英语词汇“procurable”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

The reporter absolves the husband as “sober and industrious” but describes the wife as being “indolent and addicted to reading everything procurable in the way of romance.” How video games suck you in: “Our sense of time becomes yoked, not to the ticking of the clock, but to the pattern of our interactions” 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z

The auction house said it’s the earliest procurable edition of the journal. Washington’s journal, Bunker Hill Bible up for auction 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

Somehow, undermanned without Bradley Beal and Kris Humphries, an elusive victory over a quality Eastern Conference foe — and a matchup nightmare — was procurable at Air Canada Centre. Wizards come up short against Raptors, 95-93 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Both rearing and plunging may, however, be effectually prevented by using the circular bit and martingale, procurable at Messrs. Davis, saddlers, 14, Strand, London. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z

The best rams procurable from the Darling Downs and noted Southern studs rapidly improved the flocks. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z

Unfortunately our mules must eat as well as we, and we know that we shall have long passes where no forage whatever is procurable. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z

Between Quetta and Kandahar the country is open, but neither is food procurable for a large force, nor forage for the horses and camels. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z

In a few days they are sufficiently tame to be trusted at large, and may be flown at young grouse or pigeons, the heavy bells having been changed for the lightest procurable. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z

The specimens of the caricatures to which it gave rise, presented on this and the two preceding pages, are two out of a great number still procurable. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z

Fortunately for Kansas, water is everywhere procurable by sinking shallow wells. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z

Our experience here is that, with the exception of meat, no food whatever is procurable between Zulla and our present most advanced post, with the solitary exception of Antalo. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z

Lining for Insect Boxes.—The old lining of insect boxes was the ordinary sheet cork of commerce, and if a good quality of cork is procurable it will answer the purpose. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z

I. The arterial silk, procurable only from a medical man. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z

For the first three or four days, goslings must be kept warm and dry, and fed on barley-meal, or oatmeal, mixed with milk, if easily procurable; if not, with water. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z

Information is not procurable showing the number of persons in Queensland in age groups, this information being only obtainable in census years. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z

But he seems to have studied too much in dark rooms, where the subtleties of flesh colour are lost in the dusky smoothness and uniform redness of tints procurable from farthing dips. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z

But besides these corroding vegetable Milks being procurable only in Summer, People who have very delicate thin Skins should not make Use of them, as they may occasion a considerable and painful Swelling. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z

He would imagine that none was procurable save from a distance of at least half a mile from the fort, and was doubtless already congratulating himself on the success of his strategy. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z

In a climate where grass is procurable most of the time, browse for medicinal purposes is entirely unnecessary. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z

For permanent plants, as trees, roses, &c., metallic labels with raised type are procurable from dealers, and are neat, durable and convenient. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z

The one spot peremptorily forbidden by the law is the public house; unless no other rendezvous be procurable for love or money. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z

It may, where Barley is not procurable, be made from Oats. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z

It may be said that nearly every valley and hill-slope where water is procurable is turned to account for grain crops. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z

But I rather doubt if trained wolves are procurable, although at a pinch we could use large dogs—but don't let me run away with my own work like this. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z

After the issue had gone to press the complete text became procurable. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z

At Shepreth this is done on a larger scale by the making of cement, for which the clay procurable here is, like that on the Medway, peculiarly adapted. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z

They recognized that American citizenship was a thing of great value, to be regarded as a boon, procurable only by earnest endeavor and true merit. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z

No one would pay for a pure Turkish leaf; with the exception of a few hotels and clubs it was not procurable. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z

After inspecting several with him, he took me secretly to one which a friend had found out as being possibly procurable, and on which Aldworth was finally built. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z

Could it be—yes, it had once been, protein flour, "eminently suitable for travellers and tourists, forming a delicious and sustaining meal when no other food is procurable." By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z

He was aware of excitement, curiosity, longing; there was a touch even of exaltation in him; yet he took no steps to seek the introduction which was easily enough procurable. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z

It is all a muddling through, somehow, without any recognizable goal in view, and there is no explanation of the scuffle tendered or anywhere procurable. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z

The water had to be pumped from the tanks to make room for it, but that was no loss, for fresh-water ice was procurable in any quantity. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z

I made an attempt here to hire a horse; but not even a donkey was procurable, all available carriage having been seized upon for the army. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z

The prince, now despairing of success and hoping only for a peace on the best terms procurable, listlessly returned to his governorship of Bristol and prepared to meet Fairfax’s impending attack. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z

Are they presented in some procurable volume that would be possible to send me? The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z

He loved all sorts of the nice things that money made so easily procurable, comfort and good cigars and riding and bathrooms attached to bedrooms. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z

If this is not procurable, buy a five-pound bag of table salt and wet it. Profitable Squab Breeding 2011-11-03T02:00:14.677Z

We recommend the use of Hudson-Essex Polish, which is procurable from your dealer. Essex Terraplane Six 1933 Owner's Manual of Information 2011-10-28T02:00:24.667Z

Chickens—more literally, hens of no uncertain antiquity—and eggs of almost equal age were often procurable locally. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z

The only procurable nurse was a woman named Hedden, who combined piety and artfulness. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z

We had come into view of a manner of pavilion or large kiosk, which served as a café and at which the delicacies generally procurable at such an establishment were dispensed. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z

No hope of relief could be entertained, for none was procurable in such a situation; even had the exhausted travellers been capable of seeking it. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z

Well, it gave me the cue to come up here and dig for some three-cornered mystery, blackmailing if procurable, in Deutch's life. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z

Pushing the burnt and nauseating horror from him, Bertram essayed to pour out tea, only to find that the fluid was readily procurable from anywhere but the spout. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z

The luxuries you refer to were only procurable by the rich, and nobody is rich now. Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show 2011-09-19T02:00:13.900Z

He asked for a ticket at the box-office, but was told that all reserved seats had been taken, and that only gallery tickets were procurable. Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 2011-09-13T02:00:36.647Z

So that much inconvenience was felt by the employers at the paucity of industrial bone and muscle procurable in the district. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z

Peaceful effort of any sort appears vain and ridiculous, and men are taught that wealth is procurable only by violence and extortion. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z

The feature of this feature was that the Line was pegged out from top to bottom with the best red-tape procurable in the town. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z

In a word, it fully took the place of that expensive and hardly procurable product of civilization, and could always be obtained in such quantities that we never ran short of it. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z

Water was procurable from dams and wells only; the water of the former was often dirty, and that of the latter brackish. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z

Some things which one would suppose readily procurable are really hard to find. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z

On the very eve of success—alas! an eve that so seldom has a dawn—it would never do to lose it all for want of wood, not while wood of any kind was procurable. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z

Of the inner life of the people, past or present, of their social peculiarities and popular beliefs, even less is known or procurable in any published form. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z

No cargo being procurable, we were to proceed in ballast to Mobile for cotton, and thence home. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z

Their only child, Hope, was educated on the ranch by the best instructors procurable, and readily acquired all the education that was necessary to her happiness. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z

Hastily, every one packed up what was most necessary and threw it into the carriage, or buckled it upon a horse; and when no longer carriage or horse was procurable, the boot-foxes must become baggage-bearers. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z

Stores failed; while food procurable on the island only consisted of turtles, turtles' eggs, fish, and coconuts. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z

It is one of the signs of decadence in the present age that livelihoods should be procurable by the scientific analysis of religion. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z

It seemed as fitting to send her priest a wreath as large as a wagon wheel as it had been incumbent to wear the longest crape veil procurable during two distinct periods of widowhood. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z

She set before bride and groom the best plain food procurable; she piled logs on the open hearth; she put the two coffin-stools into a cupboard. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z

At length, convinced of the fruitlessness of his efforts, he flew off to seek some more easily procurable food. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z

Our youthful sage on his return to his college presented them with several curious instruments of science which were not then always procurable in the shops of mechanics. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z

This was the sum of the information procurable from this source. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z

They are secured with the best locks procurable. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z

But it soon became evident that supplies were not procurable for any long stay there. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z

There is a railway station—Martham—about four miles off, but if you walked from there you could get no sight of the Broad without a boat, and boats are not procurable. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z

The confectioner's was also a china shop, and there was a millinery room upstairs, while the last new music was only procurable at the tin shop. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z

I am only sorry that the offerings I should make at this time to the "Little Child of Bethlehem" are not procurable. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z

Such models were cheaper and more easily procurable, and had, moreover, the advantage of being practically imperishable. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z

The fellow left the room, but returned anon with three flagons of their native wine and some vast loaves of black bread, which seems to be the only sort procurable in this God-forsaken country. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z

Once we spent a Sunday at Wroxham, with nothing procurable to eat but biscuits, and once, at Barton, we were obliged to fish for our meals. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z

The sale of the Mill Street property had left them a margin of ready money, but provisions had risen to fabulous prices and were not always procurable at any price. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z

I allude to the establishment by the Sisters of Charity of a hospital at Beyrout, in which the first medical advice there procurable has been secured. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z

Hides are plentiful, and of excellent quality; bark, both of oak and of hemlock, is easily procurable, and the water-power is abundant almost everywhere. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z

Fresh fish of various kinds is always procurable, except during the violence of the rains; the people, however, invariably cut it up and clean it before bringing it to market. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z

The apartments procurable for the purposes of the Court were of the humblest kind. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z

Nor, on the evidence procurable, did there seem to be any chance of solution. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z

There was nothing else procurable in the town, except a little fresh bread. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z

Feed all things with food convenient for them,—that is, if the food be procurable. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z

So I laid it away as a warning example of woman's folly, and began to save up, that I might replace it by a modern watch with all the improvements procurable for money. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z

The outward signs of civilization at York must have been meagre when a chance visitor recorded his surprise at finding ice-creams procurable in such a place. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z

She was an even more enthusiastic collector than the Duchess of Urbino, and her magnificent palace in Mantua was filled with the choicest works of Greek and Roman art that were then procurable. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z

Here in the dark we sat and waited for our baggage: no water, no wood was procurable, and we had eaten nothing except a scrap of biscuit since six o'clock that morning. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z

Monasteries offered the best education then procurable, and the clergy were directed to "teach youth with care, and to draw them to some craft." The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z

But those who wished to get quickly to London took the steamer from Portfront, and in a few hours came to Worthing, at which place a train was easily procurable. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z

The Quarterlies were not then reprinted as now; nor were periodicals like the Philadelphia Eclectic or the Boston Living Age readily procurable. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z

Arrange the roe on top, spice highly, and fill the jar with the strongest vinegar procurable. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z

However the men were in tents, and the bivouac poles came in handy for making tea, no fuel of any kind being procurable in camp. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z

A carriage was not procurable, so Charter fell in with the procession on the way to the cathedral. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z

Therefore the woodsman should not attempt to live wholly on fresh meat or to make so much allowance for game that he will suffer from hunger if the game is not procurable. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z

In each we find the church completely glazed in one period and, furthermore, with the best glass then procurable. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z

For my pain hath become intense, and my remedy is scarce procurable! The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments

The stuff to be used, some birch bark to ignite it on top of which is placed rotten wood or broken up punk if procurable, is rammed back a distance into the hole. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc.

The superintendent of the line intimated that specials were procurable, but that fares must be paid. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise

I only mention the easy way of making it in England, for scarcity of fresh and pure Curry stuffs none procurable. The Curry Cook's Assistant or, Curries, How to Make Them in England in Their Original Style

This contract requires that no English glass be used, but that the windows be glazed “only with best foreign glass procurable and to use as little white, green and black glass as possible.” Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z

All materials, and especially the cements, must be of the finest quality procurable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral"

Drunkenness is scarcely ever to be met with even in the humbler portions of the capital, or along the shores of the harbor, where seamen congregate, and where every facility for indulgence is easily procurable. The Story of Malta

It is found in large numbers washed up on the beaches in both Islands after gales, and varies so much in colour, markings, and shape that a good pair is seldom procurable. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them

With regards I hope the lovers of Curry will be satisfy with these accompanying recipes, which, I should say can be made in England with Curry stuffs and provisions procurable here. The Curry Cook's Assistant or, Curries, How to Make Them in England in Their Original Style

But what are our population to do, if bread is not procurable except at the enormous prices which, when you abolish protection, you entitle the foreigner to charge? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845

Where this is not procurable a stand must be provided, and this for a large lantern should be strong and rigid. Optical Projection Part 1: Projection of Lantern Slides

They all stood breathless while he lighted the little pile of kindling and heaped it with green wood,—the only wood procurable. The Voice of the Pack

Yet all this is purely arbitrary, and dependent merely on a succession of genera more and more closely resembling the modern horse being procurable from successive Tertiary deposits often widely separated in time and place. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer

In India we can prepare the above with tamarind included, for acid taste, and few other ingredients which can get fresh in Ceylon and India, but I think not procurable in England. The Curry Cook's Assistant or, Curries, How to Make Them in England in Their Original Style

Where blue gravel or hardpan and clean bank gravel are procurable, a good road may be made by mixing the two together. The Future of Road-making in America

It was a piece of flat iron, and the only instrument procurable for excavating purposes. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document

The anticipation that it will always be easily procurable is often unfounded; but so long as the anticipation exists it restrains collecting, with the result that Horn-books are much rarer than First Folio Shakespeares. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis"

The best varieties procurable should always be selected for hybridising, it having been proved that crosses originally made with indifferent varieties are much finer when raised again from more carefully selected varieties. Orchids

Whether a glass plate of sufficient strength to bear the weight of the ‘medium’ was procurable. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters

These snipers caused us a great deal of trouble, particularly when we wanted water, which was procurable only at a little brook on our left flank. The Black Watch A Record in Action

Neutral judges might be less easily procurable; but none could be less fit than his Holiness. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII

For some years we used boro-glyceride, a compound, we believe, of boracic acid and glycerine, but we are not certain that it is now procurable. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing

Fisheries were little developed before 1897 when government experiments were begun, which proved that large quantities of fish were easily procurable by trawling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony"

I want you to be more than ordinarily careful that the crew you take with you are the best men procurable. The Red Rat's Daughter

I found a little English tea-room about a mile away, and often went there for tea and muffins which in those days were hardly procurable in French places. Confessions of an Opera Singer

As long as slaves were procurable the planters throve, and as by that time Hispaniola had become the great centre of the Indies, the settlers were in a fair way to make fortunes. The West Indies and the Spanish Main

The shack is fairly warm and comfortable and the Powers that Be supply to the men an abundance of the best food procurable, with a reasonable portion of dainties. Seeds of Pine

Meeting the intelligent priests who had officiated in Santa Clara, they directed me to a house where a lodging was procurable. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia

Bancroft's assistant and partner in the school was Dr. Cogswell, who superintended the course of study, which was carried out by the best teachers procurable in America, England, and France. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860

For the construction of pastoral or agricultural buildings, especially in districts remote from railways, or from towns in which other building materials are cheap or easily procurable, pisé is particularly well adapted. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition)

It was a place where you could buy things, and although our predecessors turned up their aristocratic noses at the food there procurable, our only grievance was that we could not get any of it. The Last Campaign of the Twenty-Second Regiment, N.G., S.N.Y. June and July, 1863

Probably the weight of steel used in this way is excessive, but the joists are cheap, readily procurable and easy to handle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere"

The shirt-maker had filled his box with the finest procurable cambrics and tallest stocks. The Bright Shawl

The “sweet mash” thus made is then broken up, and a little rye malt, similarly prepared in the meantime, is added to it, if rye is procurable. Our Southern Highlanders

Fire-arms were not procurable, neither was poison nor a rope, but a pewter plate is enough in the hands of a desperate man. Hand and Ring

Where such vegetable matter is procurable, the quantity of nitrogen may be decreased proportionately. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history

Steel, on the other hand, is easily procurable in simple forms such as long bars, and is exceedingly strong. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere"

The instinct of his mother was to preserve, to spare, him; to win for him as smooth a passage through life as was procurable. The Bright Shawl

Milk, procurable at all seasons, made a highly important addition to his dietary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy"

A few cocoa-nuts were procurable: and these provided them with meat and drink for the time being. Under False Pretences A Novel

Often the tall glass lamps will also be procurable in a pattern of fifty years ago. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions

This is seldom the case; as a matter of fact, some of the fastest and most valuable dyes are now made artificially and many are not procurable from vegetable coloring matters. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1

Nitric acid is procurable in a more concentrated state, and with much less loss, by mixing very dry clay with saltpetre. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries

"Nothing elaborate, you know, Mrs. Rapkin," said Horace, who, though he would have liked to provide a feast of all procurable delicacies for Sylvia's refection, was obliged to respect her father's prejudices. The Brass Bottle

Private conveyances, riding and driving horses, are procurable by those wishing to visit the numerous places of interest in the neighbourhood or ride to hounds. Buxton and its Medicinal Waters

If genuine, the name Russia or Caravan tea signifies the choicest and most expensive grade procurable the world over. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions

Jack and our sweet Princess will be leaving for Azuria as soon as passports are procurable. Wings of the Wind

Almost all the acids procurable from this kingdom have bases composed of charcoal and hydrogen, or of charcoal, hydrogen, and phosphorus, combined with more or less oxygen. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries

But, however commonly the standard of value might be measured by spirituous liquors, yet it is evident that these, being themselves procurable for money, could not altogether supersede the desire of money itself. Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants

Thus, in this better class of desert and in the favoured spots where water is procurable, the said blank waste becomes a smiling spot. The Truth About America

Potato salad is always procurable, and in summer at lunch, instead of the hot vegetable, or in winter when green salad is dear, is very valuable. Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen

—Use “kidney” potatoes if procurable; if not, ordinary potatoes of small size. Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them

Statistics relating to this subject are procurable, but it is impossible to place any reliance upon them. The Curse of Education

If no prepared dressing is procurable, boil a towel if possible for fifteen minutes, squeeze the water out of it without touching the inner surface, and apply that to the wound. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911

I know not if it is procurable in London, but its title is "Colorado Springs and Manitou," and it is for sale by P. Blakiston, Son, and Co., The Truth About America

They are glued on with the very best glue procurable and tied down with strong twine. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III.

"Now that supplies of German chemicals and drugs are not procurable, sufferers from nervous dyspepsia, etc., should give a trial to nervous dispepsia, etc." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914

Many of the subdivisions of this class of men, pay little, or no attention to cleanliness, or any restrictions in diet; eating dead jackalls, bullocks, horses, or any kind of food procurable. A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies

The pass-book to be easily procurable at any bookseller’s for the sum of one shilling. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement

Of twenty-three vaccinated dogs, not one was attacked with the disease after inoculation, in any fashion, with the most virulent rabic matter procurable. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History

Physical aptitudes of soil—e.g., since timber was still used almost entirely for smelting, iron works are found where timber is plentiful or where river communication makes it easily procurable. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production

Well, I don't blame you for taking a long holiday while it was procurable. The Dop Doctor

Date of death not procurable in ship's office. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83

The variety known to English seedsmen as Large Asiatic, has established itself in the Northern Provinces, where a good head of cauliflower is procurable in December for one-half anna. The Cauliflower

The towns sent out the whitest horses harnessed to the best coaches procurable,—cream color, canary color, or claret color,—for the hero to be brought into town or sped upon his way departing. Lafayette

It has been a usual jest of those in command to halt and bivouac us for the night at some place where there is no wood procurable, and then send us out to get it. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition

It must not be imagined from this that there were not beds, for beds were generally procurable, lots of beds, in fact, the mattresses piled one on the top of another. Through Finland in Carts

On the other hand an electrical load of any description is sometimes not procurable at all, without the installation of a special plant for the purpose. Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers

One unfortunate feature of the destruction is the fact that some one has been drowned from nearly every house in the city, and teams are procurable only with the greatest difficulty. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin

She knew, too, that the wine at Mr. Thayer's table, like everything else on it, would be of the best procurable; better and more alluring than her father could get elsewhere. The End of a Coil

Indeed, very few books were procurable from the Dutch at Deshima. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era

Through the town of Sordavala, therefore, we marched from shop to shop until we lighted upon a sort of store where linen goods were procurable. Through Finland in Carts

Impedimenta, advice as to, 4-6; all essentials procurable at Hong Kong, 4. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia

West should be full dose, at the utmost procurable by modern conveyance. Desert Dust

This is about the finest procurable; is of large size, so it will not fall in the powder box and scatter the contents. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession

The deposits first discovered were soon exhausted, so that for a number of years Ichaboe guano ceased to be procurable. Manures and the principles of manuring

She was so roughly treated by her owner that for some little time preceding her child's birth she remained concealed in a neighbouring wood, where the only diet procurable was berries or wild fruit. From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington

Hong Kong, where East and West meet, 4; essentials of outfit procurable cheap at, 4, 5; 240. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia

An American friend of mine was telling me of his adventures as a cinema-producer down in the south-west where real Red Indians were procurable. What I Saw in America

Only a little white paint was procurable, but this was altogether too smooth and shiny. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany

And now his play, The National Anthem, which caused so much discussion, is procurable in book form. When Winter Comes to Main Street

The men procurable from that country, are not equal in physical strength to the China-men, nor are they to be had for lower pay. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.

Eighty dollars a month was what one family took out in the best meats procurable and 'ow could you refuse it, knowing they were not going to run away owing it! Ringfield A Novel

Water is procurable from the sand-hills somewhat to the west behind the houses, not saline, but not of good flavour. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria

German daily papers are procurable at most camps, and usually contain a more or less intact British official communique, which is translated by some German scholar and posted up. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany

It affords," says D'Urville, "an anchorage alike easy to reach and to leave, the bottom is firm, and wood is abundant and easily procurable. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century

The Canton market is, nevertheless, remarkably well supplied with the good things of this life; and the European who cannot live and be contented with the provisions procurable in it, must be hard to please. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.

It is also widely used for shipping boxes, baskets, and crates, and it is one of the stiffest, strongest woods procurable, but on account of its excessive weight it is sometimes discriminated against. Seasoning of Wood

The natives are too much inclined to make an attempt without first gaining all the information procurable in regard to the particular plant or vegetable they intend to cultivate. Speeches of His Majesty Kamehameha IV. To the Hawaiian Legislature

If this were multiplied by the knowledge procurable from the study of all the members of the feathered brotherhood, think what an education the whole would give one. Our Bird Comrades

The envoy speaks of the want of water, and the bad quality of that which was procurable was unbearable to the soldiers and servants. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century

If not procurable use ½ cup water and ½ cup milk ¾ cup bread crumbs Have meat ground fine as possible. The Suffrage Cook Book

Fortunately, of all Saltus's works, it is the most readily procurable. The Merry-Go-Round

If a log such as I have described be not procurable, a hurdle or gate might be employed. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.

Veritable dark rooms being seldom procurable on her travels, she invariably carried with her two or three curtains of thick red serge, several rolls of brown paper, and a bottle of stickphast. Antony Gray,—Gardener

First, then, let him take lessons in drawing, pinning himself steadily to copying pictures by the best masters of zoological subjects; as he advances, let him draw from the casts of animals, when procurable. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.

We found the commissariat at the parsonage at a very low ebb; in fact, nothing but coffee and skyr were procurable; and but for our provision of tinned meats we should have fared badly. A Girl's Ride in Iceland

Only in some few special instances electric light, the most intense procurable, is employed. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls

And on the 20th, he actually did so, discovering a little low island, which he named Gower, where cocoa-nuts were procurable. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century

The titles of these court purveyors were in the Landhofmeisterin's keeping, and were only procurable by payment of a good round sum. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg

This is a useful little trap in some seasons, and is well known, being easily procurable at any of the bird fanciers'. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.

Indeed many of the houses are built of peat in the interior of the country where wood is not procurable. A Girl's Ride in Iceland

A bad cereal harvest in England raises the price of flour, but only to a small and strictly limited extent, because, practically, there is no limit to the amount of bread-stuffs procurable from abroad. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock

Fowls and wild pigs which weighed about 2 cwt. each, were easily procurable, but had to be eaten immediately, as in less than a hour decomposition took place. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century

It was not surprising that the Sirdar did not object to their presence in the field, and occasionally saw that they were helped with rations when food was not otherwise procurable. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan

It is an elastic system, admitting of many variations, while retaining the fundamental principle; and of all really effective systems it is the least expensive, because it depends mainly upon objects procurable in the locality. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.

The announcement that certain drugs which were so sorely needed were not procurable in Chattanooga made Major Lyon feel very bad. An Undivided Union

Leaves of trees if procurable in quantity constitute an excellent litter. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock

No important town is passed between the two, and the traveller depends for sustenance upon the milk procurable from Arabs, whose flocks and herds graze about the wells and springs. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century

Their household goods were borne upon other already overloaded backs, and if a donkey was procurable the mother and child were set to ride upon its back. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan

Knowing this, one wonders the less to see no measures taken for a supply of water in the richer grain-growing valleys, where it is so easily procurable. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland

The only way to make it palatable was to fry it up with bacon fat and chopped onions, or boil it again and add rice and curry powder when procurable. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula

The combination of the stability with such lightness and gracefulness as were procurable, can in a measure be estimated by the comparative area taken up by the walls, pillars, and other points of support. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch

Fowls, and as much rice and fruits as can be wished, are procurable. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century

When the army subsequently advanced, as poles were not readily procurable the bare iron telegraphic wire was laid upon the ground. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan

Now, vengeance is a commodity that is dear when it is procurable gratis, but sometimes it is not obtainable at any price. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866

Local wine and brandy were procurable, also "Black and White" whiskey, which had been made in Greece and bore a spurious label. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula

Then no food will be procurable, and to stay where they are would be to starve. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure

In the alluvial plain no stone was procurable; clay, on the other hand, was everywhere. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs

From that period there has been an increase, until in 1876—the latest year for which the facts are procurable—the number of cases was 2357. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science

Everything was procurable from one source, and that only. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics

Potatoes were procurable in this part, but not higher up the river. In Mesopotamia

Bessemer furnaces were to be erected at once all round the pit mouth, meanwhile the firm was to contract with a Liverpool firm for an unlimited supply of concrete cement of the finest quality procurable. The World Peril of 1910

On the one hand, the tomb had to be constructed of brick, for stone was not procurable; on the other hand, sanitary reasons made cremation imperative. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs

If time permit, a lesson may be taken to consider specially such aids as are readily procurable, together with their average cost. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management

By the best accounts procurable, their serious dances were properly interspersed and inlivened with comic movements. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing

The bottom is of the heaviest tin procurable, the sides of lighter tin and seamed to be watertight without solder. Woodcraft

Their form is in part determined by the material, which is only procurable in thin slabs, so that the sculptures, wrought on both sides, present a sort of double bas-relief. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce

"Let us put it at this," he proposed, "that I'm a good serviceable imitation; an excellent substitute when the genuine article is not procurable." The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X)

Even a file might have been used here, if a file had been procurable, for one might work fully concealed though always in danger of the sentry’s hearing the sound. Tom Slade on a Transport

I selected as good a crew of fifteen picked, sea-going fellows as were procurable, and just a year ago we started.” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy

A large stone placed in the stern would have been a simple and effective remedy, but, as we have seen, no large stone was procurable just then. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains

When this was settled, and the worthy lady had withdrawn, Van Twiller went directly to the establishment of Messrs Ball, Black, and Company, and selected, with unerring taste, the finest diamond bracelet procurable. Mademoiselle Olympe Zabriski

Every observance usual on such occasions, that was procurable, surrounded this funeral. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52

Food was now procurable, and a quantity of sweet pine-apples must have had a soothing effect on the discontented crews. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole

The alcalde’s permission to make use of the adjacent ground was obtained for a moderate consideration, and plenty of material was procurable from the opposite bank of the river. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

"And if we don't, I'll give you the best divorce procurable this side of the water." I've Married Marjorie

The only stock procurable here were hogs at ten dollars the picul, and water shipped off in China tank-boats at four and a half dollars the ton. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy

However, we need not trouble to consider their food value as they are not easily procurable either in Europe or America. No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes

As to the number of Aglipayan adherents, no reliable figures are procurable from any source, but it is certain they amount to thousands. The Philippine Islands

This may be easily made by dissolving the best procurable isinglass in a mixture of 20 per cent water and 80 per cent glacial acetic acid — the exact proportions are not of consequence. On Laboratory Arts

They were sitting round a fire made mainly of grass, to eat their supper, for no wood was procurable in the district in which that night's camp was made. The Adventurous Seven Their Hazardous Undertaking

The subscription has utterly failed, no names being procurable except the Opposition party names that you have seen. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents

Prices of necessities have so risen that nothing is procurable. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919

The quantity procurable is limited, and the difficulty in obtaining it consists in the frequent breakage of the fibre whilst being drawn, due to its comparative fragility. The Philippine Islands

Then, no ladder being procurable, he set to work to break down the wall, while from above the defenders rained down a storm of stones upon them. John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub

I destroyed her dream of every bliss by reducing it to so much bliss as was procurable with a full pay of a franc and a half per diem. French and Oriental Love in a Harem

Most of the able-bodied men and a few of the youngsters set off next day to obtain a supply of walrus, seal, and musk-ox flesh—or anything else that happened to be procurable. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice

"She won't mind, considering Dawn has about the most reliable escort procurable." Some Everyday Folk and Dawn

Some is procurable at Angono, up the Lake of Bay, and it is from here that the stone was brought by the Spaniards for the Manila Port Works. The Philippine Islands

Double cooking pots are easily procurable for meat, porridge, etc. Papers on Health

The best means for this purpose, if it is immediately procurable, is calomel. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies

It was then found that too few wagons had been provided, and, as there were no more procurable, the consequent crushing was terrible. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru

"I'll engage for you beforehand the best quarters procurable for the coming summer: it really is a very pleasant place." A Hungarian Nabob

In the administration of justice this circumstance is inconvenient, because a witness is always procurable for a few pesos. The Philippine Islands

If no double boiler is procurable, an ordinary tin can, inside a saucepan will serve very well. Papers on Health

If calomel is not procurable at once give castor oil, two teaspoonfuls to an infant, one tablespoonful to an older child. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies

Sea-coal, and other black mineral substances, have been and may be used as substitutes for the more perfect blacks, when the latter are not procurable, which now seldom or never happens. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists

This variety is represented in several known plantings and abundant nuts for testing should soon be procurable. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934

It is chronicled that these gratuitous residences were well furnished and provided with all the requisites procurable on the spot. The Philippine Islands

The results are the amounts, in pounds, of nutrients procurable for that sum of money. Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value

Fish, new-laid eggs, fresh butter, marmalade, the best tea procurable in the Islands.... Major Vigoureux

The wind shield, procurable wherever baby carriages are sold, should be a part of the outdoor equipment, as it greatly helps in the protection of the baby. The Mother and Her Child

Natives who are experienced in elephant-catching are called out, and all the tame elephants procurable are assembled. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People

The table is spread, à la Russe, with all the good things procurable served at the same time—sweetmeats predominating. The Philippine Islands

In India it is the custom to eat a date first, or if that fruit is not procurable to drink a little water. The Faith of Islam

Horticultural Value.—Not procurable in New England nurseries or from collectors; its usefulness in landscape gardening not definitely known. Handbook of the Trees of New England

The Intelligence centre at De Aar being unable to furnish the requisite maps, took upon itself to supply "the best local guide procurable." On the Heels of De Wet

Therefore no hot meal, except perhaps a little tea made over a 'Tommy's Cooker,' was procurable by day. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

For raised lines there is a special kind of string procurable that can be couched to the ground material at the required places. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving

To complete the campaign organization the committee decided to wear the largest goggles, caps and automobile coats procurable. Watch Yourself Go By

Occasionally procurable in large quantities at a low rate. Handbook of the Trees of New England

"Aida" was first produced at Cairo in Eighteen Hundred Seventy-one, with a grand setting and the best cast procurable. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians

This must have been either from the fact of such assistance being procurable at a cheaper rate, or that the old notion still prevailed as to the necessity of looking abroad for art-talent. Art in England Notes and Studies

At the present day the work is done mostly by machinery, though hand work also is procurable. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving

I engaged the best talent procurable, costumed the show in conformity with the ideas of my friends. Watch Yourself Go By

Fowls, turkeys, and ducks, both tame and wild, are at all times procurable, the supplies of the latter being from the Laguna. Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850

In the Isle of Man they had a custom which has, probably, dropped into desuetude, of all going to church on Christmas eve, each bearing the largest candle procurable. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide

He smoked incessantly for fourteen years—from seventeen to thirty-one—his quantum being five ounces in all per week—of the strongest Egyptian cigarettes and the strongest pipe tobacco procurable. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles

One difference at the present time is that the smallpox patient receives the most scientific treatment procurable, but the victim of one of these plagues is neglected. Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves

No stiff leather procurable, they used cardboard and blackened it with shoe polish. Watch Yourself Go By

There are many other fruits and vegetables procurable at Manilla, but those mentioned are the sorts usually met with. Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850

Breakfast, consisting of all procurable luxuries, is then served, the neighbours not engaged are invited to partake, and the day ends in festivity. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide

A little for the men to carry on with was generally procurable, but the difficulty of watering the animals at times became acute. With the British Army in The Holy Land

Mr. Buxton was a collector of pictures and other objects of art; and his house contained some of the very finest specimens of painting, bronzes, enamels, plate and woodwork procurable from the Continent. By What Authority?

So much has been written about this man in books, easily procurable for reference, that little need be said about him here. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers

They quite forgot that these could be supplied with the same things from other places, where they were not subjected to the tax, and of course were procurable cheaper. Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850

Tickle throat with finger or feather in case mustard or salt are not procurable. The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training

Some refuge from the sniping was procurable inside the Mosque, but the Turkish artillery had no compunction in shelling the building and bringing it down in ruins. With the British Army in The Holy Land

Therein, of course, they were disappointed, but not more so than Iris when she tasted the brackish fluid alone procurable on the south coast of Fernando Noronha. The Stowaway Girl

He felt the need for light—all the light procurable in Hickwood. A Husband by Proxy

Yet it seems the Kaiser's forests were short on this valuable timber, so they picked up all the procurable black walnut in the United States. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919

This condition can be corrected by the injection of a tissue builder, procurable from a dealer in undertaker's supplies. The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses

In the front line beer was seldom procurable, though much appreciated. With the British Army in The Holy Land

The fundamental necessities of healthy growth are simple, and it is doubtful if there is any country in the world to-day where they are more universally procurable. Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders Report of the Committee of Inquiry Appointed by the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G., Minister of Health

No board was procurable that could be endured even for a day. Daisy in the Field

The large quantities of eggs easily procurable, but in most cases doubtful, also constitute a standard article of diet among these people, who have no scruples about eating them partly hatched. The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants

Rubber lifting tape is procurable in black or white 4" x 9" sheets and has the adhesive surface protected with a celluloid cover. The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses

The components of the syrup were all simple and easily procurable with these two exceptions, as were the basic components from which these were made. Hunter Patrol

It frequently has a few ornamental tracings of soot or other pigment, and where European cloth is procurable a few pieces may be employed as a wrapping. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir

The Planter coming down though supplied us with some small provisions, such as were not procurable at the Santee farm. Voyage of the Liberdade

If vehicle or horse were procurable for money, ought it not to be secured for the use of Wallace himself, whose health required the easiest and speediest conveyance from this theatre of death? Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793

These two, iodine and silver nitrate, are the most commonly used, inasmuch as they are relatively inexpensive, readily procurable, effective, and easy to apply. The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses

An armory or large gymnasium is an ideal place in which to give the indoor arrangement of the pageant if the stage of a small auditorium or theater is not procurable. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People

Moreover, if we chanced to pull up at a station where refreshments of any kind might have been procurable, we were not allowed to satisfy our cravings. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben

No doctor, medicine, or attendance of any kind was procurable nearer than sixty miles away, with a weekly post. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864

Here we find a number of works of reference, most of which may be characterised as indispensable, and the great majority of which are easily procurable at the present day. China and the Chinese

The extract of walnut-shells and chromate of potash are procurable at any large druggist's establishment. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction

If a costume as ornate as this is not procurable, let the young player wear a long white muslin dress that just touches below the ankle. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People

The guards having us in their mercy, bled us unmercifully, the most trivial articles being procurable only at an extravagant price. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben

In this letter the London Book-Store proprietor vigorously defended himself, and protested that the quantity of his work necessitated some importations not procurable in Boston. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book

Arrangements were at once made for erecting a wooden house at Delena, measuring thirty-six feet by eighteen feet, material for which was easily procurable. Adventures in New Guinea

On account of the importance of this consideration, not only for safety of passengers, but also for conducting operation under exacting schedules, it was decided to install the most complete and effective signaling system procurable. The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment

These rocker tires are procurable at any furniture establishment and are easily adjusted. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada

Round the corner a large dug-out with two entrances provided the Canteen with a home large enough to contain, when it was procurable, a barrel or two of beer. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919.

It would be interesting to try to decide the length of the speeches from which they are taken, then look at the originals, all of which are easily procurable at libraries. Public Speaking

At Maglai I had endeavoured without success to buy potatoes, fruit, and even meat; but here neither bread, eggs, nor chickens, which are nearly always procurable, were to be found. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels

The ideal is not the supremacy of good, but the supremacy of that range and sphere of material efficiency that is procurable by wealth. Armageddon—And After

There is no bridge, and boats are not procurable on this small river, which we have to cross and recross several times. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II

It is purely vegetable and is unquestionably the quickest, surest and most thorough worm destroyer procurable. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry

No keys were procurable; the owners, Lorns said, had long since left the docks. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2

A catalogue of all the maps issued by the Coast Survey is procurable from the chief of that office in Washington, D. C. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891

An old baseball or where this is not procurable, a tin can or a block of wood, may be used. School, Church, and Home Games

Glass, crockery, silks, tea, and many other things which would seem to be far more easily procurable from India than from Russian territory, are to be found in great quantities. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief

Deaf and dumb boys are not easily procurable, and ladies, when entrusted with mysterious missions, have an inveterate habit of communicating them to their personal friends. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton

It was procurable—she had only to move her little finger, or rather not to move it. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes

Laurel.—By distillation from the berries of the Laurus nobilis, and from the leaves of the Laurus cerasus, an oil and perfumed water are procurable of a very beautiful and fragrant character. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants

One of her boilers was so arranged that it could burn oil or fat, which was easily procurable in the arctic regions, in case their coal should fail. The Waif of the "Cynthia"

The guns, if not exactly obsolete, were quite unsuited for the work that had to be done, but they were the best procurable. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief

Moreover, high quality is of importance, and here the domestic as distinguished from the commercial gardener has an immense advantage, for well-grown 'Garden Peas' surpass in beauty and flavour the best market samples procurable. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition

Of course I imbibe alcoholic stimulant when and where procurable. One Third Off

Here too waters and supplies would have been readily procurable, and by clinging to the skirts of the hills the Roman infantry would have set the Parthian cavalry at defiance. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.

Gold dust, I understand, is also procurable at Sandalwood Island and New Hebrides. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1

It was our intention to shoe the runners with strips of brass, but these were not procurable in our village, and we had no time to go down to Fig. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island

For the love of Heaven, if the girl is procurable, do get her. The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary

None of these things are ordinarily procurable by private purchase in sufficient quantity, and in most cases could not be bought at all. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official

Elephants in large numbers were readily procurable from India. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.

There are miles upon miles along these roads where good water is not at all procurable. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18

There were rejoicings everywhere upon it, and savoury viands were procurable everywhere. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12

But one has a right to ask why this young man, who should be serving an apprenticeship in some obscure opera-house, is palmed off on the public as "the best artist procurable"? Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians

The circulating medium became so depreciated that provisions were scarcely procurable. The Life of Columbus

Where subject classification, or the incorporation of the documents in the general library, is desired, the cloth set is preferable, and is in most cases procurable. A Library Primer

If procurable, a "baby spot light" is the best appliance, but lacking this, an automobile lamp and its battery can be used. Why the Chimes Rang: A Play in One Act

The best rose-water, however, in the bazar, may be computed as bearing the proportion of one thousand roses to a seer of water; this, perhaps, may be considered as the best procurable. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.

But that Siegfried Wagner is the best conductor procurable in Germany is too preposterous a proposition to be considered for a moment. Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians

Sheep are also to be had, but they are small, and goats for one rupee each, large sheep two rupees: dhal, atta, barley procurable; and Herat rugs. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

This butterfly is worked in the finest black silk procurable, in order more closely to imitate etching. Beeton's Book of Needlework

Though he had evidently just had his dinner, he was watching with greedy interest the proceedings of some natives in charge of a horse—an animal which he esteems a great delicacy, when procurable. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months

For the same reason the second is not procurable in large quantity, unless bespoken some time before-hand; but the third may be had at the shortest notice in any quantity required. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.

Food--Nutritive elements of food; food suitable for stores; condiments; butcher; store-keeping; wholesome food procurable in bush; revolting food, to save lives of starving men; cooking utensils; fire-places for cooking; ovens; bush-cookery. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries

All sorts of spices procurable, but they are generally old: sugar very good, is sold in flat candied cakes, one and a half inch thick; koorool in small cakes resembling chunam. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

Heavy seas washed the deck, and kept out the galley fires, so that warm food had not been procurable. Jaffery

After some delay supper was served, cooked by our host, and accompanied by excellent Bass's beer, no wine or spirits being procurable on the premises. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months

If a very close-fitting box is not procurable, the space between box and barrel must be filled in with a strip of tin cut off to the correct length. Things To Make

But the ordinary knapsack hooks and rings, if procurable, would answer the purpose better. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries

The inferior caked tea, sugarcandy, silk dresses, straw hats, and caps are procurable, but at a high price. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

A must pay these L.2000, or, which amounts to the same thing, receive from B consols to the amount of L.100,000 at 96, that in reality are procurable at 94. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852

Fresh beef, mutton, and butter are hardly procurable, and the latter, when preserved, is uneatable. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months

None were procurable, from the fact that all had resigned, refusing to act officially under a government they had repudiated. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862

Milk dried into cakes, intended to be grated into boiling water for use, was formerly procurable: it was very good; but I cannot hear of it now in the shops. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries

Salt is procurable within a distance of three or four days from Kioukseik. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

Tinderboxes, with the accompanying "fire steels," are still made here for certain foreign markets, where lucifers are not procurable. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically

Of what use was money, if food were not procurable with it? The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines

With the entire Marquesan economic and social system disrupted, food was not so easily procurable, and they were driven to work by commands, taxes, fines, and the novel and killing incentives of rum and opium. White Shadows in the South Seas

If stones are not procurable, three piles of mud, or three stakes or green-wood driven into the earth, are an equivalent. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries

In addition to this, warm jackets lined with fur, straw hats, silk robes, skull-caps, and sugar-candy are procurable; pork of course is plentiful, and is excessively fat; grain, vegetables and fish are plentiful. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

Among the collections lost were many volumes relating to the early history of railways in England, originally collected by Mr. Charles Brewin, and supplemented by all the pamphlets and tracts procurable. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically

One of the greatest competitors of the British-built traction engine is the Hart-Parr oil engine, a splendid agricultural tool, which is invaluable where ordinary fuel is not easily procurable. Argentina from a British Point of View

Deck-hands and firemen would be procurable at whatever port a steamer was to be bought. Ulster's Stand For Union

Opening out of this are perfectly equipped Turkish and Russian baths in charge of the best Swedish masseur and masseuse procurable. Etiquette

There is a bazaar, but nothing good is procurable in it. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

"You need a grandmother," he said, drily; "and I'm the closest resemblance to one procurable." The Common Law

Elegant and richly furnished apartments, expensive table ware, and a profusion of all procurable luxuries, were the attractions of the occasion. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life

It should be mixed, he tells us, with cattle dung, or, if that is not procurable, with liberal supplies of lime, and he also suggests that it should be put under cover day by day. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore

The Prince of Baden had that instant driven away, and he had taken every procurable horse in the town. Clementina

Some idea may be formed of the extent to which it is procurable, when from the mere outskirts of the forest, 300 maunds of juice may be collected in one month. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

This, to some extent, accounts for the prodigious amount of labour bestowed on these structures; labour which the whole revenue of the kingdom would not have sufficed to purchase, had it not been otherwise procurable. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1

If specimens are not procurable without much expense and trouble, can you supply me with the name of a work in which these plants are figured? Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850

Their stock of goods being exhausted, and no provisions being procurable, the party had to return at the end of October. The Personal Life of David Livingstone

From the start Field insisted that everything about the "Little Books" should be American, and the best procurable of their kind. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2

Tea from Khiva of good quality is procurable in small quantities. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

Here, in an alluvial plain, where stone was not procurable, and where the cemeteries of the dead adjoined the houses of the living, brick was needful instead of stone, and sanitary considerations made cremation necessary. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations

Adventure Bay proved to be a valuable discovery, being a good and well-sheltered anchorage, where wood and water were abundant, and procurable without much difficulty. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1

The roads were heavy, the mountain torrents in flood, the only procurable horses and mules such as by age or debility had escaped the strictest requisitioning. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales

It will be procurable from our San Francisco Unitarian Headquarters. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment

Tea from Bokhara is procurable in small quantities; its quality is decent: it was originally eight rupees a seer but is now thirty. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

Let any one examine—as an object very easily procurable in these days—a peacock's feather. Creation and Its Records

Now, as it is, I have saved money over the pearls, and therefore interest on money, though I did buy you the very finest procurable imitations! Mr. Prohack

The whole of public prosecution was in the hands of one man, generally poorly paid, with equally underpaid assistants, while the defense was conducted by the ablest and most enthusiastic men procurable. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado

The following table shows the sums paid for death and disability claims in certain unions for which statistics are procurable. Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions

Coarse Russian cloths, and very inferior silks are also procurable. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

It could not, however, be said that they were procurable on easier terms than what had been sold here in the last year. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King.

This river was about one hundred and fifty yards wide, and although the tide ran up it about a mile, fresh water was procurable from it considerably nearer the sea. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2

E. D.—It is a native of the warmer countries, and at present difficultly procurable in this, though as hardy and as easily raised as any of the other sorts. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II

When procurable, salt codfish was Washington's regular Sunday dinner. The True George Washington [10th Ed.]

The covers are fac-simile reproductions in many colors of the finest oil and water-color paintings procurable. Wholesale Price List of Newspapers and Periodicals

Green peas, instead of canned, may be used when procurable. Science in the Kitchen.

Besides this, there are other States such as Wisconsin and Indiana, already mentioned, where there is no official recent revision, so that everybody depends upon a private compilation, which is the only one procurable. Popular Law-making

"Every provision which any state enjoyed for the protection of public society from its bad members and bad impulses was either provided or easily procurable under the Constitution of the state." A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia

The golden mullet and the Becca fica are abundant; and all the articles brought to market are procurable at low prices. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay

But here are offered plays that will enrich the American dramatic library because of their rarity, and for that reason others have been excluded, which are easily procurable in print. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Introduction and Bibliography

But perhaps he had not been able to obtain a rope; such things were watchfully looked after in the neighborhood of Lingmoor Prison, and might even not be procurable. Bred in the Bone

Whether a glass plate of sufficient strength to bear the weight of the Medium was procurable. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert

For nearly the whole distance between Rhoeh and Koorrum not a drop of water is procurable; as we had not provided against this contingency, we suffered in proportion. A Peep into Toorkisthhan

Drugs are procurable in equal abundance, together with perfumes and spices. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay

He told Josephs the coachman as much when he had dispatched an underling to fetch the cleanest four-wheeler procurable at an adjacent stand. Fenton's Quest

There were no canoes procurable in Snowy Gulch, if indeed a lightning trip could be made there and back to secure one, before the river fell. The Sky Line of Spruce

The accordion was a small one of the kind which is easily procurable in the market. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert

A Carpenter got up and advised the use of wood, which he said was readily procurable and easily worked. Aesop's Fables; a new translation

The stud-horses bred near Poonah do not come into the market so freely as in the Bengal presidency, where they are easily procurable, and are sought after as buggy and carriage horses. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay

Watson brought with him one of the first copies procurable of the extra edition of the Chronicle, which contained these facts and further information. The Marrow of Tradition

He would not at the moment say more than that the work was procurable at all bookshops. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 12, 1919

Into a large basin put 2 cupfuls of the coldest water procurable. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century.

He then asked if there was a surgeon who could dress his wound, but was told that none was procurable nearer than a town fifteen miles away. Jack Archer

Reservoirs firmly fixed contained water and the necessary provisions; and fire and light were procurable by means of gas, contained in a special reservoir under a pressure of several atmospheres. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon

When ships began to be built of iron, it was found that they could be increased without limit, so long as coal, iron, machinery, and strong men full of skill and industry, were procurable. Men of Invention and Industry

At another, which looks like a backway to somewhere else, but is an independent building in itself, oysters are procurable in every style. American Notes

I breathed a sigh of relief, the thing had altered its intention and was going on in search of other and more easily procurable prey; the fire had been too much for it. The People That Time Forgot

He declared that Mrs Turner had come to him from the Countess and asked him to get the strongest poisons procurable. She Stands Accused

Let your knife-sheath be so deep as almost to cover the handle, and the knife of the very best steel procurable. The Mountains

These circumstances induced him to turn his attention to the making of a better kind of steel than was then procurable, for the purposes of his trade. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers

It happened that she made by far the finest cocktail procurable in that large city where drink-mixing on the part of the foreign population was indeed an art. John Barleycorn

Personally, when we got to the fonda, I had as good a dinner as was procurable, and a bottle of that old Canary wine, and turned into bed after a final pipe. The Lost Continent

Dry beans and peas were still easily procurable, but fresh vegetables at once became both rare and costly. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71

But a good cook to stay in a plague-stricken dwelling would be a thing of time, if procurable at all; so the doctor decided to accept the willing services of these two. Lo, Michael!

The answer is not far to seek: he had been abroad at the time of the death, and his address had not been at once procurable. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories

It is now in demand, and is procurable, every month in the year. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)

Some refreshment is ordinarily procurable there, but it is not much of a place. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places

Dr. Rampont, a very clever man, who was now our postmaster-general, had already issued a circular bidding us to use the very thinnest paper and the smallest envelopes procurable. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71

The accommodation was of the poorest, but bread was procurable, and eggs, meat being an unknown luxury in the community. The Slave of the Lamp

These kind of stones were readily procurable upon the beach, and in a couple of hours the implements of the colony consisted of two strong blades, which it was easy to fasten into solid handles. The Mysterious Island

The Misses Blake looked higher, however, and came to England, where rich husbands are presumably procurable. The Uninhabited House

It was his hobby to remain in out- of-the-way parts of the world for years at a time, visiting savage lands where coal was not procurable, and he trusted more to sails than to engine-power. The Wheel O' Fortune

Gas also was procurable, and we had amongst us quite a number of men expert in the science of ballooning, such as it then was. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71

Uniform coats were no longer procurable—the government had to supply them gratis, even to field officers. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee

Experiment on these points is rendered difficult by the circumstance that the fungus is rarely procurable except in autumn, when some of the species we most need to destroy are not to be found. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881

When she gave her daughters in marriage to Danish noblemen, it was to secure direct advantage from alliance with the most high-born sons-in- law procurable. Henrik Ibsen

But as the advantages of an acetylene not contaminated with air are becoming more generally recognised, and mantles of several different makes are procurable more cheaply, incandescent acetylene is now more practicable than hitherto. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power

This delay, moreover, threatened to bring Fielding within need of a surgeon when none should be procurable. Henry Fielding: a Memoir

She died the following day and Mrs. Batty felt that the largest and most expensive wreath procurable could not approach the expression of her grief. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing

What is there that is procurable by this money which we desire? The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus

It was a patient life of unrequited toil, and I have returned to civilization to search publishers' lists for more easily procurable pleasure. Imaginations and Reveries

This, when the food is readily accessible: the case is otherwise when it is not procurable except by extraordinary means. Moral Philosophy

At length an attempt was actually made to remove him to Gotha, the necessary medical appliances being not procurable at Schmalkald. Life of Luther

Mrs. Day, he ordained, was not only to advertise home-made mincemeat, but to make the mincemeat at home, and of a quality not procurable in shops. Mrs. Day's Daughters

Every day my native cook made a pot of katjang idju, to which I added as a flavour Liebig's extract, and when procurable different kinds of fresh vegetables such as the natives use. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917

Not an ounce of bread was procurable for money, or even as a gift. Alone

This was the work of the Friars, who, for the purpose of giving to their own students the best procurable training in theology, established houses of residence in Paris and elsewhere. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304

Mr. Yule strongly recommends Cairncross Island as the best station for obtaining wood and water for vessels navigating the straits, there being abundance of both easily procurable, and even large timber, if required. The Bushman — Life in a New Country

In Brockenham and its county the liquor brewed at the Hope Brewery was considered the best tipple procurable. Mrs. Day's Daughters

Usually it was a matinee, where their seats were the best procurable, directly at the stage; and they sat in a sleek expensive row eating black chocolates from painted boxes ruffled in rose silk. Linda Condon

He saw, near Cotrone, that island of the enchantress Calypso which has disappeared since his day, and would have sailed there but for the fact that no boat was procurable. Alone

The boss drover agreed to provide flour and mutton—when such things were procurable. While the Billy Boils

I am willing, my friend, to supply you with all the conveniences procurable at this elevation; and, for the rest, you know, doubtless, what I can say to you. The Purple Land

On both these main lines water is procurable at almost every station; and to them military expeditions are perforce limited. The Land of Midian — Volume 1

The dark sense of sin, the conviction that it required expiation, and that procurable only by death, drove men to these horrid rites. Expositions of Holy Scripture

No conveyance being procurable on account of some local fair or festival, we decided to walk. Alone

If goat's milk is procurable it is preferable to cow's milk. Dogs and All about Them

The ascent is difficult and dangerous, as, the mountain being said to be haunted, no native guides are procurable. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán

Government granted him his request and provided him with every facility procurable and he started. Bengal Dacoits and Tigers

We drove home very silent, in the only vehicle procurable, a third-class tikka-gharry, feeling as if all the varied smells of the East were lying heavy on our chests. Olivia in India

Old planters constantly tell you, that such cattle as they used to get are not now procurable for love or money. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter

This power is, of course, in part measured by the number of unemployed easily procurable to take their place. Problems of Poverty

Forage for horse and camel, and supplies procurable. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán

As no ants were procurable, it was fed on raw yolk of egg, which it contrived to suck in with its long tongue—not enough, however, to keep it alive during the voyage. At Last

He took no exercise, and not even such relaxation of the mind as was procurable, though that is not much in the situation of Governor- General. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

In Central India, in the North-west, indeed in most districts where elephants are not easily procurable, it is customary to erect mychans or bamboo platforms on trees. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter

Water was occasionally procurable, which was very important, as the horses could not travel many hours without it, although the heaviest packs were reduced below 100 pounds. Journals of Australian Explorations

Forage for horse and camel, and supplies procurable. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán

That would be indeed awkward for the Government if penal servitude were easily procurable. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914)

Rats have been his medium of study, for they are most easily procurable, live fastest, breed, and withstand experimental and operative procedures better than any other animal. The Glands Regulating Personality

There was an occasional pool here and there, but generally the only water procurable was in deep wells giving a poor yield. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine

Reaching the Maranoa River in about latitude 25 degrees 45 minutes, water was scarcely procurable in the sandy bed, and we had to dig wells to obtain a supply. 7th April to 12th April. Journals of Australian Explorations

His learned friend had called evidence to show that the paper on which the plan was drawn was of a quality which was not procurable by the general public. The Hampstead Mystery

And now—after several weeks of work on getting together as good an outfit as was procurable—they were putting what Billy called "the finishing touches" on their accoutrements. The Boy Aviators in Africa

Milk is not procurable during the hot weather; after rain every house is full of it; the Bedouins bring it in skins and sell it for a nominal sum. First Footsteps in East Africa

He stopped at the desk for a conference with the porter—a basket of fruit from the restaurant, and, if procurable regularly or irregularly, a drawing-room on the Washington train. Cytherea

Fresh water is abundant, and building stone procurable in any quantity being found in the immediate vicinity on land superior to inundation. Journals of Australian Explorations

The industrious application of the smallest copper coin procurable, the humble farthing or the halfpenny, speedily converted the most insignificant abrasion of the skin into a festering sore. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

Nowhere was a judgment on the simple merits of the case procurable. England under the Tudors

The Nomads possess large flocks of sheep, the camels, cows, and goats being chiefly found at this season on the seaward side of the hills, where forage is procurable. First Footsteps in East Africa

This is the more to be deplored, because, in 1762, Fielding's widow, brother, and sister, as well as his friend Lyttelton, were still alive, and trustworthy information should have been procurable. Fielding

But we know that many private collections were broken up and sold by impoverished Cavaliers, and such pictures must at that time have been procurable at easy prices. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02

It was accordingly composed of the stoutest men procurable, dare-devil fellows capable of giving a good account of themselves in fight, or of carrying off their unwilling prey against long odds. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore

We set off for the wharf on foot, not a fiacre or chaise being procurable. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3

Such epochal works as Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws, Voltaire's Letters on the English and Philosophical Dictionary, and Rousseau's Social Contract and Émile, are readily procurable in English. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.

You will have to look about for a further change, and I fancy there is no third life procurable. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01

Clothes the very best procurable, jewelry just inside the limits of good taste—he bore himself like a gentleman, yet there was an unmistakable air of ostentatious wealth that repelled me. Vicky Van

In our day the mines are worked upon scientific principles, under the guidance of the ablest mining-engineering talent procurable in America. Following the Equator, Part 7

First I thought of balloons; but, of course, I had to give that idea up, for balloons were not procurable. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 06

No food is eaten at dawn, a bad practice, which has extended to the Brazil and the Argentine Republic; but if a dram be procurable it is taken "por la manana." Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2

Until divorce is as cheap as marriage, marriage will remain indissoluble for all except the handful of people to whom 100 pounds is a procurable sum. Getting Married

If however the country itself is poor, the river is rich in the most excellent fish, procurable in the utmost abundance. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales

Not one chicken could be purchased for love or money, and, besides grain, only a lean, scraggy specimen of a goat, a long time ago imported form Uvinza, was procurable. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley

Around Suakin, as along the Indian frontier, a battle was always procurable on the shortest notice. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

Living in the native style is cheap; but cooks are hardly procurable, and a decent table is more expensive than in an English country town. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2

But Dan's satisfaction was premature, for it took time and much galloping before the "little Chinese darlings" could satisfy themselves and each other that they had the very finest bullocks procurable in their mob. We of the Never-Never

If the equivalent be not procurable, the offender must buy its value of grain for alms-deeds, or fast a day for every measure. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2

They were afraid to go on unless accompanied by a large force of men; and, as these were not procurable in Manyuema, the Doctor reluctantly turned his face towards Ujiji. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley

As regards horses, I am satisfied that from the Eastern coast something might be done-nothing on the Western, where the animals, though thorough-bred, are mere "weeds," of a foolish price and procurable only by chance. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1

Before its introduction, or when it was not procurable from Europeans, the leaves of a large spreading tree, a species of 'Eugenia', was, and is still used. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland

"In that case, you cannot be too careful in seeing he has the most reliable attendants procurable." Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl

There being no workman procurable at this time for gold, I sat down to patch the damaged articles; whilst Nur was sent to lay in supplies for fourteen days. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2

No provisions were procurable, for the villages were in a state of semi-starvation, the inhabitants living from hand to mouth on what reluctant Fortune threw into their nets. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley

In such places the Badawin love to encamp, because they find food and drink,-water being always procurable by digging. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1

No cab was procurable; he left his bag at the station, and hastened with all speed in the direction that he remembered. The Odd Women

He was always in excellent spirits, ever ready to be of service to a friend, lived with much moderation on victuals of the best quality procurable, took his autumnal holiday abroad in a gentlemanly manner. A Life's Morning

He could only resolve that his boy should have the best education procurable for money, if he starved himself in providing it. In the Year of Jubilee

Sheep, coarse flour, milk, and barley were procurable at very moderate prices on the road. Among the Tibetans

单词	procurable
例句	procurable The reporter absolves the husband as “sober and industrious” but describes the wife as being “indolent and addicted to reading everything procurable in the way of romance.” How video games suck you in: “Our sense of time becomes yoked, not to the ticking of the clock, but to the pattern of our interactions” 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z The auction house said it’s the earliest procurable edition of the journal. Washington’s journal, Bunker Hill Bible up for auction 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Somehow, undermanned without Bradley Beal and Kris Humphries, an elusive victory over a quality Eastern Conference foe — and a matchup nightmare — was procurable at Air Canada Centre. Wizards come up short against Raptors, 95-93 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Both rearing and plunging may, however, be effectually prevented by using the circular bit and martingale, procurable at Messrs. Davis, saddlers, 14, Strand, London. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z The best rams procurable from the Darling Downs and noted Southern studs rapidly improved the flocks. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Unfortunately our mules must eat as well as we, and we know that we shall have long passes where no forage whatever is procurable. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Between Quetta and Kandahar the country is open, but neither is food procurable for a large force, nor forage for the horses and camels. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z In a few days they are sufficiently tame to be trusted at large, and may be flown at young grouse or pigeons, the heavy bells having been changed for the lightest procurable. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The specimens of the caricatures to which it gave rise, presented on this and the two preceding pages, are two out of a great number still procurable. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Fortunately for Kansas, water is everywhere procurable by sinking shallow wells. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Our experience here is that, with the exception of meat, no food whatever is procurable between Zulla and our present most advanced post, with the solitary exception of Antalo. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Lining for Insect Boxes.—The old lining of insect boxes was the ordinary sheet cork of commerce, and if a good quality of cork is procurable it will answer the purpose. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z I. The arterial silk, procurable only from a medical man. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z For the first three or four days, goslings must be kept warm and dry, and fed on barley-meal, or oatmeal, mixed with milk, if easily procurable; if not, with water. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Information is not procurable showing the number of persons in Queensland in age groups, this information being only obtainable in census years. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z But he seems to have studied too much in dark rooms, where the subtleties of flesh colour are lost in the dusky smoothness and uniform redness of tints procurable from farthing dips. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z But besides these corroding vegetable Milks being procurable only in Summer, People who have very delicate thin Skins should not make Use of them, as they may occasion a considerable and painful Swelling. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z He would imagine that none was procurable save from a distance of at least half a mile from the fort, and was doubtless already congratulating himself on the success of his strategy. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z In a climate where grass is procurable most of the time, browse for medicinal purposes is entirely unnecessary. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z For permanent plants, as trees, roses, &c., metallic labels with raised type are procurable from dealers, and are neat, durable and convenient. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The one spot peremptorily forbidden by the law is the public house; unless no other rendezvous be procurable for love or money. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z It may, where Barley is not procurable, be made from Oats. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z It may be said that nearly every valley and hill-slope where water is procurable is turned to account for grain crops. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z But I rather doubt if trained wolves are procurable, although at a pinch we could use large dogs—but don't let me run away with my own work like this. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z After the issue had gone to press the complete text became procurable. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z At Shepreth this is done on a larger scale by the making of cement, for which the clay procurable here is, like that on the Medway, peculiarly adapted. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z They recognized that American citizenship was a thing of great value, to be regarded as a boon, procurable only by earnest endeavor and true merit. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z No one would pay for a pure Turkish leaf; with the exception of a few hotels and clubs it was not procurable. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z After inspecting several with him, he took me secretly to one which a friend had found out as being possibly procurable, and on which Aldworth was finally built. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Could it be—yes, it had once been, protein flour, "eminently suitable for travellers and tourists, forming a delicious and sustaining meal when no other food is procurable." By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z He was aware of excitement, curiosity, longing; there was a touch even of exaltation in him; yet he took no steps to seek the introduction which was easily enough procurable. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z It is all a muddling through, somehow, without any recognizable goal in view, and there is no explanation of the scuffle tendered or anywhere procurable. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The water had to be pumped from the tanks to make room for it, but that was no loss, for fresh-water ice was procurable in any quantity. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z I made an attempt here to hire a horse; but not even a donkey was procurable, all available carriage having been seized upon for the army. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z The prince, now despairing of success and hoping only for a peace on the best terms procurable, listlessly returned to his governorship of Bristol and prepared to meet Fairfax’s impending attack. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Are they presented in some procurable volume that would be possible to send me? The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z He loved all sorts of the nice things that money made so easily procurable, comfort and good cigars and riding and bathrooms attached to bedrooms. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z If this is not procurable, buy a five-pound bag of table salt and wet it. Profitable Squab Breeding 2011-11-03T02:00:14.677Z We recommend the use of Hudson-Essex Polish, which is procurable from your dealer. Essex Terraplane Six 1933 Owner's Manual of Information 2011-10-28T02:00:24.667Z Chickens—more literally, hens of no uncertain antiquity—and eggs of almost equal age were often procurable locally. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The only procurable nurse was a woman named Hedden, who combined piety and artfulness. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z We had come into view of a manner of pavilion or large kiosk, which served as a café and at which the delicacies generally procurable at such an establishment were dispensed. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z No hope of relief could be entertained, for none was procurable in such a situation; even had the exhausted travellers been capable of seeking it. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z Well, it gave me the cue to come up here and dig for some three-cornered mystery, blackmailing if procurable, in Deutch's life. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Pushing the burnt and nauseating horror from him, Bertram essayed to pour out tea, only to find that the fluid was readily procurable from anywhere but the spout. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z The luxuries you refer to were only procurable by the rich, and nobody is rich now. Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show 2011-09-19T02:00:13.900Z He asked for a ticket at the box-office, but was told that all reserved seats had been taken, and that only gallery tickets were procurable. Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 2011-09-13T02:00:36.647Z So that much inconvenience was felt by the employers at the paucity of industrial bone and muscle procurable in the district. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z Peaceful effort of any sort appears vain and ridiculous, and men are taught that wealth is procurable only by violence and extortion. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z The feature of this feature was that the Line was pegged out from top to bottom with the best red-tape procurable in the town. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z In a word, it fully took the place of that expensive and hardly procurable product of civilization, and could always be obtained in such quantities that we never ran short of it. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Water was procurable from dams and wells only; the water of the former was often dirty, and that of the latter brackish. Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet 2011-08-16T02:00:45.283Z Some things which one would suppose readily procurable are really hard to find. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z On the very eve of success—alas! an eve that so seldom has a dawn—it would never do to lose it all for want of wood, not while wood of any kind was procurable. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z Of the inner life of the people, past or present, of their social peculiarities and popular beliefs, even less is known or procurable in any published form. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z No cargo being procurable, we were to proceed in ballast to Mobile for cotton, and thence home. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Their only child, Hope, was educated on the ranch by the best instructors procurable, and readily acquired all the education that was necessary to her happiness. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z Hastily, every one packed up what was most necessary and threw it into the carriage, or buckled it upon a horse; and when no longer carriage or horse was procurable, the boot-foxes must become baggage-bearers. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z Stores failed; while food procurable on the island only consisted of turtles, turtles' eggs, fish, and coconuts. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z It is one of the signs of decadence in the present age that livelihoods should be procurable by the scientific analysis of religion. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z It seemed as fitting to send her priest a wreath as large as a wagon wheel as it had been incumbent to wear the longest crape veil procurable during two distinct periods of widowhood. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z She set before bride and groom the best plain food procurable; she piled logs on the open hearth; she put the two coffin-stools into a cupboard. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z At length, convinced of the fruitlessness of his efforts, he flew off to seek some more easily procurable food. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z Our youthful sage on his return to his college presented them with several curious instruments of science which were not then always procurable in the shops of mechanics. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z This was the sum of the information procurable from this source. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z They are secured with the best locks procurable. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z But it soon became evident that supplies were not procurable for any long stay there. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z There is a railway station—Martham—about four miles off, but if you walked from there you could get no sight of the Broad without a boat, and boats are not procurable. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z The confectioner's was also a china shop, and there was a millinery room upstairs, while the last new music was only procurable at the tin shop. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z I am only sorry that the offerings I should make at this time to the "Little Child of Bethlehem" are not procurable. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z Such models were cheaper and more easily procurable, and had, moreover, the advantage of being practically imperishable. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The fellow left the room, but returned anon with three flagons of their native wine and some vast loaves of black bread, which seems to be the only sort procurable in this God-forsaken country. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z Once we spent a Sunday at Wroxham, with nothing procurable to eat but biscuits, and once, at Barton, we were obliged to fish for our meals. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z The sale of the Mill Street property had left them a margin of ready money, but provisions had risen to fabulous prices and were not always procurable at any price. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z I allude to the establishment by the Sisters of Charity of a hospital at Beyrout, in which the first medical advice there procurable has been secured. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z Hides are plentiful, and of excellent quality; bark, both of oak and of hemlock, is easily procurable, and the water-power is abundant almost everywhere. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Fresh fish of various kinds is always procurable, except during the violence of the rains; the people, however, invariably cut it up and clean it before bringing it to market. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The apartments procurable for the purposes of the Court were of the humblest kind. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Nor, on the evidence procurable, did there seem to be any chance of solution. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z There was nothing else procurable in the town, except a little fresh bread. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z Feed all things with food convenient for them,—that is, if the food be procurable. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z So I laid it away as a warning example of woman's folly, and began to save up, that I might replace it by a modern watch with all the improvements procurable for money. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z The outward signs of civilization at York must have been meagre when a chance visitor recorded his surprise at finding ice-creams procurable in such a place. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z She was an even more enthusiastic collector than the Duchess of Urbino, and her magnificent palace in Mantua was filled with the choicest works of Greek and Roman art that were then procurable. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Here in the dark we sat and waited for our baggage: no water, no wood was procurable, and we had eaten nothing except a scrap of biscuit since six o'clock that morning. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z Monasteries offered the best education then procurable, and the clergy were directed to "teach youth with care, and to draw them to some craft." The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z But those who wished to get quickly to London took the steamer from Portfront, and in a few hours came to Worthing, at which place a train was easily procurable. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z The Quarterlies were not then reprinted as now; nor were periodicals like the Philadelphia Eclectic or the Boston Living Age readily procurable. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Arrange the roe on top, spice highly, and fill the jar with the strongest vinegar procurable. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z However the men were in tents, and the bivouac poles came in handy for making tea, no fuel of any kind being procurable in camp. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z A carriage was not procurable, so Charter fell in with the procession on the way to the cathedral. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Therefore the woodsman should not attempt to live wholly on fresh meat or to make so much allowance for game that he will suffer from hunger if the game is not procurable. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z In each we find the church completely glazed in one period and, furthermore, with the best glass then procurable. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z For my pain hath become intense, and my remedy is scarce procurable! The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments The stuff to be used, some birch bark to ignite it on top of which is placed rotten wood or broken up punk if procurable, is rammed back a distance into the hole. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. The superintendent of the line intimated that specials were procurable, but that fares must be paid. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise I only mention the easy way of making it in England, for scarcity of fresh and pure Curry stuffs none procurable. The Curry Cook's Assistant or, Curries, How to Make Them in England in Their Original Style This contract requires that no English glass be used, but that the windows be glazed “only with best foreign glass procurable and to use as little white, green and black glass as possible.” Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z All materials, and especially the cements, must be of the finest quality procurable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Drunkenness is scarcely ever to be met with even in the humbler portions of the capital, or along the shores of the harbor, where seamen congregate, and where every facility for indulgence is easily procurable. The Story of Malta It is found in large numbers washed up on the beaches in both Islands after gales, and varies so much in colour, markings, and shape that a good pair is seldom procurable. Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them With regards I hope the lovers of Curry will be satisfy with these accompanying recipes, which, I should say can be made in England with Curry stuffs and provisions procurable here. The Curry Cook's Assistant or, Curries, How to Make Them in England in Their Original Style But what are our population to do, if bread is not procurable except at the enormous prices which, when you abolish protection, you entitle the foreigner to charge? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 Where this is not procurable a stand must be provided, and this for a large lantern should be strong and rigid. Optical Projection Part 1: Projection of Lantern Slides They all stood breathless while he lighted the little pile of kindling and heaped it with green wood,—the only wood procurable. The Voice of the Pack Yet all this is purely arbitrary, and dependent merely on a succession of genera more and more closely resembling the modern horse being procurable from successive Tertiary deposits often widely separated in time and place. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer In India we can prepare the above with tamarind included, for acid taste, and few other ingredients which can get fresh in Ceylon and India, but I think not procurable in England. The Curry Cook's Assistant or, Curries, How to Make Them in England in Their Original Style Where blue gravel or hardpan and clean bank gravel are procurable, a good road may be made by mixing the two together. The Future of Road-making in America It was a piece of flat iron, and the only instrument procurable for excavating purposes. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The anticipation that it will always be easily procurable is often unfounded; but so long as the anticipation exists it restrains collecting, with the result that Horn-books are much rarer than First Folio Shakespeares. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" The best varieties procurable should always be selected for hybridising, it having been proved that crosses originally made with indifferent varieties are much finer when raised again from more carefully selected varieties. Orchids Whether a glass plate of sufficient strength to bear the weight of the ‘medium’ was procurable. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters These snipers caused us a great deal of trouble, particularly when we wanted water, which was procurable only at a little brook on our left flank. The Black Watch A Record in Action Neutral judges might be less easily procurable; but none could be less fit than his Holiness. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII For some years we used boro-glyceride, a compound, we believe, of boracic acid and glycerine, but we are not certain that it is now procurable. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing Fisheries were little developed before 1897 when government experiments were begun, which proved that large quantities of fish were easily procurable by trawling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" I want you to be more than ordinarily careful that the crew you take with you are the best men procurable. The Red Rat's Daughter I found a little English tea-room about a mile away, and often went there for tea and muffins which in those days were hardly procurable in French places. Confessions of an Opera Singer As long as slaves were procurable the planters throve, and as by that time Hispaniola had become the great centre of the Indies, the settlers were in a fair way to make fortunes. The West Indies and the Spanish Main The shack is fairly warm and comfortable and the Powers that Be supply to the men an abundance of the best food procurable, with a reasonable portion of dainties. Seeds of Pine Meeting the intelligent priests who had officiated in Santa Clara, they directed me to a house where a lodging was procurable. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia Bancroft's assistant and partner in the school was Dr. Cogswell, who superintended the course of study, which was carried out by the best teachers procurable in America, England, and France. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 For the construction of pastoral or agricultural buildings, especially in districts remote from railways, or from towns in which other building materials are cheap or easily procurable, pisé is particularly well adapted. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) It was a place where you could buy things, and although our predecessors turned up their aristocratic noses at the food there procurable, our only grievance was that we could not get any of it. The Last Campaign of the Twenty-Second Regiment, N.G., S.N.Y. June and July, 1863 Probably the weight of steel used in this way is excessive, but the joists are cheap, readily procurable and easy to handle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" The shirt-maker had filled his box with the finest procurable cambrics and tallest stocks. The Bright Shawl The “sweet mash” thus made is then broken up, and a little rye malt, similarly prepared in the meantime, is added to it, if rye is procurable. Our Southern Highlanders Fire-arms were not procurable, neither was poison nor a rope, but a pewter plate is enough in the hands of a desperate man. Hand and Ring Where such vegetable matter is procurable, the quantity of nitrogen may be decreased proportionately. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history Steel, on the other hand, is easily procurable in simple forms such as long bars, and is exceedingly strong. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" The instinct of his mother was to preserve, to spare, him; to win for him as smooth a passage through life as was procurable. The Bright Shawl Milk, procurable at all seasons, made a highly important addition to his dietary. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" A few cocoa-nuts were procurable: and these provided them with meat and drink for the time being. Under False Pretences A Novel Often the tall glass lamps will also be procurable in a pattern of fifty years ago. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions This is seldom the case; as a matter of fact, some of the fastest and most valuable dyes are now made artificially and many are not procurable from vegetable coloring matters. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 Nitric acid is procurable in a more concentrated state, and with much less loss, by mixing very dry clay with saltpetre. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries "Nothing elaborate, you know, Mrs. Rapkin," said Horace, who, though he would have liked to provide a feast of all procurable delicacies for Sylvia's refection, was obliged to respect her father's prejudices. The Brass Bottle Private conveyances, riding and driving horses, are procurable by those wishing to visit the numerous places of interest in the neighbourhood or ride to hounds. Buxton and its Medicinal Waters If genuine, the name Russia or Caravan tea signifies the choicest and most expensive grade procurable the world over. Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Jack and our sweet Princess will be leaving for Azuria as soon as passports are procurable. Wings of the Wind Almost all the acids procurable from this kingdom have bases composed of charcoal and hydrogen, or of charcoal, hydrogen, and phosphorus, combined with more or less oxygen. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries But, however commonly the standard of value might be measured by spirituous liquors, yet it is evident that these, being themselves procurable for money, could not altogether supersede the desire of money itself. Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants Thus, in this better class of desert and in the favoured spots where water is procurable, the said blank waste becomes a smiling spot. The Truth About America Potato salad is always procurable, and in summer at lunch, instead of the hot vegetable, or in winter when green salad is dear, is very valuable. Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen —Use “kidney” potatoes if procurable; if not, ordinary potatoes of small size. Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them Statistics relating to this subject are procurable, but it is impossible to place any reliance upon them. The Curse of Education If no prepared dressing is procurable, boil a towel if possible for fifteen minutes, squeeze the water out of it without touching the inner surface, and apply that to the wound. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 I know not if it is procurable in London, but its title is "Colorado Springs and Manitou," and it is for sale by P. Blakiston, Son, and Co., The Truth About America They are glued on with the very best glue procurable and tied down with strong twine. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. "Now that supplies of German chemicals and drugs are not procurable, sufferers from nervous dyspepsia, etc., should give a trial to nervous dispepsia, etc." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 Many of the subdivisions of this class of men, pay little, or no attention to cleanliness, or any restrictions in diet; eating dead jackalls, bullocks, horses, or any kind of food procurable. A Historical Survey of the Customs, Habits, & Present State of the Gypsies The pass-book to be easily procurable at any bookseller’s for the sum of one shilling. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Of twenty-three vaccinated dogs, not one was attacked with the disease after inoculation, in any fashion, with the most virulent rabic matter procurable. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Physical aptitudes of soil—e.g., since timber was still used almost entirely for smelting, iron works are found where timber is plentiful or where river communication makes it easily procurable. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production Well, I don't blame you for taking a long holiday while it was procurable. The Dop Doctor Date of death not procurable in ship's office. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 The variety known to English seedsmen as Large Asiatic, has established itself in the Northern Provinces, where a good head of cauliflower is procurable in December for one-half anna. The Cauliflower The towns sent out the whitest horses harnessed to the best coaches procurable,—cream color, canary color, or claret color,—for the hero to be brought into town or sped upon his way departing. Lafayette It has been a usual jest of those in command to halt and bivouac us for the night at some place where there is no wood procurable, and then send us out to get it. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition It must not be imagined from this that there were not beds, for beds were generally procurable, lots of beds, in fact, the mattresses piled one on the top of another. Through Finland in Carts On the other hand an electrical load of any description is sometimes not procurable at all, without the installation of a special plant for the purpose. Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers One unfortunate feature of the destruction is the fact that some one has been drowned from nearly every house in the city, and teams are procurable only with the greatest difficulty. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin She knew, too, that the wine at Mr. Thayer's table, like everything else on it, would be of the best procurable; better and more alluring than her father could get elsewhere. The End of a Coil Indeed, very few books were procurable from the Dutch at Deshima. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Through the town of Sordavala, therefore, we marched from shop to shop until we lighted upon a sort of store where linen goods were procurable. Through Finland in Carts Impedimenta, advice as to, 4-6; all essentials procurable at Hong Kong, 4. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia West should be full dose, at the utmost procurable by modern conveyance. Desert Dust This is about the finest procurable; is of large size, so it will not fall in the powder box and scatter the contents. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession The deposits first discovered were soon exhausted, so that for a number of years Ichaboe guano ceased to be procurable. Manures and the principles of manuring She was so roughly treated by her owner that for some little time preceding her child's birth she remained concealed in a neighbouring wood, where the only diet procurable was berries or wild fruit. From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington Hong Kong, where East and West meet, 4; essentials of outfit procurable cheap at, 4, 5; 240. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia An American friend of mine was telling me of his adventures as a cinema-producer down in the south-west where real Red Indians were procurable. What I Saw in America Only a little white paint was procurable, but this was altogether too smooth and shiny. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany And now his play, The National Anthem, which caused so much discussion, is procurable in book form. When Winter Comes to Main Street The men procurable from that country, are not equal in physical strength to the China-men, nor are they to be had for lower pay. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. Eighty dollars a month was what one family took out in the best meats procurable and 'ow could you refuse it, knowing they were not going to run away owing it! Ringfield A Novel Water is procurable from the sand-hills somewhat to the west behind the houses, not saline, but not of good flavour. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria German daily papers are procurable at most camps, and usually contain a more or less intact British official communique, which is translated by some German scholar and posted up. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany It affords," says D'Urville, "an anchorage alike easy to reach and to leave, the bottom is firm, and wood is abundant and easily procurable. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century The Canton market is, nevertheless, remarkably well supplied with the good things of this life; and the European who cannot live and be contented with the provisions procurable in it, must be hard to please. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. It is also widely used for shipping boxes, baskets, and crates, and it is one of the stiffest, strongest woods procurable, but on account of its excessive weight it is sometimes discriminated against. Seasoning of Wood The natives are too much inclined to make an attempt without first gaining all the information procurable in regard to the particular plant or vegetable they intend to cultivate. Speeches of His Majesty Kamehameha IV. To the Hawaiian Legislature If this were multiplied by the knowledge procurable from the study of all the members of the feathered brotherhood, think what an education the whole would give one. Our Bird Comrades The envoy speaks of the want of water, and the bad quality of that which was procurable was unbearable to the soldiers and servants. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century If not procurable use ½ cup water and ½ cup milk ¾ cup bread crumbs Have meat ground fine as possible. The Suffrage Cook Book Fortunately, of all Saltus's works, it is the most readily procurable. The Merry-Go-Round If a log such as I have described be not procurable, a hurdle or gate might be employed. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Veritable dark rooms being seldom procurable on her travels, she invariably carried with her two or three curtains of thick red serge, several rolls of brown paper, and a bottle of stickphast. Antony Gray,—Gardener First, then, let him take lessons in drawing, pinning himself steadily to copying pictures by the best masters of zoological subjects; as he advances, let him draw from the casts of animals, when procurable. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. We found the commissariat at the parsonage at a very low ebb; in fact, nothing but coffee and skyr were procurable; and but for our provision of tinned meats we should have fared badly. A Girl's Ride in Iceland Only in some few special instances electric light, the most intense procurable, is employed. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls And on the 20th, he actually did so, discovering a little low island, which he named Gower, where cocoa-nuts were procurable. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century The titles of these court purveyors were in the Landhofmeisterin's keeping, and were only procurable by payment of a good round sum. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg This is a useful little trap in some seasons, and is well known, being easily procurable at any of the bird fanciers'. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Indeed many of the houses are built of peat in the interior of the country where wood is not procurable. A Girl's Ride in Iceland A bad cereal harvest in England raises the price of flour, but only to a small and strictly limited extent, because, practically, there is no limit to the amount of bread-stuffs procurable from abroad. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Fowls and wild pigs which weighed about 2 cwt. each, were easily procurable, but had to be eaten immediately, as in less than a hour decomposition took place. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century It was not surprising that the Sirdar did not object to their presence in the field, and occasionally saw that they were helped with rations when food was not otherwise procurable. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan It is an elastic system, admitting of many variations, while retaining the fundamental principle; and of all really effective systems it is the least expensive, because it depends mainly upon objects procurable in the locality. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. The announcement that certain drugs which were so sorely needed were not procurable in Chattanooga made Major Lyon feel very bad. An Undivided Union Leaves of trees if procurable in quantity constitute an excellent litter. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock No important town is passed between the two, and the traveller depends for sustenance upon the milk procurable from Arabs, whose flocks and herds graze about the wells and springs. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Their household goods were borne upon other already overloaded backs, and if a donkey was procurable the mother and child were set to ride upon its back. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Knowing this, one wonders the less to see no measures taken for a supply of water in the richer grain-growing valleys, where it is so easily procurable. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland The only way to make it palatable was to fry it up with bacon fat and chopped onions, or boil it again and add rice and curry powder when procurable. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula The combination of the stability with such lightness and gracefulness as were procurable, can in a measure be estimated by the comparative area taken up by the walls, pillars, and other points of support. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Fowls, and as much rice and fruits as can be wished, are procurable. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century When the army subsequently advanced, as poles were not readily procurable the bare iron telegraphic wire was laid upon the ground. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Now, vengeance is a commodity that is dear when it is procurable gratis, but sometimes it is not obtainable at any price. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Local wine and brandy were procurable, also "Black and White" whiskey, which had been made in Greece and bore a spurious label. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Then no food will be procurable, and to stay where they are would be to starve. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure In the alluvial plain no stone was procurable; clay, on the other hand, was everywhere. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs From that period there has been an increase, until in 1876—the latest year for which the facts are procurable—the number of cases was 2357. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Everything was procurable from one source, and that only. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Potatoes were procurable in this part, but not higher up the river. In Mesopotamia Bessemer furnaces were to be erected at once all round the pit mouth, meanwhile the firm was to contract with a Liverpool firm for an unlimited supply of concrete cement of the finest quality procurable. The World Peril of 1910 On the one hand, the tomb had to be constructed of brick, for stone was not procurable; on the other hand, sanitary reasons made cremation imperative. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs If time permit, a lesson may be taken to consider specially such aids as are readily procurable, together with their average cost. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management By the best accounts procurable, their serious dances were properly interspersed and inlivened with comic movements. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing The bottom is of the heaviest tin procurable, the sides of lighter tin and seamed to be watertight without solder. Woodcraft Their form is in part determined by the material, which is only procurable in thin slabs, so that the sculptures, wrought on both sides, present a sort of double bas-relief. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce "Let us put it at this," he proposed, "that I'm a good serviceable imitation; an excellent substitute when the genuine article is not procurable." The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) Even a file might have been used here, if a file had been procurable, for one might work fully concealed though always in danger of the sentry’s hearing the sound. Tom Slade on a Transport I selected as good a crew of fifteen picked, sea-going fellows as were procurable, and just a year ago we started.” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy A large stone placed in the stern would have been a simple and effective remedy, but, as we have seen, no large stone was procurable just then. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains When this was settled, and the worthy lady had withdrawn, Van Twiller went directly to the establishment of Messrs Ball, Black, and Company, and selected, with unerring taste, the finest diamond bracelet procurable. Mademoiselle Olympe Zabriski Every observance usual on such occasions, that was procurable, surrounded this funeral. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Food was now procurable, and a quantity of sweet pine-apples must have had a soothing effect on the discontented crews. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The alcalde’s permission to make use of the adjacent ground was obtained for a moderate consideration, and plenty of material was procurable from the opposite bank of the river. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands "And if we don't, I'll give you the best divorce procurable this side of the water." I've Married Marjorie The only stock procurable here were hogs at ten dollars the picul, and water shipped off in China tank-boats at four and a half dollars the ton. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy However, we need not trouble to consider their food value as they are not easily procurable either in Europe or America. No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes As to the number of Aglipayan adherents, no reliable figures are procurable from any source, but it is certain they amount to thousands. The Philippine Islands This may be easily made by dissolving the best procurable isinglass in a mixture of 20 per cent water and 80 per cent glacial acetic acid — the exact proportions are not of consequence. On Laboratory Arts They were sitting round a fire made mainly of grass, to eat their supper, for no wood was procurable in the district in which that night's camp was made. The Adventurous Seven Their Hazardous Undertaking The subscription has utterly failed, no names being procurable except the Opposition party names that you have seen. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents Prices of necessities have so risen that nothing is procurable. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The quantity procurable is limited, and the difficulty in obtaining it consists in the frequent breakage of the fibre whilst being drawn, due to its comparative fragility. The Philippine Islands Then, no ladder being procurable, he set to work to break down the wall, while from above the defenders rained down a storm of stones upon them. John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub I destroyed her dream of every bliss by reducing it to so much bliss as was procurable with a full pay of a franc and a half per diem. French and Oriental Love in a Harem Most of the able-bodied men and a few of the youngsters set off next day to obtain a supply of walrus, seal, and musk-ox flesh—or anything else that happened to be procurable. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice "She won't mind, considering Dawn has about the most reliable escort procurable." Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Some is procurable at Angono, up the Lake of Bay, and it is from here that the stone was brought by the Spaniards for the Manila Port Works. The Philippine Islands Double cooking pots are easily procurable for meat, porridge, etc. Papers on Health The best means for this purpose, if it is immediately procurable, is calomel. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies It was then found that too few wagons had been provided, and, as there were no more procurable, the consequent crushing was terrible. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru "I'll engage for you beforehand the best quarters procurable for the coming summer: it really is a very pleasant place." A Hungarian Nabob In the administration of justice this circumstance is inconvenient, because a witness is always procurable for a few pesos. The Philippine Islands If no double boiler is procurable, an ordinary tin can, inside a saucepan will serve very well. Papers on Health If calomel is not procurable at once give castor oil, two teaspoonfuls to an infant, one tablespoonful to an older child. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies Sea-coal, and other black mineral substances, have been and may be used as substitutes for the more perfect blacks, when the latter are not procurable, which now seldom or never happens. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists This variety is represented in several known plantings and abundant nuts for testing should soon be procurable. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 It is chronicled that these gratuitous residences were well furnished and provided with all the requisites procurable on the spot. The Philippine Islands The results are the amounts, in pounds, of nutrients procurable for that sum of money. Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Fish, new-laid eggs, fresh butter, marmalade, the best tea procurable in the Islands.... Major Vigoureux The wind shield, procurable wherever baby carriages are sold, should be a part of the outdoor equipment, as it greatly helps in the protection of the baby. The Mother and Her Child Natives who are experienced in elephant-catching are called out, and all the tame elephants procurable are assembled. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The table is spread, à la Russe, with all the good things procurable served at the same time—sweetmeats predominating. The Philippine Islands In India it is the custom to eat a date first, or if that fruit is not procurable to drink a little water. The Faith of Islam Horticultural Value.—Not procurable in New England nurseries or from collectors; its usefulness in landscape gardening not definitely known. Handbook of the Trees of New England The Intelligence centre at De Aar being unable to furnish the requisite maps, took upon itself to supply "the best local guide procurable." On the Heels of De Wet Therefore no hot meal, except perhaps a little tea made over a 'Tommy's Cooker,' was procurable by day. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry For raised lines there is a special kind of string procurable that can be couched to the ground material at the required places. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving To complete the campaign organization the committee decided to wear the largest goggles, caps and automobile coats procurable. Watch Yourself Go By Occasionally procurable in large quantities at a low rate. Handbook of the Trees of New England "Aida" was first produced at Cairo in Eighteen Hundred Seventy-one, with a grand setting and the best cast procurable. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians This must have been either from the fact of such assistance being procurable at a cheaper rate, or that the old notion still prevailed as to the necessity of looking abroad for art-talent. Art in England Notes and Studies At the present day the work is done mostly by machinery, though hand work also is procurable. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving I engaged the best talent procurable, costumed the show in conformity with the ideas of my friends. Watch Yourself Go By Fowls, turkeys, and ducks, both tame and wild, are at all times procurable, the supplies of the latter being from the Laguna. Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 In the Isle of Man they had a custom which has, probably, dropped into desuetude, of all going to church on Christmas eve, each bearing the largest candle procurable. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide He smoked incessantly for fourteen years—from seventeen to thirty-one—his quantum being five ounces in all per week—of the strongest Egyptian cigarettes and the strongest pipe tobacco procurable. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles One difference at the present time is that the smallpox patient receives the most scientific treatment procurable, but the victim of one of these plagues is neglected. Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves No stiff leather procurable, they used cardboard and blackened it with shoe polish. Watch Yourself Go By There are many other fruits and vegetables procurable at Manilla, but those mentioned are the sorts usually met with. Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Breakfast, consisting of all procurable luxuries, is then served, the neighbours not engaged are invited to partake, and the day ends in festivity. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide A little for the men to carry on with was generally procurable, but the difficulty of watering the animals at times became acute. With the British Army in The Holy Land Mr. Buxton was a collector of pictures and other objects of art; and his house contained some of the very finest specimens of painting, bronzes, enamels, plate and woodwork procurable from the Continent. By What Authority? So much has been written about this man in books, easily procurable for reference, that little need be said about him here. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers They quite forgot that these could be supplied with the same things from other places, where they were not subjected to the tax, and of course were procurable cheaper. Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Tickle throat with finger or feather in case mustard or salt are not procurable. The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training Some refuge from the sniping was procurable inside the Mosque, but the Turkish artillery had no compunction in shelling the building and bringing it down in ruins. With the British Army in The Holy Land Therein, of course, they were disappointed, but not more so than Iris when she tasted the brackish fluid alone procurable on the south coast of Fernando Noronha. The Stowaway Girl He felt the need for light—all the light procurable in Hickwood. A Husband by Proxy Yet it seems the Kaiser's forests were short on this valuable timber, so they picked up all the procurable black walnut in the United States. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 This condition can be corrected by the injection of a tissue builder, procurable from a dealer in undertaker's supplies. The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses In the front line beer was seldom procurable, though much appreciated. With the British Army in The Holy Land The fundamental necessities of healthy growth are simple, and it is doubtful if there is any country in the world to-day where they are more universally procurable. Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders Report of the Committee of Inquiry Appointed by the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare, K.B.E., C.M.G., Minister of Health No board was procurable that could be endured even for a day. Daisy in the Field The large quantities of eggs easily procurable, but in most cases doubtful, also constitute a standard article of diet among these people, who have no scruples about eating them partly hatched. The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants Rubber lifting tape is procurable in black or white 4" x 9" sheets and has the adhesive surface protected with a celluloid cover. The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses The components of the syrup were all simple and easily procurable with these two exceptions, as were the basic components from which these were made. Hunter Patrol It frequently has a few ornamental tracings of soot or other pigment, and where European cloth is procurable a few pieces may be employed as a wrapping. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The Planter coming down though supplied us with some small provisions, such as were not procurable at the Santee farm. Voyage of the Liberdade If vehicle or horse were procurable for money, ought it not to be secured for the use of Wallace himself, whose health required the easiest and speediest conveyance from this theatre of death? Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 These two, iodine and silver nitrate, are the most commonly used, inasmuch as they are relatively inexpensive, readily procurable, effective, and easy to apply. The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses An armory or large gymnasium is an ideal place in which to give the indoor arrangement of the pageant if the stage of a small auditorium or theater is not procurable. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People Moreover, if we chanced to pull up at a station where refreshments of any kind might have been procurable, we were not allowed to satisfy our cravings. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben No doctor, medicine, or attendance of any kind was procurable nearer than sixty miles away, with a weekly post. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 Here we find a number of works of reference, most of which may be characterised as indispensable, and the great majority of which are easily procurable at the present day. China and the Chinese The extract of walnut-shells and chromate of potash are procurable at any large druggist's establishment. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction If a costume as ornate as this is not procurable, let the young player wear a long white muslin dress that just touches below the ankle. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People The guards having us in their mercy, bled us unmercifully, the most trivial articles being procurable only at an extravagant price. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben In this letter the London Book-Store proprietor vigorously defended himself, and protested that the quantity of his work necessitated some importations not procurable in Boston. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book Arrangements were at once made for erecting a wooden house at Delena, measuring thirty-six feet by eighteen feet, material for which was easily procurable. Adventures in New Guinea On account of the importance of this consideration, not only for safety of passengers, but also for conducting operation under exacting schedules, it was decided to install the most complete and effective signaling system procurable. The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment These rocker tires are procurable at any furniture establishment and are easily adjusted. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Round the corner a large dug-out with two entrances provided the Canteen with a home large enough to contain, when it was procurable, a barrel or two of beer. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. It would be interesting to try to decide the length of the speeches from which they are taken, then look at the originals, all of which are easily procurable at libraries. Public Speaking At Maglai I had endeavoured without success to buy potatoes, fruit, and even meat; but here neither bread, eggs, nor chickens, which are nearly always procurable, were to be found. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels The ideal is not the supremacy of good, but the supremacy of that range and sphere of material efficiency that is procurable by wealth. Armageddon—And After There is no bridge, and boats are not procurable on this small river, which we have to cross and recross several times. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II It is purely vegetable and is unquestionably the quickest, surest and most thorough worm destroyer procurable. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry No keys were procurable; the owners, Lorns said, had long since left the docks. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 A catalogue of all the maps issued by the Coast Survey is procurable from the chief of that office in Washington, D. C. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 An old baseball or where this is not procurable, a tin can or a block of wood, may be used. School, Church, and Home Games Glass, crockery, silks, tea, and many other things which would seem to be far more easily procurable from India than from Russian territory, are to be found in great quantities. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Deaf and dumb boys are not easily procurable, and ladies, when entrusted with mysterious missions, have an inveterate habit of communicating them to their personal friends. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton It was procurable—she had only to move her little finger, or rather not to move it. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Laurel.—By distillation from the berries of the Laurus nobilis, and from the leaves of the Laurus cerasus, an oil and perfumed water are procurable of a very beautiful and fragrant character. The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants One of her boilers was so arranged that it could burn oil or fat, which was easily procurable in the arctic regions, in case their coal should fail. The Waif of the "Cynthia" The guns, if not exactly obsolete, were quite unsuited for the work that had to be done, but they were the best procurable. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Moreover, high quality is of importance, and here the domestic as distinguished from the commercial gardener has an immense advantage, for well-grown 'Garden Peas' surpass in beauty and flavour the best market samples procurable. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Of course I imbibe alcoholic stimulant when and where procurable. One Third Off Here too waters and supplies would have been readily procurable, and by clinging to the skirts of the hills the Roman infantry would have set the Parthian cavalry at defiance. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Gold dust, I understand, is also procurable at Sandalwood Island and New Hebrides. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 It was our intention to shoe the runners with strips of brass, but these were not procurable in our village, and we had no time to go down to Fig. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island For the love of Heaven, if the girl is procurable, do get her. The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary None of these things are ordinarily procurable by private purchase in sufficient quantity, and in most cases could not be bought at all. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Elephants in large numbers were readily procurable from India. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. There are miles upon miles along these roads where good water is not at all procurable. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 There were rejoicings everywhere upon it, and savoury viands were procurable everywhere. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 But one has a right to ask why this young man, who should be serving an apprenticeship in some obscure opera-house, is palmed off on the public as "the best artist procurable"? Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians The circulating medium became so depreciated that provisions were scarcely procurable. The Life of Columbus Where subject classification, or the incorporation of the documents in the general library, is desired, the cloth set is preferable, and is in most cases procurable. A Library Primer If procurable, a "baby spot light" is the best appliance, but lacking this, an automobile lamp and its battery can be used. Why the Chimes Rang: A Play in One Act The best rose-water, however, in the bazar, may be computed as bearing the proportion of one thousand roses to a seer of water; this, perhaps, may be considered as the best procurable. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. But that Siegfried Wagner is the best conductor procurable in Germany is too preposterous a proposition to be considered for a moment. Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians Sheep are also to be had, but they are small, and goats for one rupee each, large sheep two rupees: dhal, atta, barley procurable; and Herat rugs. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries This butterfly is worked in the finest black silk procurable, in order more closely to imitate etching. Beeton's Book of Needlework Though he had evidently just had his dinner, he was watching with greedy interest the proceedings of some natives in charge of a horse—an animal which he esteems a great delicacy, when procurable. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months For the same reason the second is not procurable in large quantity, unless bespoken some time before-hand; but the third may be had at the shortest notice in any quantity required. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Food--Nutritive elements of food; food suitable for stores; condiments; butcher; store-keeping; wholesome food procurable in bush; revolting food, to save lives of starving men; cooking utensils; fire-places for cooking; ovens; bush-cookery. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries All sorts of spices procurable, but they are generally old: sugar very good, is sold in flat candied cakes, one and a half inch thick; koorool in small cakes resembling chunam. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Heavy seas washed the deck, and kept out the galley fires, so that warm food had not been procurable. Jaffery After some delay supper was served, cooked by our host, and accompanied by excellent Bass's beer, no wine or spirits being procurable on the premises. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months If a very close-fitting box is not procurable, the space between box and barrel must be filled in with a strip of tin cut off to the correct length. Things To Make But the ordinary knapsack hooks and rings, if procurable, would answer the purpose better. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries The inferior caked tea, sugarcandy, silk dresses, straw hats, and caps are procurable, but at a high price. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries A must pay these L.2000, or, which amounts to the same thing, receive from B consols to the amount of L.100,000 at 96, that in reality are procurable at 94. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 Fresh beef, mutton, and butter are hardly procurable, and the latter, when preserved, is uneatable. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months None were procurable, from the fact that all had resigned, refusing to act officially under a government they had repudiated. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Milk dried into cakes, intended to be grated into boiling water for use, was formerly procurable: it was very good; but I cannot hear of it now in the shops. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Salt is procurable within a distance of three or four days from Kioukseik. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Tinderboxes, with the accompanying "fire steels," are still made here for certain foreign markets, where lucifers are not procurable. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically Of what use was money, if food were not procurable with it? The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines With the entire Marquesan economic and social system disrupted, food was not so easily procurable, and they were driven to work by commands, taxes, fines, and the novel and killing incentives of rum and opium. White Shadows in the South Seas If stones are not procurable, three piles of mud, or three stakes or green-wood driven into the earth, are an equivalent. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries In addition to this, warm jackets lined with fur, straw hats, silk robes, skull-caps, and sugar-candy are procurable; pork of course is plentiful, and is excessively fat; grain, vegetables and fish are plentiful. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Among the collections lost were many volumes relating to the early history of railways in England, originally collected by Mr. Charles Brewin, and supplemented by all the pamphlets and tracts procurable. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically One of the greatest competitors of the British-built traction engine is the Hart-Parr oil engine, a splendid agricultural tool, which is invaluable where ordinary fuel is not easily procurable. Argentina from a British Point of View Deck-hands and firemen would be procurable at whatever port a steamer was to be bought. Ulster's Stand For Union Opening out of this are perfectly equipped Turkish and Russian baths in charge of the best Swedish masseur and masseuse procurable. Etiquette There is a bazaar, but nothing good is procurable in it. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries "You need a grandmother," he said, drily; "and I'm the closest resemblance to one procurable." The Common Law Elegant and richly furnished apartments, expensive table ware, and a profusion of all procurable luxuries, were the attractions of the occasion. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life It should be mixed, he tells us, with cattle dung, or, if that is not procurable, with liberal supplies of lime, and he also suggests that it should be put under cover day by day. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore The Prince of Baden had that instant driven away, and he had taken every procurable horse in the town. Clementina Some idea may be formed of the extent to which it is procurable, when from the mere outskirts of the forest, 300 maunds of juice may be collected in one month. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries This, to some extent, accounts for the prodigious amount of labour bestowed on these structures; labour which the whole revenue of the kingdom would not have sufficed to purchase, had it not been otherwise procurable. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 If specimens are not procurable without much expense and trouble, can you supply me with the name of a work in which these plants are figured? Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850 Their stock of goods being exhausted, and no provisions being procurable, the party had to return at the end of October. The Personal Life of David Livingstone From the start Field insisted that everything about the "Little Books" should be American, and the best procurable of their kind. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 Tea from Khiva of good quality is procurable in small quantities. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Here, in an alluvial plain, where stone was not procurable, and where the cemeteries of the dead adjoined the houses of the living, brick was needful instead of stone, and sanitary considerations made cremation necessary. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations Adventure Bay proved to be a valuable discovery, being a good and well-sheltered anchorage, where wood and water were abundant, and procurable without much difficulty. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The roads were heavy, the mountain torrents in flood, the only procurable horses and mules such as by age or debility had escaped the strictest requisitioning. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales It will be procurable from our San Francisco Unitarian Headquarters. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment Tea from Bokhara is procurable in small quantities; its quality is decent: it was originally eight rupees a seer but is now thirty. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Let any one examine—as an object very easily procurable in these days—a peacock's feather. Creation and Its Records Now, as it is, I have saved money over the pearls, and therefore interest on money, though I did buy you the very finest procurable imitations! Mr. Prohack The whole of public prosecution was in the hands of one man, generally poorly paid, with equally underpaid assistants, while the defense was conducted by the ablest and most enthusiastic men procurable. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado The following table shows the sums paid for death and disability claims in certain unions for which statistics are procurable. Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions Coarse Russian cloths, and very inferior silks are also procurable. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries It could not, however, be said that they were procurable on easier terms than what had been sold here in the last year. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. This river was about one hundred and fifty yards wide, and although the tide ran up it about a mile, fresh water was procurable from it considerably nearer the sea. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 E. D.—It is a native of the warmer countries, and at present difficultly procurable in this, though as hardy and as easily raised as any of the other sorts. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II When procurable, salt codfish was Washington's regular Sunday dinner. The True George Washington [10th Ed.] The covers are fac-simile reproductions in many colors of the finest oil and water-color paintings procurable. Wholesale Price List of Newspapers and Periodicals Green peas, instead of canned, may be used when procurable. Science in the Kitchen. Besides this, there are other States such as Wisconsin and Indiana, already mentioned, where there is no official recent revision, so that everybody depends upon a private compilation, which is the only one procurable. Popular Law-making "Every provision which any state enjoyed for the protection of public society from its bad members and bad impulses was either provided or easily procurable under the Constitution of the state." A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia The golden mullet and the Becca fica are abundant; and all the articles brought to market are procurable at low prices. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay But here are offered plays that will enrich the American dramatic library because of their rarity, and for that reason others have been excluded, which are easily procurable in print. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Introduction and Bibliography But perhaps he had not been able to obtain a rope; such things were watchfully looked after in the neighborhood of Lingmoor Prison, and might even not be procurable. Bred in the Bone Whether a glass plate of sufficient strength to bear the weight of the Medium was procurable. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert For nearly the whole distance between Rhoeh and Koorrum not a drop of water is procurable; as we had not provided against this contingency, we suffered in proportion. A Peep into Toorkisthhan Drugs are procurable in equal abundance, together with perfumes and spices. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay He told Josephs the coachman as much when he had dispatched an underling to fetch the cleanest four-wheeler procurable at an adjacent stand. Fenton's Quest There were no canoes procurable in Snowy Gulch, if indeed a lightning trip could be made there and back to secure one, before the river fell. The Sky Line of Spruce The accordion was a small one of the kind which is easily procurable in the market. Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert A Carpenter got up and advised the use of wood, which he said was readily procurable and easily worked. Aesop's Fables; a new translation The stud-horses bred near Poonah do not come into the market so freely as in the Bengal presidency, where they are easily procurable, and are sought after as buggy and carriage horses. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay Watson brought with him one of the first copies procurable of the extra edition of the Chronicle, which contained these facts and further information. The Marrow of Tradition He would not at the moment say more than that the work was procurable at all bookshops. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 12, 1919 Into a large basin put 2 cupfuls of the coldest water procurable. Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. He then asked if there was a surgeon who could dress his wound, but was told that none was procurable nearer than a town fifteen miles away. Jack Archer Reservoirs firmly fixed contained water and the necessary provisions; and fire and light were procurable by means of gas, contained in a special reservoir under a pressure of several atmospheres. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon When ships began to be built of iron, it was found that they could be increased without limit, so long as coal, iron, machinery, and strong men full of skill and industry, were procurable. Men of Invention and Industry At another, which looks like a backway to somewhere else, but is an independent building in itself, oysters are procurable in every style. American Notes I breathed a sigh of relief, the thing had altered its intention and was going on in search of other and more easily procurable prey; the fire had been too much for it. The People That Time Forgot He declared that Mrs Turner had come to him from the Countess and asked him to get the strongest poisons procurable. She Stands Accused Let your knife-sheath be so deep as almost to cover the handle, and the knife of the very best steel procurable. The Mountains These circumstances induced him to turn his attention to the making of a better kind of steel than was then procurable, for the purposes of his trade. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers It happened that she made by far the finest cocktail procurable in that large city where drink-mixing on the part of the foreign population was indeed an art. John Barleycorn Personally, when we got to the fonda, I had as good a dinner as was procurable, and a bottle of that old Canary wine, and turned into bed after a final pipe. The Lost Continent Dry beans and peas were still easily procurable, but fresh vegetables at once became both rare and costly. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 But a good cook to stay in a plague-stricken dwelling would be a thing of time, if procurable at all; so the doctor decided to accept the willing services of these two. Lo, Michael! The answer is not far to seek: he had been abroad at the time of the death, and his address had not been at once procurable. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories It is now in demand, and is procurable, every month in the year. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Some refreshment is ordinarily procurable there, but it is not much of a place. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Dr. Rampont, a very clever man, who was now our postmaster-general, had already issued a circular bidding us to use the very thinnest paper and the smallest envelopes procurable. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 The accommodation was of the poorest, but bread was procurable, and eggs, meat being an unknown luxury in the community. The Slave of the Lamp These kind of stones were readily procurable upon the beach, and in a couple of hours the implements of the colony consisted of two strong blades, which it was easy to fasten into solid handles. The Mysterious Island The Misses Blake looked higher, however, and came to England, where rich husbands are presumably procurable. The Uninhabited House It was his hobby to remain in out- of-the-way parts of the world for years at a time, visiting savage lands where coal was not procurable, and he trusted more to sails than to engine-power. The Wheel O' Fortune Gas also was procurable, and we had amongst us quite a number of men expert in the science of ballooning, such as it then was. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 Uniform coats were no longer procurable—the government had to supply them gratis, even to field officers. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee Experiment on these points is rendered difficult by the circumstance that the fungus is rarely procurable except in autumn, when some of the species we most need to destroy are not to be found. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 When she gave her daughters in marriage to Danish noblemen, it was to secure direct advantage from alliance with the most high-born sons-in- law procurable. Henrik Ibsen But as the advantages of an acetylene not contaminated with air are becoming more generally recognised, and mantles of several different makes are procurable more cheaply, incandescent acetylene is now more practicable than hitherto. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power This delay, moreover, threatened to bring Fielding within need of a surgeon when none should be procurable. Henry Fielding: a Memoir She died the following day and Mrs. Batty felt that the largest and most expensive wreath procurable could not approach the expression of her grief. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing What is there that is procurable by this money which we desire? The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus It was a patient life of unrequited toil, and I have returned to civilization to search publishers' lists for more easily procurable pleasure. Imaginations and Reveries This, when the food is readily accessible: the case is otherwise when it is not procurable except by extraordinary means. Moral Philosophy At length an attempt was actually made to remove him to Gotha, the necessary medical appliances being not procurable at Schmalkald. Life of Luther Mrs. Day, he ordained, was not only to advertise home-made mincemeat, but to make the mincemeat at home, and of a quality not procurable in shops. Mrs. Day's Daughters Every day my native cook made a pot of katjang idju, to which I added as a flavour Liebig's extract, and when procurable different kinds of fresh vegetables such as the natives use. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Not an ounce of bread was procurable for money, or even as a gift. Alone This was the work of the Friars, who, for the purpose of giving to their own students the best procurable training in theology, established houses of residence in Paris and elsewhere. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 Mr. Yule strongly recommends Cairncross Island as the best station for obtaining wood and water for vessels navigating the straits, there being abundance of both easily procurable, and even large timber, if required. The Bushman — Life in a New Country In Brockenham and its county the liquor brewed at the Hope Brewery was considered the best tipple procurable. Mrs. Day's Daughters Usually it was a matinee, where their seats were the best procurable, directly at the stage; and they sat in a sleek expensive row eating black chocolates from painted boxes ruffled in rose silk. Linda Condon He saw, near Cotrone, that island of the enchantress Calypso which has disappeared since his day, and would have sailed there but for the fact that no boat was procurable. Alone The boss drover agreed to provide flour and mutton—when such things were procurable. While the Billy Boils I am willing, my friend, to supply you with all the conveniences procurable at this elevation; and, for the rest, you know, doubtless, what I can say to you. The Purple Land On both these main lines water is procurable at almost every station; and to them military expeditions are perforce limited. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 The dark sense of sin, the conviction that it required expiation, and that procurable only by death, drove men to these horrid rites. Expositions of Holy Scripture No conveyance being procurable on account of some local fair or festival, we decided to walk. Alone If goat's milk is procurable it is preferable to cow's milk. Dogs and All about Them The ascent is difficult and dangerous, as, the mountain being said to be haunted, no native guides are procurable. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán Government granted him his request and provided him with every facility procurable and he started. Bengal Dacoits and Tigers We drove home very silent, in the only vehicle procurable, a third-class tikka-gharry, feeling as if all the varied smells of the East were lying heavy on our chests. Olivia in India Old planters constantly tell you, that such cattle as they used to get are not now procurable for love or money. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter This power is, of course, in part measured by the number of unemployed easily procurable to take their place. Problems of Poverty Forage for horse and camel, and supplies procurable. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán As no ants were procurable, it was fed on raw yolk of egg, which it contrived to suck in with its long tongue—not enough, however, to keep it alive during the voyage. At Last He took no exercise, and not even such relaxation of the mind as was procurable, though that is not much in the situation of Governor- General. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin In Central India, in the North-west, indeed in most districts where elephants are not easily procurable, it is customary to erect mychans or bamboo platforms on trees. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter Water was occasionally procurable, which was very important, as the horses could not travel many hours without it, although the heaviest packs were reduced below 100 pounds. Journals of Australian Explorations Forage for horse and camel, and supplies procurable. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán That would be indeed awkward for the Government if penal servitude were easily procurable. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Rats have been his medium of study, for they are most easily procurable, live fastest, breed, and withstand experimental and operative procedures better than any other animal. The Glands Regulating Personality There was an occasional pool here and there, but generally the only water procurable was in deep wells giving a poor yield. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine Reaching the Maranoa River in about latitude 25 degrees 45 minutes, water was scarcely procurable in the sandy bed, and we had to dig wells to obtain a supply. 7th April to 12th April. Journals of Australian Explorations His learned friend had called evidence to show that the paper on which the plan was drawn was of a quality which was not procurable by the general public. The Hampstead Mystery And now—after several weeks of work on getting together as good an outfit as was procurable—they were putting what Billy called "the finishing touches" on their accoutrements. The Boy Aviators in Africa Milk is not procurable during the hot weather; after rain every house is full of it; the Bedouins bring it in skins and sell it for a nominal sum. First Footsteps in East Africa He stopped at the desk for a conference with the porter—a basket of fruit from the restaurant, and, if procurable regularly or irregularly, a drawing-room on the Washington train. Cytherea Fresh water is abundant, and building stone procurable in any quantity being found in the immediate vicinity on land superior to inundation. Journals of Australian Explorations The industrious application of the smallest copper coin procurable, the humble farthing or the halfpenny, speedily converted the most insignificant abrasion of the skin into a festering sore. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore Nowhere was a judgment on the simple merits of the case procurable. England under the Tudors The Nomads possess large flocks of sheep, the camels, cows, and goats being chiefly found at this season on the seaward side of the hills, where forage is procurable. First Footsteps in East Africa This is the more to be deplored, because, in 1762, Fielding's widow, brother, and sister, as well as his friend Lyttelton, were still alive, and trustworthy information should have been procurable. Fielding But we know that many private collections were broken up and sold by impoverished Cavaliers, and such pictures must at that time have been procurable at easy prices. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 It was accordingly composed of the stoutest men procurable, dare-devil fellows capable of giving a good account of themselves in fight, or of carrying off their unwilling prey against long odds. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore We set off for the wharf on foot, not a fiacre or chaise being procurable. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 Such epochal works as Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws, Voltaire's Letters on the English and Philosophical Dictionary, and Rousseau's Social Contract and Émile, are readily procurable in English. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. You will have to look about for a further change, and I fancy there is no third life procurable. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Clothes the very best procurable, jewelry just inside the limits of good taste—he bore himself like a gentleman, yet there was an unmistakable air of ostentatious wealth that repelled me. Vicky Van In our day the mines are worked upon scientific principles, under the guidance of the ablest mining-engineering talent procurable in America. Following the Equator, Part 7 First I thought of balloons; but, of course, I had to give that idea up, for balloons were not procurable. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 06 No food is eaten at dawn, a bad practice, which has extended to the Brazil and the Argentine Republic; but if a dram be procurable it is taken "por la manana." Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Until divorce is as cheap as marriage, marriage will remain indissoluble for all except the handful of people to whom 100 pounds is a procurable sum. Getting Married If however the country itself is poor, the river is rich in the most excellent fish, procurable in the utmost abundance. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales Not one chicken could be purchased for love or money, and, besides grain, only a lean, scraggy specimen of a goat, a long time ago imported form Uvinza, was procurable. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Around Suakin, as along the Indian frontier, a battle was always procurable on the shortest notice. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Living in the native style is cheap; but cooks are hardly procurable, and a decent table is more expensive than in an English country town. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 But Dan's satisfaction was premature, for it took time and much galloping before the "little Chinese darlings" could satisfy themselves and each other that they had the very finest bullocks procurable in their mob. We of the Never-Never If the equivalent be not procurable, the offender must buy its value of grain for alms-deeds, or fast a day for every measure. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 They were afraid to go on unless accompanied by a large force of men; and, as these were not procurable in Manyuema, the Doctor reluctantly turned his face towards Ujiji. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley As regards horses, I am satisfied that from the Eastern coast something might be done-nothing on the Western, where the animals, though thorough-bred, are mere "weeds," of a foolish price and procurable only by chance. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Before its introduction, or when it was not procurable from Europeans, the leaves of a large spreading tree, a species of 'Eugenia', was, and is still used. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland "In that case, you cannot be too careful in seeing he has the most reliable attendants procurable." Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl There being no workman procurable at this time for gold, I sat down to patch the damaged articles; whilst Nur was sent to lay in supplies for fourteen days. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 No provisions were procurable, for the villages were in a state of semi-starvation, the inhabitants living from hand to mouth on what reluctant Fortune threw into their nets. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley In such places the Badawin love to encamp, because they find food and drink,-water being always procurable by digging. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 No cab was procurable; he left his bag at the station, and hastened with all speed in the direction that he remembered. The Odd Women He was always in excellent spirits, ever ready to be of service to a friend, lived with much moderation on victuals of the best quality procurable, took his autumnal holiday abroad in a gentlemanly manner. A Life's Morning He could only resolve that his boy should have the best education procurable for money, if he starved himself in providing it. In the Year of Jubilee Sheep, coarse flour, milk, and barley were procurable at very moderate prices on the road. Among the Tibetans
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