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Her beauty and acquirements had held but a second place.

As before, whenever his acquirements enabled him to pay, he would be called upon to do so.

I have acquirements which will enable me to make my fortune otherwise than in business.

"A man of real scientific acquirements would be delighted at the chance.

My father did not altogether discourage such acquirements, whether mental or personal.

The truth was she knew nothing, and my acquirements in the educational line were to her prodigious.

Elizabeth's mind ran on acquirements to an almost morbid degree.

It might be necessary to make only token acquirements from quarries.

What again shall we say of the actual acquirement of knowledge?

Very few men surpassed him in the variety and extent of his literary acquirements.

Foreign passport acquirement remains the primary reason for many of these migrations.

She was needed there, with all the help she could now bring by the acquirements four years of faithful study had given her.

The merchant, indeed, grew a little warm, and was far less pleased than some others with my historical acquirements.

From his musical acquirements he was known as "Patrick's psalm-singer".

But extremely stupid people are naturally amazed by even such commonplace acquirements.

I wonder that, with your acquirements, you should have been content to remain in a state of slavery.' "

How did you get your English; is it an acquirement, or just a gift of God?"

An important development occurred in the mid-70's with the acquirement of a Sportsfield.

None of these things, however, will ever be realized; for the acquirement of that full knowledge would require infinite time.

A man of noble birth and great acquirements, he was slain by Caracalla in 212.

He was acknowledged to be an authority in his own university and the news of his acquirements soon spread abroad.

But Cyrus' acquirement of the chunk of hair was his last triumph.

His tastes and his acquirements gave him little insight into the practical business of administrative government.

This transformation is gained, logically, by the acquirement of many food items during a single game-life.

Gallus was a man of political talent and acquirements.