In his banishment he tried to gain the favour of his fellow exiles, who naturally regarded him with suspicion.
If he showed favour to the Tories, it was by no means certain that he would gain their goodwill; and it was but too probable that he might lose his hold on the hearts of the Whigs.
As however a postponement of a few days appeared to be inevitable, those who had intended to gain the victory by stealing a march now disclaimed that intention.
Every proselyte too must be reckoned twice over, as a loss to the party which was even now too weak, and as a gain to the party which was even now too strong.
Give them their way; and be assured that they will either perish or gain a complete victory.
Is it not the deeper insight you constantly gain into music which explains the social economy you adopt, and not the economy the music?
In the city I seem not to breathe quite freely yet, but daily I gain ground and air.
He was dragged a foot or two before his secondary defence hurled itself against the runner, but the gain was less than a yard and Turner thumped him ecstatically as he pulled himself out of the pile.
Claflin failed to gain on two downs and punted short to midfield, where Carmine caught and eluded half the enemy before he was forced over the side line for a gain of eight yards.
Thacher faced Brimfield with a light team, and, unable to gain consistently through the line, reverted to kicking.
St. Clair tried right tackle for no gainand Kendall made four outside the same opponent.
A fake-kick failed to gain and her full-back was brought up standing when he tried Jack Innes's position.
Carmine took the ball for four through centre, St. Clair failed to gainand Harris punted to the Blue's five-yard line.
Marvin got away for a thrilling run along the side line soon after Morgan's kicked off, and placed the pigskin on the enemy's thirty-four yards after a gain of over forty.
Brimfield worked down to the Cherry-Red twenty-two yards, lost a couple of yards by a fumble, tried the left end for no gain and essayed a goal from the field.
The attempt just failed to gain the distance and the ball went to Claflin on downs.
But the gainwas less than two yards and only one down remained.
On the other hand, the second failed to gain consistently inside the 'varsity's danger zone and both of Martin's drop-kicks went wide.
Another try at the same end netted two yards more, and then Harris faked a punt and shot the ball to Edwards, who was downed for no gain although he made the catch.
A yard gain on the short side put the runner over the line and the ball was brought in.
It is advisable for hives to be so placed that the sun will strike them early in the morning, so that the bees become active early in the day, and thus gain an advantage by getting the first supply of nectar.
What, then, could induce any men in their senses to stem the tide of such opposition if they were manufacturing falsehoods to gain popularity and power.
So numerous are his quotations that from them alone, the student might gain all the principal facts of the Christian religion.
They bury the hairs which come off in combing it, and break them first, because they believe that angels have charge of every hair, and that they gain them their dismissal by breaking it.
A year or so ago he had thought much of his own cleverness and his painfully acquired learning, and he had imagined that these were the qualities which were to gain Sylvia.
Well is it for us if with the experience we also gain the truth!
Nay, there is hardly any greater advantage for a man to gain than to find out, if he can, the merits of his opponents: it gives him a decided ascendency over them.
I repeat that there are at all times Exchange members who will commit any crime, barring perhaps murder, to gain millions.
It is well known to you that there are at all times Exchange members who will commit any crime, barring perhaps murder, to gain millions.
Your members have from time to time shown nerve or desperation enough to embezzle, raise certificates, give bogus checks, counterfeit stocks and bonds, and this for gainof less than millions, and when detection was probable.
Britannia reperta atque inde in Galliam translata esse existimatur; and he adds, that those who wished to gain a more perfect knowledge of the Druidical system still went from Gaul to Britain to learn.
It was the good fortune of Augustus to gain the supremacy at Rome, when society had reached its maximum of refinement, and was just ready to enter upon its stage of corruption and decline.
Nowhere could you gain so much knowledge, and lose so little time.
Gain influence, or ascendency, by means of the admiration which they inspire, cf.
A man, whom they should greatly esteem, would find them tractable and ductile enough, and might very nearly make them do any thing he had a mind they should; but it is not easy to gain their esteem to such a point.
In short, they succeeded but too well in keeping up the spirit of rebellion amongst those infatuated devotees of theirs, who remained sullen and refractory to all the advances the English made to gain them.
Thousands who could not gain admittance remained outside and had to be content with a rehearsal of the proceedings from those who were fortunate enough to have seats.
If you would rule either a woman or a nation, you had better gain consent.
These arguments gain more value from the fact that the evidence on the other side is purely negative.
The love of gain had warped the noble aims even of the first Crusade: what wonder that it became a fiery thirst in the invaders of lands so rich and tempting as those of the fertile and sunny Provence.
To gainhonour he uses flattery, he prays, he promises, he tries every underground way if he cannot get what he wants by direct measures; or he takes it by force if he can depend on the support of friends or of relations.
He had found a way to gain the heart of such a scoffer and doubter as Mr. Griffin, whom everybody deemed beyond hope.
There was an element, however, as is always the case in every community, that looked upon these happenings with more or less angry mutterings and frowns, for with the change had passed their source of gain and livelihood.
South American experience, and the knowledge of customs of that part of the world which they would gain on such an expedition as proposed, would be invaluable to both.
My advice is to leave here at once, if we would gain the outer valley.
Then the mother turned to gain the bank once more, and suddenly she missed her son who had been waiting for her.
The great figure of the teacher would even gain were all the tinsel of the miraculous swept from him, so that he stood forth to the world as he lived--would gain not only to our eyes, but even to theirs who believe in him.
This woman made me understand that the highest religion of a woman is the true love of her husband, of her children; and what is it to her if she gain the whole world, but lose that which she would have?
Then she tried by plotting and bribery to gain her brother's release, but it was all in vain.
It entered into his very soul, and his continual thought was how he was to be a better man, how he was to use this life of his so that he should gain and not lose, and where he was to find happiness.
And if there is any merit in such little charity, as the Burmese say there is, why should I not gain it, too?
But she was brave, despite her trouble, and she determined to go on and gain some village.
Some Burmans have even supposed that a woman must be reincarnated as a man to gain a step in holiness.
We are not told what arguments the governor used togain his point, but only this, that when he failed, he sent the girl in unto his wife, and there she was persuaded to go.
She would give the full price or double the price of the fowls; she had no desire to gain merit at another person's expense, and the unwilling cook would be obliged to give up the fowls.
Perhaps, if he could gain one of these, when morning came he might devise some means of escape.
So far, my exertions to gain freedom haven't amounted to anything.
But I say you'll never gain anything by acting this way.
Mosey, in the excitement, tried his best to gain the ground, but Farmer Farrell had taken the precaution to tie the Irishman's feet fast to the iron foot rest, and he was unable to stir.
My private opinion is that the company is in some sort of a financial difficulty, and only want to gain time.
Davidson played their companies into action "and the example set by them roused the troops to further efforts to force the enemy from a difficult position and enabled them to gain a great victory.
Does that watch gain or lose, and how much per hour?
In order that the hands shall all point to twelve o'clock at the same time, it is necessary that B shall gain at least twelve hours and that C shall lose twelve hours.
Some schemes give more diagonal readings of four letters than others, and we are at first tempted to favour these; but this is a false scent, because what you appear to gain in this direction you lose in others.
But it will be found that if Bluebottle was first I should only win £5, and if Capsule won I should gain nothing and lose nothing.
It is true that we have succeeded in everything; my measures were so well taken that, without exciting the slightest suspicion, we managed to gain the very thing we aimed at; but we must wait for the end.
On the contrary, he increased his politeness towards Melchior, and seemed trying, by overtures adroitly made each time an opportunity offered, to gain his confidence.
Once there, they would begin a hand to hand fight, in which their numerical superiority would infallibly gain them the advantage.
All the better; there will be something to gainin that case.
Puritanism was a distinct gain for woman, for through that movement the process of raising women in the social scale received great impetus.
In their extremity they hit upon the expedient of pitting barbarian against barbarian, hoping thus to gainpeace from the northern terror, and at the same time to rid themselves of the menace of the pirates.
The honoring of such characters discounted greatly thegain for the higher ideals of womanhood which had been secured by the Puritans.
This was a distinct gain in the end, however crude the conception at first.
This was to enable him the better to gain his ends at Tegea.
Thus was Rhodopis set free, and she remained in Egypt and by her beauty won so much liking that she made great gain of money for one like Rhodopis, 115 though not enough to suffice for the cost of such a pyramid as this.
If however they were not likely to make any gain by it, the truth-teller would lie and the liar would speak the truth, with indifference.
Then after this he gave thought to inquire which people of the Hellenes he should esteem the most powerful and gain over to himself as friends.
In that nether pit they know (he says) of the Holy Trinity: but that knowledge is rather harm than gain to them, because they did not choose to know it when alive on earth.
If she would not give her corn to Christ's poor, let her throw it into the Danube to feed the fish, for any gain from it she would not have.
And when he asked a bystander what he would gainwho did each of these things, the man propounded to him the solitary life, and pointed out to him the highest philosophy.
I do think Mr. Vane's patience is wonderful, but I have a strong feeling that he is really beginning to gain ground.
At this rate we might go on for months and gain little ground.
