...Doctor say whathe will) is the way to shorten my life, and not to lengthen it... 
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 「The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha」
...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」
...This making the journey much farther, we concluded to go by wagon the entire distance, which would shorten the distance nearly one-half...
Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock 「Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper」
...Some employ a chisel and mallet to shorten the hoofs;but the animal must afterward be turned upon its back, to pare off thecrust which projects and turns under...
Robert Jennings 「Sheep, Swine, and Poultry」
...) 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」
...And he was not minded to shorten the period of fear byripping off his own outer garments with any melodramatic haste...
Albert Payson Terhune 「Further Adventures of Lad」
..." The two muscular columns contract and relax, shorten andlengthen...
J. H. Fabre Bernard Miall 「Social Life in the Insect World」
...They prove only one thing: the marked tendency of the insect to shorten the distance between the party-walls as the work proceeds...
J. Henri Fabre 「Bramble-bees and Others」
... after which the days begin to shorten...
Sir James George Frazer 「The Golden Bough」
...If he be intemperate, she will shorten his days and bring him to the grave with the most poignant remorse...
Paul Henri Thiery (Baron D'Holbach) Samuel Wilkinson 「The System of Nature, Volume 2」
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