No sooner were they past than Bothwell halted the body which he commanded, and disencumbered Morton of his irons.
They do not cast their skin, as is generally supposed, but merely throw off a tough slimy membrane, which appears to be produced by disease, and from which they get disencumbered by straining themselves through grass and rushes.
By these means he wasdisencumbered of divers considerable remittances, with which his father cheerfully supplied him, on the supposition that they were spent with taste and liberality, under the direction of our adventurer.
An old adage * says, that a traveller already disencumbered of his property, feels little uneasiness in presence of a highwayman; and certainly, to me the appearance of this rakish schooner was a matter of perfect indifference.
Illustration: 0316] When disencumbered of hat and cloak, the very singular air and figure of the stranger fastened my attention.
By the time the Doctor and I rejoined him at the door, he had disencumbered himself of the knapsack, had taken his flowers from their hiding-place, and stood ready to follow us in.
With his master's help, he soon disencumbered himself of his fetters, and sprang lightly to the ground.
Their horses, saddled and bridled, were feeding at a little distance from their masters, who had not disencumbered themselves of their weapons.
The river Okhota had always been disencumbered of its ice before 20 May; to the great astonishment of the inhabitants it did not begin to float this year till the 26 in the afternoon.
The majority of the rivers are already disencumbered of their ice, and could you so far succeed as to pass them, you would soon be overtaken and surrounded by the floods.
Original When disencumbered of hat and cloak, the very singular air and figure of the stranger fastened my attention.
It was painful to behold them, after being disencumbered of their loads, lay themselves down like dogs about us: it was the fourth day that they had been without grass, and they preferred the tender branches of shrubs, etc.
Time was willingly allowed to Miss Locke by their parents, who were glad to be disencumbered of their children.
During this time, the queen very dexterously disencumbered his pocket of all superfluous articles.
The thought is not only evolved, but is thrown into the air,--disencumbered from the understanding, and set off against the clear blue of the imagination.
As the intellect expresses by detachment and contrast, it follows, that, the more emphatically an idea is expressed, the more it will be disencumbered of other ideas and stand relieved like a bust chiselled from a rock.
Our bodily senses relate us to things on this principle; they require something brought out and disencumbered from the mass.
But although in the heat of the exertion I felt no inconvenience, yet when I was disencumbered I found that my back was sprained so severely, that I was totally unfitted for the trade of a water-carrier for the future.
The camels were also disencumbered of their burdens, and coffins were to be seen in all parts of the road.
I was roused: I disencumbered myself of the weight of rubbish that had fallen upon me, and, once upon my legs again, I sallied forth in search of her.
Emerging from the valley we set our faces again toward Carlisle; and being disencumbered of knapsacks and woolen blankets, which were ordered to be brought forward in wagons, we jogged along in fine spirits.
I therefore remained quiet till the day fixed, and on the determined fourth of July, immediately as my visitors had closed the doors upon me, I disencumbered myself of my irons, took my knife, and began my Herculean labour on the door.
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