| 单词 | bolster up |
| 例句 | I carry seating mattresses and bolsters up to the flat roof. My travels: Chris Alexander in Uzbekistan 2011-01-01T00:04:06Z Another fan bolstered up those who had fallen, and pushed the sunburned man back. Motherlode Blog: 42 Heavy-Metal Bands, 2,000 Fans, My Son and Me 2013-08-18T12:03:03Z “The submarine-launching ceremony heralded the beginning of a new chapter for bolstering up the naval force,” state media reported on Friday. North Korea rolls out ‘nuclear attack submarine’ 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Kim Jong-un, while observing weapons tests this week, called them proof that the North’s “unlimited” nuclear deterrent was being “bolstered up at a greater speed,” the state news media said. North Korea Says It Tested a Nuclear-Capable Underwater Attack Drone 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Rhodes said they would have some of their “best men bolstered up outside” — or “quick reaction forces” that he said would be “awaiting the president’s orders.” Oath Keepers founder: Be ‘ready to fight’ after Trump loss 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z So is the Republican Party, which has been quietly readying their specific, practical solutions to help bolster up the nation for months. Afghanistan coverage shows media still covering for Biden 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z It was actually seriously put forward that if you took away their corsets women, being so much like jellyfish, would just sort of subside into a puddle on the floor; they needed bolstering up. Permit Margaret Atwood to explain 'The Wizard of Oz' 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z He offered to buy beers for anyone attending the game as a way to bolster up some support for his team. Portland State football coach Bruce Barnum picks $14K tab after offering to pay for fans' beer at home game 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z New York needed some bolstering up for quarterback Daniel Jones and running back Saquon Barkley. Giants select Andrew Thomas with No. 4 pick of 2020 NFL Draft 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z If there’s anywhere the Seahawks could bolster up, it’s the defensive line. NFL Mock Draft 2020: Bengals go with no-brainer selection with first choice, Dolphins surprise 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z But the North Korean dictator said scientists and workers would continue manufacturing “more latest weapons and equipment” to “bolster up the nuclear force in quality and quantity”, according to the state news agency. White House contradicts Tillerson and says not right time for North Korea talks 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Shopkeepers on the street, fearing possible damage to their property, either shut up for the day or bolstered up their windows with wooden planks. Trump, risking isolation over climate, arrives for G20 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z “We will bolster up in every way our capability for self-defense to cope with the U.S. evermore reckless moves for a war and defend ourselves with our own force,” it said. U.S. Navy sends strike group toward Korean Peninsula 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z “We will bolster up in every way our capability for self-defense to cope with the U.S. evermore reckless moves for a war and defend ourselves with our own force,” it said. North Korea says Syria airstrikes prove its nukes justified 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Kim "set forth the important tasks to be fulfilled to bolster up the nuclear force," it said, and called for the "detonation of more powerful H-bomb in the future." North Korea's Kim calls for expansion of nuclear arsenal 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z In response to the drills, North Korea said it will "further bolster up its nuclear deterrent for self-defence". In pictures: US-South Korea military drill 2012-06-25T10:14:16Z Something had to be done to bolster up the rapidly crumbling tissue of lies by which the German Admiralty had gulled the Teutonic world. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z While the best indications of the clear day are the great fundamental ones, there are many little signs that bolster up one’s confidence in one’s own predictions. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z Moreover we do not quite know what armaments the Transvaal Government possess; it is with a pretty display of pretence that we conceal the nakedness of our borders and bolster up the situation. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z To detail the various plans tried or suggested to bolster up the company, the Parliamentary inquiries, or the stringent measures adopted to punish the directors, would be out of place here. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Many years later, when it was found necessary to bolster up the reputation of Paine, Cheetham's Memoirs were called a pack of lies. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Such comment as Ruth could wring from Aunt Sarah seemed to bolster up her own resolve to try Uncle Rufus as a retainer, and tell Mr. Howbridge about it afterward. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z Dot hastened to bolster up her sister’s statement of fact. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z It seems that a piece cannot survive on its merits as a play, but must, perforce, be bolstered up by some wretched device called an ‘effect.’ Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z It was not in his nature to assume or attempt to bolster up a false position.** Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z I never had a chance to use the one given to me years ago, but I still keep it and read it once in a while to bolster up my self-respect. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z She had a sweetly forgiving air, which bolstered up her mother’s opinion that Tess and Dot were guilty of leading her angelic child astray. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z Meagre salaries were bolstered up by fees and perquisites, many of them of an outrageous character. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z "Something stirring?" inquired Allison as he entered the drawing-room of the suite which his assistant had rented in order to bolster up her social campaign. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z He sneers at "reconcilers" like Mr. Gladstone, who try to bolster up the Creation story as a scientific revelation. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z So I decided to flit to Europe and spend all the time I could spare from dodging table d'h�te dinners to bolstering up and regulating the consular service. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z But he is unable to prosecute the subject far without discovering that mental weakness is often bolstered up by fraud. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The waste of it, the futility," he muttered, "bolstering up a wreck, instead of launching new ships. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z In front of this shelter he built his fire; and once its cheery presence came to bolster up his courage, Felix felt no anxiety concerning his experience. Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country 2011-10-21T02:00:18.430Z It was quite the fashion of those times for Spanish courtiers to consider Cuba as a source of revenue to bolster up their own fortunes. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z The premier, at this eventful period, was eager to engage the assistance of all his Tory friends, whether in or out of office, to enable him to bolster up his own misrule. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z He knew that these statements were lies, guessed well enough how his enemies would heap proof upon proof to bolster up his own brief confession. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z While this “first aid” had been going on, no one noticed the pebbles that were dropping from 189 the over-hanging crags that seemed to bolster up the peak above them. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z After being bolstered up with aromatic nerve drops and eau de cologne, Miss Campbell was able to speak coherently. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z Indeed, it never has stood alone, for it has always been bolstered up by the Monroe Doctrine. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z Not guaranteed by our knowledge about the thing, certainly; in any other sense, his definition seems invented for the express purpose of bolstering up his hypothesis. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z "Mere" God indeed, who is a very feeble support after the bolstering up of creeds and dogmas, of Churches and Bibles. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z To bolster up this story, he perverts facts with the most reckless indifference. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z In either case a trick has been used to bolster up the deceptive verdict of the National Geographic Society. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z They strut about in good company, and sometimes a sober historian goes so far as to employ them for the purpose of bolstering up his sectional theories, or, what is still worse, his prejudices. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z And there is here the additional truth that the only ground upon which the theory can be opposed is upon certain metaphysical assumptions which are made in order to bolster up an already existing belief. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z You have taken the bank's money to bolster up a failing concern in which you are a stockholder. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z On me the onus has to fall Of your malevolent effusions; 'Tis I who bear the brunt of all Your libellous allusions; To bolster up your turgid verse, I jeopardise my very purse! More Misrepresentative Men 2011-07-20T02:00:14.390Z There was so little but suspicion to bolster up Ruth Fielding’s belief that she had no foundation upon which to build an actual accusation against 96 Miss Lentz and her associates, whoever they might be. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z “It wasn’t!” declared Cora, though when pressed for reasons to bolster up her denial she could give none. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z The fact that she must attend the sick man bolstered up her courage. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z This she did in order to bolster up the extravagant claims she now makes for him as a "Great Teacher." H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z Yes; and in order to bolster up this absurdity we have to corrupt our whole literature. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z These wonderful manifestations of electricity are used by these pantheists to bolster up their theory of these being manifestations of intelligence in nature. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z The Directory finally conceived the gigantic project of bolstering up the French Republic—the triumph of which was celebrated by the peace of Campo-Formio—by forming the neighbouring weak states into tributary vassal republics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z One was old Ben, the blind hound, the other a pup with a broken fore-leg which Belle-Ann had bolstered up with splints. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z It preferred bolstering up vain appearances, amusing public opinion with the din of arms, imagining that they could thus puzzle the Prussians also. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z The strong point in your nature, is your determination, and this trait you may use to bolster up all the others. Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration 2011-05-02T02:00:20.220Z "But that wouldn't be like Rob!" asserted Merritt, just as though he might be trying the best way he knew to bolster up his own courage with this hope. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z But the attempt to bolster up the interests of the reactionary parties with our international complications continues in spite of this. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Mr. Lewis was sitting bolstered up in bed. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z To bolster up a lying charge against the woman I am going to marry? The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Britain has suffered greatly for her mistake in bolstering up the Turks, and in preventing the Russians from becoming masters of Constantinople. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Perhaps Nan would have utterly given way to terror, too, had she not felt herself obliged to bolster up poor Bess. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z If he is a reactionary, he will bolster up his own case. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z So long had he mantled himself in the braggadocio rhetoric and rounded phrases of The Profession, that he could not rid himself of the bluff which had bolstered up his years of miserable failure. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z What Avery said to Harrigan before he allowed him to see his partner was in part overheard by the latter, as he lay bolstered up in the old man’s bed. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z It can only be because they want to bolster up their tyranny with idle, empty words. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z The loan being thus bolstered up rose to four and a half per cent premium. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z It was to show him she trusted him, to put him on honor, as it were; to bolster up his waning self-respect by this final supreme act of faith in him. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Yet, if the system is to be bolstered up, what help?' The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z With always the same golden future dangled before our weary eyes, in Schliff's magnetic and pompous speeches, bolstered up by his tame directors. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Now suddenly he didn't want to comfort her any more, nor to bolster up her hopes about the new crop. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z They had, on their first voyage, escaped the submarines, a feat which was not palatable to Germany, who sought to bolster up a waning popular confidence in the U-boat campaign. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. “I’m afraid that I shall never make any money upon ’Change, or by bolstering up bad companies, and robbing the widow, the orphan, the retired officer, and the poor parson of their savings. A Double Knot Beechy, his face white, his hair redder and more rampant than ever, called eagerly from the open window at which he sat bolstered up in a chair. The Trail of Conflict He was bolstered up in his bed, but the effort brought on a severe fit of coughing, and he was obliged to lie down again. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician She tossed her turbaned head, and, stanch old Methodist that she was, began crooning a "'vival" tune, wherewith to bolster up her sinking courage. The Man from Jericho During these proceedings the patient had not once regained consciousness, but lay bolstered up with two pillows on an old sofa in the living-room. At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas These latter were usually bolstering up their bravado with aguardiente against the sense of impending uncertainty that freighted the atmosphere. The Key to Yesterday We are going alone in the full light of day and without any force of armed men to bolster up our demands. The Tempering If he could find someone to bolster up his insufficient schooling for a part of that amount he'd make a go of it; he'd be fairly on his course. The Guarded Heights The supposed ownership of a promising coal mine had bolstered up his shaky credit. The Land of Strong Men “Then that means they won’t be able to bolster up the program for Ace Pictures,” wailed Helen. Janet Hardy in Radio City I say to you now, that professional spiritualists are capable of going to any lengths to bolster up their impostures. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters "Aye—some day, may like—some day, sir," mumbled the dwindling voice; then it trailed off and sank sobbingly away, and Cleek had to administer more brandy to bolster up his fading strength. The Riddle of the Night And now, while you are resting, I must go down to the office, for my partner is at the meeting at the "White Lion," helping to bolster up poor Hart-Davies to fight the Tories' battle. Under the Mendips A Tale Again in 1893, instead of annexing Hawaii, we vainly sought to bolster up the sovereignty of a native Queen. American World Policies They present what happens so as to bolster up some preconceived theory. Thirty She had not grasped before how resolutely she had been using him to bolster up life for her, how important his friendly existence was for her. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary As long as their mothers are living, or they are bolstered up by some godly person, they get along very well; but they can’t stand alone. The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons They are being kept on their legs by you and your bankers, simply and solely to bolster up the credit of the House of Bultiwell.” Jacob's Ladder But Sube realized that it was too late to back out, and he bolstered up his ebbing courage by talking of the glory of achievement. Sube Cane “Now,” I concluded, “if you will come a little apart with me, I’ll tell you something that seems to bolster up my theory with a vengeance.” A Frontier Mystery Most cases, in their futile efforts to bolster up the exchequer of the company, the barons have sacrificed their private fortunes, so that their titles may, with entire propriety be spelled barrens. Seeds of Pine "Yes, I can see it," replied the other, steadily, feeling that he must bolster up Aleck's courage in this trying time. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine Inside, at the back, on a rectangular stick, one part of which bolsters up the front log, is the bait. The Story of the Trapper They called for a philosophy that would bolster up authority and rationalize their desire to impose a legal yoke upon society. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law It was amusing to behold him bolstered up in bed, exultant to the highest degree. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier I told Jake the piano would probably weigh about five hundred pounds and that we would require to bolster up the raft sufficiently to carry some three hundred pounds more in order to be safe. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia "I don't know at all what you are talking about," cried Miss Breeze, tossing her head, and trying to bolster up her own waning courage. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in Three men attempted to bolster up the story; but no "matter of witchcraft" was proved, says the for once incredulous Mr. Potts. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 “Suits me okay, buddy; suppose you trot it out and we’ll pas the time away bolstering up our strength–no telling what we may have before us tonight if we happen to strike rich pay-dirt.” Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes Toby soon had him bolstered up in bed, and held the salver before him, and looked a perfect picture of epicurean enjoyment, just from seeing his patient eat. Cudjo's Cave But it is this artificially excited greed which, in the last resort, continues to bolster up slavery in the shape of exploitation and war. The Forerunners In such imperfect form, indifferently bolstered up and rounded only from without, do I now set him before the public, obedient to an impulse which certainly does not proceed from within. Atta Troll It might be that the clumsy fiction of the letters had been perpetrated with the view of bolstering up a true case with false evidence. Lady Anna In the foregoing pages I have been obliged more than once to accuse Mr. Williams of misrepresenting facts in order to bolster up his argument. Are we Ruined by the Germans? We were given the seat of honor opposite the doorway, bolstered up with blankets and pillows. Across Asia on a Bicycle Unless Ridgley wished to be disgraced before the eyes of the world something must be done—and done soon—to bolster up the team. The Mark of the Knife Ruth bolstered up the weak old frame with pillows, and lit two candles to give the letter its best chance to be read. When Ghost Meets Ghost That woman in Italy may be bolstered up at last, if you refuse him. Lady Anna Stanley was very angry and much annoyed, but the thing being done he knocked under, and tried to bolster up the business. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III But so far, the French peasants have been in favour of property, "individually hereditary," so this unpleasant institution would be bolstered up by the new Social Revolution? Anarchism and Socialism In college he had had that notion bolstered up with Scripture texts and alleged Christian doctrine. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country Whole nations, like the Incas, for example, ruthlessly slaughtered by the papal-benisoned riffraff of Spain in her attempts to foist herself into world prestige and to bolster up the monstrous assumptions of Holy Church! Carmen Ariza To bolster up his case, Maeterlinck urges that "the capacity for folly so great in itself argues intelligence," which amounts to saying that the more fool you are, the more you know. Under the Maples All the virtues under the sun cannot bolster up love so as to stand the battery of one touch of disgust. Marion Fay He began to have certain qualms that he recognized as premonitory signs of weakening; and he struggled to bolster up his anger. The Heart of Thunder Mountain It is a great mistake to begin with the atomic theory practically the first day and try to bolster up that theory with facts later on as concrete cases of chemical action are studied. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College You might be able to induce him to sell part of what he has in order to bolster up what remains. The Spoilers of the Valley The sick man reached out for it with avidity from the large bed in which he sat bolstered up. Dr. Sevier Their power to construe a dead language served to differentiate them from their associates, and, rather foolishly if heroically, to bolster up their pride. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin The composition of the German forces here shows the extraordinary efforts the Germans are making to bolster up the Austrian cause and preserve Lemberg. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Danbury brought out a bottle of Scotch and a siphon of soda and, lighting his brierwood pipe, settled back comfortably on the bunk with his head bolstered up with pillows. The Web of the Golden Spider Unconsciously he has been bolstering up the eventual Renaissance. Ghetto Comedies His pride was bolstered up, his blood ran once more in pride. The Rainbow Part of the time he lay bolstered up in bed, but even this taxed his strength too heavily. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street But he made a desperate struggle, and his opponents were driven to sore straits to bolster up their case. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters What arguments in regard to a nation of forty-seven millions of people can be bolstered up by instancing the imperfect acquaintance of a Japanese pastry-cook with the English language? The Empire of the East One morning she lay bolstered up with pillows, Fidelle keeping her position close under the arm of her mistress, when a particular friend of Mrs. Lee called, and was shown into the chamber. Minnie's Pet Cat She had no need of the artificial head-gear and upholstery with which the modern society belle is wont to bolster up herself. When Dreams Come True The mother was bolstered up in bed, and the casket was lowered beside her, where she too could view the remains. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street And I felt depressed, in spite of everything I could do to bolster up my courage. The Prairie Child An advocate of this view seeks to bolster up his faith by the evidences of an aboriginal race still to be found in the relics of the Stone Age in Japan. The Empire of the East Only her hate of the man at her side bolstered up pride, so that she compelled herself to keep moving by sheer force of will. Heart of the Blue Ridge Hence it was a cause for much rejoicing to his mind to reflect that one male Howe at least survived to bolster up a spineless, spiritless, and decadent generation. The Wall Between “By getting out a new lie to bolster up the old one probably,” conjectured Joe. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour What is the use of bolstering up a presumably sincere religious movement with these puerile and mischievous statements? Pan-Islam After telling them he was “getting along nicely,” she read a letter which he made out to write in pencil, as he lay bolstered up in his bed. Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him Jane was lying bolstered up, as usual; disease shewed no stay of its ravages since Eleanor had been there last; all that was as it had been. The Old Helmet, Volume I He depended not a little on his professional pomposity to bolster up a certain lack of confidence in himself, and stripped of this legal regalia he shriveled to a very ordinary person indeed. The Wall Between As she lay on the settle comfortably bolstered up with the soft pillows, and a little fire crackling on the hearth, Esther looked about the sitting-room and began to think it a very pleasant place. A Little Maid of Ticonderoga When she was partially recovered, it was curious to see her sitting bolstered up in bed, with so many pets around her. Minnie's Pet Dog A reassuring bank account bolstered up my courage while the work was getting under way. If You Don't Write Fiction Such a catastrophe seemed imminent some years ago when the Sugar Trust was before the United States Senate for some legislation necessary to bolster up its monopoly. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated “I ain’t comin’,” he remarked half to himself with dogged determination, as if he were bolstering up some inward wavering of principle. The Wall Between But being the chief sinner in the matter, he felt it incumbent on him to bolster up the faltering spirits of Honey. Skinner's Dress Suit Then, as if to bolster up his courage, he attempted to shove aside a chair that interfered with his actions but pushed it so hard that it fell over. The Comedienne A poor kind of country, New York is, even though they do call it the ‘Empire State’ and try to bolster up its failin’s with a lot of fine talk. Dorothy's Travels Would you not like to bolster up your income by taking a position in the conservatory? The Goose Man Another week of foraging for those omniverous jaws, of bolstering up the structure of the trestle. The Return of Blue Pete Don't talk nonsense, old man, and don't conjure up impossible contingencies to bolster up your arguments.' "The Pomp of Yesterday" A manufacture thus, as may be said, artificially created and bolstered up, we do not say unwisely, does not assuredly answer the first condition required. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 I like to have my opinions bolstered up. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 Some of the statements would need to bolstered up by facts and “authorities” before they could be accepted as real arguments. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Excuses are never wanting to bolster up failing reputations. The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 This theory, explained and bolstered up with specious argument and sophistical evidence by the constable, rather staggered many people who believed in Levi. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World Their mind has no why or wherefore with which to bolster up their heart. The Green Carnation I had no money to bolster up affairs! Floyd Grandon's Honor You may flout our beliefs,—but wouldn't you like to bolster up your report with an endorsement by the wife of a clergyman! The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play She was bolstered up in bed, for she had had another bad fit, but she was brisk enough in her manner and fierce enough in her language. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 With the restless anxiety of alarm only half awake, she tried to bolster up her own hopes by appeals to every other person. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century But the appetite you bolster up isn’t the equivalent of a good healthy hunger after a day out-of-doors.” Jewel Weed I am assured that the284 funds of one corporation will not be permitted by the courts to be donated to the bolstering up of another, over the protest of a minority stockholder. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic It served to bolster up my belief that I had some influence in my mother’s house, after all! Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers But the Motor Maids and Miss Campbell had no such faith to bolster up their faltering courage. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp They served to bolster up the singular system of ignorance and incapacity which went by the name of colonial administration. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III Besides, perhaps it is scarcely to the point, for my object is not to bolster up an absurd contention that all women have the souls of cats. The Return Of The Soul 1896 “Then, if it be in earnest, sir—no; I ride not with you to help to bolster up a tyranny which makes every true man in England blush for his country.” Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story The Reformers had been so busy bolstering up the shrinking nature of Mr. Ruse that they had given small heed to the enormous concourse of citizens in the hall. Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life Yorkshire troops and machine gunners were quickly rushed up to bolster up these loyal men and a few days later retribution swift and terrible was visited upon the deserters and their newly made comrades. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 True, it has denominational schools, but these are to bolster up special ecclesiastical bodies, and are not half so good as Government schools would be. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell To my own surprise I have discovered that I have suddenly become a moral coward, and am obliged to descend to subterfuges in order to bolster up my courage. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands It required every excuse his wounded dignity could muster to bolster up his pride and make out for himself the plausible case that had previously comforted him and lulled his conscience to rest. Steve and the Steam Engine No one but a fool would attempt to bolster up a wrong answer. The Grell Mystery But once the latter virtues had become attributed to them the fact that the trees were "hardy and long-lived" may have been used to bolster up the belief by a process of rationalization. The Evolution of the Dragon I’m the promptest grocery clerk you ever saw!” boasted Dock, perhaps to hide a little confusion, and bolster up his nerve. The Boy Scouts of Lenox The War Office deprecated depriving our own troops of munitions for the sake of trying to bolster up armies that were disintegrating apace owing to the action of Kerensky and his like. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 In this fashion then he tried to bolster up his slipping courage, as he fell in behind the two men, and marched out of the shanty prison. Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat I found him still in bed, bolstered up with many soft pillows, and entirely alone. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan You know, the deeds of “our William” must be bolstered up; lest “waverers” should waver off to the ranks of the “Constitutionalists,” and the “great Liberal party” come to grief at the next general election! She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. Pat clapped his arms in imitation of a rooster, and crowed, to bolster up his courage, and leaped. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Mr. Clausin was saying; but Paul fancied it was more to bolster up his own courage, than because he really believed what he observed. The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain Its avowed purpose, however, was not to represent Lutheranism, but specifically to bolster up the cause of the German and to oppose the introduction of the English language. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod There was a scramble to bolster up the cause of Aryanism and to preserve this one civilization, at least, to the credit of the Caucasian race. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 She was bolstered up in bed, and the little boy was standing by her side, weeping, his arms about her neck. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. He was givin' an order to bolster up Blitzen by buyin' up to a hundred thousand shares, and in the package was a bunch of gilt-edged securities to cover the margins. Torchy Here he found about a score of excited boys clustered, trying to bolster up each others' spirits by making out that they were not a bit afraid. The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain The Church is, in their eyes, only a vast agglomeration of priests, some of them self-deceived through ignorance; most of them not so, but deliberately bolstering up an obsolete faith for place, profit, and power. Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. The Lancastrians were orthodox from conviction and from the necessities of their position; they needed the support of the Church to bolster up a weak title to the crown. Henry VIII. This, Braceway knew, was why she had advanced him money, bolstering up one mistake with another. The Winning Clue And we bolster up our satisfaction by pointing to some mistake of logic or some puerility of statement. A Preface to Politics And it was just when he was bolstering up his courage in this fashion that he heard a sudden sharp cry from his chum. The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain And I cannot approve of the bolstering up of Carey's cousins, the Carters, in their chemical works at Stokeleigh, which it strikes me will never do much good. A Houseful of Girls The longer we bolster up in its possessions an insolent enemy, so much the longer shall we have to support an army and pay taxes. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He had dismissed it the night before as a queer dodge on the other's part to bolster up his view of the case. The Winning Clue Jean-Jacques is in fact a supreme case--perhaps even a slight caricature--of the way in which formal creeds bolster up passionate wants. A Preface to Politics "All the Dickeys needed was to be bolstered up," one woman in the village said; and the Dickey boy was being bolstered up in the Rose family. Young Lucretia and Other Stories It—the bolstering up—has been going on for a long time now, to what extent I am not prepared to show. A Houseful of Girls It bolsters up a sufferer63 for a time just as contact with a magnetic and hopeful personality may for a time bolster one up. How to Eat A Cure for "Nerves" As C. L. Redfield has secured considerable publicity for his attempt to bolster up the Lamarckian theory, it deserves a few words of comment. Applied Eugenics These were simply to bolster up the only real charge, that of exciting an insurrection against the Spaniards. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III Various expedients are resorted to by Haeckel and a few others in their attempts to bolster up a theory which has broken so signally on the rock of heredity. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique Not that he was free from the latterday craving for accuracy whenever it might serve to bolster up the rest of the fabric. The Lion of Petra Throughout the Civil War, the newspapers had harangued, badgered, and dictated; had bolstered up or destroyed men, character, and measures. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 Apparently, they do not seek to reach truth, but to bolster up a foregone conclusion held merely from motives of tradition. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life But I must leave that loop-hole for the critics, for I am trying only to tell the truth and to be fair, and not to be scientific or to bolster up a thesis. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View You and K., who are satisfied with your spiritual instincts, would think it no better, probably, than a belt of sand to bolster up a mountain. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter Over and over again rang the miserable chant that has bolstered up so many a man who, otherwise, would stop before it was too late. Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery You know, that grinning skull we have stuck up all over the place to bolster up our superiority complex. Ralestone Luck They try to bolster up their vicious system by such artificial arguments as the "mental training" fallacy. Post-Prandial Philosophy Not once do we see him resorting to miracle to prove his apostolate or to bolster up his ideas. Life of St. Francis of Assisi And in case you're bolstering up your nerve with false hopes in that direction, let me tell you that we know exactly how you turned every trick. Raw Gold A Novel But resolutely she smothered the sparks and bolstered up the pitiful lie. Parrot & Co. A piece of bread lying on the table, and a few embers burning on the grate bolstered up his hope that he had not committed murder. From the Valley of the Missing He did not make the occasion an excuse for presenting his own particular doctrine, bolstered up by argument, nor did he bid his hearers rejoice and be glad. Flower of the Dusk Where is the deaf and solitary one you dragged from the streets of New York to bolster up your plot? The Chief Legatee He let himself be swept into devoting his energies to bolstering up his country's cause, instead of resigning. Before the War I confess I look with horror on a war to be fought by Afrikanders to bolster up President Krüger's régime. Boer Politics Janus bolstered up his dry wood in a crotch formed by a jutting rock, and built a fire where one would scarcely have believed it were possible to do so. The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills The Missing Pilot of the White Mountains In my judgment the fellows merely took those names to impose upon me, to help bolster up their story, and make it appear probable. Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune Many of these were written to bolster up personal ambitions, interests, rivalries and jealousies, while as many more were composed, without regard to facts, to gain dollars and cents. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 Again, as though to bolster up his shaken courage, he stared at the face of each, then lifted his blood-shot eyes to the impassive face opposite. The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War Bertrand Newhall, a scheming Boston banker, gets control of an old, reliable trust company, wrecks it to bolster up another business, and disappears. The Black Pearl I thought he was just bolstering up my courage, and I was grateful. The Blood Ship It must not be an attempt to bolster up weakness of ideas or commonplaceness of expression. Public Speaking She bolstered up her cushions, rearranged her coverings, and left again. Atlantis "And only an inferior reputation left to bolster up his certificate." The Colonel of the Red Huzzars "By and by I suppose you'll enlighten me as to what 'it' means?" hinted Jack, trying hard to bolster up a courage that, none the less, would ooze and drop. The Submarine Boys for the Flag Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam Only the knowledge that he did have the extra suit, and that he had made the outward trip without dangerous exposure, bolstered up his determination to see the plan through. Plague Ship Lies would have to be bolstered up with other lies. The Moon out of Reach These figures have been placed even higher by those who wish to blacken the Indian Administration in order to bolster up a malicious agitation against this country. Indian Unrest This is done to bolster up Catholic courage. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation In the subsequent years war broke out several times, but by the intervention of the federal commissioners, who bolstered up Uncas, hostilities did not proceed. England in America, 1580-1652 Therefore, unconsciously or consciously, every subsequent impression is bent to bolster up and sustain that judgment. The Gun-Brand I try to persuade myself that he didn't see me, and that he does this, other mornings, when I am not thus perversely bolstered up in rebellion, and peering through blinds at wrong hours. An Englishwoman's Love-Letters One warm day when I visited Little Jakey his bed had been drawn around facing the window, and I found him sitting bolstered up there, with his long black curls lying out on the pillows. Stories of Childhood Which we think is an attempt to bolster up a lost cause. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 He was awakening now to the truth that the day before had branded him a coward and sent him out to bolster up courage with drink. The Rustlers of Pecos County The 'South Sea Company' was bolstered up by the pledge of the duties on the imports from these far-off regions, and the shares sold like wild-fire, increasing in price in the most extraordinary manner. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East No kindly angel whispered to her that she should go in, now, for "swounds and vapours," and thus bolster up the protectiveness that had come to birth within him that night. Captivity By hoisting on these cords he could be raised to any desired angle; and, instead of being bolstered up, he hung as if in a hammock. Charles Duran Or, The Career of a Bad Boy By the author of "The Waldos" Strafford found that, in order to bolster up the despotism of the Stuarts, he had not only to invade England, but to expel the Scottish settlers from the Northern province. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union What you have done," she told him gently, "is to find argument to bolster up impulse. The Bells of San Juan Oh, yes, there was nothing in the scandal that said Garvington had sold his sister to bolster up the family property. Red Money The confidence of the public is continually bolstered up by such descriptions as the editorial above mentioned. The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 I include the following story as a specimen, and take it in particular as being quoted quite seriously by certain anti-Napoleonic writers in the endeavour to bolster up a feeble case. The Tragedy of St. Helena She was bolstered up by pillows, as she declared she could not breathe in any other position, and at every breath she drew she opened and shut her mouth with a sudden jerk. Lewie Or, The Bended Twig After him we are done with the abuse of history to bolster up Divine Right and social contract; for there is clearly present in his use of facts a true sense of historical method. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham Parasites—servile flunkeys, bolstering up an effete aristocracy. Second Plays The gun-stock may be a little bolstered up if desired, to avoid any troublesome pressure on the arm. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Not only had they rendered impossible a speedy revival of the Balkan League which had barred their expansion towards the Levant, but they bolstered up the Ottoman Power when its extrusion from Europe seemed imminent. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) The convenient fiction of the divine right of kings was invented, and religion was used to bolster up the institution and to provide a sanction for submission to absolutism. Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government He had expected to bolster up the ruins of his honor by her delighted acquiescence. The Street Called Straight How long shall we see even great mathematicians bolstering up fallacies to supply an evident hiatus! Five Years of Theosophy Pochette shook his head still more dubiously, till I got down and bolstered up his courage with a small piece of gold. The Range Dwellers For this woman had let fall statements with regard to her dead husband which most curiously bolstered up Cuckoo's fantastic assertion that Valentine and Marr were the same man. Flames She still bolstered up her belief that she had matrimonial prospects; but the men who wanted to marry her she would not have while those she desired to marry would not have her. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper With what care they bolster up its weary limbs, saw off its withered branches, and deluge its old roots! The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 What nacherally bolsters up this theory is that the maiden's got a six-shooter in her lap. Wolfville Nights Chicot was hidden in his great chair, and Joyeuse was half lying on the foot of the bed in which the king was bolstered up, when the conversation commenced. The Forty-Five Guardsmen He blundered in his work on more than one occasion, and resorted to tricks to bolster up his carelessness or inefficiency. The Evolution of Dodd You may flout our beliefs; but wouldn't you like to bolster up your report with "the wife of a clergyman who was present!" The Return of Peter Grimm She had no patience with that talk about death; that pitiful bolstering up of his romance. The Romantic Many an innocent man has paid the penalty for uncommitted crime because he has sought to bolster up his defense with doubtful evidence without the incubus of which he would have been acquitted. True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office He says that he will sue me, but I cannot believe that the law is so servile as to bolster up a black man against a white one. The Firm of Girdlestone "I'll show you!" went on Jimmy, and by his strength of character, and by his forced spirits he bolstered up the courage of his companions. The Khaki Boys over the Top Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam If we know ourselves we are strengthened that much, because we can bolster up our weaknesses. Laugh and Live Major Hunter, ever inclined to look on the bright side of things, believed that the crisis had passed, even bolstering up my hopes in the next administration. Reed Anthony, Cowman It seeks by holding back some things, and speaking of others with very carefully thought-out phrase, to bolster up God's side. Quiet Talks with World Winners The Navy tried to bolster up its own hopes; a loss to Stanford would mean the majority of games lost out of the first five. Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis I always was given to leaving myself loopholes; but, all the same, I am not going to face an old age bolstered up by bridge and cosmetics. Penny Plain Or, was he simply "putting it on," in order to bolster up the courage of his players? The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics It was bolstered up on a long truck, drawn by a pair of horses. The High School Boys' Canoe Club Indeed, how many human hopes have been bolstered up with arguments no sounder? Spanish Doubloons It seems comical enough at this day that he was obliged to bolster up his cause by sending round to his respectable acquaintances for certificates of good moral character. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 "I'll not let them take me," he shouted, as if to bolster up courage by the sound of his own voice. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts “Every man is accountable who lends his name and position to bolster up a field of vice.” The Three Brides One German officer who was sent to Austria to help bolster up her army told me that he didn't worry over the desertion of Bohemians singly and in small groups. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War Whether it was remorse or shame that tormented Mergel, no matter; he seemed to grow more and more in need of "spiritual" bolstering up, and soon began to be counted among the completely demoralized good-for-nothings. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Mr. Somers was bolstered up in bed, in a flowered dressing gown, with a bottle of colchicum and a pile of Congressional reports on a stand beside him. The Morgesons The coterie means a set of inferior people, bolstering up each other's vanity by mutual admiration. Father Payne The sequestrated estates of the Royalists would have been distributed among the adherents of republicanism, and not held to bolster up a military dictatorship. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk Others are instructive in that they show the use made of false news in bolstering up the Insurgent cause, and might with propriety have been included in the chapter on "The Conduct of the War." The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) In the third month dropsy of the chest set in; and, on account of smothering spells, she had to be bolstered up in bed with pillows. The value of a praying mother That phantasmagorical scintilla of evidence needed to bolster up a weak or doubtful case could always be counted on if Delany was the officer who had made the arrest. By Advice of Counsel Even after he had turned many things over in his mind to bolster up this conclusion, he was still not at ease. The Alaskan We could not sleep, and sat bolstered up in our chairs. Virginia: the Old Dominion Every time their troops made a stand they were promptly defeated and driven back, but their faltering courage was bolstered up by glorious tidings of wonderful, but wholly imaginary, victories won elsewhere. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) Charlotte's confession has been used to bolster up the theory of the "temptation". The Three Brontës Annie, pale and laboring for breath, was bolstered up, in bed, for the angel of death was visiting the poor girl. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland Get out a skirmish line, nominate our spies, bolster up our defences, set a watch, court-martial the prisoners, and look into the commissariat. The Man from Brodney's When I went up to his room, he sat bolstered up in a chair, and appeared to have fallen into a doze. The Wonders of Prayer A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer In spite of all these attempts to bolster up a tottering throne and an effete faith, the Revolution came, and Dryden's hopes and prospects sank like a vision of the night. The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes King Carnival's might was on the wane, and neither the influence of the Church nor the encouragement of the State was able to bolster up the superannuated monarch. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 Now he was back beside me, trying to bolster up his own courage by making me afraid. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace He styled this policy an effort to bolster up an institution that extinguished the "divine spark of the slave, crushed the bud of his genius, and kept him unacquainted with the world." The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War So this is one of his tricks to bolster up his new bank! Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road From the moment he realized this Amory resented social barriers as artificial distinctions made by the strong to bolster up their weak retainers and keep out the almost strong. This Side of Paradise WE have been bolstered up from evil, since the hour we were born. Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates It had to be bolstered up with whiskey, which wasn't good for it any more than was the living in clubs and hotels good for my stomach and the rest of me. Burning Daylight To bolster up the belief in original sin and the necessity for an atonement, the allegory of the fruit tree and the serpent in Genesis was taken literally. The God-Idea of the Ancients or Sex in Religion We finally punched a hole through the paper window and saw her sitting on her brick bed, her head bolstered up with cushions and her eyes closed. Court Life in China He shouldn't be artificially bolstered up with money, sent to these horrible tutoring schools, dragged through college... This Side of Paradise It is clearly made by way of affirmation when the offender covertly feels the need of bolstering up false statements. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology Of course it was at a sacrifice, but it would ease the strain on all of them and bolster up the faint-hearted. Burning Daylight The delusion of prescription is the fatal charm thrown over the intellect, the death sentence breathed into the conscience, to arrest man's progress towards truth, and bolster up the worship of error. What is Property? They do not object to bolstering up a line with "expletives," such as "do" in l. The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems A good firm, under temporary stress, would probably be bolstered up, and a week or two might find it in affluence again. The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles The physician made some show of keeping these back from me, but the cousin relented, and I was bolstered up in bed to read them. In the Valley Are you not content with bolstering up rebels, but you must go out of your way to slander the King's troops? Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 He bolstered up the Trinity with his Triple Dialectic, to keep his chair at Berlin. Mary Olivier: a Life "But you're not a prince, Turkey," I returned, in the low endeavour to bolster up the wrong with my silly logic. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood The man, whose genius has scarcely been surpassed, proposing to "attend" scholars, "children or adults," and to bolster up his head, at night, in "cheap lodgings!" Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey Some people have to be bolstered up by conventions, or they can't help miring in their own weaknesses. Lonesome Land Whatever the public accepts as true can with the utmost ease be bolstered up with figures. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency Acting under the advice of Gen. Hatton, a year ago, I removed the feather bed with which my predecessor, Deacon Hayford, had bolstered up his administration by stuffing the window, and substituted glass. Remarks This challenge did a great deal toward bolstering up the girls' courage and they hurried along the path more confidently. The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge or, the Hermit of Moonlight Falls In the mean time every effort was made to bolster up credit. The Moon Metal Cope found an opening by bolstering up his previous written excuses. Bertram Cope's Year The baselessness of the reasonings used to bolster up the British clinging to superfluous letters is very ably shown in Professor Matthews' Americanisms and Briticisms. America To-day, Observations and Reflections The outraged feelings of offended morality were now bolstered up by those of scandalized good taste. Jean-Christophe, Volume I When life had impressed upon him what seemed to him a truth, he then applied his intellect to it to bolster up that truth. Married I must confess that a week passed without our discovering anything to bolster up my opinion. Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks But under her sudden pallor he was taking fright again, and he began to bolster up his courage with bluster and noise, as usual: "Howl all you like!" he jeered. The Fighting Chance If I could bolster up my numerous requests with one or two good arguments, he invariably put the coveted goal within my reach, whether it were a vacation trip or a new motorcycle. Autobiography of a Yogi Your case must be a bad one if it has to be bolstered up by quotations from your Grandmother's wisdom. The Precipice As we entered the kitchen there stood the mother by her fat, laughing baby, bolstered up in his rude cradle of rough boards. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences The weakest and the worst have somehow got to the top, and giants are bolstering up the impotence of dwarfs. A Girl Among the Anarchists A quick temper is an excellent friend for bolstering up an ailing conscience, especially if itself is bolstered by an inability to see the point of view of the other party to a conflict. We Can't Have Everything Even the most resolute and scrupulous men love to be bolstered up with words, and to surround themselves with vain pretexts. World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France The Japanese, by bolstering up Semianoff and Kalmakoff, and the Americans, by protecting and organising enemies, made it practically impossible for the Omsk Government to maintain its authority or existence. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia They sat together playing cards in as much moonlight as would fall into the deep trench, relating jokes and bolstering up one another's courage. Four Weeks in the Trenches The War Story of a Violinist I only wish to say that if you are enclined to a game at Doubly Dumby, I would try and bolster up myself in a chair for a rubber or so. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 His conviction that he was really one of the White People, bolstered up as it had been by so many vain arguments, was put to the test of fact. The Broken Road "I hope you have not caught cold lying in the snow, M'seur," said Croisset, bolstering up the engineer's head and shoulders and covering him with heavy furs. The Danger Trail Such customs are precautions which help to bolster up the determination at the time when extraordinary effort and determination are required. How to Use Your Mind A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study Unless the Western Powers can trust Russia sufficiently to leave her in full possession, they must make up their minds to bolstering up the impossible Turk for a further period of years. The War and Democracy The arch-conspirator--the haughty and defiant dictator--would not only exclude Congress from all legislation over its own territory in the national District, but he now would make Congress bolster up his cause. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders I wonder why Carlyle or Froude has not bolstered up and defended this great hyperborean giant for doing evil that good may come. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers Being informed that there were none, she expressed a wish to be bolstered up, that she might try to write a few lines to her old friend. A Romance of the Republic He knew that the boastful philosophy by which some sought to bolster up Christianity was that against which the apostles had warned the faithful. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity In attempting to bolster up his thesis he has collected biographic material useful to the student of personality. The Glands Regulating Personality He stood with folded arms, his bony shoulders bolstering up the board wall, watching her as she knelt, her hands on Palmer's pillow, but not touching him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 One must be bolstered up by a generation of convinced and believing men, before he can draw a Church after him. The Warriors It was totally inept, and void of all strength and effect from the beginning; incapable, therefore, of being bolstered up or supported, or, according to the law phrase, adminiculated, by other presumptive circumstances. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 The party was without a national leader; Clay had died two years before, and Douglas made skillful quotations from the great statesman's speeches to bolster up his new propagandism. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 Here she seems to have passed her time in encouraging the Drûzes to rise against Ibrahim Pasha, intriguing against the British consuls, and attempting to bolster up the declining authority of the Sultan. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century He was lying on the sledge now, with his head bolstered up on a pile of blankets. Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail After that came a time when every one said she was sick, and I used to be permitted to go once a day into her room, where she sat bolstered up in bed. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe They do not defend a faith for which they, too, would die; they merely bolster up a position because in so doing they find bread and butter. Nonsenseorship It was not in his nature to assume or attempt to bolster up a false position. Lectures and Essays I could understand her feelings, and rather lamely attempted to bolster up her courage by making light of the supposed perils. A Fool and His Money His head was bolstered up, and so he could look straight into her face. Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail Their boys were really novices at the business, and it was to be expected, they reasoned, trying to bolster up their waning courage, that at first things would hit the Chester line hard. Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums "But my water-right is good for ten times the amount" pleaded Bob desperately, and produced T. Morgan Carey's letter to bolster up his argument. The Long Chance I'd lie awake at night in my cell concocting lie after lie to bolster up my case and stir up sympathy. The Desired Woman It was that he might bolster up the fortunes of a shattered family. Stella Fregelius He was to proceed without delay to Montana, where he was to bolster up the frail girl's courage and prevent if possible the disaster. The Hollow of Her Hand Thank you for trying to bolster up my nerve, Jack It's mighty nice of you in the bargain. Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums The boy was bolstered up in his cot, with Cummins balancing the little Mélisse on the edge of the bed when he came in. The Honor of the Big Snows To bolster up the meteor theory, the Project consultant suggests a one-hour error in time. The Flying Saucers are Real He had to bolster up his wife's spirits every now and then. The Gilded Age, Part 3. Yet he tried to bolster up the pretense. Youth Challenges Flora was bolstered up in bed, and had on a dainty dressing-gown of pink muslin tied with white ribbons. Yankee Girl at Fort Sumter Thus, where the case is perfectly clear against the prisoner, the "yellow" press seeks to bolster up the defence and really to justify the killing by a thinly disguised appeal to the readers' passions. Courts and Criminals They put Susan through a few lessons in introductions, practised calling her "Aunt Rachel," and bolstered up her failing courage by telling her how well she looked. Patty's Butterfly Days The door buzzer sounded and he stepped in, perhaps to bolster up his client in case he should be weakening. Constance Dunlap The news of the White River fiasco reached Curtis Gordon in Seattle, whither he had gone in a final attempt to bolster up the tottering fortunes of the Cortez Home Railway. The Iron Trail Now that he faced nemesis the strength of native fatalism came to his rescue, bolstering up the pride that every uncontaminated Nyamwezi owns. The Ivory Trail These, of course, are lone individuals, with no companions to bolster up their courage or witness their cowardice; the conduct of a party is often quite the reverse. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran This bolstered up Tom's plea for an early ceremony, and it was decided that the wedding should come off the first week in September. The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds "A man can always shift for himself better if he has no impediments," she said, speaking rapidly as if to bolster up her own resolution. Constance Dunlap The Peruvian sat bolstered up in his cot, a stoical, revengeful glare on his reddish-brown swollen face. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers He discovered that he was bolstered up partly against the trunk of this birch and partly against a spruce sapling. The Flaming Forest When he returned to the cabin the wounded man was bolstered up in bed, and the doctor was pacing back and forth across the room, evidently worked to a high pitch of excitement. Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police As it was, he struggled for domestic propriety, believing that he might so best bolster up his present lot in life. The Small House at Allington Bright-eyed, hollow-cheeked, with a racking cough that reddened the gauze handkerchief the doctor had given him, he sat bolstered up in his cot and looked out through the open door with glad and hopeful gaze. Back to God's Country and Other Stories Unless a miracle happens or the powers bolster up the throne of the little king, the people are likely to turn to Don Carlos for relief. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom Meanwhile, he despatched his attendant for wine to the coffee-house, and finding his credit bolstered up in that place by the same means, was enraged at the presumption of Jack's friendship. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle An old stove, the sides of which were bolstered up with rocks, filled the hut with smoke to the point of suffocation when a fire was started. The Lure of the Labrador Wild He entered, and saw on the mahogany bed an almost unrecognizable form bolstered up on a mass of cushions. Balzac Then he was always the advocate, always instinctively devoting himself to bolstering up another man's cause for him. The Mirrors of Washington As long as she has her beauty, a woman is under no necessity to bolster up her conscience, or to be reasonable, or to think.—Think? Maurice Guest Amelia alone saw and knew it—Amelia alone was a witness to all the little secrets and artifices by which Josephine, the woman of thirty-three years, had to bolster up her beauty. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times Instead of bolstering up a theory with a handful of fluff gained or lost, it would perhaps be better to settle how the original brute became the possessor of implements and fire. More Hunting Wasps The Tsay-ee-kah was practically dead, he said, and the resolution was simply a trick to bolster up its waning power…. Ten Days That Shook the World But in such a case he should have bolstered up a good ground for action with no collateral supports which are weak,—and worse than weak. The Last Chronicle of Barset Thus was Federal authority introduced to bolster up the administrative weakness of the States, and the first step was taken on the road to industrial nationalization. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners If we only wish to bolster up a theory, it would be prudent to listen to neither. The Mason-Bees Transitions from one method of operation to the other, intermediary changes, sufficed to bolster up these sweeping assertions. More Hunting Wasps He had shown them all that blood told; done something to bolster up that system which was-himself. The Country House Considerably bolstered up by miraculous testimony to your powers, my dear Santa Maria, since the day I found you out, to my cost! Sally Dows He says: "He forges his evidence from beginning to end; and by falsifying the record, he endeavors to bolster up his false charge." The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 4 The Lincoln-Douglas debates "Yes," agreed Phil, who stood near; "I sometimes think Teddy Tucker's moral code does need bolstering up a bit." The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South Not only did Bernadotte welcome the perfidious Saxons into his ranks, but he used their artillery to bolster up his own, which the former Marshal France now aimed at Frenchmen. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot If what I did was the act of a braggart, yet it almost seems I could do no less to bolster up my former boasting—or what into boasting they had translated. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... "As though God's truth needed bolstering up with error!" exclaimed Donovan. We Two, a novel It is a close manufacturing community, bolstered up on all sides, and has none of that capacity for providing employment for a thickly growing population which belongs to such places as Manchester and Leeds. North America — Volume 1 It may be possible, I can't say, but at any rate, no more money must leave the treasury to bolster up this bad business. The Financier, a novel "Legally" is a fine, robust adverb, which bolsters up many a fortune! Sons of the Soil But to-day, when we have long stood on our own powerful legs and need no bolstering up of such a kind, that policy is not only silly, it is pernicious. A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge If Anne had not run over the next day and bolstered up her convictions, she might have spoiled everything by prematurely relenting. Chronicles of Avonlea I find no evidence offered by Dr. Coriat to bolster up the conclusions of his paper. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 "Nothing, Burton—except that there is still one little thing more to do to bolster up that 'childish' story of mine—and then get out of here." The Adventures of Jimmie Dale The merry bowl Again shall bolster up my soul Against itself. The Jacket (Star-Rover) |
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