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In this way she rapidly attained favor in the Hall, where few even of the richer girls could procure money so easily as the ward of the Washington Trust Company.
From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert
During this time she applied herself to her task with the utmost assiduity, and at the end of the time gave surprising proof of the skill she had so rapidly attained.
From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
We rapidly attained the foot of the redoubt: the palisades had been broken, and the earth ploughed by our cannonade.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
As government-contractors for supplying the navy with canvas, the firm rapidly attained prosperity; and Balfour found abundant leisure for prosecuting his literary studies, and maintaining a correspondence with several men of letters in the capital.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
Trees trained by De Courval's method, which is now universally approved and much practised in France, rapidly attained a great height.
From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
