What is "goldsmith"

Usage examples of "goldsmith".

Isaac has found ways to reduce the profit that the Goldsmiths reap when they deliver bullion to the Mint to be coined, and they have retaliated by crafting new trial plates of such fineness that Isaac has been hard pressed to mint guineas pure enough.

OLIVARII GOLDSMITH, Poetae, Physici, Historici, Qui nullum fere scribendi genus Non tetigit, Nullum quod tetiqit non ornavit: Sive risus essent movendi, Sive lacrymae, Affectuum potens at lenis dominator: Ingenio sublimis, vividus, versatilis, Oratione grandis, nitidus, venustus: Hoc monumento memoriam coluit Sodalium amor, Amicorum fides, Lectorum veneratio.

And when they are surfeited with spiceries and fish, they will fall upon you, tooth and nail, Master Goldsmith.

In a brazier-warmed antechamber, Collan cooled his heels in company with a goldsmith from Neele, four cloth merchants from Firrense, a netweaver from Sein-shir, a furrier from Tillin Lake, two inkmakers from Wyte Lynn Castle, and a mother-and-sons delegation from the Roke Castle Instrument Makers Guild.

In the Trecento, there was no clear concept of architecture as a profession, and in Florence, the men who designed buildings often came from the ranks of artisans: sculptors, painters, goldsmiths, and woodworkers.

And whereas there is now hardly a town of France or Italy in which you shall not see some noble countryman of our own, with that happy swagger and insolence of demeanour which we carry everywhere, swindling inn-landlords, passing fictitious cheques upon credulous bankers, robbing coach-makers of their carriages, goldsmiths of their trinkets, easy travellers of their money at cards, even public libraries of their books--thirty years ago you needed but to be a Milor Anglais, travelling in a private carriage, and credit was at your hand wherever you chose to seek it, and gentlemen, instead of cheating, were cheated.

Scarcely had we passed the cheese-market and were hurrying on to shops of the goldsmiths and jewellers, when I saw an old man, a beggar, in a dirty yellow turban and pieced particoloured cloth-stuff, and linen in rags his other gear.

Introduced by irritating stand-up comedian Jimmy Carr, this four-hour show, shown over two consecutive nights and voted for by the public, included often lengthy and well-chosen clips and trailers from movies, TV shows, commercials, public service announcements and music videos, with commentary by Patrick Allen, Jane Asher, Rick Baker, Doug Bradley, Bruce Campbell, John Carpenter, Chris Carter, Alice Cooper, Wes Craven, Sean Cunningham, Shelley Duvall, Robert Englund, Fenella Fielding, William Friedkin, Mark Gatiss, Jerry Goldsmith, Muriel Grey, Gunnar Hansen, Dennis Hopper, Sara Karloff, Mark Kermode, John Landis, Christopher Lee, Janet Leigh, Kevin McCarthy, Kyle McLachlan, Michael Madsen, Nigel Kneale, Kim Newman, Dave Prowse, Ed Sanchez, David Skal, Stephen Spielberg, Stephen Volk, Sigourney Weaver and Joss Whedon, among many others.

Jimmy Carr, this four-hour show, shown over two consecutive nights and voted for by the public, included often lengthy and well-chosen clips and trailers from movies, TV shows, commercials, public service announcements and music videos, with commentary by Patrick Allen, Jane Asher, Rick Baker, Doug Bradley, Bruce Campbell, John Carpenter, Chris Carter, Alice Cooper, Wes Craven, Sean Cunningham, Shelley Duvall, Robert Englund, Fenella Fielding, William Friedkin, Mark Gatiss, Jerry Goldsmith, Muriel Grey, Gunnar Hansen, Dennis Hopper, Sara Karloff, Mark Kermode, John Landis, Christopher Lee, Janet Leigh, Kevin McCarthy, Kyle McLachlan, Michael Madsen, Nigel Kneale, Kim Newman, Dave Prowse, Ed Sanchez, David Skal, Stephen Spielberg, Stephen Volk, Sigourney Weaver and Joss Whedon, among many others.

In conclusion, it may be said that the present volume contains many precious relics of the Bewick, Newbury, Goldsmith, Newcastle York, Banbury, Coventry, and Catnach presses, and a representative collection of the stock of workable woodcuts of a provincial printer in the latter part of the 18th century, and to those who would like to inspect the rentable copies of those valuable and interesting little books, and some of the original Horn Books, etc.

At the stairhead a little group was waiting: the Goldsmiths, Bertrand, Christine, Welch, Beesley, and the other lecturers in the History Department.

In conclusion, it may be said that the present volume contains many precious relics of the Bewick, Newbury, Goldsmith, Newcastle York, Banbury, Coventry, and Catnach presses, and a representative collection of the stock of workable woodcuts of a provincial printer in the latter part of the 18th century, and to those who would like to inspect the rentable copies of those valuable and interesting little books, and some of the original Horn Books, etc.

Jewels Androclus and the Lion Horatius at the Bridge Julius Caesar The Sword of Damocles Damon and Pythias A Laconic Answer The Ungrateful Guest Alexander and Bucephalus Diogenes the Wise Man The Brave Three Hundred Socrates and his House The King and his Hawk Doctor Goldsmith The Kingdoms The Barmecide Feast The Endless Tale The Blind Men and the Elephant Maximilian and the Goose Boy The Inchcape Rock Whittington and his Cat Casabianca Antonio Canova Picciola Mignon CONCERNING THESE STORIES.

John Eyrick or Heyricke--he spelled his name recklessly-- had five sons, the second of which sought a career in London, where he became a goldsmith, and in December, 1582, married Julian Stone, spinster, of Bedfordshire, a sister to Anne, Lady Soame, the wife of Sir Stephen Soame.

Corsicans who formed the papal bodyguard, German typographers, French perfumers and glovemakers, Teutonic bakers, Spanish booksellers, Lombard carpenters from the Campo Marzio, Dalmatian boatbuilders, Greek copyists, Portuguese trunkmakers from the Via dei Baullari, goldsmiths from beside San Giorgio.