| 单词 | resistless |
| 例句 | The Count saw his victory in my bow, and his mastery in the trouble of my face, for he began at once to use them, but in his own smooth, resistless way:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I saw his solemn eye melt with sudden fire, and flicker with resistless emotion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z You cannot comprehend its resistless fascination for me. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then you are suddenly carried off by a resistless current, as pouting fish faces rush by randomly, left and right. New York’s New Carousel Puts You in a Whirling School of Mechanized Fish 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z It is acknowledged by all who heard him that his technic outshone all others; he had the whispering and crystalline pianissimo of Joseffy, the liquidity of Thalberg's touch, with the resistless power of a Rubinstein. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Her frame, resistless to each wrong, Demands protection from the strong; To man she flies, when fear alarms, And claims the temple of his arms. Moores Fables for the Female Sex 2012-04-24T02:00:20.600Z All faces were turned to the ocean to catch the first echo of those resistless broadsides, that proudly asserted and made good the claim to "free trade and sailor's rights." The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z As it was, he charged again and again, with resistless energy, and the disordered ranks of the British for the second time rolled back and were lost in the gloom. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z The rescued souls are, indeed, a pigmy crew, of woe-begone aspect; but their resistless Deliverer towers aloft in such imposing altitude that the tallest of the saints hardly reaches above his knees. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The stout ship reels, her planks disrupted wide; Fast through the yawning gash The green sea pours its dark, resistless tide. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Grattan spoke of the eloquence of Fox as "rolling in resistless as the waves of the Atlantic." Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Full of energy, inflexible of purpose—aggressive, bold, and untiring—in a popular cause he would have been resistless. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Those who reached doors that responded to their efforts found themselves pushed along the galleries by the resistless crush behind. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z Some he brought down with the resistless magnetism of his eye. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Heavier and heavier drooped her falling lids, her recumbent form sought more and more the support of her little couch, at length borne down by resistless force, she lay unnerved and motionless. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Like the resistless tide, which bears away both strong and weak, it hushed argument, drowned explanations, and silenced warnings, as it surged on, breaking down barriers, and sweeping away defences that seemed impregnable. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z A large number of persons escaped from the resistless and giant-striding flames by means of rafts and small boats. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z No anchorite could fare worse, no hero could dare more; yet his wild, hard life has resistless charms; and, while he can wield a rifle, he will never leave it. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z The reality of the past then rushed upon the proud Baron's mind with the resistless force of inward conviction. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z Perhaps the great, dark, heaving waste of waters excited his nerves and made him feel something of the mysterious and resistless forces around him. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z The rain fell in floods, sweeping the hillside down into the valley, and rolling all that was below onward in a resistless mass toward the ocean. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z So at last, my love Grew powerful, resistless, and I felt I must talk with you. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z Back and forth his flashing ax swung tirelessly, biting with resistless force into the very heart of the tree, and in a surprisingly short time he had cut the trunk entirely through. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z He threw himself on the floor beside her couch, and seizing her resistless hands, wildly pressed them in his own. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z The water of the lake swelled upwards from its dark depths, and with a sound like many thunders, it rolled madly on its track, bearing the rocks and trees before it with resistless fury. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z With her own chosen weapons—two powerful arms, and a set of almost resistless teeth—the bear was the stronger party. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Through the roar and tumult of frantic voices I was dragged into a stony street, crushed into the pit of a crowd, which hurried me on resistlessly. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Such billows as poured with solid impact on the rocks, leaping twenty feet in the air, or heaped themselves in fountains of boiling foam around its base, give a competent idea of resistless power! Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z She knew the law of life was resistless. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z Ever resistless fact: No more than the passive clay Disputes the potter’s act, Could the whelmed mind disobey Knowledge the cataract. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z She turned away, and Lewis remembered that it was the same form which had resistlessly dragged him after it in his youth, and of which he felt a secret dread. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z And yet the Imperial laws gradually yielded to its resistless pressure, and incorporated it in its world-wide legislation. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z At some time the sea must have burst through this rocky barrier, carrying all before its resistless onset. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z For the time being all are fused into one great whole, by the resistless might of his burning eloquence. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z At the noontide, a forked thunderbolt struck quivering down upon the oak; and in a moment shivered with resistless force the trunk and boughs, and the wreck lay scattered far around it in the forest. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z The Conqueror of Death has forced His resistless way through the shattered gates of Hell, on which He stands, treading under His feet the gigantic leaden-coloured bulk of their demon warder. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Against this world-wide and imperious demon-ology the science of one God, all holy and supreme, advanced with resistless force. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z The shore seemed deserted as the girls were swept on by the resistless tide. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z The whirlwind of fire soon overtook him, and like a resistless sea, rolled its burning waves over him. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Line by line, stanza by stanza, the words came sweeping on with the rhythm of marching feet, pauseless, resistless. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The enthusiasm awakened by the name of Brock, however, was resistless, and betimes the seats in the waiting train were crowded. Brock Centenary 1812-1912 2012-01-21T03:00:06.650Z It swept toward the east shore with almost resistless force, and the rowboat was like an eggshell in its grasp. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z Its overflowing, resistless demonstrations in active human affairs formed all his corollaries. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z To her W. felt his heart drawn with resistless power. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z I am carried on perforce, as inanimate rocks and trees are swept away in the course of a resistless torrent. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The wind that came was bitterly cold and cutting, as well as resistlessly strong. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z Did they not rather resemble the sullen resignation of him who is thwarted by a resistless adversary? Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z He binds us in resistless Nature's chain, And yet bids us our natures to restrain; Between these counter rules we stand perplexed, �Hold the jar slant, but all the wine retain.� The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The heavy car hurtled into the drift with the force of a projectile shot from a big gun, throwing clouds of snow in every direction as it bored resistlessly through. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z Rattleton admired him for his resistless energy and unwavering determination and confidence. Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best 2011-12-30T03:00:28.567Z It struck the coping, knocked it off, and the resistless stream washed brick and stone down into the yard as upon the wave of a mighty flood. Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City 2011-12-28T03:00:42.950Z Many of the higher nobility, terrified at the violence, daily growing more resistless and extended, had sought personal safety in emigration. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Man, like a ball, hither and thither goes, As fate's resistless bat directs the blows; But He, who gives thee up to this rude sport, He knows what drives thee, yea, He knows, He knows! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The philosophy of history, by which Hebrew prophets could read a deep moral significance into national disaster and turn the flank of resistless attack, became one of the most important elements in the nation’s faith. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z He marched resistlessly into the dominions of the doge. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z And I call that an Asiatic enthusiasm which, with resistless impetuosity, bore away the Macedonian to the capital of Persia, and even beyond the banks of the Indus. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z He saw the opposition forging ahead with a resistless sweep which he and his co-workers could not stop, and it had been maddening. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z With many a snare Thou dost beset my way, And threatenest, if I fall therein, to slay; Thy rule resistless sways the world, yet Thou Imputest sin, when I do but obey! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Over and over sounded the resistless waltz of "Cockcrow." South-African Folk-Tales 2011-12-20T03:00:27.703Z They must needs dance furiously fast to keep up; but the music brought with it some of its own resistless energy. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Already did they realize the uselessness of trying to put up a fight against the flames that were spreading resistlessly amid the hay. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z He was driven resistlessly on by that steadiest, most unfaltering of human impulses, the quickened news instinct. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z With outward seeming we can cheat mankind, But to God's will we can but be resigned, The deepest wiles my cunning e'er devised, To balk resistless fate no way could find. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z And while it embraces the vast, it carries its resistless influence to all the minute and unnoticed diversities of existence. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z And rising, still rising, rising swifter than the rising sun, like a gigantic monster playing with boulder stones for bowls, the resistless river hammered with them against the parapet, and beat it in. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Thus we see what tremendous changes are produced by the passage of “resistless time,” which even the most far-sighted human being could hardly imagine or predict. Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z Her's not the flaming sword that puts apart, But Right's resistless blade, whose stroke unseen Wounds but to heal, and crown with Freedom's bays! Etain the Beloved and Other Poems 2011-11-27T03:00:13.943Z With his hand still on the knob, he put his shoulder to the door; gave it a slow resistless pressure. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z No; there it is again, and we hold our breath, as, with resistless force and explosions like artillery, it darts past, with an avalanche of shattered fragments trailing in its rear! The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z All this made a resistless force that swept over other forest impedimenta, dragging all along with its flood. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z Oh! then the unhappy Don Mariano's fury burst forth, terrible and resistless, as the sea in its moments of tempests, as a volcano in eruption. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z What were the sources of Jackson's pre-eminent greatness, of his invariable success, of his resistless personal influence, of his deep hold upon the minds of his fellows? Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Sherman, with his grand army, was "marching on" in his resistless course, with hardly a foe to impede his exultant march. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z The onslaught had been so rapid and resistless, that the Mexicans stood appalled as the human tide foamed and burst over their battlements. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z In thus forcing a way through every obstacle, these resistless currents carry along timber, soil, and rocks. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z A keen, eager, resistless desire suddenly took possession of her heart. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z But the current, without his being aware of it, was carrying him resistlessly and rapidly on into the anti-abolition career in which his life ended. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z It is like an extension of yourself, with a touch as fine as the brush of a butterfly's wing and a stroke as bold and resistless as the sweep of a cataract. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z From stair to stair, from gallery to gallery, the Spaniards fought onward and upward with resistless courage, incessantly flinging their Indian foes, by main strength, over the narrow ledges. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z The Age of Cyclopean Building.—The democratisation of Europe is a resistless force. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z The grand palace of the Cæsars, yielding to the ravages of Time’s resistless hand, has for many ages disappeared. Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics 2011-10-19T02:00:21.933Z Each belligerent, standing up for national life, was resistlessly coerced to fight to the last. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z It begins in very simple terms—How does the Jew so habitually and so resistlessly gravitate to the highest places? The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z It takes time for the mighty, resistless forces of nature to develop a single blade of grass. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Count Bismarck too had returned, and was devoting himself with resistless energy to the work before him of organizing and arranging the new state of affairs. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z He lived his democracy and led his people to a higher realization of the resistless purposes of the republic. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z They are resistlessly—most conscientiously and honestly—impelled to make the other side appear detestable and insultingly offensive in heinous wrong-doing. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Enlarging the aperture below, we thrust in the wooden hook, which grappled a heavy but resistless carcass. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z They do not even seem to see—they do not heed—the thin skirmish line through which they bear resistless. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z Lucifer, overwhelming in passion, gigantic in intellect, resistless in will—magnificent in his whole personality; Rafael, sublime in devotion, infinite in pity, immaculate in holiness—the apotheosis of all that is beautiful! Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Now and then an outburst against oppression comes forth resistlessly, yet in the company of a sober expression, logical intensity and a broad outlook peculiar to him. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z The unification of production and distribution thus given resistless impulse has almost of itself alone worked the unification of all our States. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z In an instant Mr. McKay's powerful arm brought the crowbar upward in a resistless sweep, and with one blow severed the dreadful device of death. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z These were followed by the resistless Iroquois, and after them the Wyandots and Ottawas, who seem to have left the strongest impress upon the hills and valleys of Ohio. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z The centre of the half-moon begins to break; and its pointed horns nearly meet together behind the resistless triangle. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The great man is the symbol of the marching life of the multitude and through him humanity moves resistlessly to its higher attitude. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z Grant was at the opening of his career put in a place which taught him the importance of gunboats, and held there until his skill in using them had given him resistless prestige. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The matchless horsemen struck at the heart of the Persian host; the resistless charge of the men who followed them tore wide the wound. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z As fires longest pent up in obscurity at length burst out with the most resistless fury, so revolutions longest deferred are attended, in their crisis, with the most terrible consequences. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z Her lovely dream seemed suddenly slipping out to sea before this tremendous, quiet storm of resistless stress! In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z He spoke as the spirit of the age might have spoken, if it had broken into eloquence sublime and resistless. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z The negro tends resistlessly to a fixed position in his own class. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z He saw the eager faces of the Companions, and beyond them the solid wall of the phalanx, sweeping nearer, like a resistless tide. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z It tore its way forward, resistlessly at first, then more slowly, and slower still, until, at last, it stopped quiveringly. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Swept along by the resistless current of generous emotions, we may perhaps sacrifice the cause of art and science, even all our own individual interests, for the general welfare of the suffering and oppressed people. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Tell me, then, who you are, resistless paragon! and you shall wander no more in the nameless state, an exquisite, but nearly visionary being! The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z True strategy dictated the abandonment of many places in order to assemble by using our shorter interior lines a resistless power on a really decisive occasion. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Rich and poor, slave and freeman, labored side by side against the inevitable; and ever, like men swimming against the current, they felt the resistless pressure bearing them down. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The stranger appeared confounded: she felt an almost resistless impulse to depart immediately; but something stronger than resentment told her to stay: it was distress! The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z Tears now rolled in resistless streams down the cheeks of Ellis, though from such heartfelt delight, that her eyes, swimming in liquid lustre, shone but more brightly. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z His Addresses had a resistless Recommendation from the very Tone of his Voice ... The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce 2011-09-15T02:00:12.030Z The very titles to the first twelve chapters are, in their contents and sequence, gems of genius, and draw resistlessly. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z For four hundred years the white man had added continent to continent in his imperial progress, equipped with resistless sea-power and armed with a mechanical superiority that crushed down all local efforts at resistance. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z In the midst of this struggle, he became calm as a lamb, resistless as an infant. Samboe; or, The African Boy 2011-09-04T02:00:04.743Z They came in a file down the road, between the palm trees, in the glowing tropic light, swinging along with smooth, resistless progress. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Heavy and the men were playing at lansquenet, that most perilous, rapid, and bewitching of all the resistless Card Circes. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z You will find it to be the rule that the struggle for existence develops in every community an instinct which resistlessly prompts to the maintenance of its great economic interest. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z They saw the resistless power that was ranged against them, waiting. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z It was only a limp, resistless man of blubber that David Jasper had hurled himself upon, and about whose throat his lean, strong fingers had clutched, the craven gurgling still his appeals for grace. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z They threw themselves upon that limp, resistless body, shell of the impalpable soul unconquered within. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Now we were thrown to one side, again to the other, dragging resistlessly beside the sleds. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It was to use moral compulsion, and, by the public display of a resistless manifestation, to make doubt and opposition disappear. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z The immense vitality of the man rose within him and tortured him by its resistless strength. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Despair might nerve us to throw ourselves with resistless fury on the bayonets of the guards, but this fury would come only when the last hope was dead. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z You have sinned grievously against the mighty law of paternal affection, and now it demands its rights with resistless authority. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z As was learned later, he had just tied his sledge to a rock when a gust of wind resistlessly rushed seaward, lifted the aged man from his feet, and dropped him into the sea. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z And the second letter made an appeal well-nigh resistless. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z The resistless force of long-repressed passion asserted itself at this supreme moment. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z A dozen great seas came sweeping in one after the other, and the chasm was a mass of white, churning water dashing backwards and forwards with resistless velocity. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Trees, indicating a growth of centuries, were as reeds in its path, producing no check to its resistless and majestic motion. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z I saw myself, not as a voluntary being, but rather as a resistless atom, predestined in its course, being carried on by an inexorable fate. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z He would risk the loss of the cumulative power of his work now sweeping from county to county, a resistless force. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Besides all this, there was another appendage to the Lawless family—one which, since the ancientest days, has sufficed to attract the ardent susceptible male of whatever age and character with steady resistless force. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z And yet here my sympathies were most deeply and resistlessly moved by the mournful howling of a dog. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Their almost resistless force in the tropical countries, where they move in bodies, shows the power that the feeble may acquire through unity of effort and design. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z He was boiling with rage over the resistless desire to laugh that unexpectedly took possession of him. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z It would only be necessary to tell her a part of the bitter truth and her desire to leave would be a resistless one. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z The spell was broken; the love in the rising stream of which he had unwittingly been standing overwhelmed and bore Brand away in its resistless course. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Having prevented the escape of their anticipated victims, they could fall upon the French in a resistless attack. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Our thirty donkeys had disappeared, carried along by the resistless flood. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z The dune-monster was the slow-pacing steed of the Thirst King; it was his throne, his host and his strong city; it was the abhorrent body of which he was the resistless and implacable soul! Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Aunt Minerva——" "Na———" The girl's pleading eyes were resistless and the black lips smiled: "Cose I will, chile! The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Unlike the Nile, it has carved for itself a deep and narrow channel, through which it hurls its fertilising load with resistless momentum into the ocean which needs it not. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Now she could no longer put it from her, this resistless verity that laid its chill fingers across her heart. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z She clasped her hands in her generous excitement, and stood, a resistless and passionate conqueror, confessing the greatness of her forgiveness for the first time. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z This is an argument of stupendous and resistless weight. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Your Klan is a resistless weapon if properly used. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z With the rapidity of a quick intellect and swift perceptions, Arthur saw at once the resistless logic and utter hopelessness of his situation. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Those with which he had bound himself drew him resistlessly back to the sewers. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z They turned to each other, the glittering bird of Paradise, and the gentle ring-dove, with a resistless impulse of attraction, and each examined the other keenly. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Where once noisy ponderous mechanism pounded the rocks to release the metals, electrical science with her unseen but resistless currents instantly separate the ore and the dross. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z The defense proved weak and the terrific assaults of the Impeachment managers under Norton's leadership resistless. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z There was one, however, the bewitching Throgmorton, who was all goodness; the impassioned knight was resistless; and subsequently the law consecrated what love had already irrevocably joined. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Yes—she asserts her empire in my soul, 'Tis Nature pleads—she will—she must be heard; With warm, resistless eloquence she pleads.— The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-05-31T02:00:32.980Z Save the added wildness to these resistless gray eyes, and the sudden aurora gleam over brow and cheek, the demonstrative Frenchman might have doubted if she believed him. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Thought is the conscious energy of the soul, the subtle, invisible force of the reasoning, resistless mind, and, to be potent with life, must be winged with love. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z The Governor relied on Andy to swing a resistless tide of negro votes for the ticket and sweep the county. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Out of one library into another, and into drawing-room and dining-room, books have flowed in a resistless stream, pushing other things aside, and establishing themselves in their place. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z Anna and Vronsky are serious-minded, honorable persons, who have struggled conscientiously against their mutual enchantment, but are swept out of their own moral orbits by the resistless force of Fate. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z The former, with splendid bearing and courage, rallied his columns, and though they were taken at every disadvantage, under the inspiration which he imparted they faced the resistless advance with desperate valor. Chattanooga and Chickamauga Reprint of Gen. H. V. Boynton's letters to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, August, 1888. 2011-05-10T02:00:58.760Z Again it is only for a brief span, for like an oncoming and resistless tide the Normans surge upon the wall, and beat back the slender ranks of the Saxons. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z That strange impulse was the beginning—he could see it now—and it had grown with daily contact, until the contagious animal magnetism of her nearness became resistless. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z All other formations go down before the resistless rush of plunging beasts mounted by armed men, mad in the fierce excitement induced by the thundering gallop of charging horses. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z The law can metamorphose a human intellect from health to frenzy and from frenzy to health by the exercise of its resistless fiat. Medical experts: Investigation of Insanity by Juries 2011-05-07T02:00:24.990Z The people were slowly, but with resistless power, rising against the abuses of the aristocracy and the monarchy. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z They are moving on resistlessly toward us and nothing can stop them, and they will take our land from us. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z The old home, with its beautiful and sad memories, his people and his work had begun to pull resistlessly. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Is all our life, then, but a dream, Seen faintly in the golden gleam Athwart Time’s dark resistless stream? The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland 2011-04-30T02:00:12.447Z It was strange, but he relied with unshaken confidence upon his power over the fond mother's heart, and upon the magic influence of that loveliness which he himself had found resistless and invincible. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Her case is one of the most extraordinary the history of the world has presented, in which the very highest degree of heroism is combined with the most resistless loveliness. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z Science, however, has pursued her steady course resistlessly, settling her own bounds and methods, and selecting her own fields, and giving to the world her own discoveries. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z There are times when all these Yorkshire rivers become impetuous torrents, roaring along in resistless might and majesty. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z But when the supposition had once been made it grew upon him with a resistless fascination. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z It is only in his onsets upon error, that the might of his resistless logic is felt; in the defence of his own system, he does not reason at all, he merely rambles. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z There was a yell that was not made by white men; short, active figures, lithe and fierce as cats, fell with resistless fury upon the retreating foe. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Like a deep-purple cloud death came, slowly, resistlessly, closing down on those who sang, clasped in each other's arms. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z And coming on from her southern home she compelled me by her resistless power to go with her, leaving the idol of my young heart behind—forever as she intended, but it has proved otherwise. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z "The interest which the reader feels from the outset so intense and resistless; he is swept along by the narrative, held by it, whether he will or no." Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z The rapids are beautiful; the falls are grand; those are exhilarating, these are inspiring; those are noisy, turbulent, fickle; these are calm, resistless, inexorable. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z She felt herself absolutely helpless, borne along resistlessly like a rudderless ship by a force which she could neither control nor fully comprehend. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z Or is it a current of human conviction so strong, so deep-flowing that it will be resistless? Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z How gladly she would have throttled the power that was so resistlessly carrying her forward! Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z Swift, silent, resistless, like spectres of the gray forest, they came upon the astonished Redcoats—and kept their tryst with Victory! Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z And these are the resistless elements which, by their persistent and powerful action during the lapse of ages, excavated a channel for the waters of the Niagara. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z Not ’midst the lightning of the stormy fight, Not in the rush upon the vandal foe, Did kingly Death, with his resistless might, Lay the Great Leader low. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z Marjorie and I stood in our door and watched the big flakes descending, slowly, silently, resistlessly, settling on wagon and hay rack and every blade of grass. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z They see God face to face, and they love Him with a resistless impulse. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 2011-03-04T03:01:02.750Z Is that childlike gentleness, that trustful nature, that resistless, passionate devotion, warring with her piety, and yet heightened by it,—are these German traits? The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z As has been before remarked, the water poured over in one broad, deep, resistless flood. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z The demand for absolute equality of wages became resistless. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z Pathos was not Algy's forte in general, but circumstances gave a resistless effect to his song. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z One dominant desire had been growing in her heart for many days past, and had now become a force overwhelming all smaller motives, and drawing them resistlessly into its strong current. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z Again and again did I gain foothold, to be swept back by the resistless power of the backward current. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Under the resistless pressure brought to bear upon it, the huge mass moves half an inch in one direction, and an hundred cubic feet of rock are crushed to powder. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z He wielded the most autocratic and merciless power over men conceivable to the human imagination—a power final and resistless, from which there could be no appeal save in death itself. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z You speak in the Preface of the imperious & resistless command from within out of which “Leaves of Grass” issued. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z The vast paw fell with resistless force; and no need arose for a second blow. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z I was fain to yield to the resistless force of the passion which now dominated, nay, consumed me. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Of course the resistless power of the falling water was not long restrained by these feeble barriers, and here the broadest and deepest notch of any given century was made. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z They hung back a moment longer until Barbara's smile became resistless. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z This carried with it no doubt the secret of a corresponding resistless power over the reader wholly unprecedented, unapproached in literature, as I believe, & to be compared only with that of Christ. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z It was his own way of hunting,—to stalk within a few score of feet, then to make a furious, resistless rush. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z This she did most neatly but none the less completely by running her nose into the resistless structure of the jibbing seaplane. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Some resistless impulse urges me along, nor will I, can I swerve, till all is won or lost. The Romance of a Poor Young Man A Drama Adapted from the French of Octave Feuillet 2011-02-23T03:00:30.700Z When at last she rose to speak, her whole personality was a quivering battery of resistless emotion. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z Why should we poor helpless little children, all soft and resistless, be squeezed and jammed into the rusty iron bands of parental points of view? Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z And at that instant a resistless force hurled him to the floor. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z The Hun, if he managed to avoid the stream of bullets, was not likely to "stand up" to the resistless onrush of the British seaplane. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z All the monarchies of Europe were allied, in arms, against the French Revolution, and slowly, but resistlessly, their combined armies were marching upon Paris. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z If their intellects were not convinced, no matter—she carried them with her on a storm of resistless emotion. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z He took her cold, resistless hand, and together they stepped within the ruddy glow. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z And in it was a sense of resistless power; no creature in the forest but what knew this fact. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z And every living thing, seen or unseen, high or low, was being swept onward by the same resistless power toward the common altar. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z He now became convinced that the people of France were too ignorant and degraded for self-government, that they needed the guidance and control of resistless law. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z To-day the great international army of socialists is resistlessly stepping forward, is daily growing in number, discipline, intelligence, and assurance of victory. Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century 2011-02-09T03:00:48.103Z In folly's light moment in solitude's hour, Still dear be its memory, resistless its pow'r, And if ever false pleasure to guilt should allure me, May a glance on this scene from perdition secure me. A Season at Harrogate 2011-02-08T03:00:10.763Z It was like a resistless hurricane sweeping down straight for the dog town where the quiet man in the red coat was waiting with the girl crouched beside him. Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout 2011-02-07T03:00:22.570Z His lonely life of late may have had something to do with it, but his ordinary well-maintained equilibrium nearly failed him before the resistless force of her charms. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z Yea, laughed wildly and mirthlessly, as I slid one arm under the smith's huge hams, and in a resistless access of frenzied power lifted his vast bulk as I would have raised an infant. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The wind blew a hurricane, and swept with resistless violence over city and country; many a house that night was damaged, chimneys being thrown down, tiles torn off, and even roofs carried away. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z Why, then, these strange sympathies that agitate me now; these feelings, shadowy, but strong and resistless as the shadow of death? Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z The fury of despair seized him and he struggled in the resistless snow. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z Then her clouded faculties cleared, and her ears were greeted by such bursts of resistless eloquence as she had never dreamed of before. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z The people were amazed, bewildered, and fascinated, by the resistless power of his life. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z The soul of the Salem whaler looked out of the passion-darkened orbits of the mother, and was resistless.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z "At least, let me accompany you," said Martin, who saw that the angry spirit so seldom aroused was now predominant, and therefore the more resistless. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z It was his purpose to push his column into the Creek country, not rapidly, but resistlessly; so firmly establishing it as to make it, as it were, a permanent wedge of invasion. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z It acts according to a definite law, and with a resistless energy compelling these gases, when in contact, to mingle until they are thoroughly diffused. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers With his resistless lyre in his hands, he crossed the Styx, penetrated into the infernal regions, and gained admission to the presence of Pluto! Heathen Mythology But where one fell a dozen seemed to rise up and take his place, and the hordes moved resistlessly forward like a tidal wave. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. In the Mediterranean Sea each sunny isle and pleasant promontory had long been in Aryan hands, and now in the wintry forests to the northward the resistless multitudes had more recently fixed their seats. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) With nearly a million immigrants a year the pressure upon unions seems almost resistless. Races and Immigrants in America And should that will," I quickly urged, "be found as evil as resistless"—— "Prove it so, and its power ceases on the instant. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Go, say to Zion, “Jesus reigns”— By His resistless power He binds His enemies with chains; They fall to rise no more. The Story of Our Hymns There were two short, choppy snorts from the 101, and 59 moved out stealthily, evenly, resistlessly into the teeth of the night. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories Hurrah! there is no charge in the world like the resistless English dragoons'! Beatrice Boville and Other Stories Snowbird only knew that some vast, resistless power had struck her, and that the darkness seemed to roar and explode about her. The Voice of the Pack No; it is resistless, because virtuous and pure. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Their sound discretion never failed; and they displayed that rare balance which blends quiet repose of mind with resistless energy. William Bradford of Plymouth Planter, the article pointed out, was no longer capable of bringing a resistless energy to his house which was a notable stone in the country's financial structure. The Guarded Heights Each side is resistless in attack, but helpless in defense. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Some resistless power seemed to be holding his wrist and was bending its bone as an Indian bends a bow. The Voice of the Pack You would have burned that book rather than have entrusted it to my care, if your heart had not resistlessly drawn you toward me. The Children of the World The rhinoceros can run with great swiftness; and, from his strength, and hard, impenetrable hide, he is capable of rushing through the thickets with resistless fury, almost every obstacle being quickly overturned in his track. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom It was as though the nether fiends, following Moloch’s advice, were striving, Arm’d with Hell flames and fury, all at once, O’er Heaven’s high towers to force resistless way. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Avalanches plunge from the Alps and bury whole towns in their resistless fall. The Progressionists, and Angela. To her this trivial court was a resistless power, many of which existed in her world. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery They saw the beautiful country trampled under foot, villages destroyed, everything given to ruin and the peasants in despair fleeing before the resistless rush of the enemy. The Guns of Europe "Look at the bottom of the other radiograph, number one, further toward the left," pursued Kennedy resistlessly. The Social Gangster He turned the knob and would have entered rather breezily, but that Johnson Boller, fully groomed and ready for the day, walked out suddenly and resistlessly and looked around with: "Where's the kid?" In And Out Time in his restless and resistless flight has filed away those early years in the county clerk's office, and these times are not the old times. Cordwood The death that dwelt in the lagoon had already seized me in its resistless grasp. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery He did not even know what had happened, or who these were that, swiftly and with resistless force, were half dragging, half carrying him between them. Campmates A Story of the Plains Never with more disastrous results did the resistless stream of time bring together and clash together the earthen and the brazen pitcher. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II Nor would we grumble that the stream of Progress bears us all upon its breast with the strong resistless current, of which we are scarcely conscious. Under the Mendips A Tale Then we shot down into the gloom of the canyon with resistless force. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure Their fight was no more with each other: rather they seemed at death grips with some resistless foe that tore at them from beneath the waves. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery A perpetual war of ages these billows have waged against the iron barrier, that with silent, motionless, resistless force repels their white-crested phalanx, scattering them into shining fragments of snowy spray. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. For here, resistless demonstration dwells; A death-bed’s a detector of the heart. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes He had a strong body and a strong intellect, but stronger than both combined was the resistless overlord he called his conscience. Thirty The actress faltered and stopped; and, as if by some resistless impulse, turned towards the box where Margot sat, still and motionless. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Their menacing attitude and their threatening language frighten the Chinese, who know so well the resistless power of the Western nations. The Treaty With China, its Provisions Explained New York Tribune, Tuesday, August 28, 1868 The rapids are intersected by two or three rocky but well-wooded islands, on either side of which the angry waters rush with a wild, resistless power, tossed by the many sub-currents. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia He made a resistless beginning, when he saw the impossibility of success. The Greater Republic A History of the United States He arrived there on the 10th of August, and again, as a resistless conqueror, entered the city. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 He commenced a mighty and useless struggle against the resistless current, but found himself borne along like a feather. Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa In silence we meant to steal upon and enclose this formidable enemy, who was as the on-sweeping locust-swarm—resistless, numberless, devouring. The White Shield The elephants tore on resistlessly, trampling down the doomed cages of the human folk flat and level with the ground. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories Coming home, he organized a third party, for, cheerless and dismal as are those frozen solitudes, they seemed to hold a resistless fascination to all who have visited them. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The scattered remnants of the fierce Mamelukes, and the mounted Bedouins of the desert, had congregated, to rush, with resistless numbers, upon their bold antagonist. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 Smoothly, resistlessly, the current bore them on in the tunnel, whose winding turns ahead were lit up by their searchlight. The Door into Infinity The earth trembles and shakes under the onslaught, but Helgi's resistless sword mows down his enemies. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Professor Maury was right in his philosophic conjecture as to the origin of that mighty and resistless tide. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Still she could go faster than an ordinary sailing vessel, and her resistless momentum and iron prow enabled her to crush any vessel afloat as if it were an egg-shell. The Greater Republic A History of the United States He stood upon a gentle eminence, calm, silent, unperturbed, pitiless, and guided, with resistless skill, the carnage. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 His father passed a friendly hand over the resistless stubble and remarked cheerfully: "Well, bullet-head, let's eat our supper." Sube Cane His overwhelming personality radiated an aura of grayness—not the gentle gray of the dove, but the resistless, driving gray of the super-dreadnought; the hard, inflexible, brittle gray of the fracture of high-carbon steel. Triplanetary If these barbarians could not be checked, and they continued to pour in resistless floods over the land, what was to become of Christendom? Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) But he was grievously mistaken, for the Confederates were rapidly reinforced, as was discovered the next day, when the battle was renewed and pressed resistlessly against the Federals. The Greater Republic A History of the United States They spread inward along the ledges, pouring up in a resistless tide, and the defenders broke. Black Amazon of Mars The wild, shrill yells of pain were drowned in the thunderous din, as the resistless volume of the charge poured over him. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley At full run, he soon overtook his fellows, and waded resistlessly into the fray. Triplanetary The others writhed up hideously and fastened upon him, but under the surging of his resistless muscles their tissues tore apart like snapped cables. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Not only that, but he was resistlessly advancing, when more reinforcements arrived and attacked him just as he reached a wheatfield and grove of woods on the western side of Plum Run. The Greater Republic A History of the United States I came among you an outcast from those with whom I associated, driven from them, I admit, by no arbitrary act, but by the slow and resistless forces of conviction. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) The native is perfectly stationary—still as though anchored—in the resistless velocity of the current, and now it seems to be his turn to support his would-be rescuer. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Instantly the hollow volume of the immense cone became a coruscating hell of resistless energy, an inferno which with the velocity of light extended itself into a far-reaching cylinder of rapacious destruction. Triplanetary Once more he dived, expecting at any instant to feel again that grinding thrust, that resistless upward blow. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Then followed her resistless broadsides, which played awful havoc with officers and men. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Cortez himself headed a charge which broke resistlessly into the hostile ranks. Hernando Cortez Makers of History No. The current, split into two, swirls past the obstruction with a perfectly resistless force. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley He glanced up at her, sweet and serene in the moonlight, and something rose within him as resistlessly as a mighty tide. The Torch Bearer On thee the mighty torrent burst, And with resistless sway Bore from thy desperate, struggling sons Their gods, their kings away. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 In order to make his advance resistless, he withdrew the larger part of Taylor's army and united it with his own. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The Spaniards could with difficulty distinguish friend from foe, and ere long they were nearly all quite swept away by the torrent rushing so resistlessly upon them. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Once or twice Gerard’s foot touched ground, only to be swept off again resistlessly, remorselessly. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley The next instant she ceased, incredibly, to move—hung motionless in that resistless surge, an amazing, stupefying spectacle. The Destroying Angel Thy doom, resistless, on its travel lies Through weary wastes of labor and of pain, Where the soul falters, as its Paradise In far-off mirage fades and flies again. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 Seven minutes after the bursting of the dam, the head of the resistless flood was eighteen miles down the valley. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The natives made no attempt to oppose a force so resistless, but they left before him a path of silence and solitude. Hernando Cortez Makers of History The Law—a hideous Something—resistless in its power, relentless in its purpose, wanted him. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients With a last swift rush the blue-clad interference charged at the right wing, through it, over it, and, hurling aside all opposition, swept resistlessly over the last six yards for a touchdown. Under Boy Scout Colors For of all beings parents must, paraphrasing the word of the German poet, be aggressively and resistlessly good, pervasively beneficent, throughout their contact with a child. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home Not the iron; it is strong and resistless in weight. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation He expatiated at great length upon the wealth and the resistless power of the emperor whom he served. Hernando Cortez Makers of History If any watchful enemy had attacked him now, the big wolf would have offered an all but resistless prey. Dusty Star "March!" and along each narrow neck, Across the plain, and up the steep, The spring tide clears the winter's wreck With its resistless sweep. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. And comradeship must welcome not regret, nurture not stifle, the fine impatiences of youth, the eager, oft unconsidered, superb, at best resistless, idealisms of youth. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home Infidelity had swept resistlessly over France, and nearly every man of any note in the camp and in the court was an unbeliever. Josephine Makers of History Fresh warriors instantly rushed into the place where their comrades had fallen, and those in the rear of the tumultuous mass crowded their companions in the front ranks resistlessly upon the compact enemy. Hernando Cortez Makers of History At noon, a forked flash of lightning darted down upon the oak, and shattered root and branches in one moment, with resistless force, so that the fragments lay scattered far and wide in the forest. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Steadily, as a majestic river moves on its resistless way, the line swept forward, sending a shower of bullets to the front. Army of the Cumberland and the Battle of Stone's River The harsh, guttural, cultured voice rolled on—the voice of established authority, of resistless financial power. Captain Macedoine's Daughter No one probably ever possessed in a higher degree this resistless charm of feminine loveliness. Josephine Makers of History Every moment it was apprehended that the walls would be scaled, and the inundation pour in resistlessly upon them. Hernando Cortez Makers of History The torrent of fugitives fled through the woods like leaves before the blast, and after them pressed the charging regiments of Ector and Raines’ Confederate cavalry in resistless volume. The Third Day at Stone's River But the ghostly figure came on as resistless as fate until it reached his bedside. The Spiritualists and the Detectives Parker, astonished and confused, wanted to draw away her hand; but the small cold fingers closed over it resistlessly. A Life Sentence A Novel At this interview, the stoicism of M. Beauharnais was entirely subdued—the thoughts of the past, of his unworthiness, of the faithful and generous love of Josephine, rushed in a resistless flood upon his soul. Josephine Makers of History The progress of the Spaniards, though slow, was resistless, the cannon and the musketry sweeping down all obstacles. Hernando Cortez Makers of History While impious Tárak in resistless might Was troubling heaven and earth with wild affright, To Brahmá's high abode, by Indra led, The mournful deities for refuge fled. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa A blackened ruin, lonely and forsaken, Already wrapt in winding-sheets of sand; So lies Toledo till the dead awaken,— A royal spoil of Time's resistless hand. Cathedrals of Spain Over El Caney the battle had raged all day, but steadily as the Spaniards had held their positions the fierce charges of the gallant Seventh, Twelfth and Twenty-fifth regiments of infantry were resistless. The Story of General Pershing Here the effect of resistless power is extremely fine. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 It was also to be apprehended that the Mexicans would gradually regain their courage as they counted the small number of the invaders, and fall upon them with resistless power. Hernando Cortez Makers of History The vengeful Tárak, in resistless might, Like some dire Comet, gleaming wild affright, O'er all the worlds an evil influence sheds, And, in thy favour strong, destruction spreads. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa Then Bleoberis in a rage put his spear in rest and rode furiously against Tristram, but he was met in mid-career, and flung from his saddle by the resistless spear of the Cornish knight. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur They appeared sometimes as serpents gliding noiselessly upon their victims; as birds, horrid of mien, flying resistlessly to destroy or afflict; as beings in human form, grotesque, malformed, awe-inspiring through their hideousness. The Christian View of the Old Testament A resistless desire to bathe himself made him undress and step into the basin. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. This brave and proud chieftain, subdued by the terrors of the resistless engines of war worked by the Spaniards, addressed Cortez in the following language, which will command universal respect and sympathy. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Alas! that angry eye's resistless flashes Have scorched the gentle King of Love to ashes! The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa They felt themselves part of a mighty machine, that had its work before it, and would move with resistless force to perform the appointed task. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign Its compact regiments, brigades, and divisions showed none of the tearing and mangling they had endured, but stood or moved in well-dressed ranks that seemed the embodiment of mighty purpose and resistless force. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro It seemed to exercise a kind of magnetic attraction, resistless as the force of gravitation. Their Son; The Necklace He even allowed her, for one brief moment to put her own hand on the lever and feel the thrill of that resistless plunging forward into space. A Daughter of the Forest He confides in none; and hath no intimate; but I am informed he is resistless, and I much suspect, my rival. Olla Podrida Before battle it was the custom of the insurgents to kneel down and invoke the protection of God, after which they would charge their enemies with resistless zeal. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality And then, borne resistlessly forward by the weight of his body, she tumbled to the floor in an inert heap. The Coming of the Law Steadily this thought of stealing kept growing in his soul, obsessing him, evolving into a resistless, overwhelming determination. Their Son; The Necklace Where could one be more secure—as you put it—less open to that surge of events that drives resistlessly into new seas? Cynthia's Chauffeur Thus am I hurried, by resistless love, To follow that I never can obtain. Olla Podrida Divining his purpose, he resisted with the fury of desperation; but it was useless, and the two moved along toward the brink like the slow, resistless tread of fate. Through Apache Lands The combination it had laboured so energetically to thwart was now dissolved by a higher and resistless agency. Old and New London Volume I Carried forward by the resistless force of an enthusiasm born of a mighty purpose; with strong hands and willing hearts, let us undertake the speedy accomplishment of our chosen task! Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century Great men believe themselves resistless with the fair; more often, the fair are resistless with great men.” Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time It is no latent imperishable type existing from eternity that is dominating in such developments, but they take place as the issue of a resistless law, variety being possible under variation of environment. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition It is strange to see cedars that have always seemed unbendable models of primness and rectitude bowed and distorted in groups by the same resistless force. Old Plymouth Trails Not only did they stop the advance, but their resistless fury swept all before it and they followed the broken Federals half a mile. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw Bullets and cannon balls argue with resistless effect, and as easily convert a barbarous as civilized people. Thoughts on African Colonization It was as if heaven came within his reach, and resistless hands stretched out and held him back. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 His doctrine, therefore, explains how it is that the many can arise from the one, and in this particular he reconciled Destiny, Fate and resistless law. the apparent contradictions of the Ionians and Eleatics. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Whatever our sentiments may be as to the cause she advocates, we do full justice to her resistless energy and activity and unswerving fidelity to her principles. 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 Beauty in distress is always a touching and a resistless object to every chivalrous heart; and here the beauty was exquisite, and the distress was undeniably great. The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia Her eyes closed; she breathed regularly, barely conscious of the sensation of resistless flight. The Bandbox They are the interpretation of two worlds, with all their tragic history, by one who felt the fatal force of a resistless destiny. An Introduction to Shakespeare So resistless was the march of events that not even the emperor himself could stop the persecution. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The process, by its own resistless volition, became one of continuous compound progression. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times By all the power that's given me o'er thy soul, By thy resistless tears and conquering smiles, By the victorious love that still waits on thee. Venice Preserved A Tragedy He was borne along resistlessly by this whirlwind of human passions. Maria Antoinette Makers of History All this was rapidly uttered in a resistless torrent of words, in which all his long pent-up feelings flowed forth. A Castle in Spain A Novel Yonder again loomed a granite range whose huge breasts were rounded and polished by the resistless sweep of that great ice mass which Vancouver saw filling the bay. Alaska Days with John Muir The place tells of centuries of neglect, of the gradual invasion of resistless fever; and it was fitly chosen, some fifty years ago, for the abode of a community of Trappists. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion Her natural buoyancy of spirits, however, never failed, and she was endowed with a certain resistless energy which is quite at variance with the legendary traditions that she was a nervous invalid. The Brownings Their Life and Art The swelling inundation rolls from street to street; the alarm bells are rung; all Paris composes one mighty, resistless mob, motiveless, aimless, but ripe for any deed of desperation. Maria Antoinette Makers of History And when the music ceased and the mist lifted, we beheld not the Land of Cathuria, but a swift-rushing resistless sea, over which our helpless barque was borne toward some unknown goal. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The monotonous swinging of the lamps, the perfume-laden air, the ghastly skeletons, and the imperious bearing and powerful will of Lucille—all struck upon her imagination with resistless force. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller And Judge Thomas Van Dorn, the punctilious, gay, resistless, young Tom Van Dorn was deaf to the deeper voices that called to him and beckoned him to rest his soul. In the Heart of a Fool It was a huge animal, ferocious, dogged, stubborn, insensible to pain, knowing no fear, and bearing down with resistless and merciless destruction upon every thing that came in its way. Alexander the Great Makers of History The populace, now rioting in their resistless power, with no law and no authority to restrain them, gave loose rein to vengeance, and, having glutted themselves with blood, proceeded to sack the palace. Maria Antoinette Makers of History The play of the lightning became almost constant, the rumbling rose to a tumult; and then, as if caught by resistless hands, the two clouds rushed together. Wunpost They had jammed tight in the teeth and the resistless driving of the engine had cracked the great gear-wheel like an eggshell. Shadow Mountain He was not unhappy; not terrorized–just curious and rather resistless, knowing that if danger ever came he could fly. In the Heart of a Fool Alexander relied simply on the strength, the courage, the energy, and the calm and steady, but resistless ardor of his men, arranging them in simple combinations, and leading them forward directly to their work. Alexander the Great Makers of History Now and then, in the endless crowd defiling through the room, those in the advance pressed resistlessly on by those in the rear, some one more tender hearted would speak a word of sympathy. Maria Antoinette Makers of History Hardly had the world's astronomers had time to speculate upon this amazing phenomenon before the Green Sickness struck—a pestilence of appalling deadliness that swept resistlessly in the path of those weird green rays. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Even the wall of the mill had given way before it and the cold light of dawn crept in through a jagged aperture that marked its resistless course. Shadow Mountain Swarming down from the plateau lands of the Rockies in columns miles high, covering the ground from horizon to horizon, they swept resistlessly forward, devouring every green thing in their way. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways He was preparing to drop, when a resistless clutch fastened upon his hips. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The sound, as of the gathering of a resistless storm, swept through all the streets, and rose loud and threatening above the usual roar of the vast metropolis. Maria Antoinette Makers of History She had not rummaged her drawers for a month past, and the impulse to perform that operation was now become resistless. Shirley Franklin, with patriotic foresight, vehemently, and with resistless force of logic, resisted the outrage. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series It was his magnificent courage and resistless energy which triumphed over all opposition. The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion "I, too," he says, and this line is the key to much there is in his work— "I, too, have felt the resistless call of myself." Whitman A Study Protective love of the blind one tides back in resistless strength. Orphans of the Storm Her very politeness veiled a purpose, not of iron, but finely tempered and resistless as a blade. The Romance of a Plain Man Hast thou not heard with what resistless ardour Timoleon drives the tumult of the war? The Grecian Daughter How shall a little nation bar the way Where that resistless host is borne along? Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium The right arm of Orpheus is stretched out in a vain attempt to grasp her, and to hold her back from being carried away by the resistless power that draws her. Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children Or, is there a predetermined, a solemn march, in which all must join, ever moving, ever resistlessly advancing, encountering and enduring an inevitable succession of events? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 Like materialism it is fatalistic because it makes man the helpless subject of resistless power. Elementary Theosophy It is absolute and unlimited, and while it embraces the vast, it carries its resistless influence to all the minute and unnoticed diversities of existence. The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted That resistless, irrepressible impulse for confession, that call of the lone human soul for confidence, was upon him. The Shepherd of the North The proud war-horse, forcing its way among the thronging forms around it, suggests the resistless power with which Conquest goes on its triumphant way. Evangelists of Art Picture-Sermons for Children In front of this platform was a grand stand crowded with children of all races from Scandinavian to Oriental, and these sang with the resistless heartiness of Canada. Westward with the Prince of Wales Even the resistless physical energy which the clear faith in the life hereafter has so often imparted, becomes something uncongenial to the ripened religious meditation. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion Then, springing aside with the resistless impulse of a charging buffalo, he gained a clear space, and began to swing his victim by the wrists. The Pirate Woman Ah! to his resistless power Even she, the holy one, did yield at last, And in his daring arms he held her fast. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 The king rushed forward with resistless might, Dreadful as Trenmor's awe-inspiring sprite, When on the fitful blast he comes again To Morven, his forefather's loved domain. The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad As Arts expired, resistless Dulness rose; 35 When Rome herself, her envied glories dead, No more imperial, stoop’d her conquer’d head; Luxuriant Florence chose a softer theme, While all was peace, by Arno’s silver stream. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir Small trees that had grown up since the dam had been built were uprooted in the bed of the cañon, and 202 great bowlders pulled from their sockets and sent resistlessly downward. The Plunderer So, vast masses of rock on the mountain side which have held their places for centuries, seem to leap from their foundations and tear their way with resistless force into the valley below. A Waif of the Mountains Something in that circumstance proved almost resistlessly provocative to her innate lust for adventure. Nobody The line literally melted away; but there came the second, resistless still. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry They were below the rocks and needed only to steady themselves as the resistless current swept them down toward the railroad yards. The Mountain Divide Here the Tongan rock withheld the enemy, while the army of the Government rolled over the wall in a resistless torrent, and with tumult and fury beset the Mataafas until they fled. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas But the wily confederate had kept his two choicest brigades in reserve for the supreme moment, intending then to throw them into the contest and sweep the field with one grand, resistless charge. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War Swift action ensued; this was no more an affair of conscience, but of persuasion and resistless impulse. Nobody But the Protestants, with sinewy arms, hewed down their effeminate foes, and with infantry and cavalry swept to and fro resistlessly over the plain. Henry IV, Makers of History The pioneer spirit is resistless, but, were I your father, I should not wish to take my family. Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield The emotion she struggled with, and fought back with all the strength of her nature, rose in a resistless tide that swept her on, in the face of his ominous silence, to despair. Nan of Music Mountain There were soon many indications that Sassacus was meditating hostilities, and that he was probably laying his plans for a combination of all the tribes in a resistless assault upon the infant settlements. King Philip Makers of History The resistless, never-ending rush of the waters, madly churning, pitilessly dashing against the rocks below; the mighty roar of the loosened giant; that was Niagara. The Fifth String It was the mighty, resistless flow of that glorious love that made the first missionary pour himself forth on the sacrifice and service. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India Nature is behind the reformer, often unseen, always efficient, and, in the end, resistless. Social Justice Without Socialism With resistless strength and yet carefully as a mother 248 with an obstinate child, he held her slight body against his breast, relentlessly drawing her head closer. Nan of Music Mountain And in some way, some headlong, resistless way, she knew she was to make his happiness, and yet in her allegiance to him there was trouble and pain. The Prisoner In flowed Ever resistless fact: No more than the passive clay Disputes the potter's act, Could the whelmed mind disobey Knowledge the cataract. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning Buildings were washed from their foundations by the resistless current, and sent whirling down the stream with the terrified occupants clinging to the roofs. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad They are so powerful, so resistless, so desperate, and so cunning that it seems impossible to catch them. Tales of Fishes It seemed madness—I was a poor, unknown man—but the thought of you drove me resistlessly on until at last the gulf between us has been narrowed, and may be narrower still. Thurston of Orchard Valley They took him, a resistless posse of them, beyond the gap, and the automobile followed slowly and passed him just outside. The Prisoner One night, however, when he was allowed this liberty Bunyan felt resistlessly impressed with the propriety of returning to the prison. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning The Crimean War was an attempt by France and England to stem the almost resistless tide of Russian expanse toward the southwest. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Think rather of the time, When moved by thy resistless melody, To the strange magic of a song sublime, Thy argo grandly glided to the sea! Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 It seemed as if they feared that should they meet, speak, look each other in the eyes, all resolution would be swept away, and the end hurry resistless on. The First Violin A Novel Row after row, orderly rank after orderly rank, marching resistlessly onward. Happy Ending The trigger guard was torn from it, and the cylinder crushed as if in some resistless grasp; the stock was twisted, and the barrel bent almost into a circle. The Pygmy Planet Should he avoid the conflict, to which he was challenged, and endeavor to escape, by fleeing before his enemies, he would draw them down upon him with resistless fury. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots The three homeless and houseless lads were carried resistlessly along with the crowd. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas Art not thou renowned in song as the warrior of the dauntless heart and the resistless sword? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI Perhaps it is because he seems to typify the great waste spaces which I love, that I never tire of watching him swing silently, and seemingly with resistless power, across the desert. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' His enunciation was clear, but rapid and resistless. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History But the war horse, bloodhounds, steel coats of mail and gunpowder, gave them an immense, almost resistless superiority. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots It felt the grasp of the outward suction, soft and insidious at first, then resistless as the falling of a mountain. The Backwoodsmen Could Cecil, of all men, thrilling through all his sensitive and ardent 190 nature to the music, thrilling still more to a mighty and resistless love? The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Gough, the great orator, had pointed out the likeness of its resistless torrent to the habit of using spirituous liquors. A Son of the Middle Border What man has used is but as a few spoonfuls compared with the vast energy of the tons of water flowing resistlessly and ceaselessly day and night down these precipices and onward to the sea. Round the Wonderful World At length they aroused such a spirit of desperation on the part of the natives, that they fell upon the buccaneers with resistless ferocity. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots It is all a much larger tide, which is moving resistlessly in the background. Beside Still Waters And south and eastward, like a resistless flood, the beetle swarm came pouring. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 And each, like the sun during the day, was moving, slowly, majestically, resistlessly, "without haste, without rest." The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture It paints the triumph of devoted benevolence, sustained by unconquerable will, over the oppression of physical force, the tyranny of resistless power. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 A large number of canoes were prepared, in which two hundred Spaniards and three thousand Indians embarked to attack Capaha upon his island, before he had time to collect a resistless force of warriors. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots The movement is as inevitable and, in the long run, as resistless as that which draws water from its mountain sources to the sea. Introduction to the Science of Sociology But the old meetin’ house with its resistless cords, and the cast-iron devotion of a pardner wound their strong links round me and I wuz more than willin’ to go back at night. Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands She sought not this power; she thought not of it; but an almost resistless attraction and persuasion accompanied all her words and actions. Madame Roland, Makers of History Southward how many a treasure invites! but one, like the Magnet, Stronger than all, to the North draws me resistlessly back. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 But, once thereon reset, ’tis like a tree, Sap-swollen in spring-time: bonds may not restrain; Nor weight repress; its rootlets rend in twain Dead stones and walls and rocks resistlessly. Life of Charles Darwin The result of months of toil, expense, and trouble were vanishing as they sometimes do before the resistless sweep of the cyclone. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux In places it is not unlike a vast library of books, shaken into the wildest confusion by some resistless power. The Land of Thor The first comers, instead of being offended by this neglect, stepped aside, struck by those indescribable indications of superiority which ever gave her such a resistless influence over other minds. Madame Roland, Makers of History Yet if I come to you bearing no sword, I come with something better, something more powerful, something so resistless that, using it as your battle-cry, the world is yours! The Maids of Paradise From that time onwards He met, one after another, the great incarnations of evil and crushed them with His resistless strength: we need not dwell on these stories, for they fill His life. Avatâras Four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899 He silently clubbed his Winchester, brought it back over his left shoulder, and, concentrating his utmost strength in his arms, brought down the butt of this weapon with resistless force. The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux This ancient city of Babylon grew until it became a mighty, resistless, universal empire. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity With that winning smile and that fascinating grace which were almost resistless, she rejoined, "You can not, surely, refuse a woman her last request." Madame Roland, Makers of History The pressure was so great and so resistless that the duchess was torn from the side of her brother, the Duke de Nemours, and from both of her children. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series You, too, know that we need never be the idle, resistless slaves of Fate—like those others. The Master Mummer Regiment after regiment surged by in one continuous and almost resistless wave. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier If emancipation is ever to take place, it will be gradually, and under the mild, but resistless influence of the Gospel. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Her case is one of the most extraordinary the history of the world has presented, in which the very highest degree of heroism is combined with the most resistless charms of feminine loveliness. Madame Roland, Makers of History The flood of insurrection, now resistless, threatens to sweep away the throne itself. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series It is a resistless impulse exerted for a given end. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Milton wrote in “Paradise Lost:”— “No! let us rather choose, Armed with Hell-flames and fury, all at once O’er Heav’n’s high towers to force resistless way, Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the Torturer.” English: Composition and Literature None can know their hour; but descend they must, by all the laws of gravitation, with resistless energy, sweeping all before them. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II They vainly dreamed it possible that, by silence, and the abandonment of themselves to the resistless power by which they were crushed, some mercy might be elicited. Madame Roland, Makers of History It soon became manifest that death was approaching by slow but resistless strides. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series The movement which these women urge is sweeping on with resistless power. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I It was potent and resistless as death, and infinitely deeper than the grave. The Dop Doctor Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratie, Shook the arsenal, and fulmin'd over Greece, To Macedon, and Artaxerxes' throne. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Bands of men, armed with pikes, brought into power from the dregs of society, insolent, merciless, and resistless, accompanied by martial music, traversed the streets in all directions. Madame Roland, Makers of History From off thy shore a weed is cast— Swiftly, in thy resistless sway, In eddying currents, sweeping past, 'Tis borne, unheeded, far away. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas There is resistless might in the energy of earnest wills devoted to a noble cause. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I NOT midst the lightning of the stormy fight, Nor in the rush upon the vandal foe, Did Kingly Death with his resistless might Lay the great leader low. How the Flag Became Old Glory The world was changed; and the limits of that change offered only a more resistless lure to the popular passion, for their being still indistinct to the keenest eye of man. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 The Jacobins determined to send their opponents to the scaffold, and by the aid of the terrors of the mob, now enlisted on their side, resistlessly to carry all their measures. Madame Roland, Makers of History It throws itself across the track where her resistless car is moving. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes Let us, then, apply ourselves devotedly to the work, and a fresh and resistless impulse will be given to the temperance reformation. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I She felt that she was being borne along on a resistless current, that it was useless, almost impious, to try to stop. Germinie Lacerteux Thou! thou! the vital, universal, giant force resistless, sleepless, calm, Holding Humanity as in the open hand, as some ephemeral toy, How ill to e'er forget thee! The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin The people were slowly, but with resistless power, rising against the abuses, enormous and hoary with age, of the aristocracy and the monarchy. Madame Roland, Makers of History High Heaven, resistless in his varied sway, Speaks!—The wild elements contend no more; Nor then, from raging seas, the foamy spray Climbs the dark rocks, or curls upon the shore. Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace Even while they rushed on, as resistless as a torrent, each man fired his musket deliberately and with deadly aim, then flung it away and swept on, brandishing his broadsword. The Red True Story Book At the same time he never concealed his conviction that it was the multitude outside who made the measure resistless. Lord John Russell His house is lonely, perched on the side of a hill, and exposed to the bitter blasts of winter which sweep over the downs with resistless fury, and which no doors nor windows can exclude. The Toilers of the Field It was inevitable that those who would not recklessly ride upon its billows must be overwhelmed by its resistless surges. Madame Roland, Makers of History Ah, happy Friend! for whom an eye, Of splendid, and resistless fire, Lays all its pointed arrows by, For the mild gleams of soft desire! Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace It is intangible but resistless; stronger than hope, reason, will—stronger than humanity. The Book of the National Parks Driven by the resistless impulse of these behind, the animals unconsciously appeared like a charging regiment. The Free Range As he did so there came upon him a resistless and shuddering fear akin to that which had paralyzed him in the cave. The Sign of the Spider But the Revolution, like a spirit of destruction, was now careering onward with resistless power. Madame Roland, Makers of History Give thou Honora's image, when her beams, Youth, beauty, kindness, shone;—what time she wore That smile, of gentle, yet resistless power To sooth each painful Passion's wild extremes. Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace To make for home like a whipped dog, there to hang about, probably become an invalid and die resistless, was unthinkable. Desert Dust But argument was of no avail against the resistless power of the coalition. The Critical Period of American History Language, direct in its unstudied simplicity, graphic and vigorous, and glowing with the thoughts and images of a luminous though unpolished mind, flowed from his lips majestic and resistless. Burl Upon this tumultuous wave of polluted democracy, now rising with resistless and crested billow, Danton and Robespierre were riding into their terrific power. Madame Roland, Makers of History Ah! then it shines attractive on the thought, Rises, with such resistless influence fraught As puts to flight pale Fear, and Scruple cold, Till Life, e'en Life itself, becomes less dear than Gold. Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace What is it that gives the gospel its resistless power? Personal Friendships of Jesus At a gathering of the people of New York in July, 1774, his generous blood warmed, till a resistless impulse brought him on his feet to speak to the assembled multitude. The Critical Period of American History They knew the plains well, and the terrible, resistless power of these wild herds when once on the march. The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains Little did she dream of the woes which in surging billows were to roll over her country, and which were to ingulf her, and all whom she loved, in their resistless tide. Madame Roland, Makers of History The nearly 150,000 native Christians of Burma today owe their conversion largely to Judson's wise initiative, resistless energy, grand Christian faith and inspiring example. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ The plumy helmet, and the martial mien, Might dignify Minerva’s awful charms; But more resistless far the Idalian queen— Smiles, graces, gentleness, her only arms. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems |
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