Procuring

Examples

• It increases as fast as the means of the consumers increase for procuring it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• If it is employed in procuring present enjoyment, it is a stock reserved for immediate consumption. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The priest proclaimed his dream, and forthwith Venice set about procuring the corpse of St. Mark. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He could not be satisfied without a promisewould not she give him her influence in procuring it? Jane Austen. Emma.
• And Lucy perhaps at first might think only of procuring his good offices in my favour. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Edward answers by fresh assurances of secrecy, and again urges on him the necessity of procuring some venison. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I commiserated their case, and resolved to endeavour procuring them some relief. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• If it is employed in procuring future profit, it must procure this profit either by staying with him, or by going from him. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Gilbert Tennent, came to me with a request that I would assist him in procuring a subscription for erecting a new meeting-house. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The general, too, was highly satisfied with my conduct in procuring him the wagons, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• All other means were exhausted in procuring the outfit on the Missouri River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Pure baking powders are very simple in composition, care being used in preparing them and procuring pure ingredients. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• When have you been prevented by want of money from going wherever you chose, or procuring anything you had a fancy for? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The camps are usually great distances from the nearest town and procuring supplies is not only difficult but very expensive as well. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We are pleased when we acquire an ability of procuring pleasure, and are displeased when another acquires a power of giving pain. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The very essence of riches consists in the power of procuring the pleasures and conveniences of life. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.

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