The tricks I had learnt then stood me in good stead now.
In my new capacity as a member of the Cabinet, my knowledge of the country in which we were about to fight stood me in good stead; consequently, I was kept busily employed after my return to England.
Now I have a fairly sharp eye, and a faculty of noticing, which sometimes stands me in good stead.
Luck, however, stood me in good stead, and my efforts were crowned with success in the following manner.
I was obliged to renounce all thoughts of love, but my Dubois, who was with me nearly all day on account of Le Duc's illness, began to stand me in good stead.
His training as a track sprinter stood him in good stead now.
Well, it stands you in good stead, however you come by it," José called over his shoulder as he moved off toward the pen where his sheep were.
I hope it may stand me in good stead in the future, Don," Sandy said gravely to the boy beside him.
The self-possession which pre-eminently distinguished him in later life already stood him in good stead, and he did not betray his amazement.
But his cautious disposition stood him in good stead, and kept his judgment cool, and the not altogether enviable power of imposing instead of accepting conditions.
Nucingen, it was not because he counted on the old man to introduce him to her house, for he hoped that his own audacity might stand him in good stead.
Sigurd Syr's popularity and influence stood him in good stead, and many chieftains who had hitherto held aloof were induced to join him.
His inexhaustible patience stood him ingood stead in all these practical details.
Tenderfoot made a patriotic speech that took the crowd by storm--he was no tenderfoot in that line, for his college debating society experience served him in good stead.
Their lessons of self-reliance stood them in good stead now, and they started off bravely, striking away from the river in the direction of the wagon trail.
Early morning training stood him in good stead now, for he began to gain on Bolton, and inch by inch to pass him.
Curran was a horseman of long standing, and gave the fast-maturing boy a great many points that served him in good steadlater in life.
But Mr. Fenwick, if he had done nothing else, had made a staunch craft, which stood the travelers in good stead.
The powerful electric engines, which were the invention of Mr. Fenwick, stood them in good stead, and the barograph soon showed that they were steadily mounting.
In his later career he had frequent and pressing need of that particular form of professional judgment and self-reliance for which these early experiences stood him in good stead.
The Earl said-- "That shall stand thee in good stead; for I have seen many men from Iceland, but none his match.
I ween that many men will have good words to say of me, and so I shall stand you in good stead, and do you no harm.
The only dealings we shall have," says Helgi, "will be those which will not stand thee in good stead.
He had capital business talents and an adaptability that stood him in good stead in dealing with Indians.
The North-West Company knew that the Scottish courage and endurance would stand them in good stead, and his Indian blood would give him a great following in the country.
He had much facility in doing business, and had a smooth, diplomatic manner that stood him in good stead in troublous times.
Astor's thorough acquaintance with the North-West Company and its numerous employes stood him in good stead in his project of forming a company.
Jim was by no means an adept social lion, but he had an outward self-possession that stood him in good stead no matter where he was.
His knowledge stood him in good stead now; he swerved into a narrow passageway between two buildings, that was shut off from the street by a wooden gate, which at this moment was left unfastened; this was not by accident, either.
Here his long training in wood and plain craft stood him in good stead.
What he saw made him gasp for a second, but he did not run, his native courage standing him in good stead.
His kinship with fair Itonjé had stood Parzival in good stead, If right might have claimed a hearing, yet was not his strife ill-sped.
Her extreme confidence stood her in good stead, and her bright, taking manner added a further charm to her undoubtedly clever performances.
Her confidence stood her in good stead, for the Marston Grove contralto had been palpably nervous, and had almost broken down at one point.
His sense of direction stood him in good stead now.
But Chester's sense of direction stood him in good stead now.
Hal's afternoon experience and his natural aptitude for mechanics now stood him in good stead.
His face assumed the boyish innocence of expression which had often stood him in good stead.
Thomas Jackson was of a wiry frame: Percival's trained muscles (he had been in the boats at Oxford) stood him in good stead.
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