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Example sentences for "length succeeded"

  • The king, and those who accompanied him, after having struggled against the winds and waves for three days, at length succeeded, by rowing obliquely, in anchoring with three vessels in the port of Jaffa.

  • He then remembered the sin he had committed the night before; he confessed, performed penance, and, seconded by the prayers of his brethren, at length succeeded in breaking the chains the Divinity had imposed upon him.

  • The pope did everything in his power to appease discord, and at length succeeded in forming a league among the Italian states, similar to that which was entered into after the taking of Constantinople.

  • We again brought forward our machines to the walls, and at length succeeded in making several breaches.

  • Horribly alarmed at this idea, I struggled to gain my feet, and at length succeeded.

  • I tore the dirt from around him with all the energy I could command, and at length succeeded in getting him out.

  • Feeling in my pantaloons' pocket, I got hold of my penknife, and, after several ineffectual attempts, at length succeeded in opening it.

  • Reynolds, whose great exertions and perseverance have at length succeeded in getting set on foot a national expedition, partly for the purpose of exploring these regions, thus speaks of the attempt of the Resolution.

  • They approached each other, leaping laterally and capering, the Omawhaw discharging his arrows, and the Konza endeavouring to get aim with his fusee; the latter at length succeeded, and shot his opponent.

  • Some did escape, but only a very little; and they at length succeeded in getting the tarpauling formed into a sort of bag, puckered around the mouth.

  • No indeed; I have at length succeeded to my entire satisfaction, and that too by a most simple scheme, after having tried without success many very complicated contrivances.

  • He proceeded on his flight, as soon as he conceived that a good opportunity was afforded, and disguised in some clothes, which he took from a scarecrow, he at length succeeded in reaching Newcastle, where he considered himself safe.

  • Sandoval was very desirous of getting the above-mentioned chiefs into his power, and at length succeeded in capturing the principal one, who was tried, and sentenced to the stake.

  • With the assistance of Luque, he at length succeeded in equipping a small caravel and embarking a body of between sixty and seventy adventurers, mostly of the lowest order of the colonists.

  • With no small difficulty, and damage to their clothing from thorns and briers, master and man at length succeeded in taking up a position advantageous for the carrying out of Lyttleton's plans.

  • He dragged him to the shelter of the rock, but not close to the fire, and continuing his efforts at length succeeded in rousing him, and finally in restoring circulation and warmth to his benumbed limbs.

  • He called to his aid the slight knowledge he had gained of the Indian tongue, and at length succeeded in making himself understood.

  • He at length succeeded in bringing her into a somewhat more tranquil state than he could have expected.

  • After pulling a considerable distance along the foot of the cliffs, we at length succeeded, though with great difficulty, in landing at the foot of a spur of basaltic rock, which sloped down from the cliffs at a high angle.

  • After many trials and much risk to the boat, we at length succeeded in jumping ashore near the south-east or weather extremity of the island.

  • I felt that my vision grew dim, that my reason wandered; and it was only by a violent effort that I at length succeeded in nerving myself to the task which duty thus once more had pointed out.

  • In a word, he at length succeeded in gaining her hand, though with the solemn assurance that her heart was unalterably another's.

  • The gallantry and wits of the gentleman were sorely tested to procure the requisite funds for the trip; but he at length succeeded in obtaining such a sum as he and the lady deemed sufficient.

  • The man who at length succeeded in reaching the top was directly squeezed as flat as a pancake.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being eaten; bought from; considerable property; fresh mushrooms; great rage; honestly believe; human power; lawful marriage; leaving her; length ahead; length and; length arrived; length came; length figure; length portrait; length reached; length said; length they; life phenomena; little above; national spirit; pretty young; public schools; small head; standard gauge; walked together