By giving his private bond for their safety, Franklin succeeded in engagingone hundred and fifty four-horse waggons, and two hundred and fifty-nine pack-horses.
Their engaging three hundred silk throwsters here in one week for New York was treated as a fable, because, forsooth, they have 'no silk there to throw!
There it was that the Father knew him, and grew into his familiarity, by his engaging ways of mildness and courtesy, which always succeeded with him.
There was also a sharp exchange of musketry fire, the St. John river Indians, from the bushes along the shore, engaging in a vicious fight with Church's Indians on the opposite side of the stream.
Hazen, to the assault of Ticonderoga, in the capacity of a subaltern officer in the Provincial troops, and shortly after the close of the campaign proceeded to Nova Scotia in order to find a promising situation for engaging in trade.
Over 6,000 pages of suffrage literature were distributed in the State, a considerable amount of it to young people engaging in debates or writing essays.
Campaigns in other States which had been months in progress and gave greater promise of success were engaging nearly all of the organizers and speakers from outside the State.
He would feel some apprehension at being called to a tremendous account for engaging in so deep a play, without any sort of knowledge of the game.
State in engaging in the retail liquor business does not surrender its immunity to suit for transaction of a nongovernmental nature.
From my earliest youth I possessed the singular talent of ingratiating myself with the heads of different parties, and yet not engaging with any of them so far as to disturb my own quiet.
I imagined, too, that his Parliament would restrain him from engaging in such a war, or compel him to engage in our defence if France should attack us.
They examined Burlemachi, a foreign speculator, as to a commission which he was alleged to have, for engaging and bringing into this kingdom troops of German horse.
Much censure was also expressed on hisengaging in hunting at all; and as there were just then four bishops-elect who awaited consecration, they refused to receive it at his hands.
The kittens were indulging in engaging gambols before falling into the sleep of repletion which always followed their meals; but the Twins saw them with unsmiling eyes, for the graver matter wholly filled their minds.
They were polite, but quite unconstrained; and the obsequious people by whom she had always been surrounded had never displayed thatengaging quality, save when, like the baroness, they were safely asleep in her presence.
With consummate tact, he succeeded in engaging the company with subjects that interested them, and thus restored their good-humor.
She could not understand a word of German, and that had been the principal reason for engaging her.
She had something to do, and this prevented the thoughts of the festival from engaging her mind during the day.
It should be mentioned that, in addition to helping these three vessels, the Inflexible had at the same time been engaging the Mex Forts, and doing great execution with her 80-ton guns.
When, in addition, it is stated that the Canadians received very high salaries, the wisdom of engaging these men for the Nile expedition appears open to much doubt.
The steamers are down at Omdurman engaging the Arabs.
The Mounted Infantry and Bengal Cavalry were all this time engaging the enemy on the right flank, but were unable to draw them from their positions.
During the advance, the garrison in the zeriba had been engaging the enemy at long range.
His instructions were "to avoid engaging the enemy until their formation was broken, and until they were in full retreat.
Almost every activity in life was presided over by some deity, whom it was necessary to propitiate beforeengaging in it.
He taught by conversation, engaging men in argument as he met them in the street, and showing to them their ignorance (R.
All recent thinking is opposed to children engagingin productive labor.
Up to the age of seven both boys and girls grew up together in the home, under the care of the nurse and mother, engaging in much the same games and sports as do children anywhere.
And the Quakers, that no excuse might be left to any for engaging in such pursuits again, came to a resolution in one of their yearly meetings, giving advice upon the subject in the following words.
This, which is part of the goodness of God, he maketh them believe is evil, by engaging them in a way and interest, which he knoweth that God is engaged against, and enticing them under the strokes of his justice.
He "could delay it no longer, because the reasons of his engaging in it at first seem to return upon him[17].
The other popish expedient for augmenting church-revenues, is "engaging the clergy to renew no leases.
He travelled much, in the Eastern provinces and Italy, engaging in missionary work.
Seeing another opera looming in the distance, I at once set to work by re-engaging Mdme.
George is almost a new acquaintance to me, and I find him in a different way as engaging as Edward.
I was struck with her loveliness, as well as captivated with her engaging manner, and though I had for thirty years defied the artifices of blind Cupid, I now felt myself all at once over head and ears in love with this village beauty.
In their frank and engaging depths of blue, as open as the sky, Victor McCalloway read the answer to his question, and something like a sigh of relief shook him; something spasmodic that clutched at his throat and his well-seasoned reserve.
Backward and forward, warily circling with a delicate and musical clatter of engaging steel between them, went the lad in broadcloth and the boy in homespun.
I must send you the pictures, whether engagingor forbidding, of those with whom your Olivia is destined to pass her time.
They found the world greatly changed around them; vast problems engaging the attention of thinkers, science and philosophy everywhere shedding new light upon the path of mankind.
Foreign vessels, while engaging in the New Zealand coasting-trade, have to pay their crews the rate of wages current on the coast.
There need be no surprise, therefore, that the labour problem, when engaging so much of the attention of the civilized world, demanded notice even in New Zealand.
For over twenty years they have lived in security, feeding upon the fat of the land, engaging in trades that are unlawful and amassing wealth which rightfully belongs to the faithful of the Holy Catholic Church.
