Mr. Emerson’s address at Dartmouth in 1838 would never have been delivered but for the action of this law.
Attaching myself to the first regiment that I came to, the 18th Missouri Infantry, I fought with my rifle until the action was over.
He watched the progress of the action until satisfied that his presence was no longer needed there, and then started for the left.
In five hours from the time the action commenced, the stars and stripes were proudly floating over the capitol of the State of Mississippi.
When the action had ceased, we were ordered to fall back a short distance and throw up intrenchments.
By this time the action had become general along the Army of the Tennessee, and raged furiously in front and in rear.
We came in sight of our lines just as the first firing commenced in action at Raymond.
The destruction of life to the enemy, compared with our own loss, was greater than in any other action that I have ever witnessed.
The action did not extend beyond the Army of the Tennessee.
In other words, Weismann now freely entertains the possibility of a direct action of germ-plasm on the somatic tissues, even though these belong to another individual!
Now, the somatic-cells, in their aggregations as tissues and organs, may be modified in numberless ways by the direct action of the environment, as well as by special habits formed during the individual lifetime of the organism.
A plan of actionwas agreed upon before any of the inmates of Winnsocket Lodge retired that night.
They immediately went upstairs, intending to plan out a course of action before morning, as they did not want to leave Bert in the enemy's hands any longer than was absolutely necessary.
They do not know we know it, and we are thus better prepared to take action to get Bert out of their clutches and hand the smugglers over to justice.
Character motivating action is central to this type of story, rather than mood dominating incident.
Nothing kills a man more quickly than an action of that kind.
The colonel's impulse also was to expand his chest and swing his cane, until it occurred to him that this action might be ineffective with a child of six or seven.
None of the medical men entertain the slightest doubt of the action of atmospheric influence--so many undeniable instances of the spontaneous generation of the disease having occurred.
A drunken invalid having also wounded himself, had an abscess, which doubtless showed the pernicious action of the dead flesh, but the cholera morbus did not attack him.
But although I didn't cry when I heard Belle talking a course of righteous action into fat Mamie Sue about me, I made up my mind that I would have to have some sort of person to talk to, so I bought this book.
Certes, seigneur bishop, seeing the action is against yourself and against John, your African servant, I shall inform you of the charge.
If he maps out important work for himself on great lines, a glance at this miniature plan of his life will, more than anything else stimulate, rouse and ennoble him, urge him on to action and keep him from false paths.
These are the years of action and achievement; while youth is the time for forming fundamental conceptions, and laying down the ground-work of thought.
This is a reflection that will always influence the negative side of the balance--a kind of warning to refrain from unnecessary action in matters of importance--quieta non movere.
As soon as he had commenced his protestations he became profuse enough with them, and made a strong attempt to support them by theaction of his hands.
She was so happy when she was acting for others; and so excellent in action when she had another one to think for her!
He was threatened with an action now, and most probably would become subject to one.
In their political tones of speech and modes of action they strive to be as English as possible.
She was asked to pledge her word that she would not take him out of the house,--and she pledged her word, feeling that there was no strength in her for that action which she had meditated.
By no means, Sir Marmaduke," said Stanbury, throwing out his hand before him so as to give the energy ofaction to his words.
The plan of action was undoubtedly changed, and Mr. Martin became very fidgety, and ordered nothing without Sir Peter's sanction.
There has been a policeman here who is going to bring an action against me.
Priscilla held her ground in the parlour, determined to be near the scene ofaction if there might be need.
Trevelyan had followed his letter quicker than he had intended when it was written, and was now with his prime minister, before his prime minister had been able to take any action on the last instruction received.
Let us get into action before my former subjects come into sight again.
Get these boats there if you know how to do it, and we'll soon get into some kind of action that is bound to bring us up against Captain Broadbeam and the others, who will be true friends to you if you'll only do the right thing.
Dave could do nothing but quietly await the further action of his captors.
He got the phonograph placed to suit him and ready for action at a moment's notice.
The latter was generally observed at the foot of the hills and in the bed of the river; it had in most places been worn by the action of water.
The heavier masses had resisted the action of the waters, and remained like little peaks and islands, when the softer materials around them had been washed away.
The stories are full of spirited action and contain much valuable historical information.
Cortés was angered and ashamed at the action which his Lieutenant had taken, and, calling him to him, roundly upbraided him for attacking the natives in this brutal fashion.
The chance for action had transformed him; his eyes blazed, his voice crackled.
For the moment there was no course of actionto take, and his calmness was not forced or feigned.
Her words suggested our course of action during the months which must intervene before it would be safe or wise for us to leave the city.
There certainly seemed very little range of action for a growing boy.
I have felt for some time that we could not put off action much longer, and to-night I am convinced of it.
Thereafter he investigated volcanic action and fire-damp, and invented the safety lamp.
His fundamental proposition is that all human action is ultimately based upon selfishness (more or less enlightened), allowing no place to the moral or social sentiments.
His ministerial life, which was passed at Athelstaneford, East Lothian, was brought to an end by the action of the Church Courts on his producing the play of Douglas.
He was an advocate for the admission of Dissenters to degrees, and in consequence of his action in the matter had to resign his Univ.
This action of the authorities led to a somewhat warm controversy, and after a short interval W.
The action was gallant, but the apology for it was weak and unnecessary.
Confucius, it seems to me, did not think of the reciprocity coming into action beyond the circle of his five relations of society.
When a course of action seems doubtful to me, I never look upon the worst side of it.
In its ordinary acceptation, the word 'scruple' signifies a malicious and superstitious whim, which pronounces an action which may be innocent to be guilty.
Have you considered that the publicity of such an action would render me the most unfortunate of women?
If you wish to keep it in the dark, you must avoid with the greatest care any action which may awaken suspicion in the minds of people who do not believe that anything is indifferent.
Our common country is in grave peril demanding the loftiest views and boldest action to bring it speedy relief.
They indicate some of the difficulties that have thus far prevented my action in some such way as you desire.
He was sorry this first action must be fought on Sunday.
But the action had been too far away to make any serious impression.
A bald-headed Colonel rushed by at double quick leading a fresh regiment into action to support them.
He had formed the habit in boyhood of thinking for himself, and had never allowed himself to take his cues for action from second-hand suggestions.
He was going into action now for the first time in the ranks as a private soldier and he would see things happen at closer range--that was all.
This inductive influence in alternating currents renders their actionvery different from that of continuous current.
The actionof the three phase currents in an alternator is to produce a resultant field which is practically uniform, and which revolves in synchronism with the field system.
In the operation of a direct current generator or dynamo, as explained in Chapter XIII, alternating currents are generated in the armature winding and are changed into direct current by the action of the commutator.
Diagram of single phase multi-coil or distributed winding to show characteristic differences in action and construction from single coil or concentrated winding.
The same action takes place in each cylinder as in the preceding cases, the only difference being the additional cylinder, and difference in phase relation.
Describe the action of a condenser when current is applied.
If an alternating twisting force be applied to the top R of the spring S, the action of the latter may be taken to represent capacity, and the rotation of the wheel W, alternating current.
The pressures induced in the inner windings of such a coil are opposing each other at the instant depicted, that is, while the inductors are under the pole face, such action of course being objectionable.
This condition is exactly analogous to the case of a steam engine, expanding the steam below the back or exhaust pressure, a condition sometimes caused by the action of the governor in considerably reducing the cut off for very light load.
The action of capacity referred to the current wave is as follows: As the wave starts from zero value and rises to its maximum value, the current is due to the discharge of the capacity, which would be represented by a condenser.
One distinction is the fact that a simple open coil winding may be, and often is, employed, but the chief difference is the intermittent action of the inductors.
To defraud, oppress, and maltreat the freedmen seems to be the principle governing the action of more than half of those who make contracts with them.
But this actionwill be useless unless the legislature you elect meet and build the structure upon the foundation laid by the convention.
The only objectors to its action is the radicalism of the north, which thinks it should have conferred universal suffrage on the freedmen.
In none of those States were they strong enough to exercise any decisive influence upon the action of the people, not even in Louisiana, unless vigorously supported by the power of the general government.
To-day the negro is as competent a witness in our State as the white man, made so by the action of the convention.
The best men of Alabama have either shed their blood in the late war, emigrated, or become wholly incapacitated by their former action from now taking part in the government of the State.
It remains for you to show by your action whether this was done to rid the State of bayonets, or to obtain your representation in Washington.
