No attempt was made by the latter officer to check the emotion of his young friend.
Yet the heart of Fleuri might well have failed him as he remembered the secret agreement to check the commerce of England, and thought of her mighty sea power alongside of the decayed navy of France.
Besides the exhaustion of men and ships, it must also be admitted that no blockade could be relied on certainly to check the exit of an enemy's fleet.
This resulted in something colossal, incomprehensible; the boy closed his eyes and drove it all away from him and tried to check the play of his imagination, which frightened him.
The people were excited; some attempted to check the coupletist's flow of eloquence, others wanted to lead Foma away somewhere.
Mr. Webster might as well have attempted to stay the incoming tide at Marshfield with a rampart of sand as to seek to check the anti-slavery movement by a speech.
He accused them of a desire to check the growth of the West in the interests of the protective policy, and tried to show the sympathy which should exist between the West and South, and lead them to make common cause against the tariff.
They aimed, of course, first to check the extension of slavery and then to efface it by gradual restriction and full compensation to slave-holders.
Elizabeth had frequently united with Jane in an endeavour to check the imprudence of Catherine and Lydia; but while they were supported by their mother's indulgence, what chance could there be of improvement?
Indeed both they and the students hoped to check the violence of the riots, while they prevented any reactionary movement.
Fuester, who had recently preached on the duty of devotion to the cause of the country, now endeavored, by praises of the Emperor, to check the desire of the students for immediate action; but he was shouted down.
This is a fine climate, Captain Berecroft; all you have to attend to is--to be temperate, and not to check the perspiration.
A hearty cheer greeted them from the crowd, who hoped that the presence of the King--for it was Charles who rode in front--was a sign that vigorous steps were about to be taken to check the progress of the flames.
Her mother would have kept a firmer hand upon the helm if I had not always spoken up for the lass, and said, 'Let her have her head; don't check the sheets in too tautly.
Halfway up Fetter Lane the houses stood on both sides uninjured, for a large open space round St. Andrew's, Holborn, had aided the defenders in their efforts to check the flames.
To check the motion of (a vessel) and cause it to be stationary.
Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.
They then prepared to check the Callisto's headlong speed, which Jupiter's attraction was beginning to increase.
How we purpose to apply these aqueous brakes to check the wabbling of the earth, by means of the attraction of the sun, you will now see.
I went close to the land to check the chronometers, which an observation and bearings of the islands showed to be correct.
Still there were drawbacks to the habit of constant quaffing of fermented drinks at all hours of the day, and it was often a difficult matter to keep in check the sin of drunkenness that prevailed amongst all classes of the people.
And thus they strive, thus they think to check the growth of the evil weed by fire and by the sword!
The Roman garrisons, that were placed in the Greek towns of Lower Italy, were intended temporarily to check the king's progress.
It is, however, very unjust to reproach these earnest attempts to check the impoverishment of the middle class with their inadequacy.
They are noteworthy for the only serious attempt made to check the progress of the Scots after Bannockburn.
The regent had to check theardour of his own partisans, and it was only after anxious days of deliberation that the party of moderation prevailed.
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