Citations:assistance

English citations of assistance

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• 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.

  These £40 I had mustered together by the assistance of some of my relations whom I corresponded with; and who, I believe, got my father, or at least my mother, to contribute so much as that to my first adventure.

  This, therefore, was not my work, but an assistance to my work; for now, as I said, I had a great employment upon my hands, as follows: I had long studied to make, by some means or other, some earthen vessels, which, indeed, I wanted sorely, but knew not where to come at them.

• 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.

  He lost no time in endeavouring to seek him out, with the hope of persuading him to begin the world again through his credit and assistance.

  "As soon as I was convinced that no assistance could save any part of the habitation, I quitted the scene and sought for refuge in the woods.

  They seemed much surprised at my appearance, but instead of offering me any assistance, whispered together with gestures that at any other time might have produced in me a slight sensation of alarm.

• 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:

  But here be it premised, that owing to the unwearied activity with which of late they have been hunted over all four oceans, the Sperm Whales, instead of almost invariably sailing in small detached companies, as in former times, are now frequently met with in extensive herds, sometimes embracing so great a multitude, that it would almost seem as if numerous nations of them had sworn solemn league and covenant for mutual assistance and protection.