"Aided" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... taking care to render the appearance of the flesh as little repulsive as possible. By the time that my preparations— which I had purposely somewhat protracted—were complete, darkness had so far closed down upon us that it was scarcely possible to see what we were eating; and, thus aided, and by dint of much persuasion— accentuated by a reminder that we habitually ate oysters raw,—I succeeded in inducing the poor girl to so far lay aside her prejudices as just to taste the food I offered her. That accomplished, I had no further trouble ...
— The Castaways • Harry Collingwood
... which Peleg had aided, was completed, the young hunter turned to his heartbroken companion and said, "You must come ...
— Scouting with Daniel Boone • Everett T. Tomlinson
... Durwent menage developed into a thing of laws and customs dictated by the youthful despot, aided and abetted by his father. The sacred rites of 'what isn't done' were established, and the mother gradually found herself in the position of an outsider—a privileged outsider, it is true, yet little more than the breeder of a thoroughbred, admitted to the paddock to watch ...
— The Parts Men Play • Arthur Beverley Baxter
... defeated the Viceroy in a battle at Down. He was aided in this by the O'Neills, and by soldiers from Man and the Isles. It will be remembered that he could always claim assistance from the latter, in consequence of his connexion by marriage. But this did not avail him. He was summoned before the Council ...
— An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 • Mary Frances Cusack
... load of gold, we would not have had to buy it back at the cost of so many thousands of lives. Nor were any of them Spanish lives," he added bitterly; "though some were Portuguese—for the only Spaniards at the siege were the renegades who aided Philippon and his ...
— The Actress in High Life - An Episode in Winter Quarters • Sue Petigru Bowen
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