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Its agency appears to be most exerted on fluids and substances which by conveying the electricity partially and imperfectly impede its progress.
The soldiers continued to throw away their guns, knapsacks, or whatever else impeded their flight, even when at a wide remove from all danger.
In the second case, some circumstance or idea has finally discredited the authorities that impeded intellectual growth, and has unexpectedly revealed new possibilities.
Do you know any close about the village, where a narrow bed of gravel, which runs a considerable length, has impeded the plow?
Flower, however, was accustomed to great heat in her native home, and the full rays of the sun did not impede her flight.
They were admissible to political and military employment; nor did their heresy, during a considerable time, practically impede their rise in the world.
You pick me up on my language as though you were my schoolmaster, and then complain that I am impeding the business of the conference.
She ran to a broken place in the outer wall of the shell-and-stucco building; she crumbled off a shell which impeded her vision.
In an instant he was involved in a confusion of man and dog, the body of the wolfish collie impeding his feet as he fought.
A fence was torn down and converted into clubs, and a barricade of carts was built across the street to impede the horsemen.
Mining operations were greatly impeded, tunnels in the snow having in some instances to be cut to enable the miners to get to their work.
It cramps the heart, and often results in fainting and swooning, to say nothing of the more permanent results of impeded heart action.
The scarlet plaid, which formed part of her dress, was laid aside, that it might not impede her activity in attending the stranger.
Everything which would impede the working of the guns or hinder the fighting of the men was either stowed below or thrown overboard.
In the assault, it is said, his Indian allies emulated the French soldiers in daring and in their efforts to tear away the impeding stockade.
Still this clashing of interests tends to impede the regular march of business, by giving rise to endless personal discussion and personal invective.
It will be killed, as will the fruit tree, if the gardener's hand grows neglectful and noxious influences are permitted to impede its growth.
Her bathrobe, however, sadly impeded her progress, but by determined efforts she managed at last to reach the top of the tree.
Its liveliest advances are frequently impeded by the obstinacy of prejudice, and its brightest promises often obscured by the tempests of passion.
The boys ran, but again they were impeded by the heavy valise, and slowly, but surely the blacksmith was gaining upon them.
The faction may impede, and embarrass for a time; but they never can long confine the nervous arm of the American Hercules.
The beginnings of reclamation in 1902 had revealed the fact that public reclamation was impeded by large private and corporate water rights.
The deepening layer of soft snow on the surface of the ice impeded the smooth action of the runners considerably, and made travelling laborious.
As well implore the fierce torrent not to uproot the tree that impedes its course, or beg the wolf not to devour its prey.
These laborers seem all to suffer from some restraint which impedes their movements, but of which at this distance I can discover no cause.
Their mandibles, of such prodigious size only in the male, are of more inconvenience to them than they are of use, as they impede their flight.
If a senator tried to organize his slaves to quench the flames or impede their advance, he was bidden to take care what he was about.
Why, when people are soaring in the pure and limitless realms of fancy, should they stop short, as if they were impeded by facts?
Clothing resting on the hips and abdomen, unsupported from the shoulders, is sure to impede abdominal breathing, and if heavy, to stop it entirely.
We must make it seem more glorious to men to enlist in these humanitarian campaigns than in the miserable civil wars that impede our common triumphs.
The enemy had two redoubts, several hundred yards in front of their principal works, which greatly impeded the approaches of the Americans.
For a rising wind drove it together under hedgerows and walls until expanding upon the track, it impeded the progress of the engines.
That lame leg didn't impede my yellow pup's running qualities, and I had to call him severely by name before he gave up the chase.
The only benefit he occasions is achieved contrary to his intent; in his efforts to impede rising merit, he fortifies the energies he would destroy.
They only seemed to impede the efficient patrolling of the streets by the regulars, and, instead of dispersing the rabble, they attracted them.
There is no part of ecclesiastical history more curious than the effects of this belief in alternately assisting or impeding the progress of different Churches.
I am skillful with the paddle; and I can carry my little craft upon my back whenever rocks and rapids impede my progress.
He was, however, so much impeded by the stockade that he withdrew his men until he could be better prepared for another attack.
From the point of view of the colonial capitalists, the cumbersome royal bureaucracy was always involved in troublesome meddling which impeded their progress.
Covert shame, moreover, impeded his utterance, shame at having again relapsed into the sin of blind, imprudent charity, as his superiors reproachfully said.
And here again but one child was permissible, lest they should be embarrassed, delayed, forever impeded in the attainment of the future they coveted.
Gasped Stanley, as Don Felix paused in his recital, astonished at the effect of his words on the prisoner, whose very respiration seemed impeded.
However, thanks to modern improvements, the artisans had not been impeded in executing their four hours of labor as provided by a recent statute.
Their pendant, flabby ears extend to the ground, and would impede their feet in walking if they did not support them on their hands.
No, they were not prisoners; they had full liberty to escape, as is proved by the final exodus, which is in no way impeded.
Crawfish throw up their hillocks in this soil, and the farmer who cultivates it, will find his labors impeded by the water.
Should the work be impeded by the violence of the country people, it is provided that the term of the contract might be lengthened.
On the other hand, a loaded state of the bowels equally predisposes to abortion, by impeding the free return of blood from the pelvis.
The powerful duchy of Burgundy, which, for five hundred years, impeded the unity of France, was at length united to the crown in 1470.
I struggled long against the mask and domino which muffled words and impeded action, but time and the years have made me more patient.
This gathering will be attended by greater power than heretofore, and no power will be able to impede the progress of the great work.
It is obvious that, when the disease has proceeded thus far, the joint must become more or less deformed, and its motions considerably impeded.
Placed in front and across the breaches here and there were large beams studded with long spikes irregularly thrown about to impede our advance.
I was determined that no efforts should be spared to accomplish my object, and that no obstacle should impede my progress, save forcible opposition.
In young persons and in men, the respiration not usually being impeded by tight clothing, the breathing is normal, being deep and abdominal.
A slight westerly breeze was blowing, and evidently impeded the progress of the storm, which was beating up from seaward against the wind.
The battle had been fought on ground covered with vineyards, and the movements of the French cavalry had been impeded by the vines.
The Government was anxious to encourage thrift, but the development of the Friendly Societies was impeded for a time by legislation aimed at political conspiracy.
After a while they came out upon the soft, dry sand beyond the scrubby flat, and the horse, with impeded footsteps, trudged slowly.
The answer to this argument is that the type of education which impedes the outgrowth of faculty is necessarily fatal to the acquisition of knowledge.
Flourishing his hatchet, which he drew from his belt, he proceeded to cut away the vines and any branches which impeded their way.
The fact is that, under an orderly government like ours, the causes alluded to above as impeding the growth of capital become very much aggravated.
Their trade, impeded by the Dutch, became unprofitable, and, to add to their difficulties, Charles I in 1635 gave a license to a rival company.
The greater number of the victims are females, and in very many, whether as cause or effect, there is impeded, or at least imperfect, menstruation.
Young as I was, I of course fancied myself a genius, and painted so large, and so largely, that a common-sized palette impeded my work.
The enemy, taking advantage of the heavy rain, had dammed the stream below, and was trying to impede our march by this inundation.
The trees do not stand close together; and the spaces between are not impenetrable, although some underbrush and tall grasses impede the way.
Sigismund had quitted Constance with the professed intention of putting an end to the international quarrels which impeded the work of the council.
As I kept on I noticed a slight elevation toward the horizon, and presently my progress was impeded by the ascent of an Indian mound.
Navigation, though relieved of the danger from snags, was much impeded by these floating obstructions, and the gathering of fuel was unusually difficult.
The property thus depending on the imperfect smoothness of surfaces, and impeding the motion of bodies whose surfaces are in immediate contact, is called friction.
We passed the sentinels under the lofty archway that communicates with the street, and went up the stairs without being questioned or impeded.
A serpent, in attempting to impede his course, is trampled on by the feet of the horse, and writhing in all the agonies of expiring nature.
Furthermore, her house is situated on a bleak hill so that nothing impedes her view and that of her two pets, a magpie and a jackal.
Take care not to play a Piece to a square where it impedes the action of another, and beware of venturing an unsupported Piece in the adversary's game.
She thawed the ducks out and dressed them, after dinner, with the two children standing so close as at times seriously to impede progress.
This he slipped on like a coat, and though it was hard as rock it was so pliant that his movements were in no way impeded.
His canvas was small, his plots single and uncomplicated, his backgrounds over-elaborate, impeding the movement of the plot and overshadowing the characters.
Presumably the inquisitorial coffers were filled with the fines and confiscations which could be inflicted at discretion on the citizens for impeding the Inquisition.
This time nothing impeded my progress; the nightingale's liquid notes floated nearer and nearer, and hope, almost exhausted, sprung up again in my heart.
By this movement the return of blood from the head was impeded, and thus there was an exaltation of certain of the cerebral functions.
He found about all the streams the spongy soil which so impeded his steps, the same alternations of hill and plain, forest and jungle.
Half-way up, I cursed my torn and impeding gorilla skin, discarded it, and resumed the journey in a pair of "shorts" and a shirt.
There were consequently four governing bodies within the borough, and the powers of the new Corporation were consequently seriously limited and its action impeded.
The intercourse of travelers was for some days impeded, although one hundred miners were engaged in clearing and restoring the surface of the road.
The wind had risen fast, and was sweeping round the headland now, blowing her dress about her ankles, and impeding her motions.
No attempt was made by the enemy to impede our march, however, but Warren and Wilson reported the enemy strongly fortified in their front.
His pace is a sort of leopard canter, as if he were in nowise impeded by the snow, but were husbanding his strength all the while.
In the absence of a circulating medium there was a reversion to the practice of barter, and the revival of business was thus further impeded.
A man in the gallery created such a disturbance that it seriously impeded the progress of the play, and finally brought it to a standstill.
Because it meets with resistance from the air, in its ascent; and its motion is impeded by friction against the spout, where it rushes out.
Her object seemed to be not only to impede the restoration of French strength and wealth, but to prevent the French recovering even prestige anywhere.
The system by which officials were chosen was also calculated to breed selfishness and indifference to the public weal, as well as to impede progress.
The real work of the day then commenced, and the wrestlers, in light clothing so shaped as not to impede their movements, entered the arena.
A symptom of the most distressing nature is pain and spasmodic twitching of the diaphragm, impeding respiration, and imparting a shock to the whole system.
The ferns are more tropical than the trees, and add very much to the beauty of the forest, though they impede locomotion in many places.
The water splashing in his face impeded both breath and vision, but he thought he could see the dim outline of the ship to windward.
Steadily the miners ascended the rugged slope; rocks, trees, fallen trunks and treacherous holes impeded their progress, but did not stop them.
Sometimes I am oppressed, not by apprehension or fear, but by an inexpressible internal sensation, which weighs upon my heart, and impedes my breath!
Helen, having no cumbersome baggage to impede her movements, was swept in on the crest of the earliest wave, and obtained a corner near the corridor.