He contrived to support himself by giving lessons to other students, by facilitating the researches of richer writers, and by some translations which he sold to a bookseller.
His income being much diminished by his separation from Lord Shelburne, and his family increasing, he found it now difficult to support himself.
His poverty now was such that he was obliged to endeavour to support himself by becoming writing-master.
Therefore giving himself up almost wholly to such exercises, he used frequently to run away from his parents, and lie about the country, stealing poultry, and what else he could lay his hands on to support himself.
Living now at large, and not knowing how to gain money enough to support himself, and therefore being in very great straits, he complied with the solicitations of some hackney-coachmen, who advised him to learn their trade.
This fever soon brought him very low, and obliged him to make away with most of his things in order to support himself.
This put him upon the illegal ways he afterwards took to support himself in the enjoyment of those pleasures which even the evils he had already felt could not make him wise enough to shun.
I shall produce two Fragments of his to demonstrate, that it was his Rule of Life to support himself rather by what he should perform than what he had done already.
In order to support himself, he accepted a position in the government service.
In 1879 he resigned his office, and sought to support himself by playing accompaniments.
When he is able to work his wages go into the common stock, and by the time he can earn enough to support himself he may have to contribute to the support of his parents.
Mental powers that may be sufficient to enable a man to work and live in conformity with the law in one social position may be quite inadequate to enable him to support himself in another.
He was compelled to open a school to support himself.
Prince John turned pale, tottered, and caught at the back of an oaken bench to support himself--much like to a man who receives an arrow in his bosom.
While descending the steps, he would now and then hold fast to the baluster as if to support himself.
This man, who had a right to boast that he was always calm and composed, was obliged to support himself by the balusters, and it was some time before he could utter a word.
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