| 单词 | cumber |
| 例句 | “I can carry thee right well, as the good friar did. The harp and the crutches we shall strap on so they will not cumber us.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It made him feel cumbered and foolish, and he wondered once more why he was here. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Theodore Roosevelt had already warned what would befall an Indian who refused his allotment: “Let him, like these whites, who will not work, perish from the face of the earth which he cumbers.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Adam objected, “and art cumbered with crutches as well. And how wilt thou cross the river? The bridge is well guarded at both ends.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Within these modest limits we have brought the greater part of that monstrous host of crosses which cumber the dictionaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z In every day of his life he was occupied with many things, but he was never cumbered. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z None but the dead and wounded cumbered the decks. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z The space was so narrow along which the enemy had advanced, that the dead literally cumbered the field. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z This great ship cumbered Scotland to get her to sea. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z It would not do to be cumbered with small boys in the desperate mission on which they were going. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Then, the crowd, which had before cumbered the place, melting as if by magic, he saw me forcing my way to him. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Here and there, about the clearing, stood rough dwellings of logs, surrounded by enclosures and cornfields; while, farther out towards the verge of the woods, the fallen trees still cumbered the ground. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z The dead cumbered the living, and the oars were continually dropping from the hands of the slain, crippling and confusing all the movements. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z Many changes must have taken place of late years, for the chapel was cumbered with fallen refuse. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The chimney corner was cumbered with logs of wood. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z A broken altar cumbered one corner: a stand bearing a curious--and rotting--map filled another. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Or because fifty years ago I came into a cumbered estate and have pinched and saved and starved to clear it? Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z He could well believe, so vast was the apartment, that fourteen had not cumbered its bareness. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He has, therefore, avoided the metaphysics of his theme, by presenting cardinal ideas in the simplest statement he could command, and omitting the details that would only cumber a narrative. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z And he made way for her through the knot of starers who cumbered the doorway. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z So young, so rich, so beautiful--to be put away, crushed under the heel, like the rat that cumbers the earth. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z A fair and goodly tree, the higher it grows, the more widely it expands, the deeper must it cast its roots into the ground, if it would not come toppling down and cumber the earth. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z He could swim tolerably well, and swung along comfortably enough over the smooth-backed swell, for his light clothing did not greatly cumber him. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Sun dark, snowcloud, eaves ice cumbered, Gray sand piled on a carmine West; Faint wing, flake dance; winds unnumbered Swing the cradles where leaf-buds rest. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z The town was crowded, and the streets down to the bridge were so cumbered with moving groups that it was plain the procession would have to push its way. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z You were not cumbered with a horse that had lost its head. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z Sometimes he called Ruth this, fancifully, with the thought in mind that she was “cumbered with many cares.” The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered 2012-01-20T03:00:16.183Z Boniface, seeking to silence the scruples of the friar, promised to absolve him from all sin, even before committal, if only he would tell him how to act so "that Penestrino cumber earth no more." The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z East of the pike were open fields of corn and fruit, with occasional woodlands of ten or twenty acres, as far as the stream, where some heavier forests cumbered the river banks. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Thither, as Parker said, he "came to build up piety and morality; to pull down only what cumbered the ground." Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z That angered the girl, who said it was hardly worth while to cumber the world only to think of one’s belly. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z They were on foot, and our horses, though cumbered with two riders, at first left them a long way behind. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Long strings of flat cars cumbered the trebled sidetrack, rows of huts had risen as by magic, and two big locomotives moved ceaselessly to and fro. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z The field made classic by a struggle of eighteen hours, too fearful to contemplate, was yet cumbered by the dead and wounded. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The ground was cumbered with bodies and the air with curses. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z But the dry cows he left, so that the Fomorians might be cumbered, and that they might not leave their encampment till the Fairy Host should arrive to give them battle. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z She is cumbered with much time-serving, and her ball fell through last year; this is the second time it has happened. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z Queer foot on the corrie, Oddly loving to cumber— Give up this odd foray, Awake from your slumber! Mr. Punch in the Highlands 2011-11-01T02:00:23.677Z He sees his body, torn and disgusting, cumbering the battlefield, or hanging limp and horrible on the barbed wire in No Man's Land. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Such as they were to be seen cumbering the markets and streets of Jerusalem by day or by night throughout the year. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z That case did cumber pockets for a time, but it was never opened, and eventually went astray and was no more seen—or missed. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z Had this view prevailed, at the very start North America would have been cumbered with thirteen Sovereign States. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z It is free from the mass of printed matter which cumbers up the average call book and nearly all of which is unnecessary. How to Collect a Doctor Bill 2011-10-15T02:00:30.593Z The white-bark pine is a rippled, gnarled, squatting tree, whose matted branches, cumbered with needles and snow, make a platform on which the hardy mountain-climber may walk with safety in midwinter. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Carrying her through a street cumbered with prostrate men might mean bodily injury for both of them. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z His mind was not cumbered with waste materials. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z This annoyed the girl, and she went so far as to say that it was not worth while to cumber the earth if one thought of nothing but one’s belly. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z The other was cumbered with his valise, sack, and strapped bundle, which had come down on the first of the bullock-carts and been brought on board at once. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z There are various collections of the Greek tales, but the books dealing with the Norse myths seem to be more or less cumbered with detail, and, therefore, not adapted to very young readers. Asgard Stories Tales from Norse Mythology 2011-09-22T02:00:24.717Z The feebleness of unwieldy and disunited multitudes cumbered the Carin�, along which he passed. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z And the acacias not only smelt sweet but seemed to sing, for both were cumbered by a countless diet of sparrows so that the leaves and flowers quivered from their chirping. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z I kick out my heavy legs, so cumbered with the great leather flying boots and huge fur-lined overalls. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z It led downwards to a small stream, which was cumbered with fallen and rotting timber, a cool hollow where ferns were abundant. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Prying it loose from its cumbering mates, I shoved it gently out into the current. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Or perchance thou dost not know of them, which astonishes me more, since Pharaoh in the plagues was not more cumbered with flies than the earth is of Nazarenes. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Though I saw she was still cumbered with my scarab ring, we never referred to our meeting in Oxford. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z The man that sweeps the chimneys with the bush of thorns, And on his neck a trusse of poles tipped all with horns, With care he is not cumbered, he liveth not in dread? A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z Her paradise was not a tranquil one; for the little woman fussed, was over-anxious to please, and bustled about like a true Martha, cumbered with many cares. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z The master, in the parable, asks concerning the tree, which is unproductively exhausting the soil, why cumbers it the ground; but it is not to be rooted up, till all has been tried. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z On his study desk were plans and detail drawings which must soon cumber a waste basket. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z Where the hills and the plains met, stood groves of immense dragon aloes—some cumbered with nests of the sociable grossbeak—each as large as a hayrick. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The closed door was the obstinately shut mind, the weeds the cumber of daily neglect, the accumulated hindrances of sloth; the orchard the garden of delectable fruit for the dainty feast of the soul. Holman Hunt Masterpieces in Colour 2011-06-09T02:00:21.080Z The Doctor turned to me who was at his side by means of an awkward skip and a jump, cumbered as I was with the long coat. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Theology is not yet entirely banished; the debris of the decayed beliefs still cumber our path and impede our progress. Nature and the Gods From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:33.907Z “As you see, he still cumbers good Mexican earth.” The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Undeterred by the litter of corpses that cumbered the surrounding ground, other insects crowded in to taste of the viscid juice which the leaves exuded. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Why the dim "One-horse" Householder cumbers the earth! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 26th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.693Z Through his veins the blood now surged with no taint of 134 cumbering poison; his tissues tingled with life and healthiness. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z And the old pioneer could boast Of fence that did not need a post, To build it now is waste of timber, And fertile lands it doth cumber. Poems of James McIntyre 2011-05-11T02:00:21.477Z “At last she said, ‘Oh, you lovers, one and all, what make you here idly, cumbering my lotus house? Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z The bodies of slain men and horses cumbered the ground in wild disorder. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z The narrow cabin that ran from the cockpit bulkhead to the stem was cumbered with dismantled diving pumps and gear, but there was a locker on each side on which one could sleep. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The common men, save those cumbered with prisoners, joined in the pursuit; some unslinging lances or firelocks, others plucking pistols from their holsters. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Indeed it is possible for a wife to be too careful and cumbered about these things. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z He shot questions at her, tabulating her answers, discarding cumbering detail, seizing on the important fact and separating it from the jumble of confused impressions and fancies that she poured out. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z You could do no more were you to buy slaves with it, and then you would be cumbered with the cares of governing and providing for them. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z The space above must be low, and was probably cumbered with wreckage, but Jimmy saw that Clay’s air-pipe and signal-line ran steadily through the gap, which implied that he found no difficulty in moving about. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z And in all the haste he could make, cumbered as he was with captives. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z I don't see what possesses him to cumber the earth so long. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z We are vexed and cumbered in earth's sight With wants, with many memories; These see their mother what she is, Glad-growing, till August leave more bright The apple-coloured cranberries. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Around Borzymov the slaughter was so great that the ground was cumbered with German dead, and the survivors used the bodies of their fallen comrades to build up defences. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Well-aimed shots killed the enemy's gunners, and the bodies of a thousand German dead cumbered the streets. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z The road was hopelessly cumbered with guns and wagons, mounted men and foot soldiers, and this caused great confusion and delay. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z The first step was to clear away those innumerable extraordinary knicknacks with which small lodging-house keepers delight to cumber their rooms. A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:18.213Z The earth would become cumbered with broken vein matter, and this had to be removed laboriously with pick and shovel. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z They were the mere sweeping away of a quantity of inorganic stuff which cumbered the modern State. The French Revolution 2011-02-10T03:00:50.577Z “Fleet foot on the corrie Sage counsel in cumber Red hand in the foray, How sound is thy slumber!” Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z The memory must not be cumbered with dead matter if the boy can reason on experiments for practical business demands. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z Therefore to cumber your epistles with quotations, similes, flowery language, and a stilted, pedantic style, is in bad taste. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Lying half open among the dusty quartz specimens, empty ink bottles, rusty pens and old pipes, which cumbered the table, Mike perceived a large wooden box. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z We pray Thee also, to return to the truth of Thy word all of them who have defected from the Christian faith, or err in sundry other things and are cumbered with false doctrines. Morning and Evening Prayers for All Days of the Week Together With Confessional, Communion, and Other Prayers and Hymns for Mornings and Evenings, and Other Occasions 2011-01-19T03:00:21.137Z The best I have within me declares that the fleshly wrapping becomes at the end but a cumbering cerement; that through life, it is a spirit-vault. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Hugo was a genius, and even Hugo was almost unequal to saving "Notre Dame de Paris" from the dead weight of architectural detail which cumbered its spirit. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z When they have arrived at a certain stage, let them drink as fast as they can, and so get out of the way, because they will never mend, and they only cumber the earth. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z He attempted a few wild and hilarious movements, fell headlong and was dragged feet foremost to the door and thrown out, because he cumbered the floor. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z The space beneath the glacier is cumbered with blocks thus sent down; some of them of enormous size. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. My followers have fled, though I am glad to see some of the hare-livered dogs cumber the ground. The Great Mogul I really am "cumbered about many things," and scarcely know which way to turn myself. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams "Martha was cumbered about," not with serving, but with too much serving. Household Organization Judging from his book, Medulla Chymiae, 1682, Vigani was an eminently practical person, who cared greatly about the proper make of a furnace and the form of a retort but was not cumbered with theories. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History True, the stratified blocks which here and there cumbered the terraces suggested d�bacles, but these were local and partial, and did not affect the general question. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. Though He be God and free from care and cumber, I would not share His place; For He must live when years have lost their number And Time sinks crumbling into shattered Space. Challenge I love to steal awhile away From every cumbering care, And spend the hour of setting day In humble, grateful prayer. The Story of Our Hymns I am a wearisome old man, whose mind is a blank, and who only cumbers the way. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Since then I have more or less cumbered the ground. Glories of Spain Much snow had fallen; at Paris it still cumbered the streets, and round about Macon it lay thick, as if a more than usually heavy cloud had discharged itself on that portion of the country. The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. The terrace is cumbered with loose stones and fallen masonry. The Fortunes Of Glencore Books which cumber the shelves of one library may be of the greatest value in another. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses But they were cut down on this side and that, till the streets were scarcely passable for the heaps of the dead and dying that cumbered them. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 Words that cumber nothing and call exceptionally tall people from very far away are those that have the same center as those used by them frequently. Geography and Plays He was a practical, prosaic person, cumbered with a delicate wife and up-growing children, and censured Danby's conduct as foolhardy in the extreme. Love's Usuries At the foot of the path the copper man leaned down and tossed aside with ease the rocks that cumbered the way. Ozma of Oz A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion, and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein In fact, we must cumber ourselves with as little baggage as possible. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Mr. Sylvester standing before the darkest and most threatening of the many dark and threatening houses that cumbered the street, was a sight to draw more than one head from the neighboring windows. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Cats, in his eyes, are unfit to cumber the earth. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance They both have the same opinion of the theater; but as the proof of this is only circumstantial, I will not cumber these pages with it. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence The advanced works were not, except in some instances, yet armed, and large masses of material which had accumulated in their vicinity cumbered the embrasures and rendered their parapets liable to destruction by fire. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 The Dauphin’s cumbered and mailed knights did manage to reach the main English position of the hedge, but they were not numerous enough for the effort then demanded of them. Poitiers Yet cumbered with cavalry as I was on the soft bog land, the light-foot enemy easily escaped me. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway They raided upon the opposite Border without intermission, plundering all and sundry, sparing only those who were prepared to pay them blackmail, “that they might be free from their cumber.” Border Raids and Reivers As it is, she is cumbered by traditions and harassed by memories. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain The cavalry are dismounted; their horses, dead or dying, cumber the ground; the men, sabre in hand, have attacked the village by assault. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II But it is the case, in this life, that the Eternal Power always vouchsafes the success of a brave action to one alone, so that others cumber themselves about it in vain. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Why then has the State cumbered the record with the I. W. W. preamble and constitution? The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry It was Ruth's way to be "cumbered by many cares." The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in People constantly moving from place to place could not be cumbered with idols. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal Raw, shapeless stones, and bald, gray rocks, only half unearthed, cumbered the road; while bunches of dwarfed birches, browsed by straying cattle, added to the repulsiveness of the scene. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 The trees had neither leaves nor fruit, and the ground was cumbered with briars, nettles, and rank weeds. Old-Time Stories No; she was "'cumbered with much serving'—around the house, frying fritters and making gingerbread." The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings "And I hope you will like the pippins, Mr. Sprague," broke in Ruth, knowing how long-winded the old fellow was, and being cumbered by many cares herself just then. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in It is impossible, without cumbering the volume, to give suitable credit to the authors and persons consulted. Soil Culture I was abashed by the captain’s error; abashed, also, 182 by the surprise and fear with which the Indian regarded me at first, and the obsequious civilities with which he soon began to cumber me. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) There was only the ground, cumbered with briars and thorns, for bed, and for food he had only wild fruit more bitter than gall. Old-Time Stories Take off my coat, sir—which but cumbers you. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) The master, though unwilling to cumber us with a passenger in such weather, was induced, out of pity for the poor destitute creature, to take her aboard. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. Lucy sat down, her limbs failing her, her heart failing her still more, her bonnet and out-door dress cumbering her movements, the child tossing and restless in her arms. Sir Tom I couldn't afford to keep it up, and I won't have it cumbering my land. The Brass Bottle I care not to be cumbered on my way Through dead Magellan's unattempted dream With chains and prisoners. Collected Poems Volume One It cumbers your lap, and I want it for my head; it engages your eyes, and I want them for a book. Shirley Had she been alone she would have run to Godalming or Hazelmere, and sought a situation as a domestic servant, but that was not possible to her now, cumbered with the child. The Broom-Squire This confused, disconcerted, and thoroughly bad-tempered army, whose mules and bullocks cumbered the central street of the place, was all that was left of the British Empire in Natal. The Passionate Friends Having relinquished faith, he found that he must choose an entirely new faith in which to march with reason; the old ways were so cumbered with priests and Bibles, that progression would have been impossible. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." “Well, I'm glad he's not allowed to cumber the crease this season,” said Horace, bowling his cigarette-end into the darkness with a distinct swerve in the air. The Camera Fiend "Thrones, altars, judgment-seats and prisons," and all the "tomes of reasoned wrong, glozed on by ignorance" cumber the ground like the unnoticed ruins of a barbaric past. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle In 1833 the bill of supply had been so cumbered with conditions that it had been rejected by the Legislative Council. The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion He has perfected himself in a lofty and distinguished profession during years spent by you, Sir, in idly cumbering the earth of Eton and Oxford. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 He wanted to rise, as that line rose, from cumbering earth to clarity and beauty. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground? The Social Principles of Jesus With what free growth the elm and plane Fling their huge arms across my way, Gray, old, and cumbered with a train 166Of vines, as huge, and old, and gray! Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition At the close of the fourteenth century, Wycliffe had cried that the rotting trunk cumbered the ground, and should be cut down. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. Had he not been cumbered with so many prisoners, it is not in the power of any one to estimate the damage he would have done. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry For the first few minutes it was more of a chase than 461 a fight, and in that the sheepman was at his worst, cumbered by his wet clothes and the water in his shoes. Hidden Water Both would have to validate their right to exist; God could not have them cumber the ground. The Social Principles of Jesus Her cousins had nothing to say, and the aunt’s thoughts were set on the dinner and cumbered with much serving. Olive in Italy Mud and filth cumber the door-steps, runnels of malodorous water ooze along the rows, ragged and ill-kempt bairns tumble about like little savages. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The hold was full to the deck; and the deck itself was cumbered with casks and cases, all lashed fast in anticipation of a rough voyage. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys But, at last, he had the cumbering, 243 slimy outer garments free and her body warmly wrapped in the coverings. Louisiana Lou A Western Story This, however, cumbers the dinner with much serving and is not to be recommended. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society The fact that she had no saddle-marks on her mottled back, and that they had cumbered themselves with a wagon, bore out the belief. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Only a few authors are read, and almost every sentence of these is cumbered with such an amount of annotation as to render progress and literary appreciation alike painful. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Young hemlocks, from four to six inches in diameter, are felled, stripped of their bark, and left cumbering the ground, to invite fire and to make of the woods an unkempt cemetery. Getting Acquainted with the Trees The cherubs hanging in air might have been made of wax or even metal—there was no aerial quality about them—they cumbered the place! Beside Still Waters Neither warrior nor prelate is praiseworthy now; Neither saint nor philosopher cumbers our plan; Let us gather the laurels and twine o'er the brow In a crown of delight for the Meal-Ticket Man! Oklahoma Sunshine She is useless, a weed that cumbers the earth. With Hoops of Steel He was gaining, when one of the youth, cumbered in flight by his artillery piece, let go the string. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill I pray you, O excellent wife, cumber not yourself and me to get a curiously rich dinner for this man and woman who have just alighted at our gate. What a Young Woman Ought to Know Fleet foot on the correi,note Sage counsel in cumber,note Red hand in the foray, How sound is thy slumber! Lady of the Lake The sidewalks are cumbered with rough wooden cases. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 It was chiefly in its middle and latter, or Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene ages, that the myriads of its huger giants,—its dinotheria, mastodons, and mammoths,—cumbered the soil. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed "Fleet foot on the corey, Brave counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, How sound is the slumber!" Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. Though it was large, it was cumbered up with domestic belongings of all sorts, and there were several people in it. The Brothers Karamazov Mr. Cook, of Illinois, who had charge of the bill, objected to "cumbering it with such an amendment," and called the previous question, which being sustained, cut off all debate. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II We—Margaret and I—were in Queen Isabel’s way; and she plucked us and flung us over the hedge like weeds that cumbered her garden. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers We shall know the two kinds of ownership too well apart to let ourselves be cozened into cumbering our lives with material properties and their responsibilities. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life Surely it was scarcely necessary to cumber yourself with the last, was it?” Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure ‘Oh, why cumber yourself with such a useless thing,’ cried the Lala in disgust; ‘have you not enough to occupy your hands and mind, without taking an extra burden?’ The Olive Fairy Book For this I died, and fled beneath the gloom, Not daily to endure abhorring Gods, Nor with a hateful presence cumber Heaven; And canst thou not, even here, pass pitying by? Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold Perhaps there are many modern Christian housekeepers who would be somewhat cumbered, or distracted too, if thirteen hungry men dropped in suddenly some day, and they had to entertain them, preparing them a meal. Personal Friendships of Jesus If you would be a dead weight on the community, and “cumber the ground,” be a Drunkard; for that will render you useless, helpless, burdensome, and expensive. Select Temperance Tracts The tall Oriental houses were only taken one by one and burned, and the streets were cumbered with the dead. Ancient States and Empires “Martha was cumbered about much serving;” she was distracted by the many things she was trying to do. The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition And it is entirely superfluous to waste our substance and cumber our friends' houses by adding to these convenient items, material tokens like, say, gold from Ophir and apes and peacocks. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life This is one of the problems of Christian living,—not to live without cares, which is impossible, but to keep quiet and sweet in the midst of the most cumbering care. Personal Friendships of Jesus Up, lad: thews that lie and cumber Sunlit pallets never thrive; Morns abed and daylight slumber Were not meant for man alive. Modern British Poetry But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to Him, and said, Lord, dost Thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. Memories of Bethany To do so would be unscientific, and such speculations, though interesting, cumber science wofully.' Myths and Marvels of Astronomy On the sidewalk, standing beside his automobile, he found Johnson and Applerod waiting for him, and the moment he saw Johnson, cumbered with the big index-file that he carried beneath his arm, he knew why. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man Charming it is to rest from care and cumber, When the mind throws its burden, and we come Wearied with pains of foreign travel home, And in the bed so longed for sink to slumber. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 But when I'm only just "cumbering," I feel less a fraud than when I'm pretending to do good.' The Convert Do you think God wants His world so cumbered? A Sheaf of Corn Nothing was left anywhere on board which could be turned into a cloud of flying splinters by a shell, or which cumbered the decks to the inconvenience of the gunners. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Exeter 47 Hall has sent forth some of the noblest women I have ever known, and it has also sent forth some that simply cumber the earth with their presence.” Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall They had discarded most of their clothing, their brown arms were bare, and the stiff, dark-colored soil they flung up with their shovels cumbered the bank of the ravine, which had narrowed in again. Prescott of Saskatchewan Usually it is no trouble: in fact in some of the skirmishes I have not thought of it at all except to remark how little it cumbered me. At Plattsburg We cannot spare the time to take them now, or cumber ourselves with them when taken. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure Yet, notwithstanding all the care of the ghostly fathers, the feet of some of these uninviting fair ones were cumbered with bars of iron, the penal consequence, as I was informed, of detected transgression. A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 They are not content until they—the citizens—are all prominent, and their buildings are all the largest that cumber the earth. American Sketches 1908 He was a scourge to the English, of whom it was said that there was none from the Scottish Border to Newcastle who did not "pay ane tribute to be free of his cumber." Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets And we would fain dance a measure or two before that cumber is laid upon them: there having been hitherto much piping to which we have not danced. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature The remains of monkish buildings cumber the ground outside of London walls as well as within. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea For a brief space he must go unarmed, because he could not be cumbered in an effort to keep them dry. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods God had, at any rate, decreed that this man should not cumber it as a drone. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' In consequence shopkeepers, who studied the market as if it were a thermometer, refused to cumber their counters with expensive goods which must only be shelved after their color or design was out of date. The Story of Silk I doubt whether cumbering the Fair with them would have either promoted the National interest or exalted the National reputation. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. The ship's decks were soon slippery with blood and cumbered with dead and wounded. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea More likely half a minute, and a couple of squadrons of British cavalry had ridden through the dervishes, leaving the earth cumbered with dead and wounded men, whose horses galloped wildly here and there. In the Mahdi's Grasp The entire field was yet cumbered with great numbers of our dead, and, in most cases, the flesh had fallen from the bones, leaving nothing but the mere skeleton. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service I had never seen a western mist before and I thought it extremely beautiful; but Kate, to whom it was no novelty, was more cumbered with breakfast cares. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 There were two classes of dromons, graded according to size, and a third class of ship known as the "pamphylian," which was apparently of a cruiser type, less cumbered with Page 75 superstructure. A History of Sea Power So, brethren, here is the sufficient guide, not because it cumbers us with a mass of wretched little prescriptions such as a martinet might give, about all sorts of details of conduct. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Sensation is not cumbered with the multitude of impressions it receives, nor is the fineness of perception dulled by repeated exercise. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' That, I think, will be quite as much as it will be advisable for us to cumber ourselves with.” Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess The plains of Italy and Switzerland are cumbered by the débris of the Alps. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The galley was at best a frail affair, cumbered with oars, benches and rowers, unable to carry heavy guns or withstand their fire. A History of Sea Power She drew the pin from her hat and silently laid it on the table, and in this gesture was something of the resolution of the warrior who divests himself of his cumbering plumed helmet. The Tyranny of the Dark There was a hall within, a narrow passage cumbered with big furniture, wardrobes and the like, which had obviously overflowed from the rooms. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Thus when the kelp business was at an end, the Scotch Highlanders sat down in their helpless hunger, till they were swept as with a besom out of the land they cumbered. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 Thence we crossed southwards over the mountain Creag Dhubh, and examined the erratic blocks upon its sides, and the ridges and mounds of moraine matter which cumber the lower flanks of the mountain. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The ship was cumbered with her fallen spars; she had lost thirteen men killed and forty wounded. A History of Sea Power Geof was lolling on the steps, his legs somewhat entangled among the easels, paint-boxes, and the like that cumbered the floor of the boat, one arm resting on the deck of the prow. A Venetian June Whereupon the hawker took a "cumber" from his barrow, bit off the end, and chewed it till the sap squirted. The Lost Girl All trades and professions, without exception, are crowded with once well-doing individuals, who now serve only to cumber the ground, and obstruct the progress of others. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 In the vast quantities of moraine-matter which cumber many even of the higher valleys we have also suggestions as to the magnitude of the erosion which has taken place. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Feeling thoroughly at home in his old chum's house, he was as happy as a child; not cumbering himself with what he would do when he got well, which now he securely expected to do. The Gold of Chickaree It seemed a difficult job to get rid of all the trunks now they were down cumbering the earth, after enough were kept for the log-house, and fencing, and firing. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading More cumbers I sell, more graft for you, 'cordin' to that. The Lost Girl I dunno why such a pusillanimous critter should cumber the yearth,' and with that he puts his hand to his hip and pulls out a forty-five from under the tails of his coat. Side Show Studies He swam as he could, cumbered by the life-buoy, and with every heaving sea the boat came nearer. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Think of no man, woman or child of all that silly crowd cumbering the ground. Chance A Tale in Two Parts I could never reach it, cumbered with my clothes. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire This evolution is going on before our eyes, though cumbered by the ruins and rubbish of old institutions and old superstitions. The Conquest of Bread The whole expanse was full like a lake, only a single spit cumbered with logs showing above water. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler Knot after knot, hawser after hawser, came over the bows and cumbered the deck. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea "But I am 'cumbered,'" replied the girl with a laugh. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 Part of our road, as we returned, lay along the stream, and we saw several deer approaching the water, but, cumbered as we were, we failed in getting a shot. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire An expedition like ours could not be cumbered with camp baggage. The Scalp Hunters That they might succeed in running down the steed, cumbered as he was, was probable enough. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse “Heave that corpse overboard,” he exclaimed; “why do you let it remain there cumbering the deck?” A Voyage round the World A book for boys Making our way then over the piles of rubbish and crowds of children that cumbered the apartment, the Colonel and I returned to the carriage. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time I wonder to see a Jew in our ranks, but you'll not cumber us long, I'm thinking. The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country It was grievously cumbered with boulders, and we were long in trying. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Booty-laden as they were, and cumbered with captives, surely we could come up with them, by night or by day; but what then? The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse As compared with the "Redemption," however, it is more interesting, because it is more melodious and less cumbered with recitative. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers No bitter sorrow is theirs, nor any fierce joy that lifts their feet free from the cumbering clay. A Book of Myths Use your good rope to haul down the statue of his Gracious Majesty, King George III—which has cumbered our city too long. The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country The accommodation was not princely—six feet by ten, cumbered with packages of all shapes and sizes and strongly flavored with bacon and pipe. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The abundant yield of thorny thistles demonstrates the fitness of the soil for a better crop, were it only free from the cumbering weeds. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern But the luxuriance of the undergrowth, and the huge chaos of grey rocks which cumber that part of the forest, made it difficult to keep for any time in a straight line. In Kings' Byways The shattered top hamper had fallen forward, cumbering up the forecastle, and so tangling the bow tackle that the jibs were useless. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The engine house would have been more comfortable than the tent but it was too cumbered with machinery now to be used as a sitting room. The Forbidden Trail The water would soon have another cause for clamor, in the big stone that had so long cumbered the road. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book While she busied herself with preparations and "was cumbered about much serving," well intended for the comfort and entertainment of Jesus, Mary sat at the Master's feet, listening with reverent attention to His words. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern And you who are busy and cumbered with much serving, may find a thousand ways, in the midst of your active work, of showing your love to your brethren. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles Helpless, and cumbered by the wreck, she tossed about on the water while her foe made good her escape. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Before them stretched level fields, gold with sunshine and with blossoming mustard, crossed and cumbered with numerous rail fences. The Long Roll He went on a while, but was much cumbered by his armour, his shield, and his spear. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" To himself this young missionary had admitted long before that a married man was too much cumbered for his undertaking. Hubert's Wife A Story for You One woman is so cumbered with her domestic concerns that she makes no progress towards Heaven. The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles The assailants had fallen back to the opposite wall, leaving a space, cumbered with the dead and slippery with blood, between them and the defenders of the house. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia The Valley pike, in the region of Middletown, proved a cumbered path. The Long Roll Many of the words in most books on orthoepy are very rarely mispronounced, and they serve only to cumber the work. A Manual of Pronunciation For Practical Use in Schools and Families “Are you going to cumber yourself with your weapons?” asked Arkal, as they were about to spring from the side, observing that his friend took up his sword and shield. The Hot Swamp I do not intend to cumber you with cloth or beads on this expedition. Black Ivory Like many other difficulties in this world, the solidification of the Chat Moss was said to be impossible, but the great engineer scarce admitted the propriety of allowing the word “impossible” to cumber our dictionaries. The Iron Horse All the great plateau was cumbered with débris of the struggle. The Long Roll It was a curious waste place in the heart of the great city, with rubbish cumbering the ground in front of the half demolished houses. Life in the Red Brigade London Fire Brigade Raymond still lived, too expensively in one, and paid interest on a cumbering old mortgage. On the Stairs I felt now as if we were safe; for no longer cumbered with a press of sail, we shipped less water, and had a better chance to lay out our course. Adrift in the Ice-Fields And now that wheat and corn were becoming great staple crops, the Northwestern pioneers were loudly demanding that the natives should not be permitted to cumber the ground. Expansion and Conflict His father was cumbered with the thought of the troublesome journey, and asked many questions about the baggage; so Roderick said little, but felt his mother's eyes dwell on his face with love. Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories Reprinted from The Hill of Trouble and The Isles of Sunset It may seem a sad waste of good timber, but it is the least expensive way of getting rid of what cumbers the ground; besides which, the ashes very much assist to fertilise it. The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada The various collections of her plays and novels which appeared in the first half of the eighteenth century give us nothing; nay, they rather cumber our path with the trash of discredited Memoirs. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I Streets and courts full of houses cumber the ground. Recollections of Old Liverpool All the likelier, since, cumbered with their captives, and not knowing they are pursued, they may be proceeding at a leisurely pace. The Lone Ranche Why can’t Master Dean leave it to the black friars, whose vocation ’tis, and not cumber us with his sermons for ever, and set every lazy lad thinking he must needs run after them? The Armourer's Prentices The next instant we were all leaping and scrambling, pell-mell, in over the bulwarks of the brigantine and leaping down on her decks, which were already slippery with blood and cumbered with killed and wounded. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Such remembrance as this, which keeps the heart green, will not cumber the life. Friendship My hands were growing feverish And cumbered with much care! Quiet Talks on Power Weddings should be actually happy affairs—not stiff, gloomy ceremonies cumbered with outworn conventions. Torchy, Private Sec. Business man, cumbered with many cares, living your life in the thick of the fight, are you keeping straight and clean or are you losing your vision? Sermons on Biblical Characters Only seventeen living bodies were found among the prostrate heaps with which the decks were cumbered. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron In the cumbered yard without, there was shriek, and yell, and shout, As the warriors wheeled about, all in mail. The Bon Gaultier Ballads I'm sorry for the souls that come unwelcomed into birth, I'm sorry for the unloved old who cumber up the earth. Custer, and Other Poems. The table, I noticed, was bare of the litter which usually cumbers the desk of a busy man. Dross The Presbyterians were heavily cumbered for advance work by traditions and rules which they were rigidly reluctant to yield or bend, even when the reason for the rule was superseded by higher reasons. A History of American Christianity Why does not God rid Himself of them at once and let them die, instead of cumbering the ground? True Words for Brave Men Then she got on her feet and, taking her seat on the side of the open hatch, looked about her at the dingy deck cumbered with a whale boat and all sorts of raffle. The Beach of Dreams Women often like to have others say yes to the first man who comes, and not leave old love affairs to cumber the ground. Pirate Gold Let us now note some popular misconceptions which cumber our minds and often interfere with the work of the reformer. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles He had been backed up in front of a big office-building where a dozen bulky cans cumbered the sidewalk. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle On one part Him I beheld, above all creatures erst Created noblest, lightening fall from heaven: On the other side, with bolt celestial pierced, Briareus; cumbering earth he lay, through dint Of mortal ice-stroke. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Only that part of his life bearing on American exploration has been given here, and that sacrificed in detail to keep from cumbering the sweep of his adventure. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward And thus he had claims beyond what his situation gave him, and by these the baron was oppressed and cumbered. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Some gaunt sheds blocked one end of the wharf and piles of dressed stone cumbered the other. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York Now, the Kansas was clear of every bedaubed Alaculof, save the many who cumbered the decks, either dead or so seriously wounded that they could not move. The Captain of the Kansas Certainly, the women of this region pattern themselves so closely upon their sainted model as to be even more cumbered with much serving than are womenkind elsewhere. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals A stove of peculiar fashion, equipped with a powerful bellows, cumbered the hearth; before this on a long table were ranged a profusion of phials and retorts, glass vessels of odd shapes, and earthen pots. The Long Night In one place he spoke of the society of that country as being more repulsive, artificial, and cumbered, and, in short, more absurd and frequently less graceful than that of any other European nation. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters How barren a tree he is, who lives, and spreads, and cumbers the ground, yet leaves not one seed, not one good work to generate another after him! Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry It is very dreadful that such people should exist, but one does not fall in a faint merely because they cumber the earth. The Captain of the Kansas Both were cumbered, at times, with the dead things that they found in the books they loved. Romance Two Lectures The wounded man, breathing stertorously, still cumbered the upper steps. The Long Night Between them and that gleaming promontory now lay a comparatively open valley, less cumbered with bowlders than were the ridges and ravines through which they had come, less obstructed, too, with stunted trees. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier They literally cumbered the ground and the shells assembled were in keeping. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights The story's too lengthy—it must not be sent all To cumber your pages, my dear Continental. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy All literature, except the strongest and purest, is cumbered with useless matter—the conventional epithet, the grandiose phrase, the outworn classical quotation, the self-conscious apology, the time-honored joke. Romance Two Lectures It was the senseless form that cumbered the uppermost step which saved them. The Long Night I have learned how to bear my burden; it scarcely cumbers me now. Sword and Gown A Novel The dust-covered papers and miscellany which cumbered the table long undisturbed, spoke of an idle office and of hours unedged with interest. A Pagan of the Hills The upper cave, however, showed, beyond the débris choking the entrance, a level floor, cumbered, it is true, by fallen rocks, but apparently quite suitable for a dwelling place were these removed. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 A Second-hand Book Stall will be attached to this Department, to which contributions are asked from the shelves of those who are cumbered with duplicate copies, or who have books which they no longer use. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Like the practical Martha that she was, Dame Smith, cumbered with much prospective serving, hastened to the dining-room to set the table. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Yet, from sloth and negligence, it is often allowed to cumber the surface, and there do its evil work instead. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852 For the most part the men were busy with sweep and pike-pole fending off the cumbering drift and clearing the whirlpools where hidden reefs threatened destruction. A Pagan of the Hills She sleeps couthily, Free of the coil of cumber and trouble ... Krindlesyke As the hurt passed from my fingers, my eyebrows seemed to become detached, my cheeks shrunk, my flesh suddenly free of cumbering clothes. The Hills of Hingham "The king will be obliged to me," he observed, "when one less heretical De Born cumbers his realm." The Lady of Fort St. John The next gateway, equally deep-set between the bushes, opens on a pasture, where the docks of last year still cumber the ground, and bunches of rough grass and rushes are scattered here and there. Nature Near London He had gone on foot since, with his tireless strength, he could so travel across the "roughs" at better than a mounted pace and be less cumbered. A Pagan of the Hills Glasses, dessert-plates, dishes of fruit, decanters empty and half empty, cumbered the great mahogany table as dead and wounded, guns and tumbrils, might a battlefield. News from the Duchy And the meadows are cumbered with shipwreck of chariots that founder on land,1360 And the horsemen are broken with breach as of breakers, and scattered as sand. Erechtheus A Tragedy (New Edition) Old iron guns still cumber the embrasures and the ground. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Groundsel, despised groundsel—the weed which cumbers the garden patch, and is hastily destroyed, is here fully recognised. Nature Near London They were not cumbered with clothing; they wore no long, sweating gowns, but their smooth, shining skins reflected back their sun, which gave them such a rich and dusky charm. Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends Fleet foot on the corrie, Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, How sound is thy slumber! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century In the darkness, he could hear the low, wild plaint with which the stream tossed itself over the rocks that cumbered its bed. The Lighted Match We threw a bridge of the felled trunks cumbering the clearing over the Fía rivulet, and again examined its bed. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Where thou ridest forth to the battle and the dead hope dulleth thy light, And with shame thy hand is cumbered when the sword is uplifted to smite? The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs For that reason I have put the corroborative evidence in footnotes, rather than cumber the movement of the main theme. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark Less ice cumbered the upper current, and by the next day we were opposite Ben Gillam's New England fort. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Many of the pictures that cumbered the walls were redolent of the atmosphere of overseas. The Lighted Match Returning homeward-bound, we here landed a host of men from the Oil-rivers, greatly to my delight, as they had cumbered the deck with their leaky powder-kegs, amid which wandered the sailors, smoking unconcernedly. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Then one group of masters and servants set to work to sort the luggage which cumbered the platform, while others received it at the hotel door, and distributed it to the various billets. Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth We don't aim to keep the unfit cumbering the earth! The Canadian Commonwealth Not being cumbered with hired help, mother and daughter could have confidential Sabbath conversations with each other as they worked. Divers Women But there's a many hours atween getting up an' lyin' down, an' thoughts are no cumber; you can move about wi' a good many on 'em in your head. Scenes of Clerical Life "You are a traitor, Captain Ireton—of the kind we need not cumber ourselves with on a march." The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady For fifteen years he had been cumbered with precedent in helping to govern by compromise. Nobody's Man You have watched the old tree fade leaf by leaf; it is only the stump that cumbers the ground. Sunrise A group of Albanians were toiling at sacks which cumbered the little wooden jetty. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia Thus, when the Saviour says to Martha, who "was cumbered about much serving:" "One thing is needful," these words have been interpreted to mean one dish—not many and elaborate preparations, but a single dish. Companion to the Bible Just see the endless litter of flowers, leaves, yea, branches of trees, with which you cumber the house. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters Contrary to the intention of our divine Master, devotion has been reduced to ceremonies and doctrine has been cumbered with formulae. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil And therefore in this kind of tribulation is there good occasion for a double comfort; but that is, I say, diversely to sundry diverse folk, as their own conscience is cumbered with sin or clear. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens Then thy vow will be fulfilled, and thou wilt cumber earth no longer. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars The cockpit was already cumbered with the wounded and dying, but the handkerchief falling from his face, the surgeon recognized him, and came at once to him. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain The renovation of the library is practically complete, the obsolete books which cumbered its shelves having been replaced by the works of Dell, Barclay, Wells, Zane Grey and Bennett. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920 The author has cumbered himself needlessly with a great objection: for he asserts that without a power to choose that is altogether indifferent in the choice there would be no sin. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil Many have I heard of, and with some have I talked myself, who have been sore cumbered with it, and I have marked not a little the manner of them. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens This was all which cumbered the bare floor. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars You might be sitting in a chair, but they only saw it and an empty space—you did not even cumber their ground. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story Like the offspring of fish he cumbers the deep.' Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Well, I'm glad, because I don't see what you want to cumber yourself with all those cushions and rugs for. The Lee Shore Then cometh his torment, his cumbered conscience and fear of his heavy judgment. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens Schools of fish, struggling and leaping, filled the space immediately above the water, and cumbered the raft with a writhing mass. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt When our own Literature awoke, taking its origin from the proud scholarship of the Renaissance, an Englishman who affected it was scarcely more cumbered with books than our Athenian had been, two thousand years before. On The Art of Reading The house was large and cumbered with furniture too much and too rich for the Scotch countryside. Foes It's a solemn pledge—provided I'm still cumbering the ground. The Moon out of Reach "What!" exclaimed Barbican; "cumbered yourself with such gimcracks?" All Around the Moon Let be; Israel shall cumber Egypt no longer," the murket muttered after a little; "and the quarrel between them shall be at an end. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The normal rate of reproduction in all species of animals is such that if it were unchecked, any kind of organism would cumber the earth or fill the sea in a relatively short time. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope I am never willing to cumber the stage with many speakers, when I can reasonably avoid it, as here I might. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Down the middle of the street he came, and went up to the cumbered threshold and the open arch, within which a terrible angel was speaking in his stead. The Other Girls And he said unto the vinedresser, 'Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground.' His Life A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels But she dropped before him, her white robes cumbering his path, her arms clasping his knees. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Our museums are cumbered with monstrous monuments of past professionalism; our bookshelves groan with them. Essays on Art Making our way over the piles of rubbish and crowds of children that cumbered the apartment, the Colonel and I then returned to the carriage. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy Within the shop, books line the walls and cumber the floor. In Luck at Last Whaleboats and cutters swung from her davits, while all her decks were cumbered with barrels, with crates, with boxes and strangely shaped bales and cases. A Man's Woman Egyptians in all attitudes of entreaty cumbered their path—Egyptians, born to the purple, rich, proud, powerful, on their faces to enslaved Israel! The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The next twenty years were occupied with the strife of Kirk and King, whence arose “all the cumber of Scotland” till 1689. A Short History of Scotland He was a tall, venerable man, and though cumbered with years, when I knew him, was active and energetic in attending to his business. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest I felt so until I had that talk with Lúpe, as if there was no use of my cumbering the ground any longer. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware "The body of the house," to speak ecclesiastically, is cumbered with easels and the usual chaotic impedimenta of painters. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 The finished structure will obliterate the remembrance of poor buildings that cumbered its site. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Vigor of mind is judgment, which divides the meat from the shell, that which cumbers from that which thrills. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 In cumbering himself with derivations, too, he shows that he knows his place. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London Stop, madam, this is no time to heap unmerited scorn upon one crushed to the dust already, and whose life cannot possibly offend you or cumber the earth much longer. Ishmael Or, In the Depths It broke and ran, bearing its general away with it, and leaving the ground cumbered with fallen men and horses. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad A broken altar cumbered one corner: a stand bearing a curious—and rotting—map filled another. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Won't all these pipes, wooden beams, bell ropes and things be fearfully dusty and cumber the housekeeper with too much serving? The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure House and farm, field and coppice, were in pretty good condition; no mortgages, as far as he knew, cumbered the estate. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 Great disorder has occurred in the Filipinas ships, Page 49and the sailors have been permitted to take two or three very large boxes, under pretext that these contain wearing apparel, and thus cumber the ships. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century This, cumbered in the earthen kind of man, Which ceaseless waters would be wearing down, Alone giveth him stubborn substance, holds him Upright and hard against impious fate. Emblems Of Love It was a long and arduous, but not a perilous, descent from the window by the thick-grown greenery that cumbered the walls. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance After dinner he returned to his room, cumbered with the accumulation of evening papers, for study. Success A Novel Tomorrow is a new day, begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. More Toasts Who cares to cumber his bookshelves with the volumes in which this inflated arm-chair prophet of the tin pots delivered his shrieking message? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 17, 1892 Burning the felled trees that cumber the ground is the next undertaking. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Their teaching is less complete and uncompromising, more veiled, tentative and allusive, and sometimes cumbered by material notions. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Though why a man who has found his love should wish to cumber his house with other women, seething with jealousy and peevish from want of occupation, is beyond my power of comprehension. Desert Love Even the beginning of the descent was far from easy, for the high walls that had protected the villa-gardens of Buenos Ayres lay in heaps, cumbering the roadway, and in places obliterating it. Lady Good-for-Nothing It was plain that he could not find any outlet, and falling behind with the cumbered horse he let me guide the party. Lazarre In an hour the ground was so cumbered that it reached to the knees of those who ventured out. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Three ladders were thus cumbered somewhat for those beneath, and Jenks sprang towards the fourth and most distant. The Wings of the Morning Farther on it is the dry bed of a torrent, cumbered with loose stones and erratic blocks, among which we have to struggle painfully. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance They are not cumbered with a fleshy body, and are capable of traveling through the air at a speed far beyond that attained by the swiftest winged creature of any world in the whole universe. Life in a Thousand Worlds The bushes toward the sea were frequented by infinite cumbers of a sort of moth, elegantly speckled with red, black, and white. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time "Captain Hocken, being cumbered with the box on his way to pay me a visit, hid it in the bushes here for a time, meaning to recover it on his way back to the station." Hocken and Hunken Another piece of woods where a great number of felled trees cumbered the ground, more tobacco, and then, in worn fields where the tobacco had been, knee-deep wheat rippling in the evening breeze. Audrey Though lonely And cumbered by mine age, I will bear off This man! The Seven Plays in English Verse But the author is to some extent "cumbered about serving." The English Novel Physical science, in a word, was cumbered by a number of fanciful and incorrect opinions, chiefly of a mystical character. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft He had had his desire; his poor helpless body cumbered him no more—he was "away." A Noble Life See on the cumbered plain, Clearing a stage, Scattering the past about, Comes the New Age. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments The hillsides above them were steep and almost unclimbable, and no man could have driven a canoe upstream amidst the grinding ice-cake which cumbered the river, that was frozen still in its slower reaches. Alton of Somasco Margaret had bought lately a number of clothes, and these she had insisted should be sent to her dressmaker, saying that it was needless to cumber their little apartment with them. The Magician It was cumbered like an antique-shop with alabaster busts on pedestals, dusty palms in faience vases, and trophies of spears and shields and assegais. Widdershins Large numbers of them are cumbering storerooms at the Capitol and the shelves of secondhand-book stores throughout the country. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland The sorrows, the “cumber” of which Knox was “alleged” to bear the blame, did not end with his death. John Knox and the Reformation The beds, the floors, the walls, the doors are splashed with blood, and the chambers are cumbered with dead and dying men in dreadful agony. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 The room was large, but so cumbered that it gave a cramped impression. The Magician The other inspector had been through Oleron's study and had found nothing, and was now in the kitchen, kicking aside an ankle-deep mass of vegetable refuse that cumbered the floor. Widdershins His whole being was shaken with that experience which comes so rarely to cumbered and superficial men--the intimate wrestle of one personality with another. Lady Rose's Daughter We stumbled back now along either gunwale, over the bodies of friend and foe that cumbered all the deck, and most thickly and in heaps amidships, where our first rush fell. Wulfric the Weapon Thane The lower deck was cumbered with sacks of coal lashed down. Shandygaff But to-night all this cumbering consciousness, all these self-made doubts and worries, had for the moment dropped clean away! Marcella Yonder dingily-white remnant of a huge snowbank, which will yet cumber the sidewalk till the latter days of March, over or through that wintry waste must I stride onward. Twice Told Tales Pavements are cumbered with vast packing cases; whiffs of tea and spice well up from cool cellars. Mince Pie However, my shoulder was badly torn by a wolf that leapt at me while my spear was cumbered with another, and I for my part never wished it had not been so. Wulfric the Weapon Thane What was the particular excuse, invented fiercely at the moment, there is no use writing down here to cumber the page. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 I have much regretted a sudden note I wrote you just before the steamer of 1 September sailed, entreating you to cumber yourself about my proofsheets sent to the London bookseller. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. No sound is audible save the creaking and moaning of the trees with which the ground is cumbered. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 If he persists in eating and not physically exerting himself, she finally concludes that he is cumbering the earth, and she takes him off with Bright's or diabetes. Keeping Fit All the Way The end of it was that his visitor said, with a laugh, that 'he would not like to cumber the Salvation Army with his corpse,' and walked out of the room. Regeneration Once on the hillside again, he kept an even way over the boulders and stones which cumbered it, with less care than hitherto, as though to protest against the previous indignity of his position. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 "It came off when the horse plunged and reared, and I was cumbered with the moneybags," answered Tom. Tom Tufton's Travels He refused to see his wife, and told Burghley he might take his daughter into his own house again, for he was resolved "to be rid of the cumber." English Travellers of the Renaissance The princely fortune that might have done so much good in the world has gone to fatten the foulest flock of predatory birds that ever cumbered the earth. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Can a little 'un like me, your own child, don't you see, such a smart pioneer as are you cumber? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 23, 1891 It is the giants, nowadays, that have the science and the intelligence, while the chivalrous Don Quixotes of Conservatism still cumber themselves with the clumsy armor of a bygone age. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Again they confine their transport to the limits of strict necessity, and are not cumbered with all the waggon-loads of officers' kit which our generals choose to allow. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. Bob cast back the eye of his recollection to the hopeless tangle that cumbered the ground. The Rules of the Game It is not fit that such a wretch should longer cumber the earth. In the Days of Chivalry A fierier soul, its own fierce prey, And cumbered with more mortal clay, At Missolonghi flamed away, And left the air Reverberating to this day Its loud despair. The Poems of William Watson His trumpet is hushed and his belt is unbound— His enemies' characters cumber the ground. Black Beetles in Amber Hence, the poem in their versions carries more weight than the original; its soul is more cumbered with body. Essays Æsthetical A litter of "slash," beaten down by the winter, cumbered the ground, and retained beneath its faded boughs soggy and melting drifts. The Rules of the Game For like a solitary desert tree in which the birds and monkeys gather, so is it when we are cumbered much with family associations; through the long night we gather many sorrows. Sacred Books of the East For her there is no possible redemption; she must cease to cumber the ground. Robert Browning The farmers of western Pennsylvania, startled by the spectacle of gray-coated cavalry riding northward towards their state capital, cumbered the roads with their wagons. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II He believed that the old life-tree of Catholicism, which in fact was but cumbering the ground, might bloom again in its old beauty. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Dark allusions to the base ingratitude of everybody with whom Miss Hitty had ever been concerned alternately cumbered her speech. A Spinner in the Sun The mast, broken in two, all bristling with quivering splinters, ropes, blocks, and yards, cumbered the deck. The Man Who Laughs The evangelist's call for decisions is often cumbered with that which is misleading or is a positive misstatement of the terms of Salvation; thus the appeal is lost and the whole effort fails. Satan The movements of her imagination are cumbered by a too narrow—however charming—cage. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) He that hath too little wants feathers to fly withal; he that hath too much, is but cumbered with too large a tail. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 581, December 15, 1832 I'll continue to cumber the ground a little longer, if you call that being sensible. The Knave of Diamonds Much of it has already borne good fruit, and any that does manifest harm is not likely to cumber the earth long. The Long White Cloud A great machine which cumbered the Tower of St. Paul at Orleans, and was dismantled previous to the celebrated defence against the English, furnished 26 cart-loads of timber. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 It was a dull November day; the atmosphere was glutinous with a pale mist, which made the leaves stick together in bunches, helplessly cumbering the ground. The Morgesons At last the ravine became a gully, winding up a breast of shadowy mountain cumbered with loose rocks, and impassable to horses. Overland He preferred the Jacob of a soft flowing commonplace to the rough hairy Esau of a strong originality, cumbered with its own weight and richness. Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham Care has been taken not to cumber the work with useless and indifferent recipes. Science in the Kitchen. The 2 volumes are cumbered with 2 volumes more containing, as a Preliminary, a History of the Mutual Relations of Europe and Asia, which probably no man ever read. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 If I acknowledge my own state, it is one cumbered with "many things." A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England At the moment he intended to present him with the two hundred dollars which were cumbering his boots. Overland Generally the Indian war parties were successful, and suffered comparatively little, making their attacks by surprise, and by preference on unarmed men cumbered with women and children. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 I pray you, O excellent wife! cumber not yourself and me to get a curiously rich dinner for this man and woman who have just alighted at our gate.... Science in the Kitchen. The accounts of them are vague, or the promised results of such slight importance as not to warrant cumbering with them this already too voluminous report. Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 Oh, how do I get cumbered with cares and many things, entangled with perplexity, or elated with cheer! A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England This whole region is strewn, and cumbered, and glorified with ruins. Overland The floating masses of marsh grass, and the slimy stems of the water-plants, doubled our work as we swam, cumbered by our clothing and boots and holding our rifles aloft. Through the Brazilian Wilderness O God!" muttered Gilbert, "is this man the blackest villain that ever cumbered the earth? Fenton's Quest One of his last conscious utterances was addressed to Mrs. Prentiss: "I have ceased to cumber myself with the things of time and sense, and have had some precious thoughts about death." The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Oh for watchfulness unto prayer continually, and that the cumber of earth may be cast away! A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England The road was a smooth and easy one, barring a few cumbering bowlders. Overland The world is now going forward, prouder than ever, and though we thank Rome for the legacy she has left us, we would not wish the dust of her ruin to cumber our path. Views a-foot The Randolph estate, however, was so cumbered with debts that the desired manumissions could not then be made. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime The boats were cut away, the decks cleared, ammunition and arms served out, three thousand pounds of bread which cumbered the gun-room were thrown overboard, and the tops were filled with marksmen. The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago The great road was choked with the equipage, and cumbered with the dead and dying; while the fields, as far as the eye could reach, were covered with a host of helpless fugitives. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829 The fallen fortresses of the Rhine or the robber-castles of the Odenwald had not for me so exciting an interest as the shapeless ruins cumbering these lonely mountains. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 The fallen fortresses of the Rhine, or the robber-castles of the Odenwald had not for me so exciting an interest as the shapeless ruins cumbering these lonely mountains. Views a-foot In the House on the Hill, things were very quiet, missing the gay presence of the two younger Holidays and with those at home cumbered with cares and perplexity and grief. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth These last became such an intolerable nuisance after a time, that she was forced to swathe herself in a hot and cumbering veil. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods In these situations, where they would not "cumber the ground," they have been allowed to grow, without exciting the jealousy of the proprietor of the land. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 From this wilderness they finally emerged by way of a shed roof, only to fall into another yard, cumbered with countless empty chicken-coops. The Cruise of the Dazzler But the soul of one with care was cumbered. Beowulf Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. The Devil's Dictionary It was a wild chaos where axe and sword rose and fell, while Englishman, Norman, and Italian staggered and reeled on a deck which was cumbered with bodies and slippery with blood. The White Company I was abashed by the captain's error; abashed, also, by the surprise and fear with which the Indian regarded me at first, and the obsequious civilities with which he soon began to cumber me. Master of Ballantrae Markest thou the smouldering and suffocating vapour which already eddies in sable folds through the chamber?—Didst thou think it was but the darkening of thy bursting eyes—the difficulty of thy cumbered breathing?—No! Ivanhoe He had gone so far into the land of pure spirit that he must needs go further and shed the fleshly envelope that cumbered him. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies The iron's prejudice against ridding itself of the cumbering rock. What Is Man? and Other Essays Now you must be sure not to cumber yourself with too long a line, as most do. The Compleat Angler Besides which, he set out a fleet not at all cumbered with gilded cabins, luxurious baths and women's furniture, but stored with weapons and darts, and other necessaries, and thus made a descent upon Bithynia. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Adela Chart; But in all the asylums that cumber the ground, So delightful a maniac was ne'er to be found. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 His stylism does not clog his story or cumber his argument. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 Her paradise was not a tranquil one, for the little woman fussed, was over-anxious to please, and bustled about like a true Martha, cumbered with many cares. Little Women Wisely, too, did he refer to the majority as "sowing in the fields of the Church the thorns of its errors, and cumbering its path with the debris and ruin of its own folly." History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom I believe we had a nicer time than if we'd known they were coming and been cumbered with much serving. Anne of Avonlea Moreover every second or so one of the big loose stones with which the trail was cumbered would be dislodged and come bouncing down among us. The Mountains They were seated on the baulks of timber that cumbered the deck of the brig on either side of the caboose. The Blue Lagoon: a romance Yet some have the Gods forgotten,—or is it that subtler mirth The Gods extort of a certain sort of folk that cumber the earth? The Certain Hour For ten or fifteen years I had been dragging a heavy chain, with a huge block attached to it, cumbering my every motion. My Bondage and My Freedom Anne, walking home from the post office one Friday evening, was joined by Mrs. Lynde, who was as usual cumbered with all the cares of church and state. Anne of Avonlea The dread that he inspired in all with whom he came in contact, the terrors which he controlled and hurled at whomsoever cumbered his path, rendered him an object supremely sinister. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu Jacob 5:44 44 And thou beheldest that I also cut down that which cumbered this spot of ground, that I might plant this tree in the stead thereof. The Book of Mormon No cumbered chamber will the Master share, But one swept bare By cleansing fires, then plenished fresh and fair With meekness, and humility, and prayer. Bees in Amber A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse Why can’t Master Dean leave it to the black friars, whose vocation ’tis, and not cumber us with his sermons for ever, and set every lazy lad thinking he must needs run after them? The Armourer's Prentices Marry, gup, Goody Conscience! indeed I do you wrong, But I'll quickly right it; my cloak shall not cumber you long. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 All the rest either cumbered the deck, or was beating against the side of the ship, in the water. Homeward Bound or, the Chase Oh for a vale which at midday the dew cumbers! Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 Raffles, not quite at the top of the stairs, but near enough to loll over the banisters, and Levy, cumbering the ship's bunk, were indeed startling figures to an eye still dim with sleep. 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