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If the wind should shift, the fire “might invade the South Division itself, and come up under the impulsion of that fierce wind, and where should we all be then?” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z
The impulsion to try to tell was as deep as had been the urge to kill. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
“The singer might change the harmonic impulsion or narrative function.” Monteverdi Set Human Emotion to Music 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z
The impulsion outward disappears; they grow isolated and doctrinaire, more sectarian than evangelical. The G.O.P.’s Existential Crisis 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z
Unfortunately for this argument, throughout the history of the subcontinent, there has existed an impulsion for unity. 'But what about the railways ...?' ​​The myth of Britain's gifts to India 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z
Everything is judged according to sacred precepts—“harmony,” “impulsion,” “self-carriage,” “submission”—that have come down intact from the ancien régime. The Duo That Dominates Dressage 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z
“Most able scientists I know have something for which ‘exploratory impulsion’ is not too grand a description … A strong sense of unease and dissatisfaction always goes with lack of comprehension.” Timeless advice 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z
Just because you’re giving from impulsion doesn’t require that you wait for an epiphany to direct you. The Guide To Happy Giving 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z
“Man feels the same impulsion, but knows that he is free to acquiesce or resist.” Paul La Farge: “Another Life.” 2012-06-25T04:00:00Z
The individual impulsions which lead to certain offenses may be utterly different from those which conduce to others. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z
Thanks to the vigorous impulsion given by the Prophet to horse-breeding, the race of pure-blooded barbs unrivalled in the world, was soon formed, to be kept up ever afterwards. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z
Under Gregory’s earnest impulsion the sluggishness of the bishops was somewhat stimulated. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z
Under this impulsion, the penance of crusading became common again. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z
I have willed that the leg of this table should be lifted up, and, unknown to me, something within me has directed the attractions and impulsions of the fluid to the designated place. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z
It is a fact that one well grounded in morals by habit will successfully resist subconscious impulsions to wrongdoing even when suggested in the hypnotic state. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z
The philosophy of Henri Bergson is one; that philosophy, full of poetic impulsion, graceful phrasing, and charming evocations; a feminine, nervous, fleshless philosophy, though deriving, as it does, from an intellectual giant, Emile Boutroux. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z
Thus the movement which had been in progress since the middle of the century received a fresh impulsion from the circumstances under which the works of Wickliff were perused and scattered abroad in innumerable copies. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z
Under the impulsion of the Inquisition the royal officials had again made diligent perquisition and had collected all the copies of the Talmud on which they could lay their hands. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z
The name of magnetism is given to that occult influence which bodies possess on each other at various distances, either by attraction or by impulsion. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z
Where certain fundamental impulsions run contrary to the common welfare it is necessary to practise the child in the setting up of inhibitions or counter-impulses until this becomes habitual. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z
There is no doubt that impulsions or impulsive ideas may push an individual into the performance of an action which his reason condemns. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z
Under this impulsion we are told that conversions were numerous from Bosnia to Wallachia, and Eugenius IV. stimulated rivalry by also setting the Dominicans at work. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z
Under the impulsion of the legate and of Foulques of Toulouse, however, the council itself was turned into an inquisition. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z
From which it came that I found myself under the impulsion simultaneously of two mighty influences, the one attracting, the other repelling, but both operating in the same direction. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z
Although apparently free agents are we in reality only by infinitely subtle indirections making the responses, forming the habits, establishing the characters which result merely from the blind impulsions of an inherent constitution? Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z
In the discussion which followed the reading of this Paper, Professor Minchin described the effects of electric radiation on his impulsion cells. Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy 2012-01-09T03:00:20.570Z
The earliest interference with heresy occurs at the end of the twelfth century, when the Archbishop of Spalatro, doubtless under impulsion from Innocent, drove out a number of Cathari from Trieste and Spalatro. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z
In 1059 the Synod of Rome, under the impulsion of Nicholas II., had adopted a canon forbidding any one to be present at the mass of a priest known to keep a concubine or wife. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z
Kershaw, joined by Semmes’s brigade, responded, and Hood’s men, feeling the impulsion of relief, resumed their bold fight, and presently the enemy’s line was broken through its length. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z
Matter cannot have been produced by force, because force is nothing but the impulsion of matter. Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others 2011-12-16T03:00:10.740Z
As the head ought to precede and determine the different attitudes of the neck, it is indispensable that the latter part be always in subjection to the other, and respond to its impulsions. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z
Born at Prague, his early training was received at a time when men’s minds were beginning to waver in the confusion of the Great Schism, and under the impulsion of the Wickliffite writings. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z
He exhorted them to better heart both by word and example, and Ha'o lent the weight of his authority, and, where that failed, added the still weightier impulsion of physical force. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z
The reputation of this, if well planned, adopted, and executed, would give a strong impulsion to your loan, if adopted here. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z
Their masses have ever since been inclining towards a community of their own by an internal impulsion in harmony with the external white expulsion. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z
Preceding the body of the horse in all its impulsions, they ought to give warning, and show by their attitude the positions to be taken, and the movements to be executed. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z
Life is an action; the principle of life, whatever may be its nature, is eminently and visibly a principle of excitation, of impulsion, a motive power. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z
The aim of this poem is to point out those manifestations of the Divine Mind and those impulsions from human enterprise which have contributed in all ages to the progress of the race toward perfection. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z
Looking with visionary eyes into that congregation of stars, he realised, not the littleness of the human dream, but its divine impulsion. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z
The impulsion and the expulsion are each, as it seems to me, manifestations of the same all-powerful cosmic force. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z
The hand in its natural position will feel the horse's mouth in order to judge of the effects of impulsion. New Method of Horsemanship Including the Breaking and Training of Horses, with Instructions for Obtaining a Good Seat. 2011-12-03T03:00:11.190Z
Nobody ever was so who was not forced by a special natural power and an imperious impulsion into the business of ‘thinking out,’ and who did not develope this power by years of arduous discipline. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z
It condenses into very minute particles which, by reason of the impulsion or pressure of the sun's rays, are thrown in the opposite direction from the sun. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z
A sterile meeting this, spent in discussing the news of the day; no impulsion given, no system of defence propounded. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z
The impression created was that some powerful impulsion was necessary to deflect such a worthy young man from the path of virtue. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z
Therefore when I came to engage the subject, it was not a spontaneous impulsion to it, as some have supposed, although it was immediately attended and characterized by a degree of spiritual illumination and inspiration. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z
It will of its own accord dispose itself as an inclined plane, and receiving obliquely the reaction of the air, it transfers into tractile force a part of the vertical impulsion it has received. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z
Corresponding to these two worlds, he has within him two conflicting impulses or impulsions of his nature, the one driving him towards one way of living, the other towards another. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z
He talks himself into passion, gives himself that impulsion which then bears others along with him. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z
But, unless he was quite unlike other men who had come within her experience, the impulsion from within had not come to him, after two years. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z
A bent bow or a coiled spring has potential energy, which becomes actual in the impulsion of the arrow or is expended in the work of the mechanism driven by the machine. Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology 2011-01-20T03:00:07.073Z
Verlaine was one of those wavering characters who require energetic impulsion for good as well as for evil. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z
There is certainly a mutual action, not an operation, nor does the loadstone attract in that way; nor is there any impulsion. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments
At each fresh impulsion of the arms the long, thick hair of La Louve, unfastened by the violent exercise she was using, shook and waved about her head like the rich mane of a war-horse. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6
All the first impulsion towards holiday and repose that had swept him headlong across the Channel had mysteriously died away, to give place to this haunting, this imperious, idea of a mission. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel
From some source beyond the scope and nature of the earlier function a suggestion or an impulsion has come by which the agent has endeavored to move forward. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
Now this was the "most unkindest cut of all;" for if report spoke truly, Mr. Kennyfeck had himself experienced from that gentleman a species of moral force impulsion which left the most unpleasant reminiscences behind. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II)
What does Professor Dove mean by the term impulsion, as applied to the winds? The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes
At this question, Jane-Ellen, who was standing beside the chest, gave the lid a slight downward impulsion, so that it suddenly closed with a loud, heavy report, within half an inch of Mrs. Falkener's nose. Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance
And, in the quicker, throb-like impulsion of the canoe which followed, Kalulu knew that the song and music had the desired effect on the crew. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa
The "inductive leap" is no leap away from logic, but the impulsion of logic's mainspring seen only in its legitimate event. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
The latter, seized by the impulsion, believe that they want for themselves that which as yet is but purely metaphysical, or, in other words, beyond the circle of actually existing things. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern
He must take the plunge without any further impulsion. The Bartlett Mystery
Severe shocks of earthquake were felt, the centre of impulsion being apparently situated on the northern flank of the mountain, at a height of 2450 metres above the level of the sea. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions
You preferred to walk toward her before your steps were impelled, because you feared that impulsion would preclude rational choice. The Kempton-Wace Letters
He does not peck at random, as if driven by a mere blind impulsion to peck. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life
The permanence of the stone's motion is constrained, not necessary because it must be defined by the impulsion of an external cause. The Philosophy of Spinoza
So the labour of the scientific theorist, negatively beneficent by the impulsion of man's spirit beyond science, brings also a reward of its own to the devotee. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe
Strong motives must govern in order to explain more completely such an impulsion. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study
At length I was clear of my dangerous neighbour; and just as I gave the last impulsion, my hands came across a light cord that was trailing overboard across the stern bulwarks. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25)
And so far as primitive mankind seeks to control the movements of social life, there can be no question that this is done under the impulsion of that class of beliefs which we call religious. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development
For instance, a stone receives from the impulsion of an external cause a certain quantity of motion, by virtue of which it continues to move after the impulsion given by the external cause has ceased. The Philosophy of Spinoza
Nor did I adventure on this, without the advice and impulsion of your Majesties best Subjects in these parts.... Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688
Away the automobile shot under the impulsion of the gas. In the Shadow of the Hills
In the latter case will it act upon itself, and give itself the impulsion to think, or will this movement or impulsion be thought itself, or will it produce thought? The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c.
Ought he to condemn himself to appear to act under the impulsion of force? Pius IX. And His Time
The simplest form of interaction involves the supposition, therefore, of internal subject-points or their analogues from which impulsions are received and responded to. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
But if so, tumultuously, and under stress of catastrophic impulsions. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition
At one extremity is fixed a tiny cone made of palm-pith that stopping up the tube, receives the impulsion of the air blown into it so violently. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula)
The soul can produce in herself thoughts, will, and wishes; she can give her impulsion to the movements of her body, and repress its sallies and agitations; but how does she do that? The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c.
Even without that impulsion, my Arab would, and could, have carried me clear of the pursuit. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness
Not only the plank, but the whole raft moved under this inexplicable impulsion,—which had communicated to it a rocking motion, not from side to side, but upwards and downwards! The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea
At length I was clear of my dangerous neighbor, and just as I gave the last impulsion, my hands came across a light cord that was trailing overboard across the stern bulwarks. Treasure Island
There is only the one impulsion of demand that strives for what satisfies it and repulses what conflicts with it. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
Actually Dr. Perin does much more than this; his own confidence and personal success inspire confidence and give the impulsion toward one’s own personal success. When Winter Comes to Main Street
Bushing forward, I planted my foot against his shoulder, and giving his body a violent impulsion, projected it clear over the edge. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness
Methinks there is a duty incumbent to the function, that might well terrify a man that feels not a very strong impulsion, though he were never so well satisfied in the religion itself. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters
It admits of much discord, because each species, each individual even, retains only a certain impetus from the universal vital impulsion and tends to use this energy in its own interest. Creative Evolution
Every idea or movement doubtless originates with somebody but back of such “originations” or initiations there are favoring conditions, forces and impulsions. Manhood of Humanity.
The latter, staggering partly under the impulsion he had received, and partly under the influence of his fright, tumbled back into the water. The Tiger Hunter
This is obviously an inside account of the production of inspirational script, amounting almost to automatic impulsion. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries
It was a poor tu quoque which has got him into a scrape, and will contribute to the downhill impulsion of the Government; it is a fresh bit of discredit thrown upon them. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3)
But the vegetable, condemned to fixity and insensibility, exhibits the same tendency only because it received at the outset the same impulsion. Creative Evolution
I rose and lighted a candle, under the impulsion of that idea, reserving my flashlight for the search. The Thing from the Lake
It was plain that he had not quitted the room voluntarily, but in consequence of a vigorous impulsion from behind. The Day of Wrath
At length I was clear of my dangerous neighbor; and just as I gave the last impulsion, my hands came across a light cord that was trailing overboard across the stern bulwarks. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
All of them did not obey the same impulsion, and it was not uncommon to encounter some of the highest masses drifting in an opposite direction, seized at their base by an undercurrent. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras
It is due to an identity of impulsion and not to a common aspiration. Creative Evolution
One derives from it the same exhilaration that one has in feeling a canoe under the impulsion of one's paddle overcome the resistance of the water. Human Traits and their Social Significance
It contains all that can be demanded of a drama: climax, necessary impulsion, catastrophe. Maxim Gorki
The French and the Dutch have borne their share, and at an earlier day Italian sentiment and speculation lent its impulsion to the same genial drift of faith and aspiration. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation
The impulsion was really given, the movement of rage and hatred was becoming universal, and the coup d'état seemed to be lost; one shock more and Louis Bonaparte would fall. Napoleon the Little
The unity is derived from a vis a tergo: it is given at the start as an impulsion, not placed at the end as an attraction. Creative Evolution
The unrestrained main line of the conflagration was therefore almost due south, following the direction of the wind's impulsion, but also it tended toward the east, since all great fires strive, fanlike, to open out. White Ashes
The grand impulsion of man to woman brushes aside lesser considerations like so many flies. The Great Amulet
For it is only through the impulsion of interest that we first learn to put forth effort in any true sense of the word, and interest furnishes the final foundation upon which volition rests. The Mind and Its Education
There were women who, under that impulsion, had been moved to come close and gaze into his pale, black-lashed eyes. Where the Sun Swings North
At once the self is scattered; our past, which till then was gathered together into the indivisible impulsion it communicated to us, is broken up into a thousand recollections made external to one another. Creative Evolution
He yielded to the impulsion, and found himself in a great saloon, amid lights and flowers, where the company was dense, and there were more twinkling, smiling ladies, with uncovered bosoms. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)
This human instinct for association is mighty in its impulsion. A Hero and Some Other Folks
In this type there is too much inhibition, or else not enough impulsion. The Mind and Its Education
Its progress was jerky and convulsive, sometimes tortuous, but it traveled slowly toward the rail as if by the impulsion of an irresistible pressure. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North
Matter, at first, aided mind to run down its own incline; it gave the impulsion. Creative Evolution
I felt an inward, irresistible impulsion to do all that he did, just as we are inclined to beat time to the music that we love. Confessions of Boyhood
As he stopped, and the pause was prolonged, Agnes herself, by a powerful inner impulsion, took up the prayer aloud, and carried it along like inspiration. Bohemian Days Three American Tales
Here there is a proper ratio between impulsion and inhibition. The Mind and Its Education
Their life seems to be one long series of impulsions, fostered and sustained by the extreme lability of their emotions. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
But, the impulsion once received, mind continues its course. Creative Evolution
Its cells are functionally agitated, and doubtless act by a reflex impulsion on the motor nerves. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891
This address was so unexpected that the governor, like a vane which suddenly receives an impulsion opposed to that of the wind, was quite dumfounded at it. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"
M. Bergson's mind is occupied with the thought of the primal push or impulsion of matter which travels through it as the force in the wave traverses the water. The Breath of Life
It concerns patients of a very labile make-up with increased affective reactions, with marked tendencies to impulsions and antisocial acts. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
When we put back our being into our will, and our will itself into the impulsion it prolongs, we understand, we feel, that reality is a perpetual growth, a creation pursued without end. Creative Evolution
Since no man thinketh to himself, he could no more have escaped the mental impulsion of his time than he could have arrested his embryonic development from the invertebrate to the vertebrate. The Miller Of Old Church
And under the sudden impulsion of this passion he arose and made a few steps toward the curve of the path around which the girl and her companions had disappeared. Visionaries
But will the human race be more honored when it can be said that man acts by the secret impulsions of a spirit, or a certain something which animates him without his knowing how? Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense
Hitherto he had resisted the impulsion to such a course, all his desires rushing toward composition, but the extraordinary rewards promised cooperated with the spur of rivalry to overcome all scruples. Great Violinists And Pianists
The evolution of living species within this world represents what subsists of the primitive direction of the original jet, and of an impulsion which continues itself in a direction the inverse of materiality. Creative Evolution
Nevertheless it has need of impulsion, even as the soul needs to be acted upon by the objects of the senses, and receives this impression according to its own constitution. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil
The function is always the same, the recoil and the impulsion operate upon the two pallets simultaneously. Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology
The pendulations, it seems, are caused solely by 'slight mechanical impulsions, unconsciously or half consciously conveyed to the instrument by the luckless experimentalist.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 Volume 17, New Series, February 21, 1852
Many, many years ago, Cadwallader Golden wrote a very small pamphlet on the subjects of attraction and impulsion, a copy of which he sent to Monsieur de Buffon. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1
Life as a whole, from the initial impulsion that thrust it into the world, will appear as a wave which rises, and which is opposed by the descending movement of matter. Creative Evolution
Corporeal and selfish influence is human, fallible, and temporary; but incorporeal impulsion is divine, infallible, and eternal. Retrospection and Introspection
They are set in motion by the impulsion of thought. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah
From this it immediately follows that there will be two types of will, in one of which impulsions will predominate, in the other inhibitions. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals
The perpetual difficulty consists in finding the clue for him and placing it in his hands, for, if the teaching is too detached from life, it does not result in any psychic impulsion at all. The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets
Sometimes, indeed, they speak of an attraction, sometimes of an impulsion exercised by the prime mover on the whole of the world. Creative Evolution
But with the hint, and the humanity of it, back poured the ardor of his sacred devotion, all the impulsions of his passionate purpose: here was God's work! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864
All offensive operations on the field of battle require mobility, solidity, and impulsion; while, on the other hand, all defensive operations should combine solidity with the greatest possible amount of fire. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.
Voluntary action, then, is at all times a resultant of the compounding of our impulsions with our inhibitions. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals
The large wooden wheel, whose axis is the second pillar within the frame, is bent, and makes an elbow under the wheel to receive the impulsion of a bar that serves instead of a turn-handle. Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from
The vibrations are maintained, not by direct impulsion, but by a slight horizontal displacement of the point of suspension in alternate directions. Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887
And then I understood the vast impulsion of that wanderlust which has pushed so many, many Germans southward, to overrun that golden city that is wedded to the sea. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3
They reach the enemy's forces at a distance, and arrest the impulsion of his attack. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.
Man's conduct appears as the mere resultant of all his various impulsions and inhibitions. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals
With the last low impulsion, however, the voice from without began again as if in reply. An Unpardonable Liar
These simple peons would do, under the impulsion of blind bigotry, what they would hesitate to do otherwise. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today
These forces are political, social, and economic; beneath and through them works the subtle impulsion of a national conception of right and might which the author sums up as the "ideology of caste." New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915
Under such impulsion, a shower of heavy blows fell. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative
But this consciousness may be complete in certain melancholies and very incomplete in certain impulsions. A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921
A man came from the pump-room looking after the girl, and Hagar remarked a similar swaying impulsion in the walk of both. An Unpardonable Liar
If we abide by the ordinary consequences of the Newtonian theory of potential, the drops should remain motionless, the hydrostatic impulsion forming an exact equilibrium to their mutual attraction. The New Physics and Its Evolution
What was wanted was a monarchical unity, made from above down, and not a democratic unity brought about by popular impulsion. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915
Its impulsion is always in one direction; to a finding of some wider and more enduring reality, some objective for the self's life and love. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day
When I visited that planet And watched the animalculae thereon, I never said they were "automata" And "jackaclocks," nor dared describe their deeds As "Life's impulsion by Incognizance." A Christmas Garland
With new impulsion My senses heave in this convulsion! Faust
Their counsels were weak and half-hearted; but the armies and navies of England still felt the impulsion that the imperial hand of Pitt had given and the unconquerable spirit that he had roused. Montcalm and Wolfe
Third, there is a group of impulsions and habits. The Nervous Housewife
By the hissing of the line, and then the rapid impulsion of the pinnace, it was felt that the monster had more strength than the craft and its crew together. Willis the Pilot
In these drawings by Degas all the lines follow the impulsion of the thought. The French Impressionists (1860-1900)
Max subscribed to no creed; but, by a strange impulsion, born of dead ages, his eyes fell from the glowing window and turned to the high altar. Max
But impulsion through a knowledge of conditions differs radically from compulsion exercised by a foreign military occupancy. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic
Citing a few absurd impulsions: a person feels compelled to step over every crack, to touch the posts along his journey, to take the stairs three steps at a time. The Nervous Housewife
If we are to perish as the beast of the field, wither like the grass, and vanish like the transient cloud, man has no grand, sublime impulsion in this life. The Jericho Road
Claudius, the student, mechanically obeyed the gentle impulsion her hand imparted to him on the shoulder, and walked through the side-door. The Son of Clemenceau
It would not be so good as the column proposed above; but there would be less unsteadiness and more impulsion than if the battalion marched in a deployed line. The Art of War
At one time "instinct" or "impulsion," the moral force driving man toward perfection, is a potentiality developed by cultivation, and at another a force that is created by cultivation. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Taste, and of the Origin of our Ideas of Beauty, etc.
In the place of the merely mechanical impulsion of passion, which is coupled with grave disadvantages, it puts forward, as a new principle of action, the rational calculation of interest. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics
To Mrs. Maldon it seemed that those two, under the impulsion of Fate, were rushing towards each other at a speed far greater than she had suspected. The Price of Love
But he overcame the impulsion, and waited to face what might be a danger the more. The Son of Clemenceau
Such masses are greatly exposed to the destructive effects of artillery, their mobility and impulsion are diminished, while their strength is not increased. The Art of War
"Nothing is more exact," said Morgan; "but, before deciding the quantity of powder necessary to give the impulsion, I think it would be well to agree upon its nature." The Moon-Voyage
He wrote feverishly, desperately, under the impulsion of irresistible genius. Landmarks in French Literature
This may be called the cunning of reason—that it sets the passions to work for itself, while that which develops its existence through such impulsion pays the penalty and suffers loss. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
If I determine the initial phenomena under the impulsion of which the inherent powers act upon the organism, that is Ontology. Delsarte System of Oratory
The frequent futility of Nature's effort to throw to the top this hitherto unutilized feminine force was no less absorbing than the success which sometimes attended the impulsion. The Precipice
The size of the projectile and length of the cannon being given, what would be the quantity of powder necessary to produce the impulsion? The Moon-Voyage
The impulsion and the resistance are alike included in the design of our being. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862
Then, under the impulsion of a generous thought, he offered to give me a thousand ounces if you will marry him. Eastern Shame Girl
The force of impulsion came from on high. Studies in Literature
Sound, Mr. Spinrobin," he said, with a sudden and effective lowering of his booming voice, "is the original divine impulsion behind nature—communicated to language. The Human Chord
It is an impossible supposition," replied the practical president, "unless the force of impulsion had failed. The Moon-Voyage
The impulsion or the compulsion that might have driven her genius off the worn paths, out on a journey of exploration, Phillis Wheatley never received. The Book of American Negro Poetry
No Kashmiri without the impulsion of force majeure would ever do any work—no logical argument will enable him to see ultimate good in immediate irksomeness. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil
They seem to have required absolutely no impulsion from without. The Three Brontës
With all their vagaries, their rash impulsions, their willful blindness, their recklessness, they had each run splendidly true to type. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth
Barbicane had now no fear, if not about the issue of the journey, at least about the projectile's force of impulsion. The Moon-Voyage
The cause of an action is divided into impulsion and ratiocination. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4
He experienced two great impulsions—to yield and to fight.  White Fang
As soon, indeed, as Christianity ascended the throne, the zeal of those barbarians obeyed the prevailing impulsion; the cities of Egypt were filled with bishops, and the deserts of Thebais swarmed with hermits. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1
According to his way of thinking a man might kiss a girl now and then, under impulsion of moonshine or mischief, but lightly always, like thistledown. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth
Now if the force of impulsion had been exactly calculated the projectile ought to reach that point with no velocity, having lost all weight like the objects it contained. The Moon-Voyage
At this time of their watch, the water close to them would be often agitated by some impulsion given it from a distance. Our Mutual Friend
Later on, when each developed individuality and became personally conscious of impulsions and desires, the attraction of the light increased.  White Fang
It is acted upon by three independent forces: the resistance of the air, the attraction of the earth, and the force of impulsion with which it is endowed. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
I rejoiced In yielding to all amorous influence And multiple impulsion of the flesh, To feel within my being surge and sway The force that all the stars acknowledge too. Poems
Had they triumphed over the frightful impulsion of the initial velocity of 11,000 metres a second? The Moon-Voyage
Therefore this great work of charity must have other motives, ends, and impulsions. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend
There was some question raised about this time about the periodicity of her impulsions, but except for her own statement that it was just before her menstrual time, nothing definite was proved. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology
The size of the projectile, the length of the cannon being settled, what would be the quantity of powder necessary to produce impulsion? From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
France at that time was covered with thousands of little clubs, receiving a single impulsion from the great Jacobin Club of Paris, and obeying it with perfect docility. The Psychology of Revolution
It is acted upon by three independent forces, the resistance of the medium, the attraction of the earth, and the force of impulsion with which it is animated. The Moon-Voyage
They become an unstable flock, obedient to every impulsion. The Crowd; study of the popular mind
"We should all be charmed if you would come up and dine with us tonight," he said, under the abrupt impulsion of this idea. The Market-Place
At length I was clear of my dangerous neighbour, and just as I gave the last impulsion, my hands came across a light cord that was trailing overboard across the stern bulwarks. Treasure Island
Some linger long in the childish stage and advance late or slowly, while others push on with a sudden outburst of impulsion to early maturity. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
The hint given, just as Talcott was quitting the top, and to which there has been allusion, was given under the impulsion of one of these driving seas. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale
I have always felt some delicacy in talking about myself, so that the impulsion to write these pages of necessity came from without. Youth and Egolatry
Whatever shame, whatever hesitation, whatever impulsion to deceive when deception was so easy, she may have felt; to lie, when a lie would be so easily convincing, she rejected and triumphed over. A Fountain Sealed
As soon as the imagined threat of French invasion lost its impulsion, the colonising energy of the governing authorities subsided. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia
Repulsive as are these grosser and animal manifestations of anger, its impulsion can not and should not be eliminated, but its expression transformed and directed toward evils that need all its antagonism. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
Experiments made have shown that beyond the sixteenth the impulsion of the ranks in rear has no effect on the front, it is completely taken up by the fifteen ranks already massed behind the first…. Battle Studies
The water they had disturbed under the impulsion of a necessity which they had not wantonly incurred, having been forced to use it in defending themselves against the Boeotians who first invaded Attica. The History of the Peloponnesian War
She greeted him in a startled, half-fearful manner, as if her presence were due to the impulsion of duty rather than choice. Over the Pass
Under their impulsion the sections of Paris chose commissioners who should take possession of the City Hall and eject the loyalist Council. The Theory of Social Revolutions
It is also the best form of self-expression; and its advantage is variability, following the impulsion of the idle, perhaps hyperemic, and overnourished centers most ready to act. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
The impulsion given to the political mind of Europe by the revolution in North America was soon felt in the Netherlands. Holland The History of the Netherlands
The general impulsion was received from the vigorous arms of some thirty or forty of their number, who towed those in the rear by applying their force to three or four large gondolas in advance. The Bravo
Soon they were forging through the water at racing speed, the boat leaping to the impulsion of the sailorman's strongest motives, curiosity and the hope of saving a life. The Mystery
In the vicinity of the ruined doors everybody, overcome by terror, threw himself upon those behind, and the impulsion thus started gained force while sweeping on. The Prince of India — Volume 02
He would thus designate the quantum of evil feared that is sufficient to restrain criminal impulsion. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
In the appointed time the galley came down from the city, and, under impulsion of the oars, disappeared with the party up the coast northward. The Prince of India — Volume 01
But this moral growth, this need of increase, may, like all the forces of nature, yield to a greater force; it is an impulsion rather than a necessity; it solicits and does not constrain. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller
At the critical time, when the labor unions were wavering in the decision as to whether they ought to strike out politically or not, the ruling class supplied the necessary vital impulsion. Great Fortunes from Railroads
The waters are still acted upon by the impulsion they received near a thousand leagues distance, in the straits of Florida, between the island of Cuba and the shoals of Tortoise Island. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
Play is from within from congenital hereditary impulsion. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
As Michael, with a sweep of his wings, is supposed to pass the nether depths, an impulsion bore the son of Amurath up to a higher and clearer plane. The Prince of India — Volume 01
It will be also troublesome to recognize the instinct of play in its first trials, seeing that the sensuous impulsion, with its capricious humor and its violent appetites, constantly crosses. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller
All human actions, visible and invisible, are the necessary consequences of man's mechanism, and of the impulsions which it receives from surrounding entities. The Eve of the French Revolution
It may have been the impulsion of an unrecognized fear—he said it was philosophic interest—which had attracted him to study the various theories of heredity. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness
Rousseau would leave prepubescent years to nature and to these primal hereditary impulsions and allow the fundamental traits of savagery their fling till twelve. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
Then religion regards Life and the Universe as valuable, not because they yield to some single impulsion, but because, at every step, they manifest a meaning and significance interpreted by our conceptions of value. Bergson and His Philosophy
In fact, if the sensuous impulsion becomes determining, if the senses become lawgivers, and if the world stifles personality, he loses as object what he gains in force. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller
It will be also troublesome to recognise the instinct of play in its first trials, seeing that the sensuous impulsion, with its capricious humour and its violent appetites, constantly crosses. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian
Before we could ascertain from him the site of the quadruped from whom he had received his impulsion, he had passed like a vague dream, and the equine scoundrel went unwhipped of justice. The Fiend's Delight
A vacuum is asserted: That is, bodies are said to be placed after such a manner, is to receive bodies betwixt them, without impulsion or penetration. A Treatise of Human Nature
Usually Draper fluttered long about his point before making it; and his sudden movement seemed as mechanical as the impulsion conveyed by some strong spring. Tales of Men and Ghosts
The tempering action is directed to keep within proper limits the sensuous and the formal impulsions; the exciting, to maintain both of them in their full force. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller
In fact, if the sensuous impulsion becomes determining, if the senses become law-givers, and if the world stifles personality, he loses as object what he gains in force. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian
The succeeding couples, who had only to follow the figures already given, and thus continue the impulsion, were not permitted to drag themselves lazily and listlessly along the parquet. Life of Chopin
The two conflicting emotions surged within her; their impulsion was a cause which threatened to exert a common effect, inasmuch as they urged her to leave Windebank. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl
This tale of Will And Life's impulsion by Incognizance I cannot take! The Dynasts
I see, by much doctrine, and impulsion, it may be effected: stand by. Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman
It shows         the possibilities derived from divine Mind,         though it is said to be a gift whose endowment 88:30 is obtained from books or received from the         impulsion of departed spirits. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures
But when the factory system was substituted for the handicraft system and workers with common interests were thrown together in the towns, they had every impulsion towards organization. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners
This address was so unexpected that the governor, like a vane which suddenly receives an impulsion opposed to that of the wind, was quite dumbfounded at it. Louise de la Valliere
The communes and departments being, in France, appendices of the State, subscribe only with its permission and under its impulsion. The Modern Regime, Volume 2
But, for lack of internal harmony and of central impulsion, the machine only half works, the power not being sufficient and its action not sufficiently sweeping and universal. The French Revolution - Volume 3
He has nothing within him to control him but the sheep-like habit of being led, of awaiting an impulsion, of turning towards the accustomed center, towards Paris, from which his orders have always arrived. The Ancient Regime
We must suppose that the stimulus to the performance of each act is an impulsion from behind, not an attraction from the future. The Analysis of Mind
He felt her firmness and obeyed the impulsion at once, just as the other two men had, a moment before, obeyed unquestioningly the wave of her hand. Under Western Eyes
—Extent and minuteness of the repression.—Persistency in direction and impulsion.—The logical completeness and beauty of the whole system his final object.—How he accomplishes his own destruction. The Modern Regime, Volume 2
In extraordinary governments all impulsion must come from the center; it is from the convention that elections must issue.... The French Revolution - Volume 3
Yet it was from the "Pall Mall Gazette" that the impulsion which projected him into a blaze of publicity finally came. Eminent Victorians
The primitive non-cognitive element in desire seems to be a push, not a pull, an impulsion away from the actual, rather than an attraction towards the ideal. The Analysis of Mind
Secondly, I could not admit of impulsion; for to do this I must have known that a celestial matter was the agent.  Letters on England
M. Emery, the reformer of Saint-Sulpice, gave the impulsion in this sense. The Modern Regime, Volume 2
These gradations of matter increase in rarity or fineness, until we arrive at a matter unparticled—without particles—indivisible—one and here the law of impulsion and permeation is modified. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2
He, who for usual was ripe, balanced, mellow in judgment, felt at the moment the gloomy impulsion of the fanatic. The Path of the King
In the burning element of War, ordinary natures appear to become heavier; the impulsion given must therefore be stronger and more frequently repeated if the motion is to be a continuous one. On War — Volume 1
Now motion cannot perhaps be conceived any otherwise than by impulsion; therefore all those bodies must be impelled.  Letters on England
Under this impulsion, which carried him entirely out of his natural sphere, Graslin sent to Paris for a man-cook and took a reception day. The Village Rector
Fortunately a small indentation in the shore presented itself, within a few yards of the point they had just passed; and the two canoes glided into it, under the impulsion of the paddles. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea
One will have an irresistible physical impulsion towards pearl sleeve-links, while he passes over the most elegant and celebrated diamond sleeve-links, placed about in the most conspicuous locations. Manalive
Why, then, with no natural impulsion, did he risk the gallows? A Book of Scoundrels
These are for ever crying out, “Why did he not employ the word impulsion, which is so well understood, rather than that of attraction, which is unintelligible?” Letters on England
Of love, the grand impulsion, we behold The love that lends her grace Among the starry fold. Poems — Volume 2
Thus, when woman's passion is no longer required for the function of motherhood, its impulsion may yet be counted on for the psychological explanation of more than one criminal event. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students
But few if any impulsions of man, certainly not sex, have suffered more intense, prolonged or manifold repressions. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
Every one, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place on the social ladder, and is beset by stormy passions and conflicting interests, as in Descartes' theory of pressure and impulsion. The Count of Monte Cristo
This fiery spiritual impulsion at the centre and the source of things, ever burning in us, is the supremely important factor in our existence. God the Invisible King
Be it remembered, too, that not a few look, do, think, feel their best under this impulsion. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
The eight oars fell into the sea simultaneously without splashing a drop of water, and the boat, yielding to the impulsion, glided forward. The Count of Monte Cristo
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