He had always had a leaning towards a military life, and by his brother's aid obtained a commission as second lieutenant in 1815, being then twenty years old.

To be a Democrat had been, in Acredale, to be charged with secret leanings to rebellion.

Timothy, Libbie had discovered, had a leaning toward the romantic in fiction, though he preferred his served in rhyme.

" He clasped her fingerssuddenly felt, with the leaning of her body, her heart beating against his.

This had lent to his aspect a sternness never observable in it before; but no man, even the captious Mr. Moffat, had seriously questioned his rulings; and, whatever the cost to himself, he had, up to this time, held the scales of justice so evenly that it would have taken an audacious mind to have ventured on an interpretation of his real attitude or mental leaning in this case.

By this trust I do not mean a lazy leaning on Providence to do for us what we have ability to do for ourselves.

I knew that reed pens were still in use by draughtsmen of decorative leanings with an affection for the "fat line."

Reverting for a moment to Livy's honesty and frankness, so far as his intent might govern such qualities, I think no stronger evidence in his favour can be found than his avowed republican leanings at the court of Augustus and his just estimate of Cicero's character in the face of the favour of a prince by whose consent the great orator had been assassinated.

CLEVELAND, GROVER, President of the United States, born in New Jersey, son of a Presbyterian minister; bred for the bar; became President in the Democratic interest in 1885; unseated for his free-trade leaning by Senator Harrison, 1889; became the President a second time in 1893; retired in 1897.

As the strike showed signs of protraction, P.R. Menon, known for leftist leanings from his fiery days at the FPJ, tried to intervene with the management.

A vivid flash of lightning showed him her face as they stood for an instant leaning against each other, his arm encircling her.