to gain sight of land

He knew all the things to say to dulcify his mother.

Overtly pro-woman works such as Moderata Fonte's Il merito delle donne (The Worth of Women, 1600), explicitly integrated women's knowledge of medicine and natural philosophy into an overt and wideranging defense of women.

Most students now think to themselves: ‘How can I not apply to Yale?’ he said. You just have to put your name in the hat.