War is no longer the apparently natural State of Society; and for most men it is an empty obligation to assume, that they will not recede before the enemy; but the same high duty and obligation still rest upon all men.
But yet was not this space left altogether empty of that Light; for the vestiges of the Primal Light still remained in the place where Itself had been; and they did not recede therefrom.
When the Infinite God willed to emit what were to flow forth, He contracted Himself in the centre of His light, in such manner that most intense light should recede to a certain circumference, and on all sides upon itself.
The typical negroes themselves are more or less superior or inferior to one another precisely as they approximate to or recede from the typical standard in color and form, due allowance being made for age and sex.
Toward noon many of McClernand's men ran short of powder and he was forced to recede from his position.
For a time it seemed as if the Confederates must recede before the terrific onslaught, but the advance was abruptly checked after a very close and stubborn struggle, when within a short distance of the entrenchment.
Darker than the Kaffres of the Cape, they, nevertheless, recede from the Negro type in the shape of the jaw, lips, and forehead.
It is, however, preparatory to the general statement that all the remaining Indians of British North America recede from the Sioux and Iroquois type, and approach that of the family in question.
There were strong political sentiments in favor of some sort of a compromise, and President Woodruff had been importuned to recede from his former attitude on that important principle.
There were dire predictions which time failed to verify and which recede from every possibility as time goes on.
To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
Its length varies as the components of sun and moon waves approach to, or recede from, one another.
To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.
Let us rather recede from being called Christians than forget the great symbol of our profession, love to one another.
If the bees fill the drawer, they will recede from the lower apartment and winter in the drawer.
Full of the interest and wonder which a cemetery lying out there, in the lonely sea, inspired, I turned to gaze upon it as it should recede in our path, when it was quickly shut out from my view.
To admire is to recede the ego-feeling, is to feel oneself in an ecstasy that becomes mystical, and in that sense the contradiction arises that we feel ourselves larger in a unification with the admired one.
She had an eager desire to improve herself, whilst a nice sense of propriety taught her never to intrude upon general notice, or to recede from conversation with airs of counterfeit humility.
After his visit to the prisoner in the castle of Spandau, Albert felt no inclination to recede from the agreement into which he had entered; but Laniska was much alarmed when he was told of what had passed.
Now, be careful how you step out of the boat into the balcony of the floating house, for it will recedeto the force of your effort to mount, and if not aware of this, you lose your balance and fall into the river.
Inches wide, reather ascending as they recede from the canoe.
The mountains by degrees recede or sink; the country becomes more of an open plain, though with isolated hills visible here and there over its expanse.
He was not able, for a man of his temperament could not recede before opposition, or slight a woman now compromised by his name; and he was not willing, for he was madly in love.
The enterprising, unpersevering, capricious, Thrasonic character of their Sovereign renders it probable he will avail himself of this little condescendence in the Brabantines to recede from all his innovations.
I very readily, therefore, recede from it in compliance with your judgment--that his mission might do more harm than good.
The question is whether it will be more easy to prevail on Pennsylvania to recede from this condition, or the other States to comply with it.
Sparks due to bad adjustment of the brushes are generally of a bluish color, small when near the neutral plane, and increasing in violence and brilliancy as the brushes recede from the correct positions upon the commutator.
The circle will thus be divided into a number of spaces, of which those near O are nearly equal, but which get smaller and smaller as they recede from O.
Do not recede from an actual flesh and blood existence into some world of dim philosophy whither I cannot go.
And so I recede as she comes forth into the open day, and shall hide myself from her sight.
But these ecclesiastics, in the full spirit of the thirteenth century, determined by a majority not to recedefrom their plea.
In the new parliament that met in 1695, Commons had the good sense to recede from an irrational jealousy.
Whenever the hills to the right of the valley form a projection, those opposite recede to the left.
And though Paul had at first intended to oblige Mary formally to recede from this title before he would bestow it upon her, he found it prudent to proceed in a less haughty manner.
