mill-owner

"It may be good for the soul of Patrick to subsist on a starvation wage," she says of a hypothetical worker, "but it is very bad for the soul of Henry the mill-owner to pay him that wage."

Happy Tax Day: Progressive Taxes and Christian Faith Diana Butler Bass 2010

His Blakean aspirations though seem to have stopped at epitomising a dark and Satanic mill-owner.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

In the case of Kanoria, the battle lines were drawn between the mill-owner and the workers, with the government tacitly supporting the former.

Archive 2006-11-01 Abhay N 2006

In the case of Kanoria, the battle lines were drawn between the mill-owner and the workers, with the government tacitly supporting the former.

‘We will give blood, not our land’ - The battle for Singur has began Abhay N 2006

I would reply that the difference between us is that I do not believe in applying the employment methods of a 19th century mill-owner to the 21st Century.

Archive 2006-02-01 2006

And, of course, once one has launched into a series the iron law of the marketplace takes over, and suddenly that interior mill-owner is cracking his whip.

Archive 2005-08-01 Jenny Davidson 2005

And, of course, once one has launched into a series the iron law of the marketplace takes over, and suddenly that interior mill-owner is cracking his whip.

A funny essay about novel-writing Jenny Davidson 2005

He concluded that the foreign mill-owner was a selfish, an unfeeling, and, he thought, too, a foolish man.

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

'It is a queer thing all the world is so fond of talking over events: you talk if anybody dies suddenly; you talk if a fire breaks out; you talk if a mill-owner fails; you talk if he's murdered, What good does your talking do?'

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

And this was in part true: he had the shorter nose and longer upper-lip of his sister, rather than the fine traits of his brother: he had her mould of mouth and chin - all less decisive, accurate, and clear than those of the young mill-owner.

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004