exigencies

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Exigencies of woodland and prairie-life stimulate the savage from childhood to develop faculties so important in the arts of war and of the chase.

From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Marcy, Randolph Barnes

Exigencies of space apparently caused the omission of a great deal of it.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 19, 1891 by Various

Exigencies of life have caused the Mackenzie Eskimo to formulate on vital matters an unwritten law to which each gives assent.

From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans

The Goods of the Exchequer are such as are given by the People, partly to defend the King's Dignity, and partly appropriated to the Uses and Exigencies of the Commonwealth.

From Franco-Gallia Or, An Account of the Ancient Free State of France, and Most Other Parts of Europe, Before the Loss of Their Liberties by Hotman, François

Exigencies of teeth and hair cut the talk short about Mr. Fenwick.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend