1 Fearful, however, of losing this first and only opportunity of relieving my grief by imparting it, I, after a disturbed pause, contrived to frame a meagre, though, as far as it went, true response.
2 I generally contrived to reserve a moiety of this bounteous repast for myself; but the remainder I was invariably obliged to part with.
3 And so, by dint of alternate coaxing and commanding, he contrived to get them all once more enclosed in their separate dormitories.
4 Without one overt act of hostility, one upbraiding word, he contrived to impress me momently with the conviction that I was put beyond the pale of his favour.
5 Elizabeth then contrived to sit by her aunt.
6 Mrs. Bennet, through the assistance of servants, contrived to have the earliest tidings of it, that the period of anxiety and fretfulness on her side might be as long as it could.
7 By his knack of sermonising and pious discoursing, he contrived to make a great impression on Mr. Earnshaw; and the more feeble the master became, the more influence he gained.
8 It is strong enough to make me feel pretty certain that he would not chase me over England, supposing I contrived a clear escape; and therefore I must get quite away.
9 But the queen had before contrived another project.
10 This work was repeated three or four times, and at every turn, the engine was so contrived, that the words shifted into new places, as the square bits of wood moved upside down.
11 Their buildings, although very rude and simple, are not inconvenient, but well contrived to defend them from all injuries of cold and heat.
12 However, not a single magnate had been neglected, and in conversation with his hosts he had contrived to flatter each separate one.
13 No matter what the conversation chanced to be about, he always contrived to maintain his part in the same.
14 Entering a large, dark hall which reeked like a tomb, he passed into an equally dark parlour that was lighted only by such rays as contrived to filter through a crack under the door.
15 Yet all the while he contrived to remain clean and neat, to preserve a cheerful expression of countenance, and even to cultivate a certain elegance of movement.