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Sentences starting with affairs

Affairs could not remain as they were; it was impossible; and what was the next thing? [8]
Affairs in which I was not alone or chiefly concerned took me from home. [4]
Affairs in Transylvania did not mend even after the capture of Regall, and of the three Turks' heads, and the destruction of so many villages. [4]
Affairs would soon be reduced to mere machinery. [4]
Affairs went on as usual. [4]

Sentences ending with affairs

Do not consider yourself as confined to discussing only our sad affairs. [14]
Judge Hawkins had written and asked Clay to return home and consult with him upon family affairs. [5]
I may say, without indiscretion, that I intend from now on to take even a greater interest in public affairs. [9]
He received me with much cordiality, and seemed interested in a long account which I gave him of our affairs. [6]
No one knew what to do, for no one knew well the state of Henderson's affairs. [4]
I refrained myself well enough, and I excused my brother's and my lover's absence with a plea of weighty affairs. [10]
There are many ways in which you can be useful to the party when not helping me with my affairs. [9]
The blind artist was glad to have other visits for a short time, but he preferred to be alone and devote his thoughts to his own affairs. [10]
What a strange transformation of affairs! [10]
The future was to show the disadvantage of listening to the voice of the heart in political affairs. [10]

Short sentences using affairs

Kansas Affairs, 305. [6]

Sentences containing affairs two or more times

From early in the morning, wearing a dressing jacket, she attended to her household affairs, and then she drove out: on holy days to church and after the service to jails and prisons on affairs of which she never spoke to anyone. [2]
My affairs and my son's affairs are neither here nor there. [9]
Willarski was a married man with a family, busy with his family affairs, his wife's affairs, and his official duties. [2]
If he had come to Eliphalet for information of Colonel Carvel's affairs, or of any one else's affairs, he was not likely to get it. [9]
One of the bank president's characteristics was an extreme interest in the private affairs of those who came within his zone of influence and especially when these affairs evinced any irregularity. [9]

More example sentences with the word affairs in them

I advise aimless young men to choose some profession without needless delay, and so get into a good strong current of human affairs, and find themselves bound up in interests with a compact body of their fellow-men. [6]
At that time you were wise enough not to attempt to pass comment upon accidents in business affairs which are, if deplorable, inevitable. [9]
Not only where you are--at the heart of affairs and of the world--is the talk all of war, even here amid fieldwork and the calm of nature--which townsfolk consider characteristic of the country--rumors of war are heard and painfully felt. [2]
Look in, when you are passing; and whenever I can give you any information about our affairs and pro'spects, I shall be glad to do it. [5]
In another three years, by 1820, he had so managed his affairs that he was able to buy a small estate adjoining Bald Hills and was negotiating to buy back Otradnoe--that being his pet dream. [2]
The remarkable changes wrought during my lifetime in the political affairs of Germany I can merely indicate here. [10]
We never even wrote you, because we were always so sure, from day to day, that our affairs would finally so shape themselves as to let us get to Scotland. [5]
Something of Mr. Worthington's affairs was known: the mills, for instance, were not being run to their full capacity. [9]
And he was wont to leave his weighty business affairs to shift for themselves while he attended the diocesan and general conventions of his Church. [9]
Everyone was dissatisfied with the general course of affairs in the Russian army, but no one anticipated any danger of invasion of the Russian provinces, and no one thought the war would extend farther than the western, the Polish, provinces. [2]
I write it with pride, that at these suppers I was sometimes asked to speak; and, having been but lately to England, to give my opinion upon the state of affairs there. [9]
She was familiar with everything in Rome, the desires and struggles of the contending parties, as well as the characters of the men who were directing affairs, their qualities, views, and aims. [10]
As to my wisdom in conducting affairs so as to tend to the preservation of the Union, I fear too great confidence may have been placed in me. [7]
Mr. Motley's successor will find his mission wonderfully facilitated by the firmness and discretion that have presided over the conduct of American affairs in this country during too brief a term, too suddenly and unaccountably concluded. [6]
I know not why, but there are vague whispers that he is acting against the Englishman for causes best known at Versailles, which have nothing to do with our affairs here. [11]
Whatever happens and whoever may stand at the head of affairs, the theory can always say that such and such a person took the lead because the collective will was transferred to him. [2]
She and all who have a voice in the management of court affairs look first at the roof and then seek anything to raise and support it, though it should be corpses, ruined lives, and broken hearts. [10]
During these spectacles, which were followed by other similar ones, Barbara had been thinking of her own affairs, and gazed more frequently at her lover and his distinguished guests than at the former. [10]
They were shocked when they heard him cap an argument upon grave affairs of state with a story about "a man out in Sangamon County,"--a story, to be sure, strikingly clinching his point, but sadly lacking in dignity. [7]
Can science tell when they depart forever from the scenes of their objective intrusion into the affairs of this world, or how long they are permitted to revisit them? [4]
By and by, when my health fails, I am going to put all my affairs in order, and bid good-bye to my friends here, and kill all the people I don't like, and go out to Keokuk and prepare for death. [5]
To be passive, when David in Egypt had asked for active interest; to delay, when urgency was important to Claridge Pasha; to speak coldly on Egyptian affairs to his chief, the weak Foreign Secretary, this was the policy he had begun. [11]
Seems to know what is going on, --reads books, old and new,--has many recent publications sent him, they tell me, but, what is more curious, keeps up with the everyday affairs of the world, too. [6]
Even though he were not at a crisis in his affairs, a scandal of this kind would be fatal. [9]
State House affairs were far removed from most of these, and the sickness and corruption of the body politic. [9]
Indeed, as days, weeks and months went on, his position became less valuable to himself, and his financial affairs suffered from his own and his agent's bad management. [11]
At such times we would sit, or more frequently stand, discussing the affairs of the town and of the nation, for politics was an easy and attractive subject to us both. [9]
Dandified, or, as we should now term them, "dudish" affairs, were not allowed at Keilhau; so various witticisms were made which culminated when a pupil of about our own age from a city on the Weser called us Berlin pomade-pots. [10]
But what it was, no one could tell: it might be some caprice of a sick and half-crazy man, or it might relate to public affairs, or possibly to family concerns. [2]
Suddenly the inspirer was transformed into the man of affairs who calmly proposed the organization of a strike committee, three members of which were to be chosen by each nationality. [9]
Here in Memphis was the centre of administration of his property, and besides the offices for his private affairs were those he needed as a state official. [10]
Britain, because she was separated from the continent and protected by her fleet, virtually withdrew from European affairs in the latter part of the nineteenth century, and, as a result, made great strides in democracy. [9]
The praetorian prefect was roused, and Caesar was glad to see him, for it was in attending to affairs that he most easily forgot what weighed upon him. [10]
Absorbed as she was in her own affairs, she forgot some of them in his presence. [9]
Although each individual was concerned about his own affairs, one thought, nevertheless, ruled them all--the Emperor Charles, his health, and his decisions. [10]
In short, it was a pernicious revival of an obsolete state of affairs, competition, and if persisted in, involved nothing less than a fight to a finish with the army, the lobby of the Northeastern. [9]
It is a want of sympathy of the heart, or it is a lack of intelligence and broad-minded interest in affairs of the world and in other people. [4]
Now, in my view of the present aspect of affairs, there need be no bloodshed or war. [7]
My client, in view of the peaceful aspect affairs had assumed, presently consented to relinquish his post, and handed the glasses over to me with an injunction to be watchful. [9]
He knew him very well; he was not a person to go out of his way to interfere with anybody, and more than likely it was in relation to Edith's affairs that he was asked to call. [4]
It would be very pleasant if I could, consistently with the present state of affairs, bring these two young people together. [6]
It is not very likely, as was said at the beginning of this chapter, that we shall trouble ourselves a great deal about the internal affairs of the Apollinean Institute. [6]
He seemed a very entertaining person and a man well posted in the affairs of Colorado. [5]
A person more versed in the modern world of affairs than the late rector of Bremerton would not have been so long in arriving at the answer to this riddle. [9]
Before we broke up for the evening the gentlemen plied me with questions concerning the state of affairs in England, and the temper of his Majesty and Parliament. [9]
All the morning uneasiness possessed me, and I found it difficult to concentrate on the affairs I had in hand. [9]
The French, in undertaking to reconstruct the Suez canal, have had much to encounter from the unfriendly commercial policy of the English and their influence over the internal affairs of Egypt, but the unwearied energy and great talent of Monsr. [10]
A day or two later Doctor Rice asked the millionaire to interest himself a little in Clemens's business affairs, which he thought a good deal confused. [5]
This was a turn of affairs for which he had made no calculation. [11]
Philip as a trusted clerk, without being admitted into interior secrets, came to know a good deal about Mavick's affairs, and to be more than ever impressed with his enormous wealth and the magnitude of his operations. [4]
Hitherto Barbara had troubled herself very little about political affairs, and her interest in them died completely when a visitor called who threw them, as well as everything else, wholly into the shade. [10]
And they are too busy with the affairs of the province to be burdened as my executors. [9]
Do you go to your Virginia, and I will come as soon as I have put my affairs in order. [11]
The enormous sum to which the debt to Samuel Pfefferkorn increased gives the position of affairs a different aspect. [10]
I refer you to the report of the Secretary of the Interior, which is herewith laid before you, for useful and varied information in relation to the public lands, Indian affairs, patents, pensions, and other matters of public concern pertaining to his Department. [7]
When I came to the relation of the affairs which occurred at Les Iles five years before and told his Excellency that Mrs. Temple had since been living in the Rue Bourbon as Mrs. Clive, unknown to her son, the Baron broke in upon me. [9]
It was evident to the most casual acquaintance that he was a man of affairs, and that his time was engrossed in the largest sort of operations, about which there was a mysterious air. [5]
When he began to stir about among his affairs, he was faced by the fact that the law stood in his way. [11]
Sellers was anxious to report his discoveries to Hawkins; so he took his leave, saying that if the two "young devotees of the colored Muse" thought they could manage without him, he would go and look after his affairs. [5]
I also intend to notify the church treasurer that I will not any longer rent a pew, or take any further interest in the affairs of St. John's church. [9]
They could afford to mind their own affairs and leave other combinations to do the same or do otherwise, just as they chose. [5]
He had written to Mavick after the newspaper report that that government officer had been in the city on Henderson's affairs, and had received a very civil and unsatisfactory reply. [4]
I found time to manage such business affairs of Mr. Carvel's as he could not attend to himself. [9]
Really you seem to know my affairs better than I do myself. [5]
All serious trouble to Kansas affairs is over and gone...." "And a column, nearly, of the same sort. [7]
All serious trouble to Kansas affairs is over and gone ..." And a column nearly of the same sort. [7]
He spoke freely to him of the most private family matters, of the most important State affairs. [11]
I have written to her, but I can not direct the epistle because her name is one of those nine-jointed Russian affairs, and there are not letters enough in our alphabet to hold out. [5]
Thus I came to have to do with the good barrister's private affairs. [9]
By getting through to Harwich, the Truro had made a sad muddle in railroad affairs. [9]
Nevertheless, thanks partly to good fortune, and to the farseeing wisdom of our early statesmen who perceived that the success of our experiment depended upon the maintenance of an isolation from European affairs, we established democracy as a practical form of government. [9]
When things begin to go wrong in the life of a man whose hands have held too many things, the disorder flutters through all the radii of his affairs, and presently they rattle away from the hub of his control. [11]
It is needless to dwell upon the chagrin of Honora's maternal grandfather, Howard Allison Esquire, over this turn of affairs, this unexpected bouleversement, as he spoke of it in private to his friends in his Parisian club. [9]
If they chose to dwell in a backwater out of touch with the current of great affairs, this was a matter to be deplored, but I did not feel strongly enough to resent it. [9]
The case was to come up early in July, and I spent most of my time, to the detriment of other affairs, in preparing for it. [9]
He was waiting to collect transportation before turning his passing spirit to less serious affairs. [5]
He was supposed to be closing up his affairs there, but nobody could say. [8]
Barbara is attending to affairs in the kitchen, and now I tell you again: You must help a sufferer. [10]
But further delay to adopt and prosecute our policies for both domestic and foreign affairs would not only bring scandal on the administration, but danger upon the country. [7]
France is shrunk to a couple of acres of ground; a sheriff's constable could take care of it; its affairs are not matters of state. [5]
At the same time no one could be sure of his affairs being settled out of hand unless he could get at the governor himself. [10]
The Emperor rode through the streets to comfort the inhabitants, and, despite his preoccupation with state affairs, himself visited the theaters that were established by his order. [2]
I have long thought that it would be well for it to report its condition to the General Assembly, and that cases might occur, when it might be proper to make an examination of its affairs by a committee. [7]
The magistrate was thoroughly aware of the course of affairs, and talked to the maid with the gentle manner, pervaded with genuine kindness of heart, which was one of his characteristics. [10]
I wondered whether this were birth, or training, or both, or a natural ability to cope with affairs. [9]
I must open this view of the case to my father by degrees; and, meanwhile, wait patiently till I see how affairs are likely to turn. [14]
In affairs of this kind--in a matter of so much importance in my life," he continued, choosing his words carefully, "I am likely to know whether I am doing right or wrong. [9]
The owner of this estate holds an important position in the Foreign Office, and the hostess has, by her wit and intelligent grasp of affairs, made an enviable place for herself. [9]
In spite of this aloofness and alertness, for the first time in her life Janet felt the exuberance of being in touch with affairs of import. [9]
But above all things, he has taken the sole control of the empire of France into his hands and made it a tolerably free land--for people who will not attempt to go too far in meddling with government affairs. [5]
For the ancients these questions were solved by a belief in the direct participation of the Deity in human affairs. [2]
He felt that these consultations were detached from real affairs and did not link up with them or make them move. [2]
Meantime affairs took their usual course. [4]
He was now the well-modulated man of affairs, elegant in his simplicity of dress, with the dignified air of the intellectual, yet with the decision of a man who knew his mind. [11]
The affairs of the Webster Publishing Company were by this time getting into a very serious condition indeed. [5]
The affairs of the Webster Company were hopeless, the business was not worth saving. [5]
As they passed the Temple of Artemis, which was brightly illuminated, reminding them that they were reaching their destination, Alexander at last looked up and begged the lovers to consider their immediate affairs. [10]
So they put the subject away and went about their affairs again with as good heart as they could. [5]
In military affairs the strength of an army is the product of its mass and some unknown x. [2]
The face of the sovereign, who had welcomed Heinz as if he were a long-absent son, assumed a graver expression, and his tone seemed to vibrate with a slight touch of indignation, as he exclaimed: "First, let us settle your own affairs. [10]

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