By a natural turn of judgment, so necessary to success in his business as a "general merchant and exporter" coupled with ceaseless practice, he had acquired a skill in sizing up which seemed as effortless and intuitive as the driving of a fine golfer or the wrist-work of a professional billiard player.
"Command"
William McFee
"The Nathanheimers own all Europe and a very considerable share of America," burst he out "You hear of a great wine-house at Xeres, or a great corn-merchant at Odessa, or a great tallow-exporter at Riga.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
There was a merchant or so, a coffee exporter or so, a ranchero or so, and hacendados from the interior.
"The Missourian"
Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle