expediences

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From Time • Apr. 29, 2013

Indeed, they are the results of various necessities and expediences.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Thus we see that these expediences, pretended for the ceremonies, are attained unto as well and better without them than by them.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

Alas, how, in thy soft-hung Longacre vehicle, of polished leather to the bodily eye, of redtape philosophy, of expediences, clubroom moralities, Parliamentary majorities to the mind's eye, thou beautifully rollest: but knowest thou whitherward?

From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Carlyle, Thomas

The soldiers, accustomed, as all Roman soldiers were, to all the expediences and resources of warfare, had prepared planks which were to be run forward on the ladder, in order to construct a firm bridge.

From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Herbert, Henry William