...But to shorten the long recital of my woes, I willpass over in silence all the artifices employed by Don Fernando fordeclaring his passion for me... 
Miguel de Cervantes 「The History of Don Quixote, Vol. I, Complete」
...cortar, to cut, cut off, intercept, interrupt; terreno, to make a short cut; to shorten the way (or distance)...
Gustavo Adolfo Becquer 「Legends, Tales and Poems」
...But go on, and shorten thy story; for as thoubeginnest, I'm afraid thou'lt not have done these two days...
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 「The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha」
...By hitting directly across the rough country below the benches it was possible to shorten the journey somewhat, provided V...
Stewart Edward White 「African Camp Fires」
...The captain shortly afterwards issued the order for all hands to be ready to shorten sail as soon as no chance remained of escaping without fighting...
W.H.G. Kingston 「The Two Supercargoes」
...This afternoon all hands were called to shorten sail, in those earnest, startling tones, which are prompted by the sense of danger alone...
Horatio Bridge 「Journal of an African Cruiser」
...) The protractors keep the sheath stretched, so that it habitually coversthe penis, while the retractors shorten it up in the act of service, so thatthe penis can project to its full extent...
U.S. Department of Agriculture 「Special Report on Diseases of Cattle」
...Theyouth hit on a scheme to shorten it...
Albert Payson Terhune 「Further Adventures of Lad」
...To shorten the preparations, because of the distance, I do not mark them while they are on the nests; I shall mark them at the starting-point, as I release them...
J. Henri Fabre Alexander Teixeira de Mattos 「The Mason-bees」
... Let us try if sand will shorten the struggle, for I see no end to it yet, after more than an hour of waiting...
J. Henri Fabre 「More Hunting Wasps」
...They lengthen by unrolling their twist, they shorten by rolling itagain; lastly, they become adhesive by taking the glaze of the gummymoisture wherewith they are filled...
J. H. Fabre 「The Wonders of Instinct」
... after which the days begin to shorten...
Sir James George Frazer 「The Golden Bough」
...These small stones are always deposited one at a time, the Apache believing that to put them on the body all at once would shorten the life of the one so doing...
Edward S. Curtis 「The North American Indian」
...Tin is often added to the hot bath for the purpose of obtaining asmoother surface and larger facets, but it is found to shorten thelife of the protective coating very considerably...
William N. Brown 「Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition」
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