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Not, however, towards the 'shops' where cunning artificers work in pearls and diamonds and gold and silver, making their hands so rich, that the enriched water in which they wash them is bought for the refiners;--not towards these does Mr Wegg stump, but towards the poorer shops of small retail traders in commodities to eat and drink and keep folks warm, and of Italian frame-makers, and of barbers, and of brokers, and of dealers in dogs and singing-birds.

We were saying, as you will remember, that they were to be lovers of their country, tried by the test of pleasures and pains, and neither in hardships, nor in dangers, nor at any other critical moment were to lose their patriotism--he was to be rejected who failed, but he who always came forth pure, like gold tried in the refiner's fire, was to be made a ruler, and to receive honours and rewards in life and after death.

On the one hand, you are a sugar refiner, while, on the other hand, you are an Apollo Belvedere.

A later writer* has called Surrey the "first refiner" of our language.

When this important point shall be achieved, it will be in season to turn our attention to an improvement in the manufacture of the article, But thou knowest, Richard, that I have already subjected our sugar to the process of the refiner, and that the result has produced loaves as white as the snow on yon fields, and possessing the saccharine quality in its utmost purity.”

Additional cargoes from Kuwait, the UAE and possibly further afield, as well as inventories held by refiners in India should prevent any supply squeeze, analysts said.

Upward pressure on crude oil prices from European refiners scrambling to replace lost Libyan barrels will soon ease as they are now starting to cut production on top of planned seasonal maintenance.

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia, is maintaining full contracted volumes to Asian refiners in February 2011, Dow Jones has reported, citing executives with the refiners.

Summary: LONDON: Royal Dutch Shell and Italian refiners are maintaining crude oil trade with Iran at a time when other oil majors and big refiners are halting orders amid UN-imposed sanctions, traders said on Tuesday.

The National Petrochemical and Refiners Association stated that under the scheme of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, American refiners would face a severe disadvantage with foreign competitors.