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Pressing him down closely and heavily on the plank, so that the axe was held more firmly to its place, I endeavored, but in vain, to break his grasp upon the handle.

Drawing and cutting wood, pressing cotton, fattening and killing hogs, are but incidental labors.

The pressing nature of Mr. Northup's professional and political engagements delayed his departure until December.

But our interest now leads us on to the pressing question as to what may be the nature of these ties which exist in groups.

The husbandman is old and gaunt, and has passed his days, not in speaking, but pressing the iron into the ground.

Tardieu states that a large single leather thong pressing on the neck only by its borders may make a double mark.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained;

Young girls who suffer from atrophy are first made to stand for some hours daily in the sheds when the wine pressing is going forward.