attained

“Nay, nay!” cried Caderousse, smiling, “you have not attained that honor yet.

The brood had almost grown to their full strength and attained the use of their wings and the full plumage of their feathers, when the owner of the field, looking over his ripe crop, said, “The time has come when I must ask all my neighbors to help me with my harvest.” One of the young Larks heard his speech and related it to his mother, inquiring of her to what place they should move for safety.

Those were the early days at the end of the ’80’s, when Alec MacDonald was far from having attained the national fame which he has now achieved.

Even Josie Pye attained a certain preeminence as the sharpest-tongued young lady in attendance at Queen’s.