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The rest of the performers had separated, and the young lord remained on the stage, employed in disembarrassing himself of his awkward visor, when Mowbray put this question, to which, though general in terms, he naturally gave a particular meaning.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

Pallet protested, that there was no dissimulation in the case; for he was ignorant of his own weakness, until his resolution was put to the trial: he faithfully promised to demean himself, during the remaining part of the tour, with that conscious modesty and penitence which became a person in his condition; and, for the present, implored the assistance of Mr. Pipes, in disembarrassing him from the disagreeable consequence of his fear.

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

_Underhand_ is a far different character to the preceding, a double-dealing rascal, and as sly as a fox; he greets you with a smiling countenance, and while one hand is employed in shaking yours, he is disembarrassing you of the contents of your pocket with the other.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 532, February 4, 1832 Various

Picking up the tin, disembarrassing it of its lid, I sprang towards my intended victim.

The Beetle Richard Marsh

It is true that Lassalle succeeded in disembarrassing himself of this opponent, but had he lived longer, he would have had to sustain a merciless struggle against Liebknecht and Bebel.

Political Parties; a Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy 1916

At least it rarely happens that the masses succeed in disembarrassing themselves of one of their leaders.

Political Parties; a Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy 1916

The money he was making enabled him to assist his wife in disembarrassing her estate.

The Life of George Borrow Jenkins, Herbert 1912

Then by degrees, as the defeated side succeeds in disembarrassing itself of its pursuers, things revert to normal conditions again.

Cavalry in Future Wars Friedrich von Bernhardi 1889

Now, Section 346 helps us over all these difficulties by disembarrassing us of all stereotyped formations based upon numbers alone, and leaves the Commander free to choose in what proportion and in what order he will divide and move these masses.

Cavalry in Future Wars Friedrich von Bernhardi 1889

I set up my candle in a little crevice of one of the empty niches, and laid the pearl and diamond pendant beside it, thus disembarrassing myself of all incumbrance.

Vendetta: a story of one forgotten Marie Corelli 1889