hotel-keeper

As you might expect, Offenbach finds a way to get the last laugh: "It may be interesting to add," he drily relates, "that after a lapse of two years this liberal hotel-keeper was compelled to give up his establishment for want of business."

Entrez, messieurs, mesdames Matthew Guerrieri 2009

As you might expect, Offenbach finds a way to get the last laugh: "It may be interesting to add," he drily relates, "that after a lapse of two years this liberal hotel-keeper was compelled to give up his establishment for want of business."

Archive 2009-01-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

He protests that he is weary of being hotel-keeper in general for all Europe, and so weary was he at one time of this noisy and costly post, that the establishment was partially suspended for upwards of a year.

Voltaire 2007

He also gave me a note to an hotel-keeper at Buffalo, requesting him to pay me every attention, in case I should be detained for a night on the road.

The Englishwoman in America 2007

That name the hotel-keeper knew well, but there too no success awaited him.

The Torrents of Spring 2006

The hotel-keeper, a well-fed man, absolutely indifferent to his lodgers, comes and sits down to the table.

The Schoolmistress and other stories 2004

The hotel-keeper listens out of politeness and reluctantly drinks tea.

The Schoolmistress and other stories 2004

The hotel-keeper did not allow such a light to remain long hidden under a bushel, and it was soon spread far and wide that the Honourable Charles

He Knew He Was Right 2004

These were traits in the character of an hotel-keeper which cannot be praised too highly, and which had met their due reward in the custom of the public.

Tales of all countries 2004

They are seen off by the hotel-keeper, the waiter, and various women.

The Schoolmistress and other stories 2004