exigences
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Lord Nelson now kindly condoled with her; and generously made up the small pittance left by his brother, whom he most tenderly loved, a regular annuity of two hundred pounds, besides providing for immediate exigences.
From The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 by James Harrison
These exigences led to strenuous scenes in the Assembly, and the succession of Regents became still more rapid.
From South America by W. H. (William Henry) Koebel
To obviate future exigences, Constantia betook herself once more to the needle.
From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
So that, not only the exigences of his occupation, but the importance of the day to a young man, and the spirit of the order, justify such a conclusion.
From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Joseph Fort Newton
The industrial revolution was demanding labor; it was demanding intelligent labor, while the supposed political and social exigences of the situation called for ignorance and subserviency.
From The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development by W. E. Burghardt DuBois
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