Seyton presently resigned Lady Fleming to the care of the Abbot, alleging, he must look after their horses; and his attendants, disencumbering themselves of their boat-cloaks, hastened to assist him. ❋ Unknown (2008)
‘A good place too,’ said the schoolmaster, leading the way towards it, disencumbering himself of his portmanteau, and placing it on the stone seat. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The carriage was immediately surrounded by grooms and horses, and the ceremony of disencumbering themselves of great coats and aprons, of putting on spurs and fastening hat-strings was commenced. ❋ Unknown (2004)
The maid retired, and taking off my hat, and disencumbering myself of my satchel, I sat down before the fire and fell into a doze, in which I dreamed of some of the wild scenes through which I had lately passed. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Even as he spoke, the swordsman was disencumbering himself of pack and weapon. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (2000)
The soldiers then filed up the hill; while the priest, disencumbering himself of his robes, proceeded to saunter about the shore. ❋ John Auldjo (N/A)
Vijal, disencumbering himself from his horse, arose also. ❋ James De Mille (N/A)
The astonished and confused constable, by dint of struggling and floundering about, succeeded at length in disencumbering himself of the superincumbent load of snow and cornstalks, and was able to form an idea of his situation. ❋ John Turvill Adams (N/A)
"I should be perfectly justified in sulking," he declared gaily, disencumbering a chair of a battered tin box of empty twisted tubes for her, "and asking you to what I might attribute the honor of this visit." ❋ Sara Jeannette Duncan (N/A)
Many have a notion that instruments are used in disencumbering the pockets: this is a false idea; the only instrument they use is a good pair of small scissors, and which will always be found on the person of a pickpocket when searched; these they use to cut the pocket and all off, when they cannot abstract its contents. ❋ Various (N/A)
Fortunately, however, the poet had the happy facility of disencumbering himself. ❋ Various (N/A)
Jerry, the manager of these dancing dogs, disencumbering himself of a barrel-organ, and retaining in his hand a small whip, came up to the fire and entered into conversation. ❋ Kate Dickinson Sweetser (N/A)
We reckoned the improvements of the art of war among the triumphs of science, and yet Napoleon conquered Europe by the Bivouac, which consisted of falling back on naked valor and disencumbering it of all aids. ❋ Unknown (1909)
We were obliged, however, to maintain an advance position to cover effectually the embarcation of all the impedimenta, etc., invariably giving out as a ruse that we were only disencumbering ourselves of wounded, sick, etc. ❋ Unknown (1903)
There is but one method by which a rich man may die poor, and that is by disencumbering himself of his wealth the very day that it is acquired. ❋ Charles Whibley (1894)
The only good reason I should have for disencumbering myself of my possessions would be that I might set a good example of the simple life, by working hard for a livelihood, which is exactly what I do; and my only misfortune is that my earnings and the interest of my accumulated earnings produce a sum which is far larger than the average man ought to possess. ❋ Arthur Christopher Benson (1893)
I did not at all like the aspect of affairs, so quietly disencumbering myself of the telescope, which I deposited on the ground, I grasped my gun, and, stepping into the pathway, shouted warningly to the second lieutenant: ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)
That night I slept with the parson, who sat up in bed in the morning, and after disencumbering himself of a striped extinguisher nightcap, electrified the other sleepers by announcing that this was the first time he had ever slept with a Yankee. ❋ George Washington Cable (1884)
The little man stared at me; then, deliberately disencumbering himself of surcingle, threads, and implements, he got up, advanced to me, and held out his hand. ❋ Unknown (1881)
His private conversation had the quality that I have noticed in his public speeches, of grasping at once the essential elements of a question and disencumbering it from accessories and details. ❋ William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1870)
