But it did so without seriously Curtailing the legal powers of the Crown, and thus the King legally enjoys most of the attributes that belonged to his predecessors, although the exercise of his functions has passed into other hands.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
Clear not only of the bond and lease, but on Blount's stock as well, for it would pay for itself with the first dividend; and, to save paying any more royalties, Wiley was Curtailing his wasteful shipments while he prepared to concentrate the ore in his mill.
"Shadow Mountain"
Dane Coolidge
I can imagine, for instance, that the speeches of the king and the herald may have made a fatiguing impression, but if this was the case because the singers sang them in a lackadaisical, lazy, and slovenly manner, without real utterance, is then the interest of art benefited by Curtailing or omitting these speeches?
"Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1"
Francis Hueffer (translator)