But the training she received at Aunt March's was just what she needed, and the thought that she was doing something to
support herself made her happy in spite of the perpetual "Josy-phine
Sometimes on rainy afternoons in the store she got out her bank book and, letting it lie open before her, spent hours dreaming impossible dreams of saving money enough so that the interest would
support both herself and her future husband.
Sire, there was once upon a time a fisherman so old and so poor that he could scarcely manage to
support his wife and three children.
that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship,
support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
Nothing can be more evident than that the thirteen States will be able to
support a national government better than one half, or one third, or any number less than the whole.
In Switzerland they
support the Radicals, without losing sight of the fact that this party consists of antagonistic elements, partly of Democratic Socialists, in the French sense, partly of radical bourgeois.
Fernand closed his eyes, a burning sensation passed across his brow, and he was compelled to
support himself by the table to prevent his falling from his chair; but in spite of all his efforts, he could not refrain from uttering a deep groan, which, however, was lost amid the noisy felicitations of the company.
It is necessary to consider another point in examining the character of these principalities: that is, whether a prince has such power that, in case of need, he can
support himself with his own resources, or whether he has always need of the assistance of others.
On fifteen sous she found she could live without encroaching on the little stock set apart for the
support of her grandmother, and she was content.
Altho' I cannot agree with you in supposing that I shall never again be exposed to Misfortunes as unmerited as those I have already experienced, yet to avoid the imputation of Obstinacy or ill-nature, I will gratify the curiosity of your daughter; and may the fortitude with which I have suffered the many afflictions of my past Life, prove to her a useful lesson for the
support of those which may befall her in her own.
Sir Thomas's parental solicitude and high sense of honour and decorum, Edmund's upright principles, unsuspicious temper, and genuine strength of feeling, made her think it scarcely possible for them to
support life and reason under such disgrace; and it appeared to her that, as far as this world alone was concerned, the greatest blessing to every one of kindred with Mrs.
And as by the 16th article of the company's agreement, they were authorized to abandon this undertaking, and dissolve the concern, if before the period of five years it should be found unprofitable, they now formally announced their intention to do so on the 1st day of June, of the ensuing year, unless in the interim they should receive the necessary
support and supplies from Mr.
