Biassing

Hansen is concatenating two time series data Which climate has to be sets by “biassing” one, in terms of the other ? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Those who have to do with God in the matter of gospel obedience, and know what it is indeed to “serve him under temptations,” can tell you another manner of story; and among them Mr Goodwin could do so to the purpose, if his thoughts were not prejudiced by any biassing opinions that must be leaned unto. ❋ 1616-1683 (1966)

As the ungainly old tub surged slowly out of the little harbour, her worn-out and generally used-up appearance would have given a Board of Trade Inspector the nightmare; the piratical looks of her crowd were enough to frighten a shipload of passengers into fits; but to us who had seen their performances in all weathers, and under all circumstances, accidental externals had no weight in biassing our high opinion of them all. ❋ Frank T. Bullen (1886)

What ballads were to the sixteenth century, romances are to ours, – the constant companions of young people's leisure hours; biassing them to virtue or misleading them to vice. ❋ Unknown (1875)

However, this is beside the question; and I want to avoid biassing your decision in any way. ❋ William Heysham Overend (1874)

I am delighted by what you say of Albert; it is just the proper line for him to take, without biassing you either way, to show you honestly the consequences which in his opinion the one or the other may have. ❋ Queen Of Great Britain Victoria (1860)

He takes the greatest interest in what goes on, feeling with and for me, and yet abstaining as he ought from biassing me either way, though we talk much on the subject, and his judgment is, as you say, good and mild .... ❋ Queen Of Great Britain Victoria (1860)

And she reiterates: 'The method of Providence with me is evidently that of “cross-biassing,” as Herbert hath it. ❋ Ossoli, Margaret F (1851)

Silently, freely, and with no biassing influence, in the unapproachable chambers of her own thoughts did she weigh the real character of Eaverson, as far as she could understand it, against what was merely external and personal. ❋ Unknown (1847)

There seems to be so much parallelism in the kind of variation from my experiment, which was certainly a cross, and what Mr. Masters has observed, that I cannot help suspecting that his peas were crossed by bees, which I have seen well dusted with the pollen of the sweet pea; but then I wish this, and how hard it is to prevent one's wish biassing one's judgment! ❋ Charles Darwin (1845)

Providence with me is evidently that of "cross-biassing," as Herbert hath it. ❋ Margaret Fuller (1830)

` ` He did not, '' he said, ` ` state the impression upon his own mind with the purpose of biassing theirs. ❋ Unknown (1822)

But now, p. 6, 7, instead of doing us right he doth us greater injury; for now he makes us biassed, not only by our own judgments, but by something adventitious from without; which he denieth himself to be (but how truly I take not on me to judge: beholders do often perceive the biassing better than the bowlers); yea, he saith that I have acknowledged the bias, and justify it. ❋ George Gillespie (1630)

The base nature of those purposes and the abhorrence of the young man are cunning preparatives for the introduction of Socrates, and for biassing the specta - tors in favour of the personal attack, which the. poet is now meditating against that eminent philosopher. ❋ Unknown (1812)

“He did not,” he said, “state the impression upon his own mind with the purpose of biassing theirs. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But in such cases two great differences arose in the treatment of the royalists; first, that the report was colored according to the interest which a man possessed, or other private means for biassing the commissioners; secondly, that often, when money could not be raised on mortgage to meet the sequestration, it became necessary to sell a family estate suddenly, and. therefore in those times at great loss; so that a nominal fifth might be depressed by favor to a tenth, or raised by the necessity of selling to a half. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

"He did not," he said, "state the impression upon his own mind with the purpose of biassing theirs. ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

“I would by no means take advantage of my sister’s kind partiality to attempt the biassing her inclinations. ❋ Anonymous (1792)