It seldom happens that the person who tills the ground has wherewithal to maintain himself till he reaps the harvest.
It sometimes happens, indeed, that a single independent workman has stock sufficient both to purchase the materials of his work, and to maintain himself till it be completed.
Exertions of Eumenes to maintain himself in Lower Asia, ineffectual, the naval victory won by Antigonus over the royal fleet, commanded by Clitus, depriving him of the empire of the sea.
He was long unable to maintain himself by his pencil, till his genius finally burst through the clouds of prejudice, and established his character as a great and sublime artist.
He was a poor count, elected partly through intrigue, and his reign was a series of intrigues to maintain himself in power.
Hualcopo retired to Riobamba, but there it was impossible to maintain himself, and he was forced to retreat to the fortress of Mocha in the nudo which divides Riobamba from the valley of Latacunga.
In the throes of the first war for independence Carrera was hardly able to maintain himself, and a civil revolution had as much to do with his overthrow as his military misfortunes.
Though insurrection after insurrection has broken out against him, the dauntless courage with which he leads his men has enabled him to maintain himself.
Henry, pardoned for the second time, was unable to maintain himselfas Duke of Lorraine, to which position Otto had appointed him.
The south and midland districts were entirely subdued, and the interest of the war again shifted to the mountains of Snowdon, where David strove to maintain himself as Prince of Wales.
In direct defiance of the terms of 1267, Humphrey strove to maintain himself in the march of Brecon, which had been definitely ceded to Llewelyn.
As one reads of Henry's difficulties and misfortunes it seems miraculous that he was able to maintain himself as king at all.
His general plan was to maintain himself on the flank of Napoleon's army, and from time to time to attack them by his vanguard, but by no means to enter into a general action.
As he had reached the throne without arms, so he wished to maintain himself there by peaceful means.
That Owen Glendower could once more maintain himself as Prince in Wales was entirely due to his French auxiliaries.
He felt keenly the universal antipathy which he had awakened, and spoke of the efforts and devices he would have need of, to maintain himself.
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