force

• This force is an emanation from the body according to temperament, it is identical with gravitation in its phenomena, and I introduce it to-night to your consideration under the name of Sexual Magnetism I hold in my hand a bar of iron; if I let go, it falls to the ground, impelled by an unseen but very tangible force which you call gravitation. —  How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony
• The great storm voided its burden in such rivers of water that in a moment, in spite of waterproof and oil-skin, every man in the force was as drenched as if he had plunged into a stream. —  On the Heels of De Wet
• He had to spend eight hours in writing in preparation for this painful matter, and afterwards went out in the carriage with his wife, but too early in the evening, for the slanting rays of the sun, not yet down, fell full on him, and their force is always especially dreaded at that damp and sickly season. —  Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field
• The army began to discuss the question of religious disability, and a third of the force was alleged to be Roman Catholic. —  The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria
• This force was an overmatch for the barbarians, repelled their invasion, touted them in every engagement, and having chased them into their ancient limits, returned in triumph to the defence of the southern provinces of the empire Gildas, Bede, lib. —  The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John

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