-- [MS. B.] _In the Shelley copy "o'erbalance" has been erased and "outbalance" inserted in Byron's handwriting. ❋ George Gordon Byron Byron (1806)
They in fact far outbalance the form letters (and my one “mean” rejection). ❋ Unknown (2009)
Yet with all these small blemishes Granger had many good qualities, and his big heart was so full of generous impulses and good motives as to far outbalance his short-comings; and not - withstanding the friction and occasional acerbity of our official intercourse, we maintained friendly relations till his death. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I am not sure whether the pride of being found to outbalance, in virtue of his own personal merit, all the disadvantages of fortune, did not make as favourable an impression upon the haughty heart of the Master of Ravenswood as the conversation of the father and the beauty of Lucy Ashton. ❋ Unknown (2008)
On Royal Hill, Buenos Aires sells several delicious varieties of empanada, and clafoutis that more than outbalance a jog up the hill. ❋ Unknown (2006)
"The final cost of the possible duty ... would clearly outbalance the benefit that could be expected" for EU manufacturers, the commission's recommendation said. ❋ Unknown (2008)
They are very sympathetic to my position at the school division but a couple of people wanting gmail access doesn't outbalance the need to protect the entire division from spam. ❋ Darren Kuropatwa (2006)
Through all this, the true objective of any people, nation or empire still remains the same; pursuing ones best interests by any means possible and as far as possible, as long as the costs of the pursuit do not outbalance the expected gains. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Others believe the possession of rights to be a weighty consideration but not so weighty as to outbalance every other moral claim. ❋ Archard, David William (2006)
Pain must outbalance pleasure by two parts to one, she thought; in all social relations. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Aemilius, however, reasoning justly that courage and resolution was not merely to resist armor and spears, but all the shocks of ill fortune, so met and so adapted himself to these mingled and contrasting circumstances, as to outbalance the evil with the good, and his private concerns with those of the public; and thus did not allow anything either to take away from the grandeur, or sully the dignity of his victory. ❋ Plutarch (2003)
The best you can expect to do is to make the right thing happen most of the time-actually, you will do well to have the right things outbalance the not-so-right things over the long term. ❋ Clancy, Tom, 1947- (2000)
But what you're saying is that the President's agreement, or the agreement that was announced when this whole thing started, that the question would no longer be asked about orientation; is it something which is also subject to negotiation if cohesion were to outbalance that? ❋ ITY National Archives (1993)
In those outward troubles which are common unto believers with other men, as the death of relations, loss of estate or liberty, they may and ought to pray for the Spirit as a comforter, that the consolations of God, administered by him, may outbalance their outward troubles, and keep up their hearts unto other duties. ❋ 1616-1683 (1967)
Let no such dishonour be reflected on the Gospel, that whereas the faith of it, and obedience unto it, are usually accompanied with outward troubles, afflictions, persecution, and reproaches, as we are foretold they should be, -- that it does not by its inward consolations and divine refreshments, outbalance all those evils which we may undergo upon the account of it. ❋ 1616-1683 (1965)
Yet with all these small blemishes Granger had many good qualities, and his big heart was so full of generous impulses and good motives as to far outbalance his short-comings; and not-withstanding the friction and occasional acerbity of our official intercourse, we maintained friendly relations till his death. ❋ David Widger (N/A)
Even in _Silcote of Silcotes_ there are intermittent glimpses of finely-conceived character which almost outbalance the eccentricities of the Dark Squire and his sister, the fantastic meddler in foreign intrigue. ❋ Desmond Byrne (N/A)
And since the opportunities for oral practice enormously outbalance those for written, it is the oral which are chiefly significant in the development of literary power. ❋ Irvah Lester Winter (N/A)
