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It is safest to fall back for the present upon the few points which these communications do seem to indicate.
One officer, ordered on a very perilous expedition, inquired, with some anxiety, what point he was to fall back upon.
By adopting it, we sacrifice the power of falling back in any case of emergency upon a strong existing reserve.
Hilda, falling back near to Edwin in the procession, was divided between a dreadful fear and a hope equally dreadful.
Leaves of red, bronze, and gold will rest in the sunlight, or be falling back to earth without a fear.
"Oh, I may as well tell you all, now I've begun," she said, falling back again in a careless way.
There is an idea that in a few years the wonder will cease and will fall back into the natural.
It was his first bitter lesson in life, and there were few to fall back upon for advice or consolation.
It may be a call for reinforcements over on the left; or that the army there has to fall back.
In any case it was received in silence, the applause that was ready falling back on itself, inconsistent and absurd.
On reaching open water, three only were to proceed in the boat, the others to fall back on the snow-house.
If the outer line were broken, the garrison-troops from the intact parts of it could fall back on the second.
We mutually avoid each other, and, the better to do so, fall back for conversation upon those nearest to us.
When it is quite dark I will fall back upon the hut, and before morning the channel must be clear.
The bait is tied to the trigger that will slip the catch and let the door fall back of you.
I had a desperate headache, and a horrid nausea, which made me fall back as soon as I tried to raise myself.
It may be necessary for the patrol to fall back a short distance in order to secure the necessary cover.
I thought it would be something to fall back upon when all the ready was gone and times were hard.
The general requests you to fall back a little, sir; you are farther forward than the regiment on your flank.
They talked of the usual subjects on which people who have not a large circle of common acquaintances fall back.
There will be no heavy action at this end of our line, as we shall fall back to protect the center.
And even if individuals fail us, we have the common purse of the public or the nation to fall back upon.
She falls back, and hurriedly fetching a pan of coals from a corner, fires them, and mixes a punch.
The infantry soon had to fall back again, however, owing to heavy shell fire, when the Turks re-occupied it.
Nate started up, letting his chair fall back with such force as to threaten total extinction to its legs.
If he did manage to get several feet up, it was only to lose his slight grip, and fall back again.
Then will continue loving harmony and simple faith, and none will fall back upon his own works or merits.
They were, however, obliged to fall back to the position from which they had started, with no advantage gained.
They must unfortunately fall back upon past glory, for modern times have done little for them in this respect.
He resolved to put the latter proposition into effect; failing that, he would have to fall back upon the official routine.
It was, of course, a point of honor with the officers not to fall back into English, even in an emergency.
"If they were wise, they would fall back and draw us away from our supplies," the old general replied.
After relieving his feelings he falls back on "Brother Lard," who appears as a convenient stalking-horse for both sides.
"If Claus, here, told the truth, they have a whole block of buildings to fall back on," answered Jake.
There was a decided improvement in the scenery, the mountains falling back as the valley extended, giving good distances.
Owing to this fact, and not being supported in our charge, we were ordered to fall back to our original position.
The next moment he understood what the last resource was the two men were going to fall back upon.
After making a vigorous advance against the Creeks, his soldiers began to fall back, and then to run away.
One cannot even fall back upon the cost of carriage by any of these lines, either the weaker or the stronger.
After playing for a few minutes the water falls back into the basin, and remains quiet for a time.
While the shades of evening were falling over the blood-stained field, General Wyndham ordered the troops to fall back.
Kim fled after throwing into the river the engines of defense, there was nothing to do but fall back.
He saw what she felt and let her fall back upon the cushions, while he still knelt beside her.
The sick girl sobbed out, her head swaying about, sometimes rising from the pillow and falling back upon it.
Fred said, flinging up her head, her hair falling back over her shoulders, and her eyes bold and innocent.
Underwood, letting his head fall back against the cushions of the couch, and closing his eyes a little wearily.
With the utmost firmness he held his troops in hand, falling back slowly and fighting desperately as he retired.
We gradually began to fall back and reached our tents, when the ranks got broken in passing through them.
Again the sick man groaned, tried to rise from the blankets and speak, but only to fall back moaning.
In either case the frontier within which the Emperors exercised direct authority was always falling back and advancing again.
We must fall back upon the intellect and its relation to the will; it is the only explanation that remains.
Of course, they have a strong tendency to break away from the new unions, and fall back into the old.
And if we ask them why they take such a position, they fall back upon what seems given in experience.
She was obliged to fall back for her consolation on the pleasure of her elevation above all her old associates.
Large numbers fell upon both sides, but at last the Turks were forced to fall back again into the town.
Hereupon I loosed him and, falling back on the hay, found myself all breathless and shaking as with an ague-fit.
Were it possible to ignore your rank, you have no profession, no trade even, in these trade-loving times, to fall back upon.
He smiled a little with faint politeness, and falling back into his place made no comment on the squire's anecdote.
When they let their heads fall back, they could distinguish the sky through the tops of the trees.
It is this guidance and this sustaining power that all great souls fall back upon in times of great crises.
It suddenly occurred to me how I could divert his mind until I could fall back upon my military base.
The infantry many of them falling back long before night; frequent rests were given of about twenty minutes in length.
It was not long before deliverance came, and the rebels were obliged to fall back and take a new position.
As a consequence, there is no falling back in the world of nature from a higher to a lower type of existence.
No person in the hall saw Edward Henry's hat fly up into the air and fall back on his head.
It is not necessary, however, to fall back on these attendant circumstances to exclude from consideration many of the cases.
Here and there, they fall back from the shore, and display little plains of one or two leagues in depth.
Apparently confused, he immediately ordered his right to fall back, and gave other commands that virtually amounted to a retreat.
There are no repairing shops to fall back upon; no garages 'open day and night,' or anything of that sort.
He can talk plain English generally, but whenever these people are nervous, they fall back unconsciously upon their native idiom.
Richard was forced to fall back when at the very goal, and refused even to look upon the Holy City.
When she died three years ago, we all expected and feared that he would fall back into his old ways.
The veteran would fain have reserved his forces for a more fortunate time, by falling back and avoiding a battle.
Groaned Tom, falling back in his seat and paling because of the pain from his arm, which he had twisted.
"At least, you remember your classics," he said, "you can fall back on the consolations of literature in a time of sorrow."
There has always been something to do, for we could always fall back upon shooting when everything else failed us.
In his business, one never bargained about such things; just to show that one had something to fall back upon.
At the thought, he made another attempt to rise, and partially succeeded, but only to fall back again, half fainting.
In a still weaker animal they only advance during the impulse of the heart, and then fall back a little.
I shall not fall back; though I don't think them in force and heart sufficient to make much of it.
And I saw her lift her hand to the door, then fall back white and trembling in the moonlight.
You gave me so much help on that other occasion, it just seems as if I had to fall back on you again.
It was this sense of security, of having something to fall back upon, that enabled him to keep up good heart.
A body of that size and quality will be able to strike a blow and to fall back with greater security.
If we do, we are reckoned as madmen, and fall back into the darkness where there is no friend but chaos.
They had declared from the first that they might, if they so pleased, fall back upon their own laws.
When all other excitement fails Joe invariably falls back upon an imagination too totally vivid to be wasted on technical things.
At this point the girl suddenly covered her eyes with her hands, shuddering and falling back in her seat.
"You will then have Malachi Bone as an advanced guard, and the fort to fall back upon, if necessary to retreat."
Everything falls back again into the Godhead which has passed through the universal process and has finally become perfected.
Maybe we'll fail; if we do, it may yet be time enough to fall back on Bob and his bear's hole.
With such a poet to bring forward it was needless to fall back upon Wordsworth for excuse or Southey for patronage.
They advanced to the platform, and there, the soldiers falling back, the prisoners were left standing before their judges.
"You understand," added monsieur de la Mole, "that one always falls back on one's heart when one has committed some mistake."
A swift movement of the hands and the hood falls back; another, and the cloak slips from the shoulders.
All that we can do is to fall back on the simple conditions, and we have already seen what obtains there.
I sent one of my chaps across to him to tell him to retire, and he began to fall back steadily.
This ensured their resistance until the moment when the general trend of the action forced them to fall back.
She was happy enough; she was at home, with her aunts to fall back upon, and plenty of friends.
He did not even fall back into his saddle, but stood erect there, his crown-charged arm menacing the heavens.