in one of the ten thousand stages of an endless cause , trippingtripone another up on slippery precedents , gropinggropeknee-deep in technicalities , runningruntheir goat-hair and horsehair warded heads against walls of words and making a pretencepretenceof equity with serious faces , as players might .
You were wise in not having me come to look the place over before I engagedengage.
Well , it ended by my engagingengageThomas on the spot , at outrageous wages , and with permissionpermissionto sleep in the gardener 's lodge , empty since the house was rentedrent.
She readreada letter from her sister , who was away in the East , and who had engagedengageherself to be married .
I first became acquaintedacquaintwith him on board a whale vessel ; findingfindthat he was unemployed in this city , I easily engagedengagehim to assist in my enterprise .