In Alleging that it is so, Mr. George evidently alludes to the doctrine of wages taught by Ricardo and his school; but what they recognised in wages was a tendency, not to a minimum that would give but a bare living, but to a minimum that would give a customary living; in other words, that would sustain the labourers in the standard of comfort customary among their own class.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
She declined, Alleging the fatigue of her night journey as an excuse, and then she left the bower, and mingled with the rest of the company.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
He vouchsafed me the information in as laconic a manner as possible; he would enter into no particulars, and refused point-blank when I expressed a wish to put some questions to Countess Morynska, Alleging as a pretext that his cousin was unwell.
"Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel"
E. Werner