Securing

Examples

• Simpson in his flight had dropped his cravat, and Straker had picked it up--with some idea, perhaps, that he might use it in securing the horse's leg. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It resulted in securing more advanced positions for all our troops where they were fully covered from the fire of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Well, well, the point is a minor one, and when you have Randall you will probably find no difficulty in securing his accomplice. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Only as ultimately securing tranquillity of mind, which the philosopher instinctively pursues, has it for him any necessity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The principal business consisted in securing mules, and getting them broken to harness. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Brush and Edward Weston laid the deep foundation of modern arc lighting in America, securing as well substantial recognition abroad. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It seemed apparent, therefore, that in order to obtain the desired speed there would have to be sacrificed that fineness of emulsion necessary for the securing of sharp pictures. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The management beg leave to state that they have succeeded in securing the services of a GALAXY OF TALENT! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The practical method of securing the proper and ready adaptation of balances to springs is to place in the rims of the balance a number of small screws having relatively heavy heads. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This was for the express purpose of securing Petersburg before the enemy, becoming aware of our intention, could reinforce the place. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Isolation of subject matter from a social context is the chief obstruction in current practice to securing a general training of mind. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• A great deal of this narrative is given in Mr. Edison's own language, from oral or written statements made in reply to questions addressed to him with the object of securing accuracy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I felt how right you were the whole time, but was too anxious for securing _any_ _thing_ to like to yield. Jane Austen. Emma.
• In the following treatise we give the results of the most patient research in securing all the latest and most valuable information in regard to this important subject. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The allurement of a vacation camp in the heart of the woods is so great as to make many campers ignore the vital importance of securing a safe water supply. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Shortly after securing his first swarm of bees he commenced the manufacture of beehives in the same room where he had his jewelry business, using a large windmill for power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• No time was to be lost in securing this foothold. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Each subscriber for a machine paid in $100 for the privilege of securing an instrument. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A decent elderly woman opened the gate to me, and at once annihilated all the hopes I had built on securing the assistance of Sergeant Cuff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The methods of securing representation are unfit instruments for any flexible use. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Amid brilliant tropical plants brilliant plumage may afford means of concealment, as well as being a factor in the securing of mates. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• What is inherently repulsive is endured for the sake of averting something still more repulsive or of securing a gain hitched on by others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The delightful family party which Emma was securing for herself, poor Harriet must, in mere charitable caution, be kept at a distance from. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But it lacked any agency for securing the development of its ideal as was evidenced in its falling back upon Nature. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Securing one, he returned to the window, and holding the moth to the chink, opened his hand. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The United States, with its 76,000,000 of people, found it necessary to use in its mail service hundreds of thousands of mail pouches, having locks for securing packages of valuable matter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He was a penniless man, some accounts say he was a bankrupt, and his only way of securing a ship was to get someone to entrust him with a command. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The agents got my letter all right, sir, he said gayly, and had no difficulty in securing the yacht I wanted, which was still in the market. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• To this he added, We get but a song for it in comparison with the worth of the thing, but it is securing something. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Prior to the battles, I had made preparations for sending troops to the relief of Burnside at the very earliest moment after securing Chattanooga. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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