Th 'incumber'd oar scarce leaves the dreaded coast, ❋ Various (1885)
Th 'incumber'd Oar scarce leaves the dreaded Coast ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)
Then ftoop'd, and tugg'd with force immenfe, to free Th 'incumber'd fpear from the tenacious tree: ❋ Unknown (1790)
If the "Government" had taken the time to properly incumber the loan funds allocated to Wall Street with actual specific and restrictive conditions of use, such as penalties and payback requirements forcing Wall Street to use the money in the way the Government wished, then we may not have found ourselves in the position of being subject to the Wolves of Wall Street. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In both these, to be graceful, it is requisite that there be no appearance of difficulty; there is required a small inflection of the body; and a composure of the parts in such a manner, as not to incumber each other, not to appear divided by sharp and sudden angles. ❋ Unknown (2007)
We do not mean to incumber you with a Cargo, which shall obstruct the sailing of your Ship, or which shall impede you in fighting her: but if, consistent with her sailing and fighting she can take any quantity of Arms or ❋ Unknown (1961)
[6] NOTE: -- In order not to incumber the text with details, they are transferred to the "Notes on the Manual Exercise" (Art. 288 to 357), which are to be carefully studied. ❋ United States. Navy Dept. Bureau Of Ordnance (N/A)
Now for the first time since the beginning of the war there will be a little respite on the Lorraine frontier, and in the wooded country of the two lost provinces there will be time to bury the dead which incumber its fields. ❋ Various (N/A)
Besides, it is possible that the murderers unbuttoned the trousers of the prisoners so as to incumber their legs, and thus make it impossible for them to escape. ❋ Various (N/A)
He would incumber his men with as few rations and as little luggage as possible, bearing in mind that the safety of his command depended on his expedition. ❋ Various (N/A)
I shall not incumber this narrative with literal extracts from these proceedings, but give the substance of what I find there, with such illustration as I have been able to glean from other sources. ❋ Various (N/A)
It has succeeded in creating for him a reputation broad and remarkable, but most unfortunate, because not his own, because not the reputation which should have formed about his name here, as fame will yonder; unfortunate, because, though broad, it is the breadth of an inverted pyramid, which must naturally topple over of itself, and incumber his path with ruins. ❋ Various (N/A)
He had inherited a historic title, and thousands of acres which he had scarcely seen, but which he had helped to incumber. ❋ Charles Garvice (N/A)
It is my destiny to make sacrifices; of course, if my son chooses to incumber himself with a miserable thing like that, he need not ask his mother. ❋ Ann S. Stephens (N/A)
_ The shops of the pastry-cooks and confectioners are filled with them, mountains of them incumber the counters, and for days before Christmas crowds of purchasers throng to buy them. ❋ Various (N/A)
For my part I was always willing to indulge it under some restrictions: that is to say if 'tis not a rival to the dome of St. Paul's to incumber the way, or a tub for the residence of a new ❋ Carl Holliday (N/A)
To have provided a train sufficient for such a time, would have been to incumber the army with an enormous establishment, which would so interfere with its movements as to defeat the very object in view. ❋ George T. Stevens (N/A)
I had no desire to incumber myself with this black Venus, so I made Gerome promise that he would not take her along. ❋ Isaac Frederick Marcosson (1918)
The Bollandists8 found it incumber to exclude from their collection, as apocryphal extravagances, those admirable religious legends, with which no Church has anything to compare. ❋ Unknown (1909)
Avowals absolutely useless in themselves, and which always incumber a passion with several nebulous days. ❋ Robinson, Charles Henry (1903)
I'd rather a [politician] do nothing than incumber us with more [needless] [taxes] and regulations. ❋ Edmond LaRose (2006)
Channel 10 [Reporter]: In 2 words [Ricky], what are your thoughts on the incumbent and the [election]?
Ricky: Fuck off! ❋ Dan The Rod Leroux (2007)
When [Warden] hits you with his [broken ass] crushing counter, he'll say [incumbe] ❋ Spicyboi33 (2020)
After it came out that she was already [involved], it became [apparent] that i was once again about to fall [victim] to the incumbent advantage. ❋ Harold The Tax Man (2010)
In District 11, Rep. A (R) is currently in office. Rep. A(R) chooses not to run in the 2004 election. [Mr. B](D) wins his partys [nomination] for the election. No one from Rep. A([R)'s] party runs his office. Since Mr. B(D) is the only one running for the office, Mr. B automatically wins and is a pseudo-incumbent. ❋ Imagine1989 (2003)
If Bush had been [elected] in [2000], he would be the [incumbent]. As he is putatively accepted to have won, he is the pseudo-incumbent ❋ Ziggurat (2004)
