exigences

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Like the steward in the parable, “they cannot dig, to beg they are ashamed;” and like him, they too often resort to unworthy means to supply their exigences.

From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Marryat, Frederick

How easy too to avoid this defect, by adapting the subjects of the dances to the different exigences of the different dramas, whether serious, comic, or farcical!

From A Treatise on the Art of Dancing by Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea

N.B.—The exigences of the Drama are responsible for his making his appearance here, instead of waiting, as is more usual, at the church.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

He recollected that the engagement on his part was voluntary and explicit, and he disdained to urge his present exigences as reasons for retracting it.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

So that, not only the exigences of his occupation, but the importance of the day to a young man, and the spirit of the order, justify such a conclusion.

From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Newton, Joseph Fort