1 Let him, on meeting a fellow-mortal, learn at a glance to distinguish the history of the man, and the trade or profession to which he belongs.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 2 What is the use of having brains in our profession.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION 3 Lanyon, you remember your vows: what follows is under the seal of our profession.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonContext Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE 4 From the House of Commons to the House of Correction, there is a general profession of morality, except among our people; it really is that exception which makes our people quite reviving.
5 In other respects, his profession and situation had taught him a ready command over his countenance, which he could contract at pleasure into solemnity, although its natural expression was that of good-humoured social indulgence.
6 Jesters and jugglers were not awanting, nor was the occasion of the assembly supposed to render the exercise of their profession indecorous or improper.
7 Yes, the profession is well enough under two circumstances: if it make the fortune, and there be discretion in spending it; but, in short, it is not a favourite profession of mine.
8 The profession, either navy or army, is its own justification.
9 Simplicity, indeed, is beyond the reach of almost every actress by profession.
10 I could better bear to lose her because not rich enough, than because of my profession.
11 'Well, well,' said the Dodger, recurring to the point from which they had strayed: with that mindfulness of his profession which influenced all his proceedings.
12 He had been lucky in his profession; but spending freely, what had come freely, had realized nothing.
13 Captain Wentworth, with five-and-twenty thousand pounds, and as high in his profession as merit and activity could place him, was no longer nobody.
14 His profession was all that could ever make her friends wish that tenderness less, the dread of a future war all that could dim her sunshine.
15 To make up for lost time he studied indefatigably, for he wished to enter his new profession with the least possible delay.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 4: 1 The Rencounter by the Pool