I am sure I would not harm the fellow; and I would not weaken your confidence in him.
I would not weaken one's confidence in another for anything in the world--unless I had the weightiest reason.
To weaken or destroy those principles, upon which the oath was founded, and from which it derived its force and obligation, would equally answer the purpose, and destroy all publick virtue at the same time.
The Emperor, as has been noted, had intended the attack on Hougomont as a mere feint, hoping to induce the Duke of Wellington to reinforce his threatened right and thereby to weaken his left center.
If left, it might weaken the authority of future instructions emanating from the Secretary of State alone; moreover, he acts constitutionally under the authority of the Queen, on his own responsibility and not that of the Cabinet.
Spices taken to excess by stimulating the stomach, and the vessels of the skin by association, into unnecessary action, contribute to weaken these parts of the system, but are probably less noxious than the general use of so much salt.
A difference of opinion on the question of the presence of Christ in the elements at the Lord's Supper was thus allowed to divide and to weaken the forces of the Reformation.
He displayed much diplomatic ability, and his abasement at Canossa may fairly be regarded as a move of policy to weaken the pope's position at the cost of a personal humiliation to himself.
Every addition they receive to their number of slaves, tends to weaken and render them less capable of self-defence.
This is not an object of general concern, for I have already proved that it does not weaken the Union; but admit that it did, will the abolition of slavery strengthen South Carolina?
The House of Commons originated with the Kings, who formed that body to control the Lords; and hence arose the prohibition against resignations, as they would weaken the body, and the expense of a new election would fall on the King.
This country depends on commerce, and credit is one of the means by which it flourishes; we should, then, not endeavor to weaken it.
Those varmint were on to us too quick, and a man has to weaken sometimes when he hasn't had time to lift his gun.
Isabel did not weaken her words by repetition, but signed to Delaford to leave them, and he never ventured to disregard Miss Conway.
We, to the utmost of our power, weaken and dissolve the universal tie that binds and unites mankind.
Impress'd with the silent, inexplicably emotional sight, I linger and look till all begins to weaken in the break of day.
If I am so fortunate as to regain my health I hope to weaken the force of that statement, at least in so far as my talent and training will permit.
Even if they could and would, it would be at the expense of all further enlargement of the work, and at the same time it would still further weaken an already weak sense of self-reliance among the native ministers and helpers of Asia.
If Christianity is to be a positive regenerative force in China it cannot afford to weaken its hold in the very citadel of China's power.
A prominent clergyman told me that he doubted the wisdom of a union of the Asiatic churches as he feared that such a union wouldweaken the sense of responsibility of the home churches.
Its thousands of bad moral precepts and bad moral examples, and its sanction of every species of crime, must inevitably have the effect to weaken their moral resolutions, and deepen them in the commission of crime.
The tendency of such a thought is to weaken both moral and intellectual growth.
And to accept such a character as a "righteous man" must certainly weaken the faith of the Bible believer in a true system of morality, and plant in his mind a very low standard of the moral perfections of God.
The next incident surely does not weaken this impression.
I rather fancy we weaken the effect which we might derive from the artist's symbols, by endeavouring to give them an historical value to which they can certainly make no pretension.
It is impossible to say anything which will not weaken the force of these words.
Trusts suffer more from their victories than from their defeats; for a defeat as to the length of hours or rate of wages, while it strengthens labor a little, does not weaken the trust much.
Every successful boxer is an expert in military science; he tries either to weakenhis adversary by repeated assaults on the vital organs, or to knock him out by a stunning blow.
Von Moltke, though he did not absolutely weaken the right wing, weakened it relatively, by using most of the newly formed divisions of the German army for strengthening the left wing.
But when war broke out, the President, as commander-in-chief, could do anything to distress and weaken the enemy.
For every negro taken away from forced labor would weaken the producing power of the South and so make the conquest of the South easier.
The Spanish government was deluded by the belief that in the event of war our country would not be able to present a united front, and that sectional animosities would weaken our strength.
The misgovernment of the Visigoths, the internal factions and jealousies, and the discontent of numerous classes, notably the Jews, co-operated to facilitate the conquest and to weaken the power of resistance.
There is a struggle going on between my spiritual and animal self, and all that I gain for the former, by all this will I weaken the latter.
Does the morality of a race strengthen or weaken it; fit it to hold its own in the general equilibrium, or make its extirpation by low moral races more probable?
Nothing which tends to weaken such motives can be good; but while they preserve their intensity, they necessarily imply the existence of competition in some form or other.
This holy exercise will ripen your youth, moderate your passions, weaken your temptations, strengthen your weakness, illuminate your path, and the very act of practising it will teach you to do so with greater perfection.
It follows, therefore, that in admitting to the ballot-box a new class of voters not qualified for the exercise of the elective franchise, we weaken our system of government instead of adding to its strength and durability.
