What is thought of is the gradual process of acquisition, and the right of him who wins first a house, then a wife, servants, and cattle, to be secure in the possession of them all.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
It's one thing to pay down a smart sum of money and wait your time for recovering it, and it's another to surrender your compact when the hour of acquisition has arrived.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
With the success of this encounter, we could sit down and live comfortably for a month; and before that time should elapse seals would seek the ice for sun baths, and when seals arrived, the acquisition of food for the march to Greenland would be easy.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook