Citations:assistance


 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * These £40 I had mustered together by the assistance of some of my relations whom I corresponded with; and who, I believe, got my father, or at least my mother, to contribute so much as that to my first adventure.
 * This, therefore, was not my work, but an assistance to my work; for now, as I said, I had a great employment upon my hands, as follows: I had long studied to make, by some means or other, some earthen vessels, which, indeed, I wanted sorely, but knew not where to come at them.


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * He lost no time in endeavouring to seek him out, with the hope of persuading him to begin the world again through his credit and assistance.
 * "As soon as I was convinced that no assistance could save any part of the habitation, I quitted the scene and sought for refuge in the woods.
 * They seemed much surprised at my appearance, but instead of offering me any assistance, whispered together with gestures that at any other time might have produced in me a slight sensation of alarm.