"Cut down" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... reached. These strata attain a considerable thickness; and they indicate that the epoch at which the freshwater mere of Palestine reached its highest level is extremely remote; that its diminution has taken place very slowly, and with periods of rest, during which the first formed deposits were cut down into terraces. This conclusion is strikingly borne out by other facts. A volcanic region stretches from Galilee to Gilead and the Hauran, on each side of the northern end of the valley. Some of the ...
— Hasisadra's Adventure - Essay #7 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition" • Thomas Henry Huxley
... order is that all are to start in marching order, and that all baggage is to be cut down to the smallest proportions. No officer is to take more than can be ...
— With Frederick the Great - A Story of the Seven Years' War • G. A. Henty
... towards a notary's career. The family fortune had diminished; the father had been placed upon the retired list, he had lost money in investments, it was absolutely necessary to cut down expenses, and Honore, as the oldest son, was expected to make a position for himself rapidly. Why did he hesitate to come to a decision and gratefully accept the proposition made by his father? The family brought pressure to bear, yet Honore continued ...
— Honor de Balzac • Albert Keim and Louis Lumet
... a sad story. He fell, fighting bravely by my side, cut down in Sidbury Street in the last charge. Alas! these are ...
— The Pigeon Pie • Charlotte M. Yonge
... intrepid monk was able to penetrate into the heart of Germany. Here he labored for nearly forty years, preaching, baptizing, and founding numerous churches, monasteries, and schools. His boldness in attacking heathenism is illustrated by the story of how he cut down with his own hands a certain oak tree, much reverenced by the natives of Hesse as sacred to the god Woden, and out of its wood built a chapel dedicated to St. Peter. St. Boniface crowned a lifetime of missionary labor ...
— EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY • HUTTON WEBSTER
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