It is, in fact, a mere particle of living jelly, without defined parts of any kindwithout a mouth, nerves, muscles, or distinct organs, and only manifesting its vitality to ordinary observation by thrusting out and retracting from all parts of its surface, long filamentous processes, which serve for arms and legs.

An offer retracted before acceptance.

He has stated his case in the ablest possible manner: still I do not think that there is anything to retract in what has been written above.

It is what the world bestows and retracts with so little thought, that I can make no account of its decision.

If I had remained within their reach, I might have shared the fate of Wirz and other victims of calumnies which, once put in circulation during the war, their official authors dared not retract at its close.

"Not to retract after committing an error may itself be called error.

Had you seen it thus at first, you could not have believed it possible for so bulky a body to be retracted into so small a shell.