The North, on the other hand, was largely divided between a resolve to stop the sanction of slavery and a desire to enact an effective law in the premises directly at issue.
When the fields were white with their fleece and each day might bring a storm to stop the harvesting, every boll picked might well be a boll saved from destruction.
When the desired reduction has taken place, stop the action at once by immersing the print in a 10-per-cent solution of borax.
Cut a washer with the hole large enough to fit snugly about the wrist, but not so tight as to stop the [Illustration: Shields for the Arms] circulation of the blood.
There was a way to stop the work of the Empire, a way that had been tried in other places, and had worked.
But now Jimmie's good Mother Nature interfered to stop the proceedings; the pain was so exquisite that Jimmie fainted, and when the sergeant saw that he was being cheated, he cut his victim down and left him lying on the damp stones.
It was hard to stop the laughter--it seemed so funny that a man who called himself a Socialist should be defending British battleships!
I think with you that Mrs. Octagon and her cub of a son are trying to stop the marriage by bringing you into the matter of the crime.
She came and then I forced her to promise to stop the marriage.
Moreover, if it is as I surmise, it shows that Mrs. Octagon intended to stop the marriage, if she could, even before her sister died.
But I can guess why you wish me to stop the proceedings--you fear for Basil!
In trying the preceding experiment with the electric radiometer the potential should not exceed a certain limit, as then the electrostatic attraction between the vanes and the glass of the bulb may be so great as to stop the rotation.
To attain great sensitiveness it is necessary to have the small sphere s in the centre of the globe L, as otherwise the electrostatic action of the glass of the globe will tend to stop the rotation.
I beckuned to the chap to stop the train, wi' me vork as I hed jest stuck into the last sausinger.
Peterborough received information of these occurrences in time to stop the retreat.
Then we come to the narrow place where Apollyon strode right across the whole breadth of the way, to stop the journey of Christian, and where, afterwards, the pillar was set up to testify how bravely the pilgrim had fought the good fight.
I thought to myself how fine it would be if I could get into that house, to stop the works, in revenge for the scare they had given me.
My original intention, you must remember, had only been to stop the works of the ghost.
He hoped that the Athenians might possibly be tempted by the multitude of their youth and the unprecedented efficiency of their service to come out to battle and attempt to stop the devastation of their lands.
On this, some of them tried to stop the bleeding, and led him to the rear, where an angry parley ensued, while the yells and firing still resounded in the front.
It was of the last moment tostop the fight if possible.
He meant, I think, to stop the fight, because he could not be an idle spectator once he was informed of the fact.
Well, I could not help it but jumped into the teapot to stop the tempest.
They I doubt will stand hard for high security, and Cocke would have had me bound with him for his appearing, but I did stagger at it, besides Seymour do stop the doing it at all till he has been with the Duke of Albemarle.
The situation might justify me in ordering our troops to cross the border and attempt to stop the fighting, or to fire upon both combatants from the American side.
In my judgment radical measures are needed to protect our innocent people, and if anything can be done to stop the fighting at Agua Prieta the situation calls for such action.
To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.
A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.
I say, put these cobwebs to your face, and they'll stop the bleedin'.
I dreamt that someone was setting me free, and I seemed to feel that sharp anguish which shoots along the nerves when ropes, which are bound so tightly as to stop the flow of blood, are suddenly cut from the numbed limbs.
Do now; here, I'll get something tostop the blood!
A young man, who had made a daring attempt to stop the runabout, was seen to be slipping beneath the wheels.
She knew that she could not stop the machine in time, by any means at her command.
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