The principal question of these letters gives occasion to observe, how even the mind of Newton gains ground, gradually, upon darkness.

"Which side is it?" Don't think them heartless; they are neither better nor worse than you or I; they get over their professional horrors, and into their proper work; and in them pity, as an emotion, ending in itself or at best in tears and a long-drawn breath, lessens, while pity, as a motive, is quickened, and gains power and purpose.

I have before spoken of the very great readiness with which any stranger gains admittance to Congress to listen to the debates.

This is said to be enough; as it is, those gain admission who are worse than shabbymen in working clothes, and some without shoesthey have been introduced by clergymen.

Oh, Ione, it is thy woman's invention, thy woman's art that speaks; thou wouldst gain time.

gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend &c 305; sprout &c 194. aggrandize; raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino [Lat.], superadd &c (add) 37; spread &c (disperse) 73.

I speak, at least, from the standpoint of experience; in the last resort the hostility, fear and suspicion which from time to time gains currency among the great mass of the people, is due to those elementary misconceptions as to the relation of prosperity, the opportunities of life, to military power.

"Many a man gains doubloons, when he only looked for dollars; and many a market falls, while the goods are in the course of clearance.

He, whose mind is engaged by the acquisition or improvement of a fortune, not only escapes the insipidity of indifference, and the tediousness of inactivity, but gains enjoyments wholly unknown to those, who live lazily on the toil of others; for life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes, and seeing them gratified.

When, from direct communication with the blood-stream, due to extensive hæmorrhage, bacteria from the outside gain entrance, this simple inflammation is further complicated by the formation of pus, or a limited gangrene of the keratogenous membrane.

[2050]"Let them lay it up safe, and make their conveyances never so close, lock and shut door," saith Chrysostom, "yet fraud and covetousness, two most violent thieves are still included, and a little gain evil gotten will subvert the rest of their goods."

For as the form gains extension by advancing into the material, yet by that very process it becomes weaker than that which remains whole.

We may from conversation or from reading gain ideas that we can make our own and consequently be able to write intelligently.

Now in America not only is there already much emancipation from those outside regulations which supersede moral and private judgment, but the tendency toward a fresh life daily gains impetus.

The reason why only one mistress is to be kept, is, because if more than one be kept, a polygamical principle gains influence, which induces in a man a merely natural state, and thrusts him down into a sensual state, so much so that he cannot be elevated into a spiritual state, in which conjugial love must be; see n. 338, 339. II.

The public gains inspiration and ideals.

live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor, acquire honor &c n.; play first fiddle &c (be of importance) 642, bear the palm, bear the bell; lead the way; take precedence, take the wall of; gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions &c (approbation) 931; take one's degree, pass one's examination.

But the devotion of the community at large to this pursuit of gain-money without any grandeur, and pleasure without any refinementthat is a thing which cannot fail to wound all who believe in human nature.

In this case the time of greatest lameness is immediately before the pus gains outlet.

The need of mutual aid in domestic life, combined with the natural instinct for the propagation of the species, alone seem to occasion a union of young men and women which afterward gains permanence through habitual intercourse and a community of interests.

" At his re-entry into Paris, on the 19th of January, 1357, the dauphin attempted to once more gain possession of some sort of authority.

These plans are called "premium plans," "progressive wage systems," and "gain sharing."

Not only will my Lord have a thousand ounces to take back with him, not only will your slave gain shelter, but your baggage will be lighter also and more easily handled.

But no answer came; nor could he in that thick copse gain sight of him again.

That little matterthat beginning of evil,it will be like the snowflake detached by the breath of air from the mountain-top, which, as it rushes down, gains size, and strength, and impetus, till it has swollen to the mighty and irresistible avalanche that overwhelms garden, and field, and village, in a chaos of undistinguishable death.