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Yet the gold which she did not need for the marquise seemed to Barbara like money unjustly obtained. [10]
Nothing, indeed, is valuable that is easily obtained. [4]
As an artist, too, he did not approve Mardion's plan; for though, on Didymus's land, the statues would have faced the sea, which the Regent and the Keeper of the Seal regarded as very important, no fitting background could have been obtained. [10]
Science has undertaken to fathom it, and the results which it gains with measures and numbers is of a different value and more lasting than that which the idle sport of the intellects of the older philosophers obtained. [10]
The depredations of this extensive combination were severely felt; but so well were their plans arranged, that although Murel, who was always active, was everywhere suspected, there was no proof to be obtained. [5]
But I don't think it was wise or judicious on the part of Mr. Choate to show this higher education he has obtained. [5]
He had left the examination of the students, citizens' sons, and peasants to his lieutenant; but there were also three noblemen, from whom large ransoms could be obtained. [10]
By such a tedious and laborious process were silver bricks obtained. [5]
Decisive encounters, he said, were impending, and she knew that the Egyptians always excluded their wives and daughters from their war train, and regarded them as the best reward of victory when peace was obtained. [10]
Mr. Flint thought of Mr. Bixby with his bulging pockets going about the hills, and smiled at the manner in which moral effects are sometimes obtained. [9]

Sentences containing obtained two or more times

My view of the principle is that every soldier obtained voluntarily leaves one less to be obtained by draft. [7]

More example sentences with the word obtained in them

When I telegraphed you on the 6th, saying you had over 100,000 with you, I had just obtained from the Secretary of War a statement, taken as he said from your own returns, making 108,000 then with you and en route to you. [7]
I shall be willin', however, to retain your services at sech redooced rate as we shall fix upon,--provided sech redooced rate be as low or lower than the same services can be obtained elsewhere. [6]
The patent under which this colonization was undertaken was obtained from King James by the solicitation of Richard Hakluyt and others. [4]
The peculiar charm which her individuality thus obtained corresponded with the idea which the monarch himself had formed of the expected guest, and it flattered him to hear his conjecture so remarkably confirmed. [10]
The effervescing spirits which did not find vent in such pranks obtained expression in a different form. [10]
Where, how, and when had this young countess, educated by an emigree French governess, imbibed from the Russian air she breathed that spirit and obtained that manner which the pas de chale * would, one would have supposed, long ago have effaced? [2]
From Livorno I went by sea to Genoa, where I obtained chased gold and silverwork for shoulder-belts and sheaths. [10]
The only information we obtained about it was from its porter at the station, who replied to the question, "Is it the best? [4]
The Persians had watched this scene and obtained an explanation of its meaning from their interpreter. [10]
Yes, the cause was to be the same as that of the Mr. Wilkes he reviled, who obtained his liberty that day. [9]
Besides, his case was hopeless unless the knight obtained a pardon for him from the Emperor Rudolph, for his persecutors would not cease their pursuit of him, and he could not endure the torture a second time. [10]
The little man was always in pursuit of information, in his guide-book or from his fellow-passengers, and whenever he obtained any he invariably repeated it to his wife, who said "Fancy! [4]
Once within its walls, and confession made to the priest and absolution obtained, the wretch with a price upon his head could go forth without fear and without danger--he was tabu, and to harm him was death. [5]
It was a violation of both law and the sacred obligations of honor, to overthrow and trample under foot a solemn compromise, obtained by the fearful loss to freedom of one of the fairest of our Western domains. [7]
Quite the best view, she declared, had been obtained from the third tier of places. [10]
Only it was vexatious that he found it so hard to make himself intelligible to people, but this too was soon to be remedied, for the pupil obtained two companions. [10]
And by bringing variously selected historic units (battles, campaigns, periods of war) into such equations, a series of numbers could be obtained in which certain laws should exist and might be discovered. [2]
Especially is this true in the country, where people have not obtained the mastery of their clothes that those who live in the city have. [4]
Homesickness had obtained too powerful a hold upon him. [10]
He obtained praise too easily, and learned to trust too much to his genius. [6]
Ulrich had briefly told the lansquenet, how he had obtained the name of Navarrete and how he had come from Madrid and Lepanto to the Netherlands. [10]
And when Keraunus told him whence this or that specimen of his treasures had been obtained, he only murmured--"Indeed" or "Really. [10]
And when I told him my errand, he wept on my neck, and said he had obtained unlimited leave of absence for you from the Paris commissioners. [9]
This pasty-allow me to look at it--this pasty was prepared by a recipe obtained from Verus. [10]
Petya soon came to himself, the color returned to his face, the pain had passed, and at the cost of that temporary unpleasantness he had obtained a place by the cannon from where he hoped to see the Emperor who would be returning that way. [2]
This was fame, this was the omnipresence of a god; there could be no higher aspiration for him, who had obtained such honor. [10]
And just at this time he obtained the tranquillity and ease of mind he had formerly striven in vain to reach. [2]
Politics being what they were, progress and protection had to be obtained in accordance with them, and there was a duty to the holders of bonds and stocks. [9]
Only by understanding there are not two, matter and mind, is a logical and correct conclusion obtained by either one. [5]
The picture, by the way, had been obtained from the St. Paul agent of the bicycle. [9]
This is only the tenth degree of potency, but some of his disciples profess to have obtained palpable effects from "much higher dilutions. [3]
The management of the school was henceforward in the hands of a man of character, while the extensive knowledge and the excellent method of a well-trained scholar had been obtained for the educational department. [10]
In every direction the mountains were clear, and a view was obtained of the vast horizon and the hills and lowlands of several States--a continental prospect, scarcely anywhere else equaled for variety or distance. [4]
His house in the monastery suited his longing for rest; he obtained a position in the morocco factory in the valley below, which afforded him a support, and his daughters provided for his physical comfort. [10]
In spite of the Maplewood residents, of the City Improvement League and individual protests, we obtained it with absurd ease. [9]
And coming into the long room I flung aside my greatcoat and commanded a flask of Mr. Stephen Bordley's old sherry, some of which Mr. Claude had obtained at that bachelor's demise. [9]
True, most of the furniture was supplied and the necessary servants had been obtained, but her Majesty the Queen advised her to take with her a maid or companion whom she personally liked. [10]
In fact, with the exception of M. Guizot, no one ever obtained permission of me to publish translations, and I never knew of the existence of them until I read of it in the journals. [6]
My master, as the elder of the two, obtained the old house; yours built this new and elegant mansion. [10]
I must leave the country which has become my home, the city where prejudice and enmity greeted me, and where I have now obtained the position that befits me. [10]
Much information concerning the administration of justice has been obtained from the Papyrus Abbott, known by the name of the 'Papyrus judiciaire'. [10]
From the fact that it can be obtained at the apothecary's, an impression has got abroad that it is medicinal. [4]
It was this that had impelled her to get a medical education, which she obtained by hard labor and self-denial. [4]
There were closed tents in which magical remedies were to be obtained, though their open sale was forbidden by the authorities, from love-philters to the wondrous fluid which, if rightly applied, would turn lead, copper, or silver to gold. [10]
The fishery would support a colony until it had obtained a good foothold, and control of these fisheries would bring more profit to England than any other occupation. [4]
On the whole, such was Janet's notion of the Deity, though deep within her there may have existed a hope that he might be outwitted; that, by dint of energy and brains, the fair things of life might be obtained despite a malicious opposition. [9]
Whoever had already succeeded in filling a jar had obtained the water from the overflow which had escaped through the quickly-made dam. [10]
In this half-somnolent state he obtained not one moment of inward collectedness, of quiet reflection; not even when he gazed up at the starry heavens, or looked down on the oasis, veiled in night, where many others like himself were deserted by sleep. [10]
In many instances some of the data, through the patient questioning of fellow collectors, has been obtained and supplied. [5]
Even with the small amount of information obtained by the search among his papers and effects, the gossips of the village had constructed several distinct histories for the mysterious stranger. [6]
As the copy shows, it bore date May 10, 1827; although the judgment assigned by it was not obtained until the October afterwards, as may be seen by any one on the records of the Circuit Court. [7]
There is some sense in this paradox, for the possessions that are to be obtained with money are but vulgar joys. [10]
Over there the season had opened quite as usual; indeed, it was always open; work must go on every day, because every day food must be obtained and rent-money earned, and the change from summer to winter was only a climatic increase of hardships. [4]
I want to say again that I should not be here if I had obtained my desires. [9]
Besides, as a result of the frequent and rapid change of position by each army, even what information was obtained could not be delivered in time. [2]
By no other result can the six thousand men be obtained from the two States, and, at the same time deal justly and keep faith with both, and we do but confuse ourselves in questioning the process by which the right result is reached. [7]
Only the best reports should reach home from Keilhau, and I had already obtained excellent ones in Berlin. [10]
Among her own profession she had obtained the nickname of crazy Kuni. [10]
In case any positive result were obtained, it might be of some practical use in selecting men for any particular service. [1]
We saw rude piles of stones standing near the roadside, at intervals, and recognized the custom of marking boundaries which obtained in Jacob's time. [5]
Besides, he was personally acquainted with the great founders of my science, Thomas Young and Francois Champollion, and had obtained an insight into deciphering the hieroglyphics. [10]
From the pillared pavilions a magnificent view is obtained of the Taj gardens below, with the noble Jumna river at their farther end, and the city and fort of Agra in the distance. [5]
The most essential part of a student's instruction is obtained, as I believe, not in the lecture-room, but at the bedside. [3]
About a thousand paces from this spot the faithful freedman pitched the little tent obtained in Tennis under the shade of several tall palm trees and a sejal acacia. [10]
It is got out in large irregular-shaped blocks and transported to the factories, where it is carefully split by hand, and the laminae, of as large size as can be obtained, are trimmed with shears and tied up in packages for market. [4]
Country neighbors from Otradnoe, impoverished old squires and their daughters, Peronskaya a maid of honor, Pierre Bezukhov, and the son of their district postmaster who had obtained a post in Petersburg. [2]
So we hurried off, having obtained from her a promise to pay us a visit in the spring; and the old gentleman having issued once more from his study to say good-bye, we returned to the inn, and made the best of our way homewards. [14]
By the help of your friends, I shall have a title or two for acquaintances before I leave London; and when my money is gone, there is a shipowner I know of who will give me employment, if I have not obtained preferment. [9]
Bought with some of money obtained by first article for M. D." That capacity for work, incomparable gift, was what she had always coveted the most. [9]
On the 25th of March, 1584, he obtained from Elizabeth a new charter with larger powers, incorporating himself, Adrian Gilbert, brother of Sir Humphrey, and John Davys, under the title of "The College of the Fellowship for the Discovery of the Northwest Passage. [4]
On this work of art lay the pillows used at night, booty obtained at Haarlem; they were covered with bright but worn-out silk, which had long shown the need of the thrifty touch of a woman's hand. [10]
In the spring of 1862 I obtained permission from the Director-General of the Medical department of the Army, to transmit to the surgeons of the various regiments on foreign service a blank table, with the following appended remarks, but I have received no returns. [1]
In the spring of 1848 a treaty of peace was made with Mexico, by which we obtained that portion of her country which now constitutes the Territories of New Mexico and Utah and the present State of California. [7]
Their concurrence, if obtained, will give assurance of their severally adopting emancipation at no very distant day upon the new constitutional terms. [7]
Where were they obtained, since April is scarcely past? [10]
The "lord proprietary" obtained the Queen's permission to name the new lands "Virginia," in her honor, and he had a new seal of his arms cut, with the legend, Propria insignia Walteri Ralegh, militis, Domini et Gubernatoris Virginia. [4]
It was not obtained surreptitiously, although I suppose General Halleck thought it had been, when he telegraphed, simply because he thought possession was about being taken by a military order, while he knew no such order had passed through his hands as general-in-chief. [7]
But we afterward obtained such eggs, and their form is more nearly ball-shape than that seen in those of most other birds. [10]
I, too, had obtained some roses, intended especially for Princess Marie von Leuchtenberg, of whom the Czarina's physician, Dr. Karel, whose acquaintance we made at the Burckhardts, had told so many charming anecdotes that we could not help admiring her. [10]
Hermon and Bias obtained shelter on one of the ships which the sovereign had placed at the disposal of the Greeks who came to participate in the festivals to be celebrated. [10]
If they have obtained possession thereof by artifice, wrest it from their hands in like manner; if by force, use force to win it back. [10]
As every man obtained otherwise lessens the draft so much, and this may supersede it altogether, I hope you will push forward your volunteer regiments as fast as possible. [7]
He sought and obtained on the constitutionality question the separate written opinions of Jefferson, Hamilton, and Edmund Randolph,--they then being respectively Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and Attorney general. [7]
Heinz Schorlin had obtained no assent, yet the last glance from her eyes had been more eloquent than many a verbal promise, and he gazed after her enraptured. [10]
At first he obtained little from either. [10]
Had I not obtained leave to read the invaluable and, for my purpose, indispensable documents at Brussels, I should have gone to Spain, for they will not be published these twenty years, and then only in a translated and excessively abbreviated and unsatisfactory form. [6]
How he has obtained it I know not. [9]
Where this faith, obtained in this way, exists, it has always been supported by the conviction that the Man lives who brought life and immortality to light. [9]
Berg, who had obtained his captaincy during the campaign, had gained the confidence of his superiors by his promptitude and accuracy and had arranged his money matters very satisfactorily. [2]
Whatever she has obtained has been by craft, and by the same coaxing which the sun uses to draw the blossoms out of the apple-trees. [4]
The testimonials were obtained by the Danish writer, from a pamphlet published in America, in which these titles were given in full. [6]
The water we obtained by feeling about the stones of the little run for an opening big enough to dip our cup in. [4]
Anatole Kuragin promptly obtained an appointment from the Minister of War and went to join the army in Moldavia. [2]
A conjurer had obtained admittance, and was showing his laughing audience the tricks of his trained cocks and hens. [10]
The captain had obtained admittance through Wolf. [10]
No more pernicious notion ever obtained lodgment in society than the common one that to "rise in the world" is necessarily to change the "condition. [4]
His I have not yet obtained. [7]
Frau Traut knew not whether she ought to bless or bewail having obtained permission for her to witness the bestowal of the Fleece. [10]
He need ask no questions: it is not his affair how I obtained the right to give publicity to a private communication. [6]
It has obtained no forts that were not virtually betrayed into its hands or seized in breach of trust. [7]

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