...It was but a largerivulet: two trees, the same number of props, and a few planks weresufficient to ensure the passage; but such was the confusion andinattention that the emperor was detained there...
George Grote 「The Two Great Retreats of History」
...The start was deferred this morning until the dew was off theheads of the long grass sufficiently to ensure his being kept tolerablydry...
David Livingstone 「The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873」
...A fewyears ago, sailors' wives were in the habit of keeping one, thinkingthereby to ensure the safety of their husbands at sea...
Harrison Weir 「Our Cats and All About Them」
...—“The intrinsic value of the book, and highprofessional reputation of its author, should ensure this new edition acordial welcome from Sportsmen and all lovers of the horse...
Joshua A. Nunn 「Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies」
...The stake is henceforth planted vertically, but thebody hanging on it does not reach the base: a condition which sufficesto ensure that there is never any digging at this point...
J. H. Fabre 「The Wonders of Instinct」
...A single drop or two spilled in the palm of the hand is sufficient to rub over all the parts exposed, and will often ensure sleep, where otherwise such a thing would be impossible...
Mayne Reid 「The Hunters' Feast」
...I hadat last to carry it a long distance to ensure it shouldnot return to the room again...
Elizabeth Brightwen 「Wild Nature Won By Kindness」
...Milk-stonesare used for the same purpose by Greek women in Crete and Melos atthe present day; in Albania nursing mothers wear the stones inorder to ensure an abundant flow of milk...
Sir James George Frazer 「The Golden Bough」
...OF THE THINGS which the public magician sets himself to do forthe good of the tribe, one of the chief is to control the weatherand especially to ensure an adequate fall of rain...
Sir James George Frazer 「The Golden Bough」
...Swedish peasants stick a leafy branch in each furrow of theircorn-fields, believing that this will ensure an abundant crop...
Sir James George Frazer 「The Golden Bough」
...Pregnant women used to clasp the tree in their arms inorder to ensure an easy delivery...
Sir James George Frazer 「The Golden Bough」
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