waited? [9]
A summer resident who, to satisfy his lust for office, is rolling to defame--'" "Yes," interrupted Mr. Crewe, "never mind reading any more of that rot. [9]
The Republican nomination, which Mr. Crewe had secured, was equivalent to an election. [9]
But when these were finally disposed of, Mr. Flint led the conversation back to the Honourable Humphrey Crewe, who stood harmless--to be sure--like a bull on the track which it might be unwise to run over. [9]
And the Tribune was prepared to state; on its own authority, that a Mr. Humphrey Crewe did exist, and might reluctantly consent to take the nomination for the governorship. [9]
Mr. Crewe, who was anything but a fool, and just as assertive as Mr. Flint, cut in. [9]
For decoration, there was an oar garnished with a ribbon, and several groups of college undergraduates, mostly either in puffed ties or scanty attire, and always prominent in these groups, and always unmistakable, was Mr. Humphrey Crewe himself. [9]
You won't be wanting to stop in the Legislature, Mr. Crewe, and we remember our friends in Newcastle. [9]
But what we wanted to speak to you about was this," he continued, as Mr. Crewe showed signs of breaking in, "those committee appointments you desired. [9]
The Tribune modestly ventured the theory that Mr. Crewe had appeared to each of the twenty in a dream, with a flaming sword pointing to the steam of the dragon's breath. [9]
It was not usual for Mr. Crewe to find it difficult to begin a conversation, or to have a companion as self-sufficient as himself. [9]
He felt called upon to go to the Legislature--and this is what he saw:--(Mr. Crewe is quoted here at length in an admirable, concise, and hair-raising statement given in an interview to his biographer. [9]
Mr. Crewe made up his mind he would encircle Fairview every day until he ran across her. [9]
He could look up at the gallery without turning his head, and sometimes he caught her momentary glance, and again, with her chin in her hand, she was watching Mr. Crewe with a little smile creasing the corners of her eyes. [9]
Mr. Crewe was unable to go to the wedding, having to attend a directors' meeting of some importance in the West. [9]
To tell the truth, Mr. Crewe was bringing to bear all of his extraordinary concentration of mind upon a problem with which he had been occupied for some years past. [9]
To tell the truth, Mr. Crewe returned the feeling of his companions warmly, and he had even entertained the idea of asking them both to dine with him that evening. [9]
Victoria would not trust to the telephone, whereupon Mr. Crewe offered to drive down with her. [9]
It is a triumph for Mr. Crewe, and is all printed in that orthodox (reform) newspaper, the State Tribune, with urgent editorials that it must be carried out to the letter. [9]
Senator Grady was tremendously impressed with his host's programme of bills, and went over them so painstakingly that Mr. Crewe became more and more struck with Senator Grady's intelligence. [9]
Mr. Crewe continued to tap the trees, but drew a little nearer the carriage. [9]
It is difficult to restrain one's pen in dealing with a hero, but it is not too much to say that Mr. Crewe impressed many of the country members favourably. [9]
Mr. Crewe was to big a man not to perceive and appreciate the sterling philanthropy which lay beneath the exteriors of his new friends, who scorned to flatter him. [9]
The debate seemed to be exhausted, and the long-suffering Mr. Doby was inquiring for the fiftieth time if the House were ready for the question, when Mr. Crewe of Leith arose and was recognized. [9]
Mr. Crewe was to appear in the Sunday supplements. [9]
For a little time after that Mr. Crewe, although naturally an important and busy man, scarcely had time to nod to his friends on the road. [9]
Mr. Crewe evidently thought this a negligible suggestion, for he did not reply to it, but presently asked for the political news in Ripton. [9]
They are all there," Mr. Crewe declared, slapping the bundle; "read them, Mr. Flint. [9]
Interested observers --if there were any--might have remarked that his friendship with Mr. Hamilton Tooting had increased, that gentleman coming up from Ripton at least twice a week, and aiding Mr. Crewe to multiply his acquaintances by bringing numerous strangers to see him. [9]
Mr. Crewe took the Tunbridge road. [9]
In spite of the strange omission of the State Tribune to print his speech and to give his victory in the matter of the Pingsquit bill proper recognition, Mr. Crewe was too big a man to stop his subscription to the paper. [9]
The crowd in the rotunda makes a lane, and Mr. Crewe, glancing neither to the right nor left, walks upstairs; and scarce is he installed in the bridal suite, surrounded by his faithful workers for reform, than that amazing reception begins. [9]
He dived into the private office once more, where he found Mr. Crewe seated with his legs crossed, calmly reading a last winter's playbill. [9]
Her thoughts, for the moment, had flown elsewhere, but Mr. Crewe did not appear to notice this. [9]
The list of the material benefits, for which there was a crying need, bore a strong resemblance to a summary of the worthy measures upon which Mr. Crewe had spent so much time and labour in the last Legislature. [9]
This was about the first of April, that sloppiest and windiest of months in a northern climate, and Mr. Crewe had intended, as usual, to make a little trip southward to a club of which he was a member. [9]
Mr. Crewe approached the desk with that genial and brisk manner for which he was noted and held out his hand to the railroad president. [9]
Conversation languished, and the cosey and familiar haunts of the Pelican knew Mr. Crewe no more. [9]
When I read the bills to-night, and saw the scope of your work, it came over me in a flash that Humphrey Crewe was the man they left out. [9]
Mr. Tooting discovers that the room is occupied by the Honourable Brush Bascom; Mr. Tooting learns with indignation that certain of these guests of Mr. Bascom's are delegates pledged to Mr. Crewe, whereupon he rushes back to the bridal suite to report to his chief. [9]
Mrs. Pomfret declared that she had only left out Victoria because her presence might be awkward for both of them, but Mr. Crewe waved this aside as a trivial and feminine objection; so Victoria was invited, and another young man to balance the table. [9]
The senator remarked that Mr. Crewe was no gosling. [9]
Mr. Crewe said that he hoped to find such enlightened men in the Legislature as the senator. [9]
Mr. Crewe acknowledged that he did. [9]
Mrs. Pomfret, outraged, sweeps the frivolous offenders with her lorgnette; Mr. Crewe, with his arm resting, on the reading-desk, merely raises the palm of his hand to a perpendicular reproof,--"and gentlemen. [9]
Mr. Crewe was surprised, he said, to hear so much sentiment against the Northeastern Railroads. [9]
And now, while strangers from near and far throng into town, drawn by the sensational struggle which is to culminate in battle to-day, Mr. Crewe is marshalling his forces. [9]
He had a standing offer to erect a library in the village of Leith provided the town would furnish the ground, the books, and permit the name of Crewe to be carved in stone over the doorway. [9]
They stared in some surprise at Mr. Crewe as he flung open the door without knocking, and slammed it behind him in Mr. Braden's face. [9]
Some people are so small as to be repelled by greatness, to be jealous of high gifts and power, and it was perhaps inevitable that a few of the humbler members whom Mr. Crewe had entertained should betray his hospitality, and misinterpret his pure motives. [9]
Mr. Crewe was silent awhile, that this formidable array of things might make the proper impression upon his visitor. [9]
And then the senator, with renewed invitations for Mr. Crewe to call on him when he came to Newcastle, took his departure. [9]
Mr. Crewe still sat with Mr. Botcher and Mr. Bascom, but he was not a man to pretend after the fires had cooled. [9]
Important matters, he said, had detained him at the last moment, and he particularly enjoined Mrs. Pomfret's butler to listen carefully for the telephone, and twice during lunch it was announced that Mr. Crewe was wanted. [9]
And Humphrey Crewe said that you hadn't a chance politically, because you had opposed the railroad and had gone against your own interests. [9]
The reform rallies resemble matinees no longer, and two real reporters accompany Mr. Crewe on his tours. [9]
Afterwards Mr. Crewe remained so long in reflection that his man Waters became alarmed, and sought him out and interrupted his revery. [9]
It did not relate to Mr. Crewe, but to the subject under discussion which he had interrupted; namely, the Republican candidates for the twenty senatorial districts of the State. [9]
Mr. Crewe grew red in the face. [9]
Mr. Crewe, in reading them, had other sensations. [9]
Put all the rates back because this upstart politician Crewe is making a noise? [9]
Mr. Crewe has rare courage--I have always said so. [9]
Are there not private telegrams and letters to the president of the Northeastern in New York advising him that the Pingsquit bill has passed the House, and that a certain Mr. Crewe is primarily responsible? [9]
Absorbed in the presentation of his subject (which chanced to be himself), Mr. Crewe did not observe that her lips were parted, and that there were little creases around her eyes. [9]
Mr. Humphrey Crewe possessed, as may have been surmised, a dash of all these gifts. [9]
Mr. Crewe, as political-geniuses will, asked as many questions as the emperor of Germany--pertinent questions about State politics. [9]
It is a pleasure to record, at this crisis, that Mr. Crewe fixed upon his secretary as steady an eye as though Mr. Pardriff's bullet had missed its mark. [9]
We shall skip over the painful interval that elapsed before the bill in question was reached: painful, at least, for every one but Mr. Crewe, who sat with his knees crossed and his arms folded. [9]
Mr. Crewe read over the agreement carefully, as a business man should, before putting his signature to it. [9]
She heard the outside door open and close, and she saw Humphrey Crewe walk past her again into his library, and that door closed, and she was left in darkness. [9]
While these and other conferences and duties too numerous to mention were absorbing Mr. Crewe, he was not too busy to bear in mind the pleasure of those around him who had not received such an abundance of the world's blessings as he. [9]
At length came one day when Mr. Crewe pulled up in front of the grocery store and called, as his custom was, loudly for Mr. Ball. [9]
Humphrey Crewe was on the porch, his hands in his pockets, as Austen drove up. [9]
But he persuaded old Tom, my father, not to bring this suit until after the political campaign, until Mr. Crewe gets through with his fireworks. [9]
Austen was aware of the renewed scrutiny of Mrs. Pomfret, and then Mr. Crewe, whom no social manacles could shackle, had broken past her and made his way to them. [9]
A careful perusal of the biographies of great men of the dynamic type leads one to the conclusion that much of their success is due to an assiduous improvement of every opportunity,--and Mr. Humphrey Crewe certainly possessed this quality, also. [9]
As a man of spirit, also, Mr. Crewe wrote to Mr. Flint, protesting as to the manner in which he had been treated concerning committees. [9]
Full, as ever, of practical suggestions, Mr. Crewe proposed to telephone to Ripton and put an advertisement in the Record, which--as he happened to know--went to press the next day. [9]
On the occasion of one of these gatherings, when Mr. Crewe had been inaccessible for four hours, Mrs. Pomfret drove up in a victoria with her daughter Alice. [9]
The State Tribune of Mr. Peter Pardriff, who had stood so staunchly for Mr. Crewe and better things? [9]
Mr. Crewe, though of great discernment, was only mortal, and while he was fighting his battle single-handed, how was he to know that the gods above him were taking sides and preparing for conflict? [9]
As a matter of fact, they were very nearly true as regarded Job Braden, but Mr. Crewe may be pardoned for thinking that Mr. Flint was not showing him quite the confidence due from one business and corporation man to another. [9]
Since the motives of every philanthropist and public benefactor are inevitably challenged by cynics, there were many who asked the question, "What did Mr. Crewe want? [9]
Congressman Fairplay's prophecy of "negligible" was an exaggeration, and one gentleman who had rashly predicted that Mr. Crewe would get twenty delegates out of a thousand hid himself for shame. [9]
It was a nuisance at first," said Mr. Crewe, "but I didn't shirk it. [9]
Mr. Crewe did not hesitate to say that the prosperity of the farmers had risen as a result of his labours at Wedderburn where the most improved machinery and methods were adopted. [9]
Mr. Crewe was not given to satire; his methods, as we know, were direct. [9]
However, it is not for the struggling lawyer to scorn any honourable brief, especially from a gentleman of stocks and bonds and varied interests like Mr. Crewe, with whom contentions of magnitude are inevitably associated. [9]
How describe the noble figure of Mr. Crewe as it burst upon Austen when he rounded the corner of the house? [9]
Mr. Crewe by no means underestimated this claim upon the community, and he had of late been declaring that he was no summer resident. [9]
He was by no means abashed,--Mr. Crewe had too much spirit for that. [9]
Mr. Crewe has no chance--so rumour goes. [9]
Mr. Crewe paid no attention either to words, look, or departure. [9]
And I don't need to impress upon you how grave are the consequences if this man Crewe gets in, with public sentiment behind him and a reactionary Lower House. [9]
The next morning Mrs. Pomfret, who was merely "driving by" with her daughter Alice and Beatrice Chillingham, spied Mr. Crewe walking about among the young trees he was growing near the road, and occasionally tapping them with his stout stick. [9]

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