This youth, thus unceremoniously set aside, Henry had taken care to secure the possession of, and kept him and his younger brother in a sort of honourable confinement at Windsor.
He granted at least nominal privileges to the citizens of London, in the hope of reconciling them to his government, and took strong measures to secure the future tranquillity of the capital.
He was in haste, therefore, to secure himself by the sacrifice of the friend who had thus put him on his guard.
Those positive laws and institutions of later times, which secure our rights and liberties, all have their root in this charter.
This name, then quite new to the languages of Europe, was applied to those fanatical Moslems who devoted themselves to assassinating the enemies of their faith by surprise, in the belief that they should thus secure admission into paradise.
They made a push for York, to secure the queen, but failed.
Four days after this the king went to the house, expressed his approval of the advice of the lords for the secure detention of Richard, and ordered it to be carried into instant and permanent effect.
But he had taken care to secure the appointment of some of his staunch cavaliers in the council, and, in reality, he and his brothers were the ruling powers in the state.
The paramount anxiety in men's minds seemed to be to secure land.
The inhabitants, who are not members of the society, are obliged to secure themselves within doors; should any one be discovered without, or attempting to peep at what is going forward, he would inevitably be put to death.
For light and heat are necessary to vegetable growth; and, on the principle of sympathetic magic, by subjecting the personal representative of vegetation to their influence, you secure a supply of these necessaries for trees and crops.
He supposed that the men whom the Druids burned in wickerwork images represented the spirits of vegetation, and accordingly that the custom of burning them was a magical ceremony intended to secure the necessary sunshine for the crops.
M80 Belief that a man's soul may be deposited for safety in a secure place outside his body, and that so long as it remains there intact he himself is invulnerable and immortal.
M35 Mannhardt thought that the men and animals whom the Druids burned in wickerwork images represented spirits of vegetation, and that the burning of them was a charm to secure a supply of sunshine for the crops.
Shops were shut when he was announced, and ladies rose early to secure places.
His head Herodias buried in her own palace, thinking to secure it against a reunion, lest it should again disturb her unlawful lusts and disquiet Herod's conscience.
You live securein rains and thunders, lightnings and earthquakes.
The opinion soon grew that so long as the guards of the labarum were in the execution of their office, they were secure and invulnerable amidst the darts of the enemy.
In order to secure the spot one of them resorted to the following stratagem: He pressed his way in by force, caused an altar to be instantly set up, and then and there consecrated upon it the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
One day the king heard of this splendid buffalo roaming about, and made up a hunting party tosecure it.
Go then, brave soldiers, secure to yourselves fame throughout the world; disown all fear of death.
Leh Shin wassecure in his summer of prosperity, and when his son was born he felt that there was no good thing left out of the pleasant ways of life.
I am the lonely father who has spent the best years of his life away from you in order to secure your safety.
I shan't feel secure till we are once more in the house.
They felt perfectly secure in talking as loudly as they pleased.
The moment he turned away the smile faded from Jones' face, and with the quickness and noiselessness of a cat he reached the side of the booth in which Gregg believed himself so secure from eavesdropping.
We have tried every device we can think of; and there they are--the girl free, Norton unharmed, and the father as secure in his retreat as though he wore an invisible cloak.
The avowed object was to ultimatelysecure the effectual command of the passes of the Hindu Kush.
He would, he said, do his utmost to secure the peaceful passage of the troops.
At every difficult turn of the track sowars were posted to secure the retreat, if it should be necessary to come back in a hurry.
The members of the party must submit to discipline, if they expected to secure control of office.
From the national standpoint, the most significant aspect of the popular vote was the failure of Breckinridge to secure a majority in the slave States.
There is an aspect of this episode, however, which lifts it above a mere log-rolling device to secure an appropriation.
Now in my opinion is the time to put those great interests on a more substantial and secure basis by a well devised system of Tonnage duties.
He disclaimed any other wish or intention than to secure the principle which the compromise measures of 1850 had established.
Again, Mr. Lincoln had said that he proposed, so far as in him lay, to secure a reversal of the Dred Scott decision.
Yet, while both were in favor at the South, neither Pierce nor Douglas was likely to secure the full party vote at the North.
But the most serious gravamina have been laid at the door of those Blue Lodges of Missouri which deliberately sought to secure the election of pro-slavery candidates by fair means or foul.
A policy which had not been able to secure the approval of two-thirds of the Senate was now to be endorsed by a majority of both houses.
With no little chagrin, he was forced to present resolutions from his own State legislature, instructing him and his colleagues in Congress to use their influence to secure the prohibition of slavery in the Mexican cession.
One should also know that, from the beginning of his administration, Polk had hoped to secure from our bankrupt neighbor the cession of California as an indemnity.
Clay now joined with Douglas to secure the omission of the clause forbidding the territorial legislature to touch the subject of slavery.
He pointed out that if the railroad were to secure a land grant, it would need Eastern votes in Congress.
Moreover, even if the land ordinance were defeated in order to reject the constitution, the Territory was pretty sure to secure as large a grant at some future time.
The English language has been ransacked--and somewhat stretched--to secure the necessary words.
Nearing points out that the income of the ten thousand dollars would be equally secure if the owner of them had them left him by his father or given him by his uncle, then at last he smites capital on a weak point in its armour.
Phillips had intended to secure the arms of his prisoner by winding a line around his body, but, considering him safe without it, he had neglected to do so.
Phillips was to secure Bitts, with the assistance of half a dozen others.
Shuffles gave her a seat, and had the courage to take one by her side, before Sir William could secure the enviable position.
My dear lord," said he then, "though no one would be more glad than myself to secure Maltravers to our side, I very much doubt whether you will succeed in doing so.
His zeal did not forget at the same time to secure the golden case, richly embossed with jewels, which contained it, and both were laid as a welcome offering before the shrine of St. Benedict, at Casinum.
When the variety show began on the little stage, Stone went forward in time to secure advantageous positions for Magruder and himself.
His strategy had been to secure the good word of those who dispensed the good things of life.
The first regiment to reach the capital of the country--to secure it against traitors--was a regiment of New York City militia.
White was able to secure a small table near the corner on the Broadway side.
Secure in our material prosperity, we New-Yorkers do not always recall those incidents in the history of the city which deserve to be forever memorable.
The parties affected, and liable to be affected, by the operations of the gang, were prepared to lay out all the cash needful to secure the punishment of the criminals.
Levy Levy, Brothers, and Sons, and, tosecure their best services, makes them a large payment.
He one day went to his solicitors, declaring that he would spend half his fortune, if necessary, in order to securethe offender and his adequate punishment.
At length the case was brought home with sufficient clearness to the prisoner, not only to warrant his committal for trial, but to secure his conviction when that trial took place.
She was as sure as of the fact of her existence (and of this, as she had never heard the Berkleyian theory propounded, she had not the slightest shadow of a doubt), that it would secure her the reward of long and meritorious servitude.
She knew he had no sister who could manage his household, and secure him those attentions and comforts in which he thought he might reasonably indulge after having been, he might say, a very successful man in trade.
Burgundy secure against sudden and outrageous attacks from the Swiss.
Mediterranean than for those of the Channel; he flattered himself that he would make of Marseilles a southern Calais, which should connect Germany with Spain, and secure their communications, political and commercial.
To secure the registration of the latter, Henry II.
Barbarossa and the Mussulmans in Algiers itself, had opened his eyes to all the difficulty of such enterprises, and he wished to secure the co-operation of a great maritime power before engaging therein afresh.
He put usefulness before happiness, assuring his children that if they followed the one they would secure the other.
Well," said Molly, "I'll be off at once and secure that permission.
For several days we had no coffee, but in some manner the landlord managed to secure 50 pounds, for which he paid $50.
I had developed a mania for collecting empty cigar boxes, and he would scour the town and camp to secure them for me.
The seven nymphs Did make themselves a cloister round about her, And in their hands upheld those lights secure From blast septentrion and the gusty south.
He is à person who has such a knowledge of the laws and customs which prevail in a state, as to be able to advise, and secure a person in his dealings.
So Philoetius made his heifer and his goats secure under the gatehouse, and then went up to the swineherd.
You must swear, however that none of you will give me a foul blow to favour Irus and secure him the victory.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "secure" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
