The possession of power, even when greatly restrained, is such a fiery stimulant, that its lodgement in human hands is always perilous.
Buckner said that was impossible; a lodgement had been made in the key of his position; assault would certainly follow as soon as it was light, and he could not withstand it.
On the 6th, General Pope telegraphed that Colonel Plummer had not yet been able to effect his lodgement at Point Pleasant, but that the sharpshooters were trying to drive the artillerymen of the gunboats from their pieces.
One way or another a lodgementmust be obtained among the tree-tops.
For some minutes the branches of the tree were seen oscillating up and down, as each black guariba sprang into it: and this continued until not less than a hundred had found lodgement upon the limbs.
During granulation, the patient is made comfortable by the frequent use of tepid gargles, lodgement of pus in the mouth being thereby diminished.
The concretions may be caused by the lodgement of extraneous substances in the urinary passages.
The passage or lodgement of calculi in the canal has induced stricture even in children: and calculus in the bladder is supposed sometimes to produce disease in the urethra, and vice versâ.
Inflammation of the cornea arises frequently from lodgement of a foreign body in it: and ulcers of it are often produced by a similar cause.
When there is reason to suspect the lodgement of sordes or worms in the intestinal canal of children so affected, the balsam of copaiba, in doses of Ʒss.
The degree of excitement must of course depend upon the nature of the wound, the structure of the parts involved, the lodgement or not of the body by which the wound is inflicted, and many accidental circumstances.
When the enamel is not to cover the whole plate, it becomes necessary to prepare a lodgement for it.
Nevertheless, being sustained by the Dutch, they made a lodgement on the foremost covered-way before the gate of St. Nicholas, as also upon part of the counterscarp.
They broke through the pallisadoes, drove the French from the covered way, made a lodgement in one of the batteries, and turned the cannon against the enemy.
Here they made a lodgement close to the works; here they found convenient barracks and quarters of refreshment, masks for their batteries, and an effectual cover for their mortars and bombardiers.
On the twenty-third the tenaille was stormed, and a lodgement made along the covered way.
Nevertheless, they persevered with uncommon resolution; and though repulsed on every other side, at length made a lodgement in the queen's redoubt, which had been greatly damaged by their cannon.
Then the English made a lodgement within ten paces of the bridge-foot; and the Irish, seeing themselves surrounded on all sides, determined to capitulate.
He needed only the prompt and vigorous support that intelligent prevision and co-operation would have given, to make his lodgement safe and his victory certain.
At no other industry elsewhere could commensurate sums of money be earned without outlay beyond a rifle and ammunition and a hunter's cheaplodgement and fare.
At length, a conviction of danger to important interests, and to the security of the government, has made its lodgement in the public mind.
The Tyrians fought with desperation, knowing that if the enemy once gained a lodgement in the city they were lost.
In ancient times they had never failed in the observance of their worship, but as they waxed strong and gained knowledge of the world, scepticism had found a lodgement in their hearts.
On the night of the 23d he reached Sulphur Springs, where he met General Jackson's troops trying to make comfortable lodgement on the east bank, passed over, and resumed position outside General Lee's left.
The enemy was gone, and reached his lodgement at Harrison's Landing on James River, the old seat of that family which has given our country two Presidents.
Such were the buildings provided for the lodgement and security of the cohorts, whose hard lot it was to guard this frontier barrier.
He had wasted more than an hour of precious time in doing nothing, for he had not only disobeyed Hood's order to sweep down the pike, but he had not even made a lodgement on the pike.
The lodgement of foreign bodies in the esophagus is influenced by: 1.
Lodgement of a non-obstructive foreign body may be followed by a symptomless interval.
Under these circumstances it is best to divulse the upper stricture mechanically, when a small tube can be inserted past the first stricture to the site of lodgement of the foreign body.
Many cases of intermittent esophageal stenosis supposed to be spasmodic are due to organic narrowness of lumen plus lodgement of food, obstructive in itself and in the esophagitis resulting from its presence.
The productive inflammation at the site of lodgement of the foreign body results in cicatricial contraction and the formation of a stricture at the top of the cavity, in which the foreign body is usually held.
All was bustle in this quarter, as the people were busily employed in strengthening the defences of the town, and in razing buildings in the suburbs, which the grand-master feared might afford a lodgement to the enemy.
The assailants, speedily intrenching themselves behind a parapet formed of gabions, fascines, and wool-sacks, established a permanent lodgement on the counterscarp.
An ant also (Formica analis) makes a lodgement in the interior of the sugar-cane in Guinea, and destroys it.
The first to mount a breach, to effect a lodgement in a horn-work, to penetrate into a mine, was sure to perish.
De Surville was bravely repulsed, and the besiegers, pursuing their advantage, effected a lodgement in the outwork: but immediately a mine was sprung, and a hundred and fifty men were blown into the air.
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