Should the marriage negotiations discontinue without any fault of the man or of his relatives all payments previously made have to be returned, item for item.
My Manóbo oarsmen desired to discontinue the journey at an early hour of the afternoon, but for several reasons I wished to reach a certain point before nightfall, so a little ruse was resorted to.
Captain Ussher now, and tell him to discontinue his visits, he would only be asked if he had his sister's authority for doing so, or his father's.
One of the clauses was to the following effect: "That it shall not be lawful for the company to close or discontinue the Victoria Station at Norwich, now belonging to the Eastern Union Railway Company.
The Norwich Town Council decided to discontinue the experimental lighting of the city with the electric light.
To come right to the point," said I, "this document is disowned by the Department, and no authority has been given to any one to discontinue the other office.
Gravely, then, without showing any symptom of her former coyness, she proposed todiscontinue her letters.
They were about to discontinue their efforts when a cry came from Tom, as if some new source of terror had been discovered in the manguba.
Keep the two daily nursings up for one week and then discontinue them, after which the above measures may be adopted.
They should be instructed to discontinue milk at the first sign of intestinal trouble, to give a suitable dose of castor oil, and to put the child on barley water as a food until the danger is passed.
The new law, however, was introduced into all the ecclesiastical courts, and the clergy began to abandon the municipal tribunals, and discontinue the study of the common law.
The city of Tyre is at present fiercely besieged, and neither by night nor by day do the infidels discontinue their furious assaults.
I shall continue to include his salary in my drafts on Mr Morris, till I receive directions from Congress to discontinue it.
Expresses a wish that measures may be taken by the English commanders to discontinue hostilities.
The situation revealed such dangers of mob violence that Sir Thomas Wade felt compelled to request the company to discontinue its operations, and after some discussion it was arranged that the Chinese should buy the line.
These changes made it necessary for Mr. Ewing to discontinue house-keeping, and Mr. Corwin took his home and furniture off his hands.
By the provision of the constitution, limiting appropriations to two years, it was clearly intended to enable either branch of the Legislature to discontinue a military force at the end of every two years.
Their views being thus sufficiently ascertained, I have directed Mr. Morris to discontinue his communications with them.
After the first month I could discontinue with those who seemed likely to prove unremunerative.
On my way home I stopped in at the tailor's and told him to take his three dollars and discontinue his action, which he was glad enough to do.
I certainly think that you ought to discontinue your visits to Dr Thorne altogether.
Many of such pupils simply discontinue the course and then drop out of school.
Relatively few of the failing pupils who continue in school discontinue the subject or substitute another after failure.
Some discontinue the subject but because they have extra credits take no substitute for it; others substitute in a general way to secure the needed credits but not specifically for the subject dropped.
In only one school was there a tendency to discontinuethe subject failed in.
Moreover, it is a habit which many boys take up and afterwards discontinue when once they have set up for themselves high standards of manliness.
Just as soon as the latter begins to take form, the young people will naturally discontinue their degrading affairs.
When he realized that the habit was abnormal he began to make efforts to discontinue it, and these efforts have been continued up to the present.
Discontinue the heat when the phosphorus has disappeared--that is, when inflammable bubbles cease to be produced.
He gave orders todiscontinue the pursuit, as he meant to turn his attention to General Burnside, supposed to be in great danger at Knoxville, about one hundred and thirty miles northeast.
The dog remained true, and held the boar by one leg; but the boar did notdiscontinue to strike at the father with great fury.
During these years, the Dutch enemy did not discontinue coming to the coasts of Manila, where they robbed the Chinese and did all the harm possible.
