"Disencumber" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... mention, that having received advices as late as the 20th from General James, that our fleet was then in port, and the commodore sick, we ceased to look for co-operation from that quarter, and determined to disencumber ourselves of baggage, and march directly for Burlington (p. 209) Heights. To mask this intention, and to draw from Schlosser a small supply of provisions, I fell back ...
— The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 • J. F. Loubat
... Before he could disencumber himself from the body another Hadendowa rushed at him with uplifted spear. Tom levelled his pistol at him, and pressed the trigger; but the weapon did not explode. He had already fired ...
— For Fortune and Glory - A Story of the Soudan War • Lewis Hough
... under this additional load of tyranny, and the command of a man so void of human pity, the reader may imagine. My greatest good fortune consisted in the ability I still had to disencumber myself of all the irons that were connected with the ankle-rims, and the provision I had of light, paper, and implements; and though it was apparently impossible I should break out undiscovered by both sentinels, yet had ...
— The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck - Vol. 2 (of 2) • Baron Trenck
... and revivifying atoms within you obey your command, and with increasing strength gradually control and subdue their disintegrating opponents,—opponents which after all are only their servants, ready to disencumber them from all that is worthless and useless at the first sign of disablement. There is nothing more simple than this law, which has only to be followed in order to preserve both life and youth. It 5s all contained in an effort of the WILL, to which everything in ...
— The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance • Marie Corelli
... about him with transport, and was preparing to disencumber himself of his hot armour, when the blushing beauty, casting her eyes downwards, beheld on her finger the identical magic ring which her father had given her when she first entered Christendom, and which had delivered her out of so many dangers. If ...
— Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers, Vol. 2 • Leigh Hunt |
