Procured

Examples

• The Earl had procured a pair of horses somehow, in spite of Mrs. Crawley, and was rolling on the road to Ghent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Such was the supposed instability of government, that even these terms procured few purchasers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• We have come up to town on purpose to witness an Italian Opera, and we have procured tickets for this box. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Some weeks before this period I had procured a sledge and dogs, and thus traversed the snows with inconceivable speed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• We procured the services of a gentleman experienced in the nomenclature of the American bar, and moved upon the works of one of these impostors. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Either his going had been again delayed, or he had yet procured no opportunity of seeing Miss Crawford alone, or he was too happy for letter-writing! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She procured plain work; she plaited straw; and by various means contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Faraday, to whom also was given Promethean inspiration, procured some of Walker's matches and brought them to public notice. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Good casts were often thus procured, but the uncertainty of the process, arising from the frequent fusion of the lead matrices, caused it to be discontinued. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Mrs. Bretton's kind management procured me this respite. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I procured the tickets, leaving a note at the Professor's lodgings on the way. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We procured full loads for our entire train at two plantations, which could easily have furnished as much more. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I stole from the room, I procured the key of the great dormitory, which was kept locked by day. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Some person whom Count Fosco brought with him procured the luggage which belonged to Lady Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• This luxury his footman procured, together with a tankard of ale from a pothouse in the immediate vicinity of the theatre. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Felix had procured passports in the name of his father, sister, and himself. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Others were procured later. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Heloise and I, under pretext of study, gave ourselves up wholly to love, and the solitude that love seeks our studies procured for us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Within a month he had procured two hundred subscribers, and the company was a success. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Wood is not only lighter, but easily procured and worked, and cheaper, in many small and private ship-yards where an iron frame and parts would be difficult and expensive to produce. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Medical aid was procured immediately; and as soon as we can get a couple of covered wagons and some clean straw, they will be removed to Stilbro'. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Hamilton procured me also the printing of the laws and votes of that government, which continued in my hands as long as I followed the business. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I also procured the services of two gentlemen who could furnish me with the necessary certificates of lunacy. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The Moravians procured me five wagons for our tools, stores, baggage, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• At first it scarcely procured me the means of sustaining life; but how savoury was hunger when I fasted in peace! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Lights were then procured; and Messrs. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• This formula was procured from a friend of the author residing at Little Rock, Ark. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Their food, as I afterwards found, was coarse, but it was wholesome; and they procured a sufficiency of it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Had not procured them himself, for instance? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• This ill-timed defiance might have procured for De Bracy a volley of arrows, but for the hasty and imperative interference of the outlaw Chief. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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