It was not long before Ferdinand had reason to congratulate himself on the footing he had gainedin this society.
It was here that our hero secured himself effectually in the footing he had gained in their good graces.
After waiting for a moment to listen, and hearing a window open, they concluded he had gained admittance, and turned to depart.
Seeing the advantage he had gained, and well aware that he should lose it by the slightest indiscretion, Rochester acted with the greatest caution.
She had been so used to struggle for and to find resolve in looking along the avenue towards the arch of western light that the vision itself had gained a communicating power.
He appointed their officers, won the soldiers with bribes and flatteries, and thus believed he had gained a sure support.
The latter was the author of the celebrated Agrarian Law which occasioned the Gallic War, and in his first consulship he had gained a great victory over the Insubrian Gauls (see p.
He had gained such an ascendency over the Spaniards by his humanity and courage, his courtesy and energy, that they were ready to lay down their lives for him, and wished to make him their king.
The parson skilfully and remorselessly pursued the advantage he had gained.
Beatrice's abrupt exclamations, after a moment's pause, revealed to Randal the advantage he had gained.
Randal saw he had gained an advantage; he pursued it with a tact and ability which showed that, in spite of his mere oratorical deficiencies, he had in him the elements of a dexterous debater.
Stolo was much distinguished by the victory he had gained; but, not long after, was found himself to possess more than he had allowed to others, and suffered the penalties of his own law.
But Lysander, content with the victory he had gained, would not stir.
If Rosamund were to be cut off from him even to-night he had gained enormously by the possession of her.
He did not need to defy them, because he had gained in strength.
But he was not the man he had been when he said good-by to Rosamund; he had gainedin force of character, and he knew it.
Meanwhile, Harold seeing the utter hopelessness of all sudden assault, had seized a general's advantage of the ground he had gained.
The old man saw the advantage he had gained, and prudently forbore to press it.
Ramsay's marriage made him also less warm in the good cause; he had gained a pretty wife and a good fortune, and to be very loyal a person should be very poor.
Very odd," continued Smallbones, perceiving the advantage he had gained.
I had gained something, in truth, but had I not also missed something?
I began to walk, slowly at first, then more and more rapidly until I had gained a breathless pace; in ten minutes I was in West Street, standing in front of the Templar's Hall where the meeting of the Citizens Union west in progress.
I have still strangely to record moments when, in spite of the aspirations I had achieved, of the redeeming vision I had gained, at the thought of returning to her I revolted.
What the viceroy proposed to effect by this movement is not clear, unless it were to gain time; and yet the more time he had gained, thus far, the worse it had proved for him.
He was speedily joined by Lerma, and such of the soldiers as he had gained over, and, unable to distinguish friend from foe, the enemy's confusion was complete.
Not of him--but of myself, lest I should unwittingly lose all I had gained.
At length the English squadron stood off to sea, and maintained a running fight till five in the afternoon, when Chateau Renault tacked about and returned into the bay, content with the honour he had gained.
Charles, on the other hand, was totally neglected by the courts of Vienna and Great Britain, which took no steps to supply his wants, or enable him to prosecute the advantages he had gained.
Forrest, a brave and intrepid cavalry general, was in the West with a large force; making a larger command necessary to hold what we had gained in Middle and West Tennessee.
The enemy made brave and strenuous efforts to drive our troops from the position we had gained, but without success.
Later in the day a more determined attack was made, but this, too, failed, and Sherman was left to fortify what he had gained.
Anthony strove to disengage himself; but the other, aware that life or death depended on the issue of that struggle, hung on him with a convulsive tightness that rendered the advantage he had gained of no avail.
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