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He is availing himself of the principle that makes men in our great towns go about with placards set up on poles, and with bills printed large stuck round their hats.’

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John

“You have, indeed; and as repentance is availing, my dear husband, you will receive God’s mercy.”

From The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook by Marryat, Frederick

Besides entering into treaties with some western and eastern nations, Korea is availing herself of the services of European abilities, for the purpose of internal improvement.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

He is availing himself of his ingenuity, as he has done before, to make the residencia which I have taken of his government suit his wishes.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander