The House of Saint Cyr profited thereby; but the King only regretted a new religious convent, for, as a rule, he liked them not.
I believe her to be thoroughly selfish; suppose that she neglects and despises you, after having profited by your company to while away the tedium of her journey?
This minister also largely profited by the species of fame to be derived from men of letters.
They would say, and with truth, that you knew of the whole conspiracy and had profited by it.
Whether the military service, or whether the general economy of our finances, have profited by that act, I leave to those who are acquainted with the army, and with the treasury, to judge.
Noticing that the girl's back was turned toward her, Magdalen instantly profited by that circumstance and slipped unobserved into the house.
The Duke of Brittany profited by the weakness and confusion consequent on the death of King John, and easily made his peace with the court of the new monarch.
The old gentleman profited nothing by his offer of his services; but far from taking offence, he felt all the deeper interest in the young woman, who seemed beset by such profound sorrow.
Besides profiting by the more canonical books on education, we profited by certain essays and articles of a less orthodox type.
If he realized that he had learned only five per cent of his profession, that there remained ninety-five per cent to accomplish before he would be a good soldier, why, he had profited immensely.
Each party profited by the offices when in power, and when in opposition each party insincerely denounced its opponents for doing exactly what it itself had done and intended again to do.
More than one of my own sons have already profited by their friendship with certain of their masters in school or college.
One man from whose advice I especially profited was not an American, but an Irishman, Sir Horace Plunkett.
I certainly profited by my friendship with one of my tutors, Mr. Cutler; and in Harvard I owed much to the professor of English, Mr. A.
I profited much by the advice of a hard-headed old countryman--who was unconsciously paraphrasing the Duke of Wellington, who was himself doubtless paraphrasing somebody else.
Usually the keenest appreciation of what is seen in nature is to be found in those who have also profited by the hoarded and recorded wisdom of their fellow-men.
While he thus acted importantly at Edinburgh, he formed connections with considerable persons, who were proud of his future correspondence, and profited from his political interests[56].
The reader will easily believe, therefore, that Captain Cook could not haveprofited by any of these three expeditions.
Mr Forster, who was one of the party, profited by this excursion, in collecting some new plants.
Mr Forster and his party also profited by the day in botanizing.
The rain had lifted a little and the sun shone out on the bloom of the lovely parterre where the Marches profited by a smiling moment to wander among the statues and the roses heavy with the shower.
Isabel had profited by every word that she had heard in the ladies' parlor, and she would not venture upon unsafe ground; but her tender eyes looked her unutterable longing to believe in the charming possibilities that the clerks suggested.
If he could have taken the living Lindau home with him, and cared for him all his days, what would it have profited the gentle creature whose life his worldly ambition vexed and thwarted here?
They perceived that beauty was not only its own excuse for being, but that it flattered and favored and profited the world by consenting to be.
One of the waiters had profited by Lindau's posture to lean over him and put down in the middle of the table a structure in white sugar.
On the way back to their hotel, March made some reflections upon the open neglect, throughout Germany, of the greatest German lyrist, by which the poet might have profited if he had been present.
He has found a cheap way of going to Pisa with a privy councillor, and he has profited by it.
The mother profited by the occasion, and left them alone.
The cosmopolite Dane profitedby an opportunity to place himself beside the lady.
Any other woman would have screamed, and profitedby the occasion to swoon gracefully.
The Jews profited by his necessity to buy from the prince a plot of ground and the right to erect thereon a brick synagogue.
In the desert around him any mark of sympathy would naturally move him, touch him, and console him, and Muse profited by these circumstances.
The old man, who appeared to be very sad, commenced by saying that he had profited by a sojourn in Warsaw to once more see Jacob, for whom he had the greatest esteem and whom he considered the hope of Israel.
Akiba heard of this advice, given indirectly, and profited by it.
He had put them to school, and paid for their schooling, and if they had not profited by their opportunities, it was no fault of his.
D'Artagnan profited by the circumstance to speak to M.
Pardon me, monsieur," said d'Artagnan, who had profited by the moment he had been left alone to put back M.
Athos immediately profited by the permission, and the door was closed behind him.
Athos profited by this moment of strength which the hope of vengeance restored to his unfortunate friend to make a sign to Porthos and Aramis to go and fetch the superior.
China and Persia have felt these influences not less than India and Tongking; Japan, which has most effectually preserved its political autonomy, has profited by them most.
This advice was very good, but it is to be feared that the farmerprofited but little by it.
Smuggling, as well as rebellion, profited greatly by the roadless character of England in those days.
The family, however, profited by his change of side.
The French profited by these events to repress the exactions of the pontifical court.
Charles of Anjou profited of this interregnum to acquire a great authority in Italy; he aspired even to govern it altogether.
He wiselyprofited by this to secure constituents for himself.
The count profited by the moment of silence he had obtained to take the word.
Cuchares profited by the moment of disorder to disappear, which was an easy matter, as no one was thinking of him.
At first each man was too anxious about his own safety to have time to notice him, and the chief profited by it to turn aside and step behind a rock.
The captain profited by this second respite, put the muzzle of the pistol to his temple, and pulled the trigger.
The present occupier had skilfully profited by this architectural arrangement to have a room made in the wall between the first and second floors, which was reached by a turning staircase, concealed in the masonry.
The lepero profitedby the occasion to pick up with his free hand a pile of twenty ounces that was in his reach.
There has scarcely been an engagement of importance, in which the French have not profited by this in a very extraordinary degree.
After having so long authorized, and profited by, the crimes of those they have now sacrificed, the Convention are willing to have it supposed they were themselves held in subjection by Hebert and the other representatives of the Parisian mob.
I profited by this by going with my wife, always curious and eager to see picturesque places, to wander in an abandoned park.
I profited by my stay in Rome to revisit my dear Villa Medici.
Hast thou had so many learned Lectures read before thee, and is the light of thy understanding now clean put out, and have so many profound scholars profited by thee?
His versification profited by this personal or literary familiarity.
No doubt he hadprofited greatly by Philipov's instruction, as well as by the other musical impressions he had received in Petersburg.
The fact that I profited by your wealth to travel abroad for my health's sake does not weigh upon me seriously.
Intellectually and artistically, Tchaikovsky profitedlittle by this journey.
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