And he means to give him the directorship of the Viecovar line, if it ever be made.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
"My introduction to Punch," Mr. Bedford informs me, "arose from the quite accidental circumstance that Mr. Burnand and myself were introduced at the same time, by Mr. F. Gordon, on the directorship of the 'Grand Hotel' at Charing Cross; and very shortly afterwards ...
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
He had as good as promised Sir John that if the wedding came off he would hand over to him sufficient scrip in the great company of which he was head to qualify him-Sir John-for a directorship.
"The Squire's Daughter"
Silas K(itto) Hocking