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of Occurrences 1310%

Shall we not endeavor to share in some broadly planned, magnificently executed scheme of world-advance?

for Occurrences 432%

No scheme for the right placing of men can be devised which does not place a great deal of power in the hand of a few leading men.

in Occurrences 87%

All honours have been paid to those who carried out the project, and very little is said of the man who originated the scheme in spite of great difficulties at home and abroad.

to Occurrences 41%

Of course money was needed to enable Miss Weston to develop her scheme to such an extent.

with Occurrences 41%

But for the place which I hold, brother mine, I've schemed with my wits, played fast and loose, and killed men.

on Occurrences 38%

The former relied for the financing of its schemes on the support of the commercials.

as Occurrences 32%

Documentary proof of such plots was said to be in the hands of the President, but a few days later the German foreign secretary admitted the scheme as his own and sought to justify it as a necessary precaution against war.

by Occurrences 25%

"I continued for some time in a sort of dreaming ecstasy; but as soon as I collected my thoughts, I began to devise some scheme by which I could again have the happiness of seeing and conversing with the lovely Veenah.

against Occurrences 20%

Carleton seized the chance of turning this scheme against the enemy.

into Occurrences 15%

This possibility came to me, yet I continued to cling there, dazed and helpless, staring dully down, lacking both physical and mental energy to put the wild scheme into execution.

at Occurrences 14%

Carleton himself had recommended this excellent scheme at the proper time.

from Occurrences 10%

And this object has been achieved to a great extent, though the disfavor with which the Roman Catholic Church regards any educational system which is not under the superintendence of its priesthood has prevented the scheme from attaining the full development which was hoped for.

about Occurrences 6%

120 His sycophants must be preferr'd, Room must be made for all his herd: Wherefore, to bring his schemes about, Old faithful servants all must out.

like Occurrences 6%

Mr has hitherto paid his people two days' wages a week, but he is now preparing to adopt a scheme like Mr to a great extent.

among Occurrences 5%

Here again philosophy interposed its axioms, and declared the scheme among the wild vagaries of a distempered fancy.

after Occurrences 4%

After the train had got under way, I asked Mr. Hedges to remain behind and assist me in measuring, by a rude system of triangulation, the distance across the lake as well as to the Tetons; but owing to the difficulty we encountered in laying out a base line of sufficient length, we abandoned the scheme after some two hours of useless labor.

without Occurrences 4%

And in Bayonne the Carlist plotters schemed without let or hindrance.

before Occurrences 4%

At supper he laid his scheme before his father and mother.

than Occurrences 4%

It is to be remembered, that they form their measures, and make their preparations in their own dominions, and therefore, have more advantages of concealing their schemes than we of discovering them.

under Occurrences 2%

The details of the plan were changed from time to time as conditions altered; but the main object was adhered to until the final abandonment of the whole scheme under pressure of circumstances as embodied in Nelson and his victorious brothers-in-arms.

over Occurrences 2%

And elaborate schemes over chocolate creams At five-o'clock tea at PELITI'S. And I think, when we die and the wraiths of us fly To that peace which depends not on treaties, The joys which we find will but serve to remind Of the hours that we spent at PELITI'S. J.M.S.

beyond Occurrences 1%

Having discovered what sort of things they meant to paint there, battle-pieces and vast compositions, he judges the scheme beyond their scope.

behind Occurrences 1%

How well I knew there was some such scheme behind shifting me out of the Workhouse.

near Occurrences 1%

There are the irrigation works at Adana, there is the beet-sugar industry at Konia, the irrigation works in the Makischelin Valley, the mineral concessions of the Bagdad Railway, the Haidar Pasha Harbour concessions, the afforestation scheme near Constantinople, the cotton industry in Anatoliathere is no end to them.

through Occurrences 1%

In the failure of all their schemes through Mr. Pendergrast's denunciation, Sir George Barclay, and one or two inferior plotters, had succeeded in availing themselves of the assistance of the Black Gang, and had been conducted by Peregrine to the hut that he had fitted up for himself.

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