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Example sentences for "addressed himself"

  • Whereupon one of Messer Neri's servants, having forthwith lit a fire, and set the tripod on the faggots and oil therein, addressed himself to wait, until some fish should be thrown to him by the girls.

  • So, leaving unfinished the tale which he had begun, and so mishandled, he addressed himself to tell her other stories.

  • After that he addressed himself again to the aldermen.

  • Claes opened the window and thus addressed himself to Ulenspiegel.

  • It was to the Citizen Consul that the Emperor addressed himself, and it was dated according to the Republican calendar.

  • He showed, in confidence, to those to whom he addressed himself, a letter from M.

  • He addressed himself at one moment to the representatives of the people, who were quite overcome by astonishment; at another to the military in the courtyard, who could not hear him.

  • The caliph, who was naturally mild and compassionate to all criminals, after he had declared his mind to Syed Naomaun, addressed himself to the third person the grand vizier had summoned to attend him.

  • The caliph, very well satisfied with the story of Baba Abdoollah and the dervish, addressed himself to the young man who used his mare so ill, and asked him his name; to which he replied, it was Syed Naomaun.

  • Instead of answering the compliment of Alla ad Deen's mother, he addressed himself to the grand vizier, who could not any more than the sultan comprehend from whence such a profusion of richness could come.

  • This information he had no sooner received than he addressed himself to the landlord, pacified him, and sent him upstairs with compliments rather civiller than those which were delivered.

  • So he entered and lighting down therein, made enquiry after the prince, but none gave him news of him; whereat he abode perplexed concerning his affair and addressed himself to depart.

  • Indeed, he addressed himself particularly to her during the few minutes that he remained in conversation with the party to which she belonged.

  • He addressed himself at once to her conversion, and his pious efforts were something more than successful.

  • In the midst of more urgent cares, he addressed himself to fostering the commercial and naval power.

  • To him he addressed himself in all his necessities; by his prayers he begged grace in this life, and glory after {149} death.

  • After they had long suffered all manner of tortures, he addressed himself to him who seemed to be their chief, and asked him his name and his country.

  • He addressed himself to St. John; who perceived by his tears how much he underwent from that conflict and struggle which he felt within himself.

  • Without apparently noticing the low reverence in acknowledgment of the compliment, he addressed himself to the body of listeners.

  • Then he addressed himself to Corti: "To horse, Count, and bring Theophilus Palaeologus.

  • With keen appreciation of the danger of the situation he addressed himself to the task.

  • He addressed himself, with infinite irony, to Montano.

  • He addressed himself, with a deadly sweetness, to the Duke.

  • Shaftesbury, the disciple and follower of Locke, addressed himself by his style to the higher classes.

  • He thought himself performing a great service when he addressed himself to the "destruction of that implicit faith and credulity which is the bane of all reasoning and free inquiry.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    added the; addressed himself; addressed myself; addressed them; believe also; dative case; good bit; grand juries; mining engineer; need have; not make; nothing was; notwithstanding his; particular sort; potassium permanganate; prose translation; pull through; sat down beside her; single light; the night; the senate; water bottles; would read; young lawyer