18 Metaphors for recoveries

He knew that the recovery of the conquests which the Saxons had made was a work of exceeding difficulty.

" The recovery from this tedious illness is the only allusion which Seneca has made to the circumstances of his childhood.

The recovery of the mine had been the old man's fondest dream, the last hope of his declining years, and this setback would go hard with him.

Eleanora's recovery and convalescence were not this time marked by the devotion of her lover, he never so much as went near her, although she was at Castello all the time and Giovanni was born there.

This fellow might be in's time a great buyer of land, with his statutes, his recognizances, his fines, his double vouchers, his recoveries: Is this the fine of his fines, and the recovery of his recoveries, to have his fine pate full of fine dirt? will his vouchers vouch him no more of his purchases, and double ones, too, than the length and breadth of a pair of indentures?

His recovery is a tedious business, with many tiresome checks, and many ebbings and flowings of the tide of life; buthe lives.

The recovery was no miracle.

The defeat and the disgrace could not be forgotten; the recovery of the lost provinces was the desire of the nation, and the programme of every party.

The recovery of a child under such circumstances was a blow severer than his loss, and it will readily be supposed that the truth of the pretension of Maso, who then went by the name of Bartolomeo Contini, was admitted with the greatest caution.

Judge Sands and his family were very dear to the people of the section, but his misfortune had threatened such wide-spread ruin that the unlooked-for recovery of a million and a half was a godsend that made for happiness.

Recovery had become the rule, and death a remarkable event.

But Mr. Trollope's thorough recovery from his severe attack is a fresh proof of his constitutional strength.

But my recovery will be evidently a tedious affair.

The King's recovery before the Regency Act was passed will be another great advantage to the Prince; his hands would have been so shackled, that he could not have found places for half the expectants, who will now impute their disappointments to the King's amendment, and not to the Prince.

Tonics and stimulants may save him from complete collapse, but real recovery is a matter of months and even years."

The recovery of the mine had been the old man's fondest dream, the last hope of his declining years, and this setback would go hard with him.

The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it.

If mother's illness was a sore affliction, her recovery is a great blessing; and even the illness itself has its bright side, for we have joyed in showing her how much we prize her continued life.

18 Metaphors for  recoveries