| 单词 | mainspring |
| 例句 | “It’s how my father taught me. If I don’t wind it consistently, it won’t keep time as well. And if I overwind it, the mainspring might break.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The mainspring of the action is a shooting. “Superfly,” Reviewed: A Classic Remade for a Gun-Mad Age 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z That offensive prank is the mainspring of the movie. The Mild Controversies of “Dear White People” 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The film opens with a distant shot of a group of boys in a Brooklyn park and the incident that is the mainspring of the plot: one of the boys hits another with a stick. Film: At Venice Film Festival, Love, Sex and Bickering 2011-09-06T11:55:32Z Confusion was the mainspring of his art as a novelist. Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z For Mailer, the mainspring of connection was personal, was face time; for all his intellectual energy and imaginative invention, Mailer was the bard of immediacy. The Great American Novel Buried in Norman Mailer’s Letters 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Charlie chimes in with the spoken footnote that suggests the movie’s hidden mainspring: “Metropolitan” and the Enduring Plight of the U.H.B. 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z The mainspring of “Money Monster” is Lee’s substitute of histrionics for substance, yet the movie is of a piece with the broadcasts that are its subject. Jodie Foster's Boring and Exciting “Money Monster” 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z By comparison, the Decemberists’ newer songs were forthright but also constrained, as if the band were tightening up — rewinding its mainspring — in anticipation of its next expansion, whatever that might be. Music Review: For Decemberists, a Time to Shift Gears 2011-01-25T23:06:16Z Unlike quartz watches, mechanical ones don’t need a battery because they derive energy from a mainspring that is either wound by hand or, in an automatic watch, by the natural movement of the wearer’s wrist. Watchmaker Zenith bets on new way of keeping time 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The tensions of a Catholic in the Jewish-run industry of early-fifties Hollywood are themselves among the mainsprings of the movie’s comedy as well as of its drama. The Coen Brothers’ Marvellous “Hail, Caesar!” 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z But it was more than that; it was the mainspring of his life, and he allowed nothing to imperil the relationship. The Great Charles Dickens Scandal by Michael Slater - review 2012-11-23T22:55:02Z Unlike quartz watches, mechanical ones don’t need a battery because they derive energy from a mainspring that is either wound by hand or, in an automatic watch, by the natural movement of the wearer’s wrist. Watchmaker Zenith bets on new way of keeping time 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The mainspring of this imagined future clash is not race and slavery, but science and the environment. ‘American War’ follows today’s vitriol to a dystopian future 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Hatidze’s solitude is one of the film’s prime subjects and also its dramatic mainspring, and its details and practicalities are merely hinted at, and utterly unexplored, throughout. “Honeyland,” Reviewed: A Gripping, Frustrating Documentary About a Beekeeper’s Fragile Isolation 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Dreamily fixing her gaze on the ceiling, she lets her golden voice do the work of finding each song's mainspring. Rumer – review 2012-05-25T11:49:36Z Leiber's versatility allowed them to create a country hit, Jackson, for Johnny Cash and June Carter in 1967, in collaboration with the songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler, but the creative mainspring was winding down. Jerry Leiber obituary 2011-08-23T17:58:52Z The mainspring of the plot, in Chapter 1, establishes the antic tone. Boys in Love 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z The movie’s ingenious mainspring is the problem of authorship. The Best Movies I Saw at SXSW 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z The dawning of knowledge, the instant of understanding, the way an idea comes together at once as if with the satisfying snap of a seat-belt buckle—such well-prepared serendipities are the mainsprings of “The Martian.” What's Missing from “The Martian” 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Its hairspring, mainspring, ruby bearings and a few other parts were sourced from Switzerland. An L.A. watchmaker crafted a $70,000 timepiece. It could revolutionize the U.S. watch industry 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The question of appropriation is the editorial mainspring of “The Dolphin Letters.” Marriage, Betrayal, and the Letters Behind “The Dolphin” 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z This was the mainspring of the anti-liberal revolt in the region. How liberalism became ‘the god that failed’ in eastern Europe 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z There was a box for the mainsprings, a box for the hammers, a box for the faceplates and a box for the gunpowder pans. The spectacular power of interchangeable parts 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The paradox is that the mainspring of Biden’s support is therefore also a form of protest voting. Joe Biden is not an exciting candidate. That's why he is doing well | Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The mechanisms of the league’s revenue — the television deals that are its mainspring, the creative marketing initiatives, the sponsorships — are driven by the owners, the entrepreneurial dealmakers such as Jones and Bob Kraft. Perspective | What is more outsized, Roger Goodell’s salary or his hubris in asking for more? 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z It is the emotional mainspring of extraordinary reserves. Henry Krystal, Holocaust Trauma Expert, Dies at 90 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z In mechanical watches, the crown is generally used for setting the time and date or winding the mainspring. Apple Watch To Arrive In April, Says CEO Tim Cook 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The mainspring, once reaching a power reserve of 50 hours, will cause the winding mechanism to disengage in order to protect the movement from being overwound. Hands-On: The Extraordinary Richard Mille RM030 Le Mans Classic Limited Edition Racing Watch 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z If true, Bicep’s detection of gravitational waves would confirm a theory that the universe began with a violent outward antigravitational swoosh known as inflation, the mainspring of Big Bang theorizing for the last three decades. Study Confirms Criticism of Big Bang Finding 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z The adroitly crafted, manually wound tourbillon with double mainspring barrels promising ten full days of power is already a timepiece that is highly pleasing to look at. Armin Strom A Winner At The Poker Table With Royal Flush Tourbillon 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z But what hits small business owners hard is that for every glitch in the mainspring of the Sales Clock, there are 1,000 potential sprocket failures that slow or stop the Cash Clock. Managing The Three Clocks Of Small Business 2013-04-15T15:28:05Z And, also, the extreme, omnipresent Iranian revolutionary love of conspiracy, which inevitably has an anti-American and anti-Semitic mainspring. Ahmadinejad’s Soft Side 2012-09-27T08:45:00Z Gazprom’s exports of natural gas to Europe, which form the mainspring of its wealth, are falling, and a potentially major fight is brewing over price fixing. Cumbersome Gazprom losing its clout 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The mainspring of his actions was the deep and intense love of Fatherland. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z With Conrad’s withdrawal from the Council of Mainz the proceedings of which he had been the mainspring came to an end at once. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z On the one hand we have sectaries holding fast to all the essentials of Christianity, with antisacerdotalism as their mainspring, and on the other hand we have Manich�ans. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Johnnie's ingrained obedience to the Jesuit is one of the mainsprings of the plot, yet there is nothing in the story to make this exaggerated devotion seem natural. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z The base of Carnot's character was that faculty for organization which was the mainspring of Gavan Duffy's various and powerful genius. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Broken mainspring would almost have been more simple. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z “The mainspring of superstition is fear; by fear too is superstition sustained and nourished.” Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Inordinate pride, the lust of blood and dominion, were the mainsprings of their warfare; and their victories were strained with every excess of savage passion. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Fine novel of an affair between two very nice, very courageous, very well-adjusted women whose initial attraction becomes the mainspring of both their lives. Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. 2012-03-19T02:00:24.597Z All the old restraints were wanting, and self-interest alone formed the mainspring of action. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z Now the mainspring had suddenly failed; she felt weak and frightened. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The mainspring of action is no longer the impassioned and noble seeker, but a disciple of circumstance, whose most marked characteristic is a taste for virtue and knowledge. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z The motive power must have been a mainspring instead of a weight. England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z I wanted to see it; I wanted to explore it, and to find the mainspring that moved its mystery. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z The aspect of this piteous ruin--this soul-stricken wreck, the mainspring of whose life was broken, whose courage had ebbed quite away--suffused the heart of Terence with unutterable pity. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z This distinction of parties in Ireland was in those times the mainspring in every movement relative to that kingdom, and affected not only political but commercial regulations. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z He then spoke of love as being the mainspring to win the affections of the scholars, for if love will not, the reverse will not do so. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z They were enabled to individualize the universal because the most universal, the simplest motives, still formed the mainspring in the conduct of individuals. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z Challoner opened it at the back; the tiny wheels, the coil of the mainspring, were as bright as on the day when the watch was sold. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Others include addiction to the work and to the pace of work, and unease at being separated from the founder's mainspring of identity. The Family Sabbatical 2012-01-24T05:01:00Z It was the mainspring and the inspiration of a splendid bravery. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z The rum distilled here, was the mainspring of this traffic. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z II The headquarters of the convoy system was a room in the British Admiralty; herein was the mainspring of the elaborate mechanism by which ten thousand ships were conducted over the seven oceans. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The greatest of these evils and the mainspring of all human misery is superstition. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z But its mainspring may be about to break. Leap seconds: Their time has come 2012-01-12T16:04:23Z In business matters, however, his faculties showed no signs of deserting him, nor had the mainspring of his nature, avarice, run down. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z In his opinion this activity has its mainspring in the grayish or bluish substance, and in some way in the whitish substance, which is the conductor of such activity. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Furthermore the mainspring was only 0.02 of a millimeter narrower than the space in the barrel box. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z Greed filled them all, and was the mainspring of every discovery and every settlement. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Love, licit or illicit, the mainspring of all drama, is the same to-day as it was yesterday, and will be for ever and ever in this world. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z And he himself was the mainspring of it all—the moving spirit. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z The consequence is that they break the mainspring of action in the child's mind, and everything comes to a stand. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z This no doubt also caused binding through greater contraction of the barrel than occurred in the mainspring. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z Then, and not till then, the mainspring of selfishness will be broken. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z In his treatment he shows himself a philosophical rationalist animated with a reverence for the Arabian Teacher—the evident outcome of a true appreciation of the mainspring of his actions. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z They vary greatly in constancy and in general strength of character; but it is human passion, and not religion, that is the mainspring of their lives. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z And if Mind is Emotion, the Woman brain-half, which is the department of human emotion, must be the mainspring of the human mind. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z The nearest approach to even motion of modern watches is found in the fine Swiss grades equipped with stop work, which causes only the best part of the mainspring to be utilized. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z The consecration of his talents in any way their nature admitted to the service of Him whom with George Herbert he delighted to call "My Master," was the mainspring of his untiring energy. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Religious faith and feudal loyalty were the mainsprings of his nature; nevertheless in war he was cautious, indefatigable, and calculating. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z His impulse is generosity—a mainspring of character, not a passing whim. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Hope sometimes forsakes the stoutest hearts, and with hope disappears the mainspring of earthly life. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z A new mainspring was fitted and the motion was improved by about one-fourth of a turn and the next position test showed a variation of two seconds as per fourth column Fig. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z You know I regard public opinion as the sixth great power of Europe--perhaps as the first--and the press, the organ of this great power, I wish to use as a mainspring of royalty. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z As every life has its Gethsemane of sorrow and tragedy, so every life has its morning star of hope and its mainspring of faith. Alter Ego A Tale 2011-10-13T02:00:41.707Z It is a pity that the cultivation and improvement of a national literature—the embodiment of national thought and taste and the mainspring of national enlightenment—seldom or never engages their serious attention. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The action, moreover, has its mainspring in error, and ends in showing the natural consequences of crime, with a picture of the sin atoned though not unpunished. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z New fourth pinion; new end stone; mainspring; refinished balance pivots and cleaned. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z The cleverest pair of hands among you would be of little use without brains: they would be like a body without a soul, a watch with the mainspring broken. Health Five Lay Sermons to Working-People 2011-10-07T02:00:21.697Z This dissatisfaction with self is the mainspring of all high enterprise and all moral advancement. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z You see, my face is the mainspring that has determined most of my actions in recent years—some of the more important ones, anyhow. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The strongest motive, the very mainspring and pulsing heart of Christian duty, is to please Christ. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z A proper mainspring was fitted which in turn corrected the motion, but the next test in positions proved that there was still a variation of eighteen seconds as per fourth column Fig. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z It was as if the very mainspring of their lives had snapped and broken. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z It is precisely opposition, or antithesis, which sets things in motion, which is the mainspring of evolution, which calls forth and develops the latent forces and powers of being. The life and teaching of Karl Marx 2011-09-03T02:00:19.203Z It is the source and mainspring of wages. Why I am opposed to socialism 2011-08-30T02:00:37.547Z "Is the mainspring of our actions to be the idea of duty to God, or the of loyalty to law and to man's well-being?" My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z The motion was about one and one-fourth turn pendant up and over one and one-half turn in the horizontal positions when the mainspring was nearly full wound. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z Back of this man of the law, with his gleaming star and pocket revolver, he saw himself standing, the real mainspring of that blatant enginery. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Why linger so longingly over the details, when credence is refused to what is plainly the mainspring of the whole, the miraculous power of Jesus? The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Their disposition presented a happy blending of these two mainsprings of activity. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Love, mainspring of a nature whose cruelty is sometimes appalling? My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z Watches that have below standard train gearings require considerably stronger mainsprings than do those which have correct gearing and they will seldom take a reasonably good motion without a strong spring. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z Do not the desires which have been the mainspring of all modern development imply a desire of each man to get rich at the expense of others? Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z I shall do very well; my only anxiety is for you, lest you give up hope of better times, and thus put a stop to the mainspring of human action. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z In the constitution of human nature, the desire of bettering one’s condition is the mainspring of effort. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 2011-07-21T02:00:23.213Z Is the mainspring of our actions to be the idea of duty to God, or a sense of the necessity of bringing our being into harmony with the laws of the universe? My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z This is caused by the cannon pinion being so tightly fitted that turning it backward will require more force than that which is supplied by the mainspring. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z The rich man is usually a complete egotist, whose philanthropy has a political purpose or a social ambition as its mainspring. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The Japanese scholar Hirata is correct when he declares the worship of ancestors to be the mainspring of all virtues. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Here and there a sensitive soul absorbs the poison and sets itself seriously to work installing duty as the mainspring of its life. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z Here am I, as I thought, such a business-like man, and what do I do but go and forget to look after the very mainspring of my works. Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake 2011-07-15T02:00:21.010Z A condition of this description is more pronounced when the mainspring is nearly run down and sometimes it will happen at such times and will not occur when the spring is fully wound. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z The heathenish, social man recognizes life no longer in himself alone, but in a community of persons, in the tribe, the family, the race, the State; the mainspring of his life is reputation. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z The English policy.—To wrest the fur monopoly of the north from the French was one of the mainsprings of Stuart policy. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z I broke a watch to pieces, took out the mainspring, filed a saw with the nail-cleaning blade of a pen-knife, and with that I sawed away the bars, leaving barely enough to hold them together.” The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Here we may simply say that to do the pleasure of ladies was regarded both as the chief solace of the knight and the mainspring of his actions. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z This latter feature has been adopted by at least two of the American manufacturers of fine watches during the past few years with considerable benefit in producing even motion and the use of lighter mainsprings. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z It is basic, the mainspring of human endeavour and human advancement, rooted in nations and individuals by God. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z What do you think, Mr. Bain, is the mainspring of the sheriff’s action?” The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z "The mainspring of superstition is fear; by fear too is superstition sustained and nourished." Heresy: Its Utility And Morality A Plea And A Justification 2011-05-31T02:00:37.797Z This need of the infinite is the mainspring of scientific curiosity, the principle of all discoveries. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z The time consumed in examination and changing the mainspring was about twenty-five minutes. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z The mainspring of catholicity in art is a fervent reverence for nature. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z Self-love is the mainspring and motive of every thing we do, or say, or feel, or think—that is the total result of the “Maxims” of La Rochefoucauld. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z She belonged to this class of women also in this respect, that she was born to be the spiral mainspring of a housekeeping engine--the stage-manageress of a great household theatre. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z By all tradition she is the centre, the heart, the mainspring, of the household. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Investigation proved that the motion dropped off considerably after a few hours run and that the mainspring was too weak for this grade of watch. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z And yet he did not wrongfully call himself a Christian, for the mainspring of his faith and his labor was the message of Christ delivered to his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z Religion is, I take it, to be a principle, a powerful guiding motive to direct us in the ordinary affairs of life, and its mainspring is love. Courtship and Marriage And the Gentle Art of Home-Making 2011-04-27T02:00:20.023Z Scarcely a woman took any dinner; the Michaelmas cakes and the coming enjoyment of them were the sole mainspring of the feminine machinery. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Why, yes, till they get a new mainspring and start going again. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z New balance staff; hole jewel; mainspring and cleaned. Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches 2011-12-20T03:00:26.380Z The mainspring of their stories is Irish right through. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z The young woman is the mainspring of the house. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z Thus it appears that Satan is the mainspring of all warlike powers, and when he is bound wars will cease; but as soon as he is again let loose they will rage. War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ 2011-04-18T02:00:09.590Z He flung himself eagerly into a religious movement of which he was the mainspring and centre, and for the first time in history there was persecution for religion's sake. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Accordingly the passion of Orlando for "the fairest of her sex, Angelica," like the wrath of Achilles in the Iliad, is the mainspring of Boiardo's poem. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z But whatever his faults or virtues, and the latter were few enough, his mainspring of character was a colossal courage that could not long be held under by baser considerations. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Touch the negro, and you touch cotton—the mainspring that keeps the machinery of the world in motion. History of American Abolitionism 2011-03-28T02:00:23.663Z She was living, she told me, at some distance from the capital; and she could not yet disclose to us the mainsprings of her mysterious conduct, and the reticence of her correspondence. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z That was the secret mainspring of the man’s existence. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z Is a sun dial of use in a dark and cloudy day; or, a watch without a mainspring? Key to the Science of Theology 2011-03-05T03:00:29Z The mainspring of her whole nature was a generous kindliness, an earnest desire for all that belonged to the better side of life. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z For Germany the changes introduced into its political life amounted to nothing less than a revolution, for there “the mainspring of the national life was broken.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z It was as if he spoke of something which indeed concerned him, but in no wise gave the mainspring to his thoughts or actions! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z This author is indeed interested to prosecute vigorous and substantial thinking, but the mainspring of his interest is the conviction that such thought is significant for inner and outer life. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z This jealousy is, unfortunately, a mainspring of Greek politics, and when combined with a dislike of agriculture, as a stupid and unintellectual occupation, fills all the country with politicians, merchants, and journalists. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Such a nature was incapable of accepting a suggestion from an outside source; the mainspring of all its actions lay within. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Do you feel, as you behold it, as though it were to be the mainspring of a great career? The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z The most miserable selfishness, the most paltry calculations, were the mainsprings of his actions. Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z The writer adds, "This circumstance, like several others in the present reign, is curious, as it shows the rise of a systematic parliamentary influence, which was one day to become the mainspring of government." An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z This was his ruling passion, the true mainspring of his actions; and this it was which finally brought about his fall. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z No. On all bearings the same oil, but on mainspring a rock oil. Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology 2011-01-20T03:00:07.073Z Alex could not believe the extent of the calamity that had befallen her, nor did she realize at first that the very mainspring of her life in the convent was attacked. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z It was a skilfully constructed machine, which worked like a chronometer; but when once the mainspring was broken, all was over. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z For instance, the capsizing of a canoe may mean the loss of the only gun or all the ammunition in the party, and even a broken gun mainspring may cause great hardship. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z He held that curious faith in established institutions which is the mainspring of British orthodoxy. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z No. Light oil on escapements, and oil with more body in mainspring boards. 1-1/2 gallons. Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology 2011-01-20T03:00:07.073Z Speculation is the soul of business; it is the mainspring of improvement; it is essential to prosperity. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 His was a narrow but a strong nature, and the desire of her had become the mainspring of his life. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Every train of conceptions which rapidly formed themselves into an image, a thought, or an idea, every sudden flash of feeling, the mainspring of which they could not discover, appeared to them wonderful. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. I lack the mainspring of the parson's life. Sinister Street, vol. 2 The mainspring of his nature seemed hopelessly broken, something had got wrong which there was no repairing. Barbarossa and Other Tales 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 He was rich and munificent; he loved profusion, but he adored it when it could be made the mainspring of some dark and mysterious machinery. Tony Butler Beauty is the—hem! the fount, the source, the mainspring of valour, is't not? Our Admirable Betty A Romance The indignities he had suffered in the eleventh year of his reign were still at his heart, a desire to revenge which seems to have been the mainspring of his conduct. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Now, to be a good actress and do intelligent work, one should thoroughly understand the play and its period in history, as the mainspring of its action is often political. Life on the Stage Such republicanism had been the very mainspring of life at the bijou. Ayala's Angel Writing once learned, and alphabets once formulated, the machinery for making books, with the human mind as its mainspring, was fairly in motion. The Story of Books La Rochefoucauld to the contrary, self-interest is not the inevitable mainspring of man; though, sadly I admit, it seems to be an indispensable cog-wheel in his complicated works. . . . The Book of Susan A Novel Chalmers was the mainspring of the whole system, not merely superintending the visitation, but personally visiting all the families, and holding evening meetings, when he addressed those whom he had visited. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The desire to have her near him in the greatest hour of his life on the morrow, had been the true mainspring which had prompted him to urge Beresteyn to send for her. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Your civilisation, whose mainspring is the bond of human relationship, has been nourished in the depth of a healthy life beyond reach of prying self-analysis. The Spirit of Japan These aspirations always constituted the mainsprings of Carducci’s poetry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" "You would fain be thought to take no share in government, while in reality you are the mainspring of the machine." Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence That, Helena decided in a rapid flash, was the whole mainspring of his anger. Helena Brett's Career He who lives for himself alone, has not only to pay the penalty of unguided counsels, but the far heavier one of following impulses of which egotism is the mainspring. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience His wife's narrative had started a train of thoughts and emotions that would be henceforth the mainspring of all his acts. Clover and Blue Grass The chief objects of his study, however, 364 were the works of Chrysippus, opposition to whose views is the mainspring of his philosophy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Yes, father, I've found out what the mainspring of the world is; and I know that it's all one what a man does. Landolin Submission and humility and resignation are the keynotes and mainsprings of Dostoyevsky. An Outline of Russian Literature The mainspring of a good newspaper man is a wholesome curiosity. The Style Book of The Detroit News Woman's love is the mainspring of action in poetry. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) "I mean that if we are going to admit this Quixotic motive in de Mountford's attitude now, there can only be one mainspring for it." The Heart of a Woman At this time," will he say, "Potts, by one of those strange caprices which often were the mainspring of his actions, resolved to lead a gypsy life. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance This solidarity is the great element in such combinations, and the mainspring of all vigorous cabinet work. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Now, however, I see that the mainspring of your actions was measureless, unlimited, merciless ambition! A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 His own weakness—his slavery—he turned into the mainspring of his strength. Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century Woman is the great mainspring of existence; she it is who is the general cause of man's thoughts, emotions, passions, joys, and sorrows. Greek Women It may have broken its mainspring before we're in the Sixth, and then we shouldn't want it. Loyal to the School Such extraordinary power over others had its mainspring in the depths and zeal of his own conviction and concern. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Berry confidently came in with a new stethoscope, put the diaphragm against Moira's belly, listened for an instant and twitched once all over, as if his mainspring had snapped. Special Delivery And if this state became not permanent, I owe it to youth alone—the mainspring of many of our best endeavors. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I Self is at last the mainspring of action, and when it produces good, we call it virtue; when it accomplishes evil, we call it vice; wherein, then, am I worse than my fellow man? Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Accordingly, attempts have frequently been made to drive the scape-wheel by a spiral spring, like the mainspring of a watch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The sufferings of the blind poor were always borne in her heart; the hope of alleviating them was the mainspring of all her actions. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind The Leading Thought in Paul's mind, after his conversion, was personal devotion to Christ; this was the mainspring of every act. Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive However, that instrument was not so defective as pictured, since back of all objections and all opposition was the mainspring of partisan politics. History of the Constitutions of Iowa But the Union, which had developed such deadly industrial peril to the South, had created for the North its immense industrial prosperity, was, in sooth, the origin and mainspring of its powerful and progressive civilization. Modern Industrialism and the Negroes of the United States The American Negro Academy, Occasional Papers No. 12 Let us rejoice, Romain Rolland, let us rejoice with all our hearts, for Russia is no longer the mainspring of reaction in Europe. The Forerunners Plainness and simplicity of manners are the mainsprings of happiness, and he that wishes for what he may never have or acquire, must be miserable, indeed, and worthy of pity. Acadian Reminiscences : The True Story of Evangeline The Prompter never saw a watch with two mainsprings, much less with two hundred. Noah Webster American Men of Letters Every man has to feed himself; and the necessity for finding food, joined to the necessity for buying clothes, is a mainspring whereby the whole clockwork of civilized life is kept in motion. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Progress gives no sign of being self-terminating, so long as the force which has been the mainspring of it, namely, competition, shall continue to act. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy One of its mainsprings is the nationalist spirit, the mystical cult of nationality, of the chosen people; the sacred egoism of the fatherland. The Forerunners Conduct like this, though obviously disinterested, did not go without immediate and ample reward, in the public confidence which it created, and which formed the mainspring of Pitt’s power as a statesman. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" An invariable rule, with which nothing is allowed to interfere, is plenty of fresh air and exercise, and she regards these as the mainspring of her long years of health and activity. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years It is the only means by which the reader may be informed directly of those thoughts and emotions of a character which are the mainsprings of his acts. Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews He did not indeed use just those words or give such crude expression to his self-centeredness; but she had come to know that personal advantage was the usual mainspring of his actions. The Fate of Felix Brand To such religion was the mainspring which kept the whole intellect going; and religion was to be had at the meeting. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations In three words one has the national ideal, and who shall say that it is not an admirable one, remembering that its foundation and mainspring are kindness, and if not justice, then desire for justice? The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Dr. Ruth M. Wood is the mainspring of the movement here. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years For he knew that love affair was the mainspring of his life. In the Heart of a Fool Spaulding had known that there were weaknesses in the telepathic communication linkage that was the mainspring of Operation Mapcase, but he had thought that they could be overcome by the strengths of the system. The Foreign Hand Tie He is the mainspring of the whole plot; he pulls all the wires; and, to use an elegant expression of your own, he twists them all round his thumb. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Under that dome, it came to him again, was, in all probability, the mainspring of the Rogan mechanical power. The Red Hell of Jupiter Shakespeare saw in Love the mainspring of life. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) It is the only means by which the reader may be informed directly of those thoughts 89 and emotions of a character which are the mainsprings of his acts. A Manual of the Art of Fiction There was a good multiplayer thing, a clockwork pirate game where you had to quest every day or two to wind up your whole crew's mainsprings before you could go plundering and pillaging again. Little Brother He could have opened his mouth wider, perhaps, but not without injuring the mainspring of his neck and turning his epiglottis out of doors. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) It may have been that fear of the future which comes to natures where love is the mainspring of responsibility. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country She pronounces her own panegyric She represents herself as the mainspring of all the business and pleasure of this world, yes, and also of its worship and devotion. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The mainspring of the opposition from beginning to end was U. S. Senator Oscar W. Underwood. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI This alone is in itself an effect so novel, so mysterious, and apparently so connected with the mainsprings of sentient existence, as to deserve and demand a rigorous, impartial, and persevering scrutiny. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Many features of the social and psychic as well as the physical phenomena of human life have what we may call an organismal mainspring, and become more intelligible when traced back to these. The Truth About Woman It was that strong, living soul which was the mainspring of his moral existence. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country The mainspring barrel E, of a very large diameter in proportion to the diameter of the watch, occupies nearly the full diameter of the movement. The Auburndale Watch Company First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch While the value of any movement depends upon the success with which its practical details are worked out, yet in the final analysis the idealism of a movement is the mainspring of its vitality. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V The fevered excitement of the past four days had subsided into a dull apathy of hurt in which his brain was as delicate and alert as the mainspring of a watch. The Harbor of Doubt She was the mainspring of his every emotion. The Twins of Suffering Creek The child would, by a rapid process of thought, lose all faith in fairyland, and in the thousand and one fancies of the youthful brain that are the mainspring of the development of the imagination. The Curse of Education This, of course, was aimed at making it possible to use the escapement in connection with a mainspring of greatly varying power. The Auburndale Watch Company First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch One idea is the mainspring of the opposition to woman suffrage—that women are by nature of the inferior sex. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V But he had no humor, and so abandoned himself to the venomous temper that was practically the mainspring of his life. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills These things were the mainspring of his life, and drove him to such superlative degrees of self-sacrifice that could surely only have been endured by a man of his peculiar mind. The Twins of Suffering Creek Hence the teacher who is a true leader will keep himself somewhat in the background while, at the same time, he is the hidden mainspring, the power behind the throne. Rural Life and the Rural School I thought it was a great hubbub over a very small thing, but it seems that the mainspring of the excitement was the tongue of this black Forister. The O'Ruddy A Romance But don’t despair; I’m trying to put a new mainspring in the boy. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry Imagination, fancy, fantasy—or whatever you call it—is the essence and mainspring of those scientists, musicians, painters, and poets who amount to something in later life. They Twinkled Like Jewels That need is the mainspring of life, the key to heaven, and the root of all evil. Olive in Italy The teacher is the mainspring, the soul of the school; the "plant," as it may be called, is only the body. Rural Life and the Rural School Enthusiasm is the mainspring of a cowboy’s life. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Love of country, like religious faith, is a respectable mainspring of action. England and Germany And so, again, Fitzjames absolutely refused to test the value of the great patriotic passions which are the mainsprings of history by the mere calculus of abstract concepts which satisfied Mill. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The fierce —— of the Moslems was the mainspring of their early conquests. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Self seems to be the mainspring of most lives; is it so in our own? Heart Talks The stomach is the mainspring of our system. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual Interest was obviously the mainspring of the Bulgarian nation by whomsoever it might chance to be represented. England and Germany Governor Eyre had arrested Gordon, whom he considered to be the mainspring of the insurrection, and sent him to the district in which martial law had been proclaimed. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Religion was the mainspring of his entire life, the real source of all his success. The History of Dartmouth College All in a minute she felt herself quite an old and useless woman—she, who had been the mainspring of the household, the breadwinner of the family! Good Luck But while the mainspring, when fully wound, turns the fusee by uncoiling the string from the smallest part of the fusee, it gets the advantage of the larger radius as its energy becomes lessened. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use And the mainspring behind it 297 all, I remembered, was the man sitting at the mahogany wheel so close to me. The Prairie Child In appearance it resembles the coiled mainspring of a watch. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' And then the meaning of all this swept over Christopher’s mind like a wave of fire, scorching his soul, desecrating and humiliating the very mainspring of his life. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker And as she could not comprehend this feeling, the mainspring of Foscolo's soul, so she could understand of Foscolo only the slighter, meaner things: his troubles and intrigues, his loves and quarrels. The Countess of Albany The fusee is still used for marine chronometers, for some clocks that have a mainspring and pendulum, and occasionally for watches. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use The mainspring of his life was his melancholy devotion to the pretty girl who waited on Lady Giffard, Sir William Temple's sister. Highways and Byways in Surrey In a flash she understood that Fantômas himself must have been the mainspring of the incomprehensible events enveloping the King's visit to Paris. A Royal Prisoner The boy has become the mainspring of Aymer’s life; he lives again in him. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker The mainspring of the old system had become a simple anomaly to the new radicalism. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. In the latter it has been rendered unnecessary by the introduction of the going-barrel by Swiss watchmakers, who formed teeth on the edge of the mainspring barrel to drive the train of wheels. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use But by a very wise dispensation it is also the mainspring of all material usefulness in the world. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work They are like a watch, perfect in all other parts, but without the mainspring. A Manual of Moral Philosophy The scale of rewards is different, but the mainspring of daily living is much the same in the Far East and the Far West. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Love must always be the mainspring of life and honour its loftiest ideal. The Orchard of Tears And that heart was not only the mainspring of her physical life, but it was also the source of all her thoughts and actions. A Woman's Will What we believe Mr. Belloc's view of the mainspring and the course of history to be we have outlined sufficiently, at least for the present purpose. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work He will want to burrow down and get at the very root and mainspring of this forest life. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty He instilled into his subjects a spirit of enterprise,—the mainspring of a state. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 But, losing her brother, the mainspring of her life seemed broken. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 The mainspring of life had been snapped and the machinery refused to move for a long time. Ladies-In-Waiting He valued her; he had said more than once, to those who he thought would never repeat it to her, that she was a “great woman”; but self-interest was the mainspring of his appreciation. Northern Lights Self-restraint seemed the mainspring of that commanding force which this strange man exercised. The Pools of Silence Since it was too small to depend on weights, it contained a coiled mainspring—something entirely new to the clockmaking world. Christopher and the Clockmakers It is compliance with everything that is required by authority—it is the mainspring, the very soul and essence of all military duty. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition To show that the real is identical with the ideal may roughly be set down as the mainspring of philosophic activity. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy The true mainspring of all well-regulated lives was still lacking, and sin soon broke out in unholy indulgence. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God This belief was the mainspring that kept the Southern Confederacy going, as it was also the corner-stone of its constitution. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History To form and keep up this state of public temper was the mainspring of his domestic administration, and satisfactorily explains the internal tranquillity of England during the forty years of his effective reign. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History A discontent with existing circumstances is the chief source of a desire to improve them, and this desire is the mainspring of progress. The Map of Life Conduct and Character You make a spiritual engine of mankind, and you forget the mainspring of the world. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 The teacher who can break a mainspring first and keep it from getting mended, is often the most esteemed in the community. The Lost Art of Reading And as if this simple word had snapped the mainspring of life, she fell dead on the floor. The Son of Monte-Cristo This hope of somehow, someway having her near to him had been the mainspring of his action and it could not be withdrawn without leaving him disabled. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Mentally he was wondering if this was the mainspring of conduct in all women. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives Walter Shandy’s hyperbolic philosophy turned about such a focus, the exaltation of insignificant trifles into mainsprings of action. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century You can none of you bless me, for having guided the hands of the watch, and having left the mainspring untouched.’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Simple, earnest faith was the mainspring of the actions of Maccabeus. Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History The navy was the mainspring of Victoria in more ways than one. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria But where was the use of either argument or expostulation with one so incapable of even understanding the mainsprings of his actions? The Light of Scarthey Even feminine vanity, so long accepted as the mainspring of feminine action, had lost its force. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir The Crusades kindled a fiery militant and missionary spirit previously unknown to religions, whereby religious propagation became the mainspring and declared object of conquest and colonisation. Studies in Literature and History Passion on the other hand is the mainspring of modern poetry, and it is difficult for us to realize the superior beauty of the calmer and vaster ideal of the poets of old. Stray Studies from England and Italy The capitalist, Ricardo's social mainspring, required at least cross-examination. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill What was she to do with this sadly altered Dolly, the mainspring of whose bright, spirited life was gone? Vagabondia 1884 I was glad of the opportunity for it enabled me to see this town, which is the mainspring of the colonial administration. An African Adventure But while in Mohammedan Asia the State upholds orthodox uniformity, in China and Japan the mainspring of all such administrative action is political expediency. Studies in Literature and History The unity which develops from man's recognition of his dependence upon his fellows is the mainspring of every movement by which society, or any autonomy within it, moves forward. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 Justice, as Bentham replied, has no meaning till you have settled by experience what laws will produce happiness; and your absolute equality would destroy the very mainspring of social improvement. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill As soon as this divine charity becomes the mainspring of her actions, everything she does develops in her a greater resemblance to God. The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus Miller was our center and as important to the team that year as the mainspring of a watch. At Good Old Siwash Paul confessed the mainspring of his life to be his burning desire after Christ. The Pursuit of God Indeed, if love of money were the mainspring of all American action, the officer corps long since would have disintegrated. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 Curiosity may be a worthless element in life when idle, but when otherwise, is it not the mainspring of the watch? The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Details about the administration of the Library during the early years are few, but it appears that the Committee was undoubtedly the mainspring of the organisation. Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year Ended 31 March 1958: Special Centennial Issue Oddly enough, as is insinuated in the Prologue, the mainspring of the story is to be sought in a medical textbook. The House of Souls It is a marvellous spectacle to see how in a society the individuals pursuing each their own end yet unconsciously co-operate; and this co-operation is the mainspring of society. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics The needs of the body did not greatly concern him, and he seemed equally indifferent to those of the mind; goodness was the mainspring of his being. Spontaneous Activity in Education Some of them, whose reasoning is a little difficult to follow, seem to be content with an immanent, blind god, a mere mainspring to the clock, making it move, no doubt, but otherwise powerless. Science and Morals and Other Essays Free and independent men in the Legislature, as in the country, are the best counterpoise to faction, and the mainspring to a nation's progress and greatness. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Mutual suspicion defeated its own ends, and the ridiculous principles on which the division was made were the mainspring of nearly all the quarrelling that followed. The Story of Rouen A spondee is a foot of two equally accented syllables; as, mainspring, sea-maid. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism There is the care of the mainspring I have intentionally reserved till the last. Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 Yet love and undying faith in the value of the soul and hope for all men are the mainsprings of our activity. The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 Tell him the fever has broken out here again, sir, and not to call until ten o'clock next spring,—next mainspring they put in that watch. Waring's Peril Waters looked up; a house-lamp was above, dull and steady as a foggy star; and it showed him, upon the box of the droschky, his enemy, the mainspring of all his troubles. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories We may see in this physical torment, perhaps, the mainspring of much of his caustic humour. The History of "Punch" Selecting mainsprings, too, needs much more care than is usually given to this department, and as a rule even the watch factories fill the barrel too full, that is, too long springs. Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 Nationalism is purely an American product, to be exercised as a popular benefit, and having no mainspring or motive power but that. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 Of course, one's hair isn't dropped on the sidewalk or prodded with stickpins until the mainspring breaks, but it is subjected to even deeper and more trying insults. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture Inside was a piece of clock-work, the mainspring of which, on withdrawing a peg placed on the outside, would, after going six or ten minutes, draw the trigger of a lock, and explode the vessel. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 As in ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ magical or supernatural agencies are the mainsprings of the plot. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Whether I am correct in this or not, you cannot be too particular in selecting the right strength, length, and width of mainsprings. Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 You've iron in your shoes and mainsprings in your watches and maybe pocket knives in your pockets. Attention Saint Patrick What is the mainspring of Maggie’s character—the motive for most of her actions? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 That death warrant, signed by the King’s own hand, was the mainspring of my action. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France Springing out of the unclosed door, he found Julian half-fainting; for his home affections were the very mainsprings of his life. Julian Home Now see that the mainspring is let down and then remove the screws from the plates, taking care not to damage or bend any of the pivots as you do this. Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 The mainspring of the trouble, I believe, was an inability to select good men for public office. Fifty Years of Public Service The great firm, which for years had been the mainspring of all Philippine mercantile enterprise, had failed! The Philippine Islands He had so successfully subordinated his own emotions, that in his philosophical system he calmly ignores passion as a mainspring of human activity. Mary Wollstonecraft These three persons, with the three peers mentioned before, were united in the closest confidence, and formed the mainspring of the party. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition The mainspring of Lyly's popularity was that he did in prose what Waller did in poetry. John Lyly In those paltry and ceaseless struggles, the mainspring of his strong nature had broken, and he was already beginning to die. Artists' Wives In his opinion, the native is an incomprehensible phenomenon, the mainspring of whose line of thought and the guiding motive of whose actions have never yet been, and perhaps never will be, discovered. The Philippine Islands In the movement of a watch every small wheel and every little rivet is as necessary to the general effect as the mainspring. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 If the watchmaker could not control one smallest wheel or point in his watch; if even a grain of dust got in and defied him; what think you he could do with mainspring and hands? Tired Church Members And here lay the ludicrous—the clownish little mainspring of tragedy and drama. Erik Dorn But these original impulses are still the mainspring of our activities. Human Traits and their Social Significance Now I am not going to find any fault with the intense feeling of iconoclasm, which was one of the mainsprings of Jewish religion. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield His arguments in furtherance of this policy had their motive and mainspring in his patriotic devotion to the interests of his own race. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time These two Police detachments became the tentacles of our column and the mainspring of its ultimate success. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police It was, however, inevitable that persons of such narrow and contracted views—persons to whom self and pelf were the mainsprings of life—should degenerate, mentally as well as morally. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion With the complexity of civilization new demands, of course, arise, but these fundamental necessities are still the ultimate mainsprings of economic production. Human Traits and their Social Significance The mainspring of the story is love, and by it the heroes are led to death, a thing not to be found elsewhere in the European literature of the period. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance This was the supreme characteristic of the man, and from first to last the mainspring of his activities. The Life of St. Paul In fact, we may be likened to a social clock, of which Jim is the mainspring, Bob the weight, I the striking part of the works, and Dobson the pendulum. The Settler and the Savage The real credit for most of the things which we have is due to some human soul which supplied the faith that was the mainspring of every enterprise. Fundamentals of Prosperity What They Are and Whence They Come France is the mainspring of the new mechanism, and Paris the control. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 That man is the mainspring of the rebellion. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley The presidential succession was the mainspring of the first movement and of the opposition thereto, while that and party majority in Congress were the motives of the later "reconstruction." Forty-Six Years in the Army As one writer has expressed it, "Every mainspring of success is a mainspring of failure, when wound around the wrong way." Pushing to the Front This accomplished, »that confidence, which is the mainspring of every friendly and fruitful inquiry into difficult and delicate relations in a Union, will have revived». The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis A History with Documents Just as sweet, just as calm, but—oh, I can’t describe it, as if something had gone which had been the mainspring of it all. The Heart of Una Sackville He operated altogether on men, and believed in self- interest as the mainspring of human action. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Entering public life with vehement aversion to the recent dislodgment of the landed aristocracy as the mainspring of parliamentary power, he lent himself to two further enormously extensive changes in the constitutional centre of gravity. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 War was the great mainspring of action of the Aztecs. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development He keeps time for a year or two, and then something happens to his mainspring and he gets the sack. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The mainspring of my existence, the foundation of my happy and exciting life, is Christian faith. The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book He loves his land, and to lose it is to break the mainspring of his life. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala If sagacious calculation in such a vein as this were the mainspring of the world, history would be stripped of many a crimson page. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 But chief among the sanguinary scenes of this appalling drama, carried out with the religion of Christ as its mainspring, was the Tacubaya massacre. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Selfishness may indeed pollute this mainspring of personal power, and selfishness sometimes reaches its acme in motherhood's partiality for its own. The Family and it's Members Joy is the mainspring in the whole Of endless Natures calm rotation. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune To call that courage help would be like saying the mainspring helps the watch to go. The Plum Tree His business was carried on, for a time, by others, but the mainspring was gone, and in 1882 the great clock stopped. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Yet what had the little nation, whose mainspring was at Quebec, accomplished? Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom The words were an echo of those which formed the mainspring of the Admiral's life. Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS The mainspring of the great platonic business was a virtuous horror of divided possession. The Child of Pleasure To hate is to struggle and that is the mainspring of action. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life History is full of sea-power, but histories are not; for most historians know little of sea-power, though British history without British sea-power is like a watch without a mainspring or a wheel without a hub. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas As for Felicia Herbert, she became for a time the very mainspring of Elisabeth's life. The Farringdons Art, literature, science, commerce—in all—it is the men and women who have dared to risk being failures that have proved the mainspring of progress. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward Bright replied that if Cobden retired the mainspring of the League was gone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" To imagine a character without feeling and will would be like thinking a watch without a mainspring. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart The right of impeachment and of trial by the Legislature is the mainspring of the great machine of government. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 The fact was that the mainspring was missing from the watch. The Way of Ambition Others were merely violent; others again, of which craft was the mainspring, held out a prospect of success. The Long Night What scientist can ever tell The mainspring of all action, If all his reasons fail so prove Molecular attraction? Our Profession and Other Poems Unless one is under his magic spell, it is impossible to understand its mainspring, although it is easy to feel its effects. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities It was rather like the obscure movement of a mainspring, setting into motion even the remotest wheel of a mechanism. The Forfeit Third, religion must be the mainspring and source of love in the world, for religion is the revelation of the will of God, the divine fundamental of which is love. The Promulgation of Universal Peace It must be made clear to them all that continuous support to these twin institutions is the corner-stone of all future achievements, the mainspring from which all future blessings will flow. Dawn of a New Day It is the trusted guardian and the mainspring of the manifold activities and interests of every national community in the Bahá’í world. Directives from the Guardian Be the cause what it may, the "mainspring of sacrifice" most assuredly is not only loosened, but it has run down, and, unless some wonderful success occurs shortly, it will never be wound up again. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris "Work will be the mainspring of my life after this," Wallace briefly returned, but he appeared gratified with the encouraging report of business which his partner had given him. His Heart's Queen Let this cardinal principle be ever borne in mind, for it is the mainspring of all future activities, the remover of every embarrassing obstacle, the fulfillment of our Master’s dearest wish. Bahá’í Administration We might liken them to the mechanism of a fine watch, with Ward as the mainspring, and the others with big or little parts to perform, but each dependent upon the other. The Young Pitcher Detach the mainspring swivel from the tumbler with a drift-punch. 8th. Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. They have," say the papers, "loosened our mainspring of sacrifice. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris But as a general rule the mainsprings of character develop early, and the man is very much as the child has made him. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside Did you think, as you said this, how your little hand lay, otherwise, also, on the mainspring and motive of it all? Faith Gartney's Girlhood It was the key-note of her whole theology, the mainspring of her life. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series We realize that the gallant spirit of the French people has furnished the mainspring which has made this war possible. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 Our "mainspring" not only has run down, but is broken. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris Now that has been the mainspring of New Englanders ever since they were seated by Providence on its barren shores, a pardonable desire to live elsewhere. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O "When you spoke of having your hand on the mainspring of all this?" Faith Gartney's Girlhood The effect of her drug-taking was to make every momentary feeling seem an eternal, ineradicable mainspring of action. Swirling Waters The True Reformer's Organization is a purely Negro enterprise, representing interests running up into the millions, having as its mainspring of success the co-operative and profit yielding principle indicated. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro I had read novels with murder as the mainspring. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Government so understood is the intellectual guide of the nation, the promoter of wealth, the teacher of knowledge, the guardian of morality, the mainspring of the ascending movement of man. Lectures on Modern history The mainspring of ordinary decent conduct in any educated community has always been a perception of its human and social value. The War and the Churches That was the mainspring of every political discussion—and in election times, one side had orders to abuse the other, merely to keep up the popular excitement. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches The traditions of the Royal Navy are always the mainspring of life in the Beauchamps' nursery; they "carry on" under the auspices of Nelson, and in obedience to his signal they do what England expects! Troublesome Comforts A Story for Children The breaking of a shoe lace called forth a flow of profanity, and when the mainspring of his watch snapped, he hurled the instrument against the log wall in his senseless rage. The Challenge of the North In the foot there is a gelatinous spring or style, which, even when taken out, has great elasticity, and which seems the mainspring of the motions of the Pholas dactylus.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 430 Volume 17, New Series, March 27, 1852 But even in this case can we not say that the mainspring of the energy of living bodies is the life that is in them? The Breath of Life To feel that there is one at least in the world to whom you are more dear than to any other living being, is the very centralisation of life and the mainspring of action. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Amongst the most enthusiastic liberals was young Pépé, who had already conceived that ardent love of liberty, which, throughout life, has been his mainspring of action. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 They are the mainspring of human agency in all revivals of religion. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister He handed Jill the ribbon of bronze that had been the mainspring of his watch. Operation Terror The Sister Superior was the mainspring of the hospital. Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia Yet he is very impatient of those theories of the rights of man which found favor in France in the eighteenth century and have been the mainspring of democratic movements on the Continent of Europe. President Wilson's Addresses Their religion, which is so continually before us, furnishing the very mainspring of the fatal dénouement, is of the most superficial sort, if it can be called religion at all. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence The mainspring of all progress, individual and social, is the desire to fulfill in character all one has planned in thought. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service "The trifles of our daily lives, The common things scarce worth recall, Whereof no visible trace survives,— These are the mainsprings, after all." The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York The distinction is one of high importance, but for the moment what concerns us is, to see the common factor in the two sets of acts, what is indeed their source and mainspring. Ancient Art and Ritual The very hopelessness of his situation restored its elasticity to the somewhat sullen pride which was the mainspring of his character. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' She knew she was really the mainspring of his life and she could not, did not, dare to face what might be the consequence of her parting from him. The Man and the Moment Yet to-night the mainspring of his life was out of gear. The Survivor The piece of soft steel is placed between the limbs of c c' of the old mainspring up to the line a, Fig. 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 Directly under his control are the mainsprings of the school's life and activity,—the classroom teachers. Craftsmanship in Teaching The mainspring of all my plan is, that of Certificates fully descriptive of the persons; the very greatest good must result from it. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain As regards a comedy, my dear Frank, I have lost the mainspring of life and art—la joie de vivre—it is dreadful. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 The mainsprings of the religious, as well as of the political, life of the country were relaxed. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century If the force of the mainspring, as represented by the escape-wheel tooth, is superior to the power of the hairspring, the watch starts itself. 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 Both of these had a mainspring and a balance-wheel, for their mover and regulator. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 But to a private secretary like Jones, who did his duty regardless of whether his employer was beast or angel, and whose mainspring was principle and not emotion, this made little difference. Four Weird Tales It must have taken him weeks upon weeks to write it all down, this autobiography which had been the mainspring of his son's actions for nearly two years. Poor Man's Rock In his religion he had no doubts: it was the mainspring of his life; though faith with him was much more a matter of feeling than a matter of doctrine. Musicians of To-Day In this case the power conveyed from the mainspring to the escape wheel is to be conveyed to the lever, and by the lever transmitted to the balance. 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 In this instance, panic, not callousness, had been the mainspring of her apparent cruelty. The Clarion In these games and what was connected with them I detected the mainspring of the moral strength which animated the pupils and the young people in the institution. Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore. Meanwhile, the other boy grew up in his quiet home, but death came there as well as to Brackenhill, and seemed to take the mainspring of the household in taking Sarah Thorne. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 To help make also; to stand at its practical mainspring, and keep it possible that it should move on. The Other Girls We will further suppose the trains and mainspring power used by each concern to be precisely alike. 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 All of this knowledge, Kit Carson, the mainspring of this little party, was well possessed of, and, as a matter of business, guided himself and men in a direct and safe course. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself By adroitly using his good fortune, Saunders accumulated a pile of most egregious testimonials, and these he regarded as the mainspring of success in life. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 3, 1892 The Prophet Zechariah came to the front, although quite a young man, and became the mainspring of the renewed activity in building the Temple. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Selfishness, self-interest, or otherwise self-aggrandizement, is the mainspring of all our actions if we are devoid of love to God and man. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery A hairspring had to be specially made, inasmuch as a mainspring was too short, the coils too open and, more particularly, did not look well. 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 In an absolute monarchy, the royal authority is the mainspring which controls all movements and all actions in every part of the State. Ancient Egypt At length, one watchmaker, more ingenious than the rest, suggested that a magnet might, by some chance, have touched the mainspring. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends Autocracy, censorship, compulsion destroy humor in a nation's blood and elasticity in its fibre; they cut at the very mainsprings of national vitality. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 By touching the mainspring or the root of all evil—love of money! A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery The spring B can be made of a bit of mainspring, annealed and filed down to agree in width with the part A. In connection with the device shown at Fig. 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 Hope is the mainspring of efficiency; complacency is its rust. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 She always declared an enthusiasm for personality; to her it seemed the force behind everything and the mainspring of all movement. The Spinners It is almost refreshing to notice the ability, the energy, the determination which up to this point had characterized all the movements of the originator and mainspring of the movement, M. Louis Riel. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America The conclusion Frederica and Violet had come to about her chance for social success was amply justified by the event, and it is probable that Violet had put her finger on the mainspring of it. The Real Adventure As thus:— Counsel for the prosecution: "We have in you the mainspring of this rebellious movement..." Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement A wonderful race, a race of giants, our German youth, Herr Doktor ... the mainspring of our great German machine—as they find who resist it. The Man with the Clubfoot Nationality is to political life what personality is to mental life, the mainspring, namely, of the mechanism. The Open Secret of Ireland "Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die," was the governing principle of his life, and the mainspring of his actions. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 She was an idealist, impelled by some controlling emotion which was the mainspring of her life. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls Moreover, the personal inclinations and interests naturally would and ought to remain the mainspring of economic action. Psychology and Industrial Efficiency It was reserved for the statesmen of T'ang to make it the mainspring of the government. The Awakening of China Religion and education were the mainsprings of its life. Lazarre If it were not for the fact that several hours each day I am under the influence of Roxanne's repose, I suspect I would run down like a clock that has exhausted its mainspring. Phyllis I determined to find out if possible, during my stay in the factory, what it is that clogs this mainspring of "spirit" in the women. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls If you will accompany me to my reception-room, you will have an opportunity, shared by no other foreigner, to become acquainted with the mainsprings of this revolution; for such I am determined it shall become. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 It is "the mainspring," as Lord Barham put it, "from which all offensive operations must proceed." Some Principles of Maritime Strategy In the constant clash of molecule of oxygen with molecule of carbon in the blood lies the mainspring of all animal motion; the motion of the heart itself is secondary to that. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 The stirring of primeval man was strong, that magnificent rebellion against bonds which has, after all, been the mainspring of all progress, however much the latter may be regulated by many intercurrent wheels. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains It's appropriate all the way along," he maintained, "if you call me a mainspring. The Inheritors Home Rulers, whether they know it or not, touch the mainspring of the British constitution. England's Case Against Home Rule But how was he to get the materials out of which to make the wheels and the mainspring? McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader Mayor succeeded mayor, and burgess followed burgess, but the old guild hall lived on, the central mainspring of the borough's life. Vanishing England He understood that one of the mainsprings of the system was the independence of the judges. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham This automatic process has become a mainspring of conduct in me, wound up and ready for instant release. The Road Unamuno's characters may be schematized, stripped of their complexities, reduced to the mainspring of their nature; they may, moreover, reveal mainsprings made of the same steel. Tragic Sense Of Life He soon found how to get them: he made the mainspring out of a piece of whalebone. McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader Unload.Oil the bore and chamber, piston rod and gas cylinder.Sort out live rounds from empty cases.See that mainspring is eased.Thoroughly clean and oil the gun on returning to quarters. Military Instructors Manual Yet it is easy to see that the absolute self-sufficiency into which he lifted the bare fact of love was one of the mainsprings of his indomitable optimism. Robert Browning The Government was, indeed, strangling the life out of it and out of slavery, its cause and mainspring. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist The mainspring of public life had, from a venerable antiquity, lain de jure within Ireland herself. Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question It is a joke to suppose that secondary officers can make amends for the defects of the first; the mainspring must be the mover. Montcalm and Wolfe She now controlled, as she believed, the mainspring of the resistance, which would probably cease with the death of Jean. The Forest of Vazon A Guernsey Legend of the Eighth Century And in the second place—what was it?—well, she had the strange, sweet sensation of being, somehow, the mainspring of the universe, of being immensely important in the scheme of things. The Lion's Share Religion, in the sense here indicated, is the mainspring and vital principle of Tragedy. The Seven Plays in English Verse It would seem, however, to be the natural reaction produced by a tremendous national calamity, under which the mainspring of the collective mind temporarily gives way and the psychical equilibrium is upset. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Selfishness is, in fact, almost without exception, their universal characteristic, and the mainspring of all their actions, and that, too, of a kind the most direct and unamiable that can well be imagined. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 It has already been mentioned that it is the "disloyalty" attributed rightly or wrongly to the Roman Catholics as a body that has been, in recent times at all events, the mainspring of Protestant distrust. Ulster's Stand For Union It is as if the mainspring of life were gone. Invisible Links The mainspring of sin beats in it as drums beat in a Soudanese fantasia, as blood beats in a heart. Flames In this condition, it is further contended, our chivalrous ally was entitled to special consideration because of her low birth-rate, which is one of the mainsprings of her difficulties. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference The rivalry of Omphale and Deianeira for their hero's erratic affection affords a lively and happy mainspring—not suggested by Caxton—for the tragic action and passion of the closing scenes. The Age of Shakespeare “Now, don't moralize,” replied his father testily, “as if your own selfishness in desiring to possess that girl wasn't the mainspring of all your actions!” The Lion and The Mouse A Story Of American Life He did not choose to make it the mainspring either of his poems or his romances. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance Let their love be the mainspring of their every act of service.—Written for Dew Drops by Julia H. Johnston. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 Personal antipathy, however real, cannot be assumed without convincing grounds to have been the mainspring. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference The mainspring of Mr. Müller’s doctrine is his theory about ‘apprehending the infinite.’ Custom and Myth To Frederica the practice of her cult both inwardly in her heart, and outwardly in the work of St. Matthew's Parish, was the mainspring of her existence. Mount Music Aspiration," mused her elderly friend, sipping comfortably, "is the mainspring of progress. V. V.'s Eyes This principle of life is the mainspring and glory of God's universe. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth His worldly wisdom, his active philosophy, the very mainspring of his plots, are found, characteristically, in his valets and his servant-maids. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory On her behalf we waged a war of which the mainspring was generous indignation against oppression; and we have kept faith absolutely. Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 2 (of 2) of Supplemental Volume: Theodore Roosevelt, Supplement "If any thoughts of mine are great, they are so because you are the mainspring of them," he answered. Saracinesca Of how many reformed lives has it been the mainspring? A Love Episode In Victor Hugo's Marion Delorme, the indomitable will of Cardinal Richelieu is the mainspring of the entire action, and the audience is led to feel that he may at any moment enter upon the stage. The Theory of the Theatre Now, logic is not the mainspring of every action, nor is justice only the inevitable working out of an equation. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory Just at present, of course, she is the mainspring of everything on the estate. Elizabeth's Campaign He was so modest, so unostentatious, that no one suspected that the mainspring of his existence was the desire for money. Saracinesca Agnosticism is the very life and mainspring of science. Cambridge Essays on Education He has gone, and taken the mainspring of her life with him. Greatheart The elastic step, the ringing laugh, and the strong right arm of the youth, own the same mainspring. History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills Moreau was a philosophic poet, and though he disclaimed being a "literary" painter, it is literature that is the mainspring of his elevated and decorative art. Promenades of an Impressionist |
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