necessities

We should have said to each other in the language of Shakespeare -- "_if these things be necessities, let's meet them like necessities_;" but to be deceived and duped, and cajoled into a state of great joy and exultation, and then, in an instant, precipitated into the dark and cold regions of despair, was barbarous beyond expression.

A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Benjamin Waterhouse 1800

He piles his life high with complexities and in place of life being for necessities, and they few and simple, it is largely for comforts which we call necessities, and Professor Huxley has said that the struggle for comforts is more cruel than the struggle for existence.

Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous

He piles his life high with complexities and in place of life being for necessities, and they few and simple, it is largely for comforts which we call necessities, and Professor Huxley has said that the struggle for comforts is more cruel than the struggle for existence.

The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915

George Sand tells us that he was obliged "to accept, in theory, what he called the necessities of pure politics, ruse, charlatanism and even untruth, concessions that were not sincere, alliances in which he did not believe, and vain promises."

George Sand; Some Aspects of her Life and Writings 1910

George Sand tells us that he was obliged "to accept, in theory, what he called the necessities of pure politics, ruse, charlatanism and even untruth, concessions that were not sincere, alliances in which he did not believe, and vain promises."

George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings 1910

George Sand tells us that he was obliged "to accept, in theory, what he called the necessities of pure politics, ruse, charlatanism and even untruth, concessions that were not sincere, alliances in which he did not believe, and vain promises."

George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Ren�� Doumic 1898

Downturn Distraction With the developed world facing a financial crisis that has paralysed policy, the short-term necessities of economic management seem to have overtaken the grander visions that came out in the middle of the past decade, when Lord Stern himself was at the forefront of both the international development and climate agendas.

Stern's Rebuke Peter Guest 2011

One significant drawback to asking wealthier relations for money, even for necessities, is that lenders may closely watch borrowers 'spending, criticizing purchases they deem to be inappropriate.

How to Accept Money From Your Relatives Ruth Mantell 2010

In the private sector, food, one of life's basic necessities, is grown, packaged and distributed by large American corporations who, while governmentally regulated for health and safety, are fundamentally accountable only to themselves, their customers and their shareholders.

Jonathan Lewis: Mosquitoes and Markets Don't mix Jonathan Lewis 2010

To provide for us in our necessities is not in the power of government.

‘Kraut-hammer.’ Very droll, Newsweek. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009