Goaded on by my apparent encouragement of Archie Jolliffe, my stepmother resolved to bring matters to a crisis.

A little girl in one of the poorest schools brought her baby to show her teacher, and proudly displayed the baby's powers of speech"Say a pint of 'alf-an-'alf for teacher," said the little girl to the baby by way of encouragement to both.

A little encouragement from you and we could perk the place up right smart.

Be it said here, to the credit of France, that from her came constant encouragement in the great work.

Justice, self-control, loyalty, impartiality, who could fail to catch their fragrance and that of still more delicate blossoms, forbearance, consideration, sympathy and encouragement for the weaker....

It was a very precious time; a sweet solemnity prevailed; several Friends said afterwards, they thought they had never known quite so full an expression of unity and encouragement on any former occasion.

That God had only dealt with them as a loving Father, and was now about to succor them, having already stricken their foe with fear and astonishment, and given him, on the other hand, much encouragement by dreams and otherwise.

In this respect the name would well fit Florio, who, from his intimacy with the Daniels and their friends, could not but have known the passion of the poet, and the encouragement at one time given him by his fickle mistress.

The Duke needed no encouragement as the universal lover and ravisher of the most comely maidens in Florence.

By 1856, Miss Gilbert thought her work far enough advanced to bring it under the notice of Her Majesty, who, having asked for and received full particulars, sent a very kind letter of encouragement with a donation of £50.

Lord Bacon appears to have done more towards their encouragement than any other writer, and his essay on gardens is too well known to admit of quotation.

The same grateful acknowledgments are due to my fellow-citizens generally, whose support has been my great encouragement under all embarrassments.

And I turned to the Maid, that I whisper gentle and loving encouragement unto her.

Cattle and sheep raising (outside of Texas) had no growth or encouragement among them.

The friends of the Negroes, however, received more encouragement during the two decades immediately preceding the Civil War.

In such verses as Carew's Encouragements to a Lover, and George Wither's The Manly Heart, If she be not so to me, What care I how fair she be?

The necessity of accelerating the establishment of certain useful manufactures by the intervention of legislative aid and protection and the encouragement due to agriculture by the creation of boards (composed of intelligent individuals) to patronize this primary pursuit of society are subjects which will readily engage our most serious attention.

His rider lay forward in the saddle and yelled encouragement like a wild Indian.

I am also grateful to friends and relations who have placed letters at my disposal; especially to my brother, whose helpful encouragement throughout the work has been most valuable.

And upon the other hand, to lay down some counterbalancing considerations which render such a work more easy and light, and may afford matter of encouragement toward the undertaking of it.

Two excellent societies, worthy of encouragement up to a certain point, had been showing us the folly and wickedness of fashionable dressdress which deformed the body, crippled the feet, confined the waist, exposed the chest, loaded the limbs, and even enslaved the understanding.

Nay, so far were the attempts carried to overcome the attachment of the British cabinet to its unjust edicts that it received every encouragement within the competency of the executive branch of our Government to expect that a repeal of them would be followed by a war between the United States and France, unless the French edicts should also be repealed.

Young girls learned to look to her for council and encouragement amid the different passages of their [lives?]