Citations:masters


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * For there is a knowledge that is not attended with doing: He that knoweth his masters will, and doeth it not. A man may know like an angel, and yet be no Christian, therefore your sign of it is not true.


 * 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
 * "That is very strange. But I suppose you had no opportunity. Your mother should have taken you to town every spring for the benefit of masters."
 * "Compared with some families, I believe we were; but such of us as wished to learn never wanted the means. We were always encouraged to read, and had all the masters that were necessary. Those who chose to be idle, certainly might."