The original, of course, was not written in English, and the spelling used ( "instil") is not uncommon. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
To educate means to draw out as well as to instil in. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Home] Reference
The attempts to instil the elements of music into Charles. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Dickens and Music] Reference
Gustavus sought to instil in the minds of the Swedish people. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
He was careful to instil into the hearts of those under his charge an ardent love of. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
"The tendency is to instil the principle of self-help and the advantage of earnest purpose.". From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Without further incident they disappeared, and now began the effort to instil and extract information. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen] Reference
And Plutarch informs us, he thought plays useful to polish the manners, and instil the principles of virtue. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 397, November 7, 1829] Reference
He should instil into his children a hatred of ardent spirits, as much as he does of falsehood and of theft. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
No occasion was permitted to pass, no opportunity neglected to instil the subtle poison into his young mind. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
These took the meat home to cook for their husbands to eat to instil into them the spirit and vigour of a tiger. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
Betty strove to instil energy into her listless brother, telling him stories of a golden future in store for him. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
Quebec made his little struggle to instil a proper spirit of colonization into a crowd of barterers and adventurers. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
He behaves well and always like a gentleman and I endeavour to instil in him a contempt for what is trifling and unworthy. From Wordnik.com. [The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1] Reference
I endeavored to instil into your mind principles of honor and integrity, and to enforce the same by setting before you a good example. From Wordnik.com. [Stories and Sketches] Reference
The republicanism, which Cicero and Plutarch instil into us all at our schools, had been extinguished in me by the squalid realities of. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844] Reference
One could hear Aunt Emma suggesting what would be nice to say, trying to instil a little pale affection for the far-off papa and mamma. From Wordnik.com. [The Pool in the Desert] Reference
They have no fear of drying the mucous membrane thereby; but if you can instil this fear they will increase the quantity with pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis] Reference
My childhood was passed with pious relatives, who labored to instil religious principles into my mind; but I 'would none of their reproof.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1] Reference
Constitutionally he may be irritable or revengeful, but she may correct or repress these passions and in their places instil better feelings. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
But what I have got to try and instil in you before you go out by yourselves is a sense of proportion, and maybe even some political awareness. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
In this famous work, composed in the form of a dialogue, and evidently intended to instil sound political principles into the mind of his pupil. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
The horse gives his own account of his life with good and bad masters; the purpose of the book being to instil care and consideration for animals. From Wordnik.com. [A Mother's List of Books for Children] Reference
Parents instil the idea into the minds of children, so that they grow up with the conviction, that the great end of life is the procuring of wealth. From Wordnik.com. [The Faithful Steward Or, Systematic Beneficence an Essential of Christian Character] Reference
It is not improbable that the relatives of Legrand, conceiving him to be somewhat unsettled in intellect, had contrived to instil this obstinacy into. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
There were bugles sounding in the city, not in alarm yet, merely ordering the stand-to, but the calls served to instil urgency into the greenjackets. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
The conception of individual freedom, upon which the life of St. Francis was built, went far to instil the idea of civic freedom into men's minds. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
He endeavors to instil into the minds of his readers a lesson of the utmost practical importance, intimately connected with the experience of every-day life. From Wordnik.com. [Summerfield or, Life on a Farm] Reference
As usual, Helena had been charged with topographical research, so she kept up a commentary to instil us with awe for the revered religious site we were about to invade. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
"You will, I am sure be the friend of the distressed and instil into their bosoms that peace which, I am afraid, nothing but your assistance and time can restore to them.". From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
The mother's high duty and privilege it was (as it ever is) to instil into his opening mind those great truths and first principles which are at the foundation of all excellence. From Wordnik.com. [Notable Women of Olden Time] Reference
I have no more idea than you how he contrived to instil this notion into my head, for though I am a plain body and never had any beauty, I must own I liked tall, good-looking men. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886.] Reference
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