When the disease or decay of the body curtails relations and makes us solitary, or incapable of enjoying relations, death is not dreaded, but craved as relief.
"Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School"
Elizabeth P. Peabody
In so far as it succeeds it curtails our recruiting ground and reinforces the ranks of our Enemies.
"In-Darkest-England-and-the-Way-Out"
Booth, William
Anything short of that curtails the reporter's field of usefulness.
"The Lash"
Olin L. Lyman