Hence the teleological argument for Cuvier's first diagnostic character the presence in animals of an alimentary cavity, or internal pocket, in which they can carry about their nutrimenthas broken down, so far, at least, as his mode of stating it goes.

The thought of the repute of deserters lent them endurance, or they must have broken down before the weary shiftings of that dreadful flight.

Decrepit is used in reference to a person broken down or worn out by infirmities, age, or sickness.

It is useless now, being within easy range of the Austrian guns, which have, moreover, broken down the high stone bridge on which the line crosses the Vippacco.

Upon the north the wall is broken down at the western end, the Bargate, which still stands, being isolated, but beyond two portions remain complete as far as the Polymond Tower at the north-east angle.

He had him there about an hour, and when he finished, the fellow was completely broken down.

Its front fence was broken down, and Andy crossed the lot from the side.

Some distance ahead in the road appeared a machine, motionlesswaiting, or broken down.

The bridges between the nations seem broken down, and no one can tell when they will be repaired.

and he would be beaten and broken down.

The censors being freed from the care of letting out the erection of public works, from the low state of the treasury, turned their attention to the regulation of men's morals, and the chastisement of vices which sprung up during the war, in the same manner as constitutions broken down by protracted disease, generate other maladies.

Another delay of two hours now occurred, the engine having broken down; but the carriages, like those of most Russian railways, were beautifully warmed, and we slept soundly, undisturbed by the howling of the wind and shouting of railway officials.

Two fences had been broken down and a good many animals killed.

She knew only too well why her father had broken down again, only the worst of it was she could not tell anyone, but must hide the knowledge within her own heart, because it involved her father's honour.

Changes in language, the effect of French and Italian style, the influence of music, had weakened the foundations of the German art of verse, which were already partly broken down by mechanical wear and tear.

It is clear that there had been an iron gate across the entrance, that within this a wall had been built across, shutting in I do not know how many, perhaps one or two, perhaps hundreds: and both gate and wall had been stormed and broken down, for there still were the sledges and rocks which, without doubt, had done it.

Hardly a race occurs of any celebrity in which some one of the coursers is not lamed, 'broken down,' or in some way seriously injured, often for life, and not unfrequently they are killed by the rupture of some vital part in the struggle.

His ardent, impetuous nature had suddenly broken down all the barriers of caution, and he seemed for the instant to see that countless throng of men, women, and children of his own faith, all unable to say a word for themselves, and all looking to him as their champion and spokesman.

All his hopes for the prevalence of the principles which he had sought during life to confirm and establish, all his personal ambitions as a public man, were completely broken down.

Took the best mules, and left old broken down ones and things like that.

I do not remember ever seeing a person so broken down by grief; she seemed absolutely heart-broken.

He has broken down a barrier of prejudice so solid and of such long standing that it seemed to be invulnerable, and has proved that it is actually possible to be just in two directions at oncea feat no previous historian of Ireland can be said to have even attempted.

The story, as he tells it, goes on, how, in the full swing and confidence of his Anglicanism, and in the course of his secure and fearless study of antiquity, appearance after appearance presented itself, unexpected, threatening, obstinate, in the history of the Early Church, by which this confidence was first shaken and then utterly broken down in the summer of 1839.

They were strangers to each other still, and yet this cruel, terrible thing called love had broken down all the barriers in her heart, melted the disdainful ice, and turned it to fire.

It was yet a full mile to the river bank, and his horse was almost broken down with fatigue.