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Sentences starting with purchase

Purchase of whom? [10]

Sentences ending with purchase

Of course the wagon load of rich ore was all that the victim ever got out of his purchase. [5]
Then speculators buy up the ground and sell, but the original owner is given the first choice by the government at a stated price before the speculator is permitted to purchase. [5]
The two rushed to make the peerless purchase. [5]
In truth, after the first surprise, Jack was pleased with this contemplated purchase. [4]
I shall not presume to advise a Kentuckian on such a purchase. [9]
But if he offer to sell me a ton of this lunar cheese, I call on him to prove the truth of the Gaseous nature of our satellite, before I purchase. [6]
The whole place looked like a cattle-fair, and indeed it was a great resort of the butchers and horse-dealers of the town, who came there to purchase. [10]
That law, being in force at the time each became a purchaser, becomes a condition of the purchase. [7]
The young man's father had a taste for many things; astronomy was his latest, and he had bought from the Government a telescope which, excellent in its day, had been superseded by others of later official purchase. [11]
Clemens, with his daughter Jean, had returned from a long drive, during which they had visited a Villa with the thought of purchase. [5]

More example sentences with the word purchase in them

I will reward you for it with the only thing that the daughter of the wealthy Krates cannot purchase, yet which she probably rates at no low value--the love of her royal friend. [10]
It would be worth to the nation a hundred years purchase of peace and prosperity. [7]
Ten thousand toadstools, with the right purchase, could lift a man, I suppose. [5]
First, those persons who had been induced to purchase a pair of Tractors. [6]
You met her when Bias gave her the bridal dowry which was to purchase my release from my husband. [10]
The Boyne Works were buying up coal-mines, and this was a contract looking to the purchase of one in Putman County, provided, after a certain period of working, the yield and quality should come up to specifications. [9]
But as food was too precious to be given to foreigners, who were for the most part enemies, Napoleon preferred to supply them with money with which to purchase food from outside, and had paper rubles distributed to them. [2]
The bed was unmade, and on the table beside two empty beer bottles and glasses and the remains of a box of candy--suggestive of a Sunday purchase at a drug store--she recognized Lise's vanity case. [9]
We were besieged to take this and that horse or mule, to buy walking-sticks for the climb, to purchase lava cut into charms, and veritable ancient coins, and dug-up cameos, all manufactured for the demand. [4]
The project is to purchase, at a high price, the spot which the city needs for her adornment, and to honour and please the Queen. [10]
He had returned to Keokuk presently, and being convinced there was a fortune in chickens, had prevailed upon his brother to purchase for him a little farm not far from the town. [5]
It is worth three francs when he buys it, but a bonanza could not purchase it after his great deeds have been inscribed upon it. [5]
The story is this: Dixon sold and deeded the land to Thomas; Thomas sold it to Anderson; but before he gave a deed, Anderson sold it to Miller, and took Miller's note for the purchase money. [7]
Every now and then my glove purchase in Gibraltar last night intrudes itself upon me. [5]
This was what the purchase meant, a change of existence as complete as that between the moth and the butterfly; and the realization of this fact, of the audacity she was resolved to commit made her hot as she gazed at the suit. [9]
The funds of the Public Library of Arrowhead Village allowed the managers to purchase many books out of the common range of reading. [6]
He said that the permission to buy Jumbo was not a concession; the purchase was made and the animal delivered before the public knew anything about it. [5]
As he travelled the intervening space, shrugging his shoulders, staggering serenely, he told himself in confidence that he would leave the church at dawn, go to the tavern, purchase a horse as soon as might be, and get back to his wagon. [11]
The purchase of the farm by the sea had better not be delayed; Jack might have to go down and see the owner. [4]
Both were on the committee which had the care of the Library and attended to the purchase of books. [6]
I also directed the commandant of the navy-yard at Boston to purchase or charter and arm as quickly as possible five steamships for purposes of public defense. [7]
Every thing about the city seems to be named after him or so named as to refer to him in some way--so named, or some purchase rigged in some way to scrape a sort of hurrahing acquaintance with him. [5]
The paper was the Buffalo Express; his interest in it was one-third--the purchase price, twenty-five thousand dollars, of which he had paid a part, Jervis Langdon, his future father-in-law, having furnished cash and security for the remainder. [5]
The contents of that old glove will buy him the willing service of many an adroit sinner, and with what that coarse sack contains he can purchase the prayers of holy men for all succeeding time. [6]
All the use that money can be put to is to purchase comfort and enjoyment in this life; therefore, as you are an enemy to comfort and enjoyment, where is the use of accumulating cash? [5]
This quarrel had taken place a week or so before Janet's purchase of the stove. [9]
And in the spring of '73, when the opportunity was suddenly offered to buy a thousand acres of excellent wheat land adjoining, I made the purchase for him while he was at Williamsburg, and upon my own responsibility. [9]
He has gone so far as to purchase a ship, called the Bridgwater Merchant from an alderman in London, though he has not a hundred guineas at his disposal. [11]
She was a sinner, she felt it with anguish of repentance, and she steadily refused my offers to purchase her freedom. [10]
One of the significant proposals under this head is that which demands the retention of the centralization of the purchase of raw materials brought about by the war. [9]
After cycles of separation, Puritan and Cavalier united on this clay-bank in the Louisiana Purchase, and swept westward together--like the struggle of two great rivers when they meet the waters for a while were dangerous. [9]
About transferring General Schenck's commands, the purchase of supplies, and the promotion and appointment of officers, mentioned in your letter, I will consult with the Secretary of War to-morrow. [7]
Yet they are scarcely so great as the difficulties of those who upon the battle-field are endeavoring to purchase with their blood and their lives the future happiness and prosperity of this country. [7]
Toward evening, both rowed to the Owl's Nest, taking the five talents with which the runaway wife intended to purchase freedom from her husband. [10]
They ought to reward virtue and punish vice; and they are no better than corruptible judges; for you know beforehand just what and how much will avail to purchase their favors. [10]
The United States responded by subtracting the printing-bill from the Secretary's suffering salary--and moreover remarked with dense gravity that he would find nothing in his "instructions" requiring him to purchase hay! [5]
The power was questioned at first by Mr. Jefferson, who, however, in the purchase of Louisiana, yielded his scruples on the plea of great expediency. [7]
Suppose two persons quarrel about a purchase of land, and one builds a stable on his lot so as to shut out his neighbor's view of the sea. [4]
For when the purchase was about to fail, as usual, the master suddenly spoke up and said what would be worded thus --in modern English: "I'll tell you what I'll do. [5]
He saw Gaston purchase tickets, arrange his baggage, and enter the train. [11]
By conquest or purchase the Union gave each of them whatever of independence or liberty it has. [7]
Ever since the purchase of Joan, Cauchon had been busy packing his jury for the destruction of the Maid--weeks and weeks he had spent in this bad industry. [5]
Where can you purchase it, at any outlay of any sort, in any Church or out of it, except the Scientist's? [5]
This was the purchase and furnishing of a house, and we made many clandestine visits with him to town in the early autumn in furtherance of his plan. [4]
She would not purchase a few more years of valueless life at the cost of this humiliation and shame. [10]
He was planning, planning, as he talked, the new things to do--the cheese-factory, the purchase of a steam-plough and a steam- thresher which he could hire out to his neighbours. [11]
Well, in my own time, I had acquired a lot of my kin--by purchase, and swapping around, and one way and another --and was getting along very well. [5]
This was the only purchase I ever knew to be made at the shop kept by the three maiden ladies, though it is probable there were others. [6]
Rich Herr Baersdorp, one of the four burgomasters, who had the largest grain business in Leyden, had undertaken to purchase considerable quantities of bread-stuffs in the name of the city. [10]
Texas, principally south of the line, and west of Arkansas, though originally within the purchase from France, had, in 1819, been traded off to Spain in our treaty for the acquisition of Florida. [7]
If you were not actually about to purchase your own safety when I showed myself, I suspect you'd have done it by this time. [12]
When, soon after noon, the lessee of the royal bank appeared on the ship to offer him as many drachmae or talents as he might need for present use, he asked for a considerable sum to purchase a larger death-offering for his murdered friend. [10]
So the Secretary made the purchase and the distribution. [5]
But when I looked at my purchase, at home, where no glittering blades came into competition with it, I was astonished to see how handsome it was. [5]
He cared very little more for an old coin than he did for an old button, but he had thought his purchase at the tollman's might prove a good speculation. [6]
He would have liked greatly to know whether she referred to his hasty purchase of Hester, or to his rashness in dancing with her at her party the winter before. [9]
A few hours later I stood with Miss Treherne and Mrs. Callendar in the graveyard beside the fortress-wall, placing wreaths of artificial flowers and one or two natural roses--a chance purchase from a shop at the port-- on the grave of the young journalist. [11]
Coincident with the increase of these futile extravagances was the increase of his fanatical patriotism, which at last found vent in seditious writings, agitations, the purchase of rifles, incitement to rebellion, and the formation of an armed, liveried troop of dependants at the Manor. [11]
After the half-day in which he was permitted to make due preparations, lay in store of provisions, and purchase a few sheep and hens, hither came David Claridge. [11]
The toes caught in crevices, held on to ledges, glued themselves on to smooth surfaces; the knees clung like a rough-rider's to a saddle; the big hands, when once they got a purchase, fastened like an air-cup. [11]
He added, "After I made that purchase they wrote me that you had just bought a hundred shares and that you were a 'shrewd' man. [5]
Then he got his notes and sat down and began to check off, for first purchase, the luxuries which he should earliest wish to secure. [5]
And he sipped his coffee and glanced over the morning journal, and he referred to the conversation of the night before, and said that he would look after the purchase at once. [4]
She would sacrifice herself--and her best self; that is, her truthfulness--to save her cause; but only that; she would not buy her life at that cost; whereas our war-ethics permitted the purchase of our lives, or any mere military advantage, small or great, by deception. [5]
He had left her inhospitable shores, and after years of absence he had but a couple of hundred dollars laid up--enough to purchase his discharge and something over, but nothing with which to start a home. [11]
I meant to have told you that we did not wish to purchase any silks to-day, but in my absent-mindedness I forgot it. [5]
All that Dyck had earned went to purchase things he needed, and to help his fellow prisoners or their families. [11]
He had never had any real business instinct, and to swagger a little over the land he held and to treat offers of purchase with contempt was the loud assertion of a capacity he did not possess. [11]
I directed Commander Gillis to purchase or charter and arm and put to sea two other vessels. [7]
I did not force her into marriage; nay I did not even purchase her, according to the custom of our fathers, with the bridal dowry--she became my wife of her own free will. [10]
It provided also for the purchase of sixty-five thousand acres of land, (fully described) for the purposes of the University, in the Knobs of East Tennessee. [5]
A loathing of food that she was not conscious of until they expended their last penny in the purchase of another loaf, prevented her partaking even of this poor repast. [12]
The famous "golden" fire-set was a purchase of one of the family who had been in France during the Revolution, and must have come from a princely palace, if not from one of the royal residences. [6]
When I was feeling sure of my imminent future solidity, I forwarded to the Czar of Russia--perhaps prematurely--an offer for the purchase of Siberia, naming a vast sum. [5]
Malfalconnet would not fail to utter some biting jest when he heard that Charles must now, as it were, purchase this costly ornament of himself. [10]
He was sanguine enough to purchase one fifth of this concern, which also proved a failure. [6]
I had no desire to purchase such a melancholy coverlet, but I could well enough fancy why she would wish to part with what must be rather a pall than a decoration in her little chamber. [4]
I directed the commandant of the navy-yard at Philadelphia to purchase or charter and arm an equal number for the same purpose. [7]
I directed the commandant at New York to purchase or charter and arm an equal number. [7]
As they stood close together gazing at the new purchase Janet was uncomfortably aware of drops that ran a little way in the furrows of Hannah's cheeks, stopped, and ran on again. [9]
Mr. Peckham visited certain "stores" or shops, where he made inquiries after various articles in the provision-line, and effected a purchase or two. [6]
For, after a careful perusal of the price lists I had sent for, I had been forced to appeal to him to supply additional funds with which to purchase a row-boat. [9]
He played his cards well; said he would take $40,000--a quarter in cash, the rest in safe notes; but that as he greatly needed money on account of his new purchase, he would diminish his terms for cash in full, He sold out for $30,000. [5]
Nothing but bucksheesh can purchase a sight. [5]
The main fight came upon the filling of the blanks with the sum to be appropriated for the purchase of the land, of course. [5]
Honora had not been able to raise her voice against the purchase, and she seemed powerless now to warn her husband of the man's enmity. [9]
The next morning, at breakfast, though her mother's complaints continued, Janet was silent as to her purchase, and she lingered on her return home in the evening because she now felt a reluctance to appear in the role of protector and preserver of the family. [9]
The young men are often required to shew that they can support a wife; and they generally have first to earn the price with which to purchase her from her parents. [1]
You are thanked, and punctiliously wished the good-day, whether you purchase anything or not. [4]
Pangs of soul and doubtings of conscience had, in fact, prompted the governor to purchase the hanging and he therefore might have been glad if it had cost him still dearer. [10]
He told me an incident in Mr. Barnum's life which was evidently characteristic of that great showman in several ways: This was Barnum's purchase of Shakespeare's birthplace, a quarter of a century ago. [5]
In an instant all the sycophants, who had lately been ready to lie for him, to forge for him, to pander for him, to poison for him, hasten to purchase the favor of his victorious enemies by accusing him. [5]
If you offer a twenty-dollar bill in payment for a purchase of $1 you will receive $19 in change. [5]
The shop affords a safe retreat, A chair extends its welcome seat, The tradesman has a civil look (I've paid, impromptu, for my book), The clouds portend a sudden shower, I'll read my purchase for an hour. [6]
I can make a profit on this purchase, just as it stands; but there is a way, if I can get your approval, whereby I can make every one of these leaden twenty-dollar pieces worth its face in gold, and perhaps more. [5]
Pray is there a market where I may purchase men, who, after a night of carousing, will bear our headache for us? [10]
I have been a great way down this river, at large expense and toil, to purchase wheat, for all the corn of these counties goes to Quebec to store the King's magazine, the adored La Friponne. [11]
When Providence throws a good book in my way, I bow to its decree and purchase it as an act of piety, if it is reasonably or unreasonably cheap. [6]
He still possessed a few drachmas, and with these he could purchase what he needed from the wife and daughter of the goatherd. [10]
The lot is 85 feet front and 150 deep--long time and easy payments on the purchase? [5]

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