| 单词 | preponderate |
| 例句 | “If his own opinion prevails at some times, he should acquiesce on seeing that of others preponderate at others. Without this mutual disposition we are disjointed individuals, but not a society.” A timely letter by Thomas Jefferson heads to auction: ‘Every man cannot have his way in all things’ 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z If the number of sheep who were black, or even grey, preponderated and if laxity were general in the community, the chapter would not concern itself to raise its own standard. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Nor is it less certain that in civilised, and therefore developed man, the good greatly preponderates over the evil. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z On the whole perhaps the good preponderated, for they undoubtedly aided in postponing a revolution for which the world was not yet ready. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z In sum, while most of the evidence points to a preponderating importance of the nuclear matter, it cannot be said to be an established proposition that the nuclear matter is the germ-plasm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z On the morning of August 7 the trivial, with us, preponderated. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z But Elizabeth, though inaccessible to the temptations of worldly ambition, was too pious, too self-denying, to allow maternal affection to preponderate over the interests of religion. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z This apparent continuity might be ascribed to the deficiency of the sense of touch, but there is evidence that in currents of such high frequencies one of the impulses preponderates over the other. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z One of the results of this movement, consequent upon the preponderating attention given to colour and technique, has been an almost entire neglect of subject. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Among all savages, the powers of perception preponderate over those of reason and analysis; but this is more especially the case with the Indian. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Where the evil deeds preponderate, such individuals are brought in as in debt to the law; and ten days after the day of atonement, summonses are issued to call the defaulters before God. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Do the elements of truth preponderate over those of error? Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Both the electrodes behave generally alike, though it appears from some observations that one current impulse preponderates over the other, as before mentioned. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z In certain epidemics the tertian cases preponderate, and under all circumstances convertibility may be witnessed between the various forms. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z If Condorcet wrote just before his death his immortal Sketch, Voltaire took a preponderating part in the creation of the intellectual atmosphere in which Condorcet lived and could develop his genius. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z The reader must ask his memory whether their weight in the balance has preponderated for orthodoxy or for heterodoxy. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Hence the will-reason exhibits its existence in them as a preponderating majority of freemen, or in its “reflectional” universality, which has its actuality vouchsafed it as a participation in the sovereignty. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z With a current of this nature, Mr. Tesla energized magnets strongly, and performed many interesting experiments bearing out the fact that one of the current impulses preponderates. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z White, for instance, should be much employed in July, to break the duller blues and purples which then preponderate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z The Royal Audience, in reply, made its representations and protests, but finding that the power of the Governor preponderated, they yielded up the point in the mean time, and appealed to his Majesty. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-03T03:00:18.053Z It has, however, on the highest authority since transpired that when in 1874 Mr Disraeli took office, he had already decided upon acquiring for England a preponderating interest in the international waterway. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z The Jesuits obtained at an early day a preponderating influence in Canada and in Acadia. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The principle involved in this preponderating e. m. f. he explains in this way: Suppose a conductor is moved into the magnetic field and then suddenly withdrawn. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z The juries made their presentments in respect of large masses of peasantry, under the preponderating influence of the gentry and without much chance for the verification of particular instances. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Quantities of plants and flowers and a long procession of women with handsome Court dresses, splendid tiaras, and a few men in uniform—of course women preponderate. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z So much does the latter view preponderate, that the Urmi Christians call it by a name which means "The New Waters." Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z This marks the function of a garden in a world where, but for its presence, the commonplace might preponderate; 'tis man's recreation ground, children's fairyland, bird's orchestra, butterfly's banquet. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z His respect was of course very freely mingled with irony, and yet it would be rash to say that his irony preponderated. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z There is a large foreign element in the population, the Germans preponderating. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z In the cathedral towns the trades' guilds preponderated in influence. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z This law of nature becomes most apparent when one compares the preponderating power of Rome against Carthage, with its weakness against the Cimbri and Mithradates. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z In Madeira proper the darker varieties would seem to be typical; whereas in Porto Santo the brightly coloured ones preponderate, and in fact are all but universal. On the Variation of Species, with Especial Reference to the Insecta ; Followed by an Inquiry into the Nature of Genera 2012-01-17T03:00:21.933Z On exhausting the air, the bladder preponderated, and, by repeating the experiment with additional weights on the other arm until a balance was effected in the exhausted receiver, he determined the amount of the preponderance. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Esth, an Esthonian of the original Finnish stock; Esth′lander, an Esthonian of the mixed race, in which the German element preponderates. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z After crossing the Great Wall and staying in China proper, I still found the preponderating Muscovite influence. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z Saxony has, in almost every place, a relatively large number of births in proportion as in any locality, commerce and industry preponderate over agriculture, and vice versa. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z But for the preponderating influence of the Dutch Government the two disputants would long before have resorted to war. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z He received as a boy but scant education, being sent to a common day school where cruel discipline and unnecessary severity preponderated over learning. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z The assemblage is not a perfectly homogeneous one but includes both igneous and sedimentary rocks, but the former preponderate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z There’s a preponderating number of unattached young men in the newly-opened parts of the Dominion.” The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z The conditions of population among mature and flourishing nations is characterized by this, that the moral and rational preventive tendencies counter to over-population decidedly preponderate. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z It is a very slow progress, with many steps backwards, but if the length of the forward steps preponderates, one may be well content. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z In those districts with which I am myself most familiar, it is hard to say which kind preponderates. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z But if the Orders had lost ground with the natives and with many Spaniards, their influence still preponderated. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z These are harsh but subtle pleasures which, when they continue to preponderate in the consciousness, bring about that state of subjective happiness which is in the highest degree beneficial to life. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z Must we scrutinise their genealogies and try to discover which strain preponderates? A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z In the families of men notably virile, daughters preponderate. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z I did not blench when I learned that, judicial executions apart, ninety-nine per cent. of hangings were suicidal, so that, certain other precautions being observed, a presumption could be made preponderatingly probable. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Gold is left in the anode slime when copper or silver are refined by the usual processes, but if the gold preponderate in the anode these processes are inapplicable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Unhesitatingly they sacrifice their property to freedom, and more unbearable than anxiety for their material interests is life in surroundings in which brutality, vulgar sentiments, harsh egotism, malice, hypocrisy and treachery preponderate. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z Mr. Egerton, the indignation preponderating over the amusement.—"Probably just as I am about to do." The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z The more virile men being absent on military duty, moreover, the less virile members of the sex it is who preponderate in the paternal rôle. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z However weighty some reasons may appear, the evidence materially preponderates against lending books out of the Library. Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts 2011-10-27T02:00:27.377Z Thus it is that all his subtler senses are inevitably blunted and perverted, and his vulgar nature preponderates. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Their voice in such matters has a preponderating influence. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Putting probability in one scale, and an elderly gentleman, with a lot of Lares and a parcel of Penates in the other, there can be no doubt which will preponderate. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z The character of the day has somewhat changed, and the domestic element in its uses preponderates far over the ecclesiastical. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z Males preponderate among the various nationalities, with the exception of the British, the larger proportion of whom are females either in domestic service or engaged in tuition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z They include the biological nature of the organism and its physical environment, the latter involving conditions in which geographical elements, direct or indirect, preponderate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Nordic blood preponderates only in the northwest, and is merely veneered over the rest of Germany, especially in the upper classes. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z In other words we must believe that in any species that is not undergoing extinction spontaneous variations greatly preponderate over those which are caused by the direct action of the environment.” Embryology The Beginnings of Life 2011-09-12T02:00:28.483Z The more difficult expression is adopted by preponderating textual authorities, and “his house” is regarded as a correction to make the sense easier. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z "Certainly," he says, "the part taken by the missionaries in expeditions of this character, was a preponderating one." Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z We found that although the older houses preponderated, there were several streets of handsome residences. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z The subsequent marshalling of the cells is disguised by their association with a preponderating mass of inert material. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z Where the brain preponderates, excelling in creative faculty and rapid thought, there will the sensibilities be proportionately acute. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z But even the advocates of the omission allow that the clause has “preponderating support,” and the sentence is painfully incomplete and abrupt without it. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z England is so preponderatingly clean-shaven that a beard always arouses my suspicions. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z And yet, did not the chances that Craig would not regain his faculties vastly preponderate? The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Such, indeed, appears to be the conviction of the human societies which assign a preponderating rôle to Science. The Pros and Cons of Vivisection 2011-08-23T02:00:31.033Z So long as the north of France, where the Germanic element prevailed, preponderated in the policy of the country, the fabric of feudalism, or rather its inform remains, maintained their ground. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z It was now almost impossible to say which side preponderated. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z It is hard to decide whether the charm or the usefulness of the present collection of essays preponderates.—Independent, Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z The convention was known to be almost equally divided; and down to the very day and hour of the final vote, no one could predict, with any certainty, which side would preponderate. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z As far as he could see by the glimmer of grey morning light that broke its difficult way in by the round windows, it was a well-dressed audience in which ladies preponderated. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z It must be observed, that in all these changes accident has no part: they all are the result of the presence of a victorious and preponderating race. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z The more narrow-minded preponderated, as they always do in religious circles, or, at any rate, as they did then. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Its effect may struggle as it will: it sinks under the preponderating mass as a butterfly will be beaten down under a dirty, drenching, city rain. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The only difference was, when the measure had assumed its final shape, whether the good it contained so far preponderated over its acknowledged evil, as to justify the reception and support of the whole together. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z The condition was enjoined upon them that whenever “decidedly preponderating evidence” constrained their adoption of some change in “the Text from which the Authorized Version was made,” they should indicate such alteration in the margin. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z What we term national character, is the aggregate of the qualities preponderating in a community. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z In such low neighbourhoods as Drury Lane it seemed to me that the men preponderated; indeed, at many places they were the only customers. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z It weighs, you see, just two ounces; but when I turn the screw, so as to admit the air into the bottle, the scale which contains it, preponderates. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z There was altogether a strange mixture of worldly wisdom and of female folly in her character, for first one and then the other preponderated, as circumstances occurred. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z That it enjoys “clearly preponderating evidence,” is what no person, fair or unfair, will for an instant venture to pretend. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z In England, North America, and Holland, this tendency governs and preponderates over all the other national instincts. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Evidence seems to preponderate on the side of καυθήσομαι, but in the case of these itacisms manuscripts are very fallacious we know. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z Bird’s-eye view of the Philippine Archipelago, showing the preponderating importance of Luzon. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z That a Grain of Good-nature will preponderate against an Ounce of Wit; a Heart full of Virtue against a Head full of Learning; an a Thimble full of Content against a Chest full of Gold. The Toy Shop (1735) The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737) 2011-06-23T02:00:28.787Z Verily, my lord Bishop, your notion of what constitutes “clearly preponderating Evidence” must be freely admitted to be at once original and peculiar. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z Among some, the physical wants or animal propensities preponderate; in others, these are subordinate to the speculative tendencies—the cravings for the abstract, the supernatural. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z This tilt is divided into two equal partitions by a slip of copper, and placed upon an axis not exactly balanced, but so that one end or the other preponderates. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility 2011-06-19T02:00:15.717Z I think it must necessarily be so in all countries which are most rapidly increasing in riches, for from whence do riches come but from production preponderating over consumption? Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 2011-06-09T02:00:21.460Z He was of dual nature,—and where the philosopher, the metaphysician and the divine preponderated in him, they completely over-weighted the exquisite, ethereal imagination, which was so infinitely more precious, had he known it. A Day with Samuel Taylor Coleridge 2011-06-08T02:00:18.910Z Do you seriously imagine that the testimony on your side is “decidedly preponderating”? The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z The colour black preponderates in her; all that she inspires is nocturnal and profound. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z He sees so much to say on all sides that he never clearly defines on which side lies the preponderating reasoning. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z But only by exerting the whole available strength of the VIIIth Corps had it been possible to withstand the preponderating attack of the enemy. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z The Flemish and Dutch schools preponderate in this gallery. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z You contend that there is “decidedly preponderating evidence” for reading instead, “Great Is the mystery of godliness, who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,” &c.: The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z The darker tints of skin are beginning to preponderate more and more; mummy colour is in the ascendant here, together with a fine Brunswick black. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z The library is so exceedingly miscellaneous that Mr. Gladstone himself does not venture to state which section preponderates, although he thinks that “theology may be one-fourth.” The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z The disagreeable preponderates in his fiction—the disagreeable one must call it, rather than the tragic. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z He considered the matter of imparting knowledge a mere question of effort, in which the physical element preponderated. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z It must have a great influence on Amy's mind, either for good or evil; and there was much reason to fear that the evil would preponderate. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z Their articles are the streak of light in the dimness of the preponderating political literature of the week. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z The Jews preponderate everywhere, apparently poor and depressed. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Suspense between hope and dread, dread preponderating, 132 is the state of feeling represented in the present chorus. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The occipital and parietal lobes preponderated in mass as compared with the temporal and frontal. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Moreover, even those who attribute to the "syndicate" of factors a preponderating power over historical progress do not attribute to intelligence a greater influence than we recognize as belonging to it. Socialism, Revolution and Internationalism 2011-04-27T02:00:20.770Z To produce an act of choice, therefore, we have only to awaken a preponderating desire. A Review of Edwards's 2011-04-27T02:00:19.047Z Perhaps it is not possible to love two persons exactly in the same degree; yet, the difference may be so small, that none of the parties can be certain on which side the scale preponderates. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady 2011-04-19T02:00:19.607Z Though they certainly function to a preponderating extent, it has been shown that gaseous particles can act similarly, particularly when air is ionized. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z They were aware of their preponderating numbers, and counted on the sympathy of the soldiers. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z I would have them with their rightful influence in the Senate; an influence which should preponderate in both Houses. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z In the consequences which flow from dining copiously, what is beneficial is evidently stated to preponderate over what is hurtful, the qualifying "sometimes" being only attached to the latter. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z If the externi preponderate, then permanent or periodic divergent strabismus is caused. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z They came from Tonga in 1835 and naturally settled first in the eastern islands, where the Tongan element, already familiar to them, preponderated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Galicia is a preponderatingly agricultural land and possesses the densest agricultural population in Europe. Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LIX, No. 4, 1914 2011-03-01T03:00:45.597Z Reptiles and fish are more elevated, because their abdominal viscera preponderate less. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The market day close at hand still preponderated over any day even a year off. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z Still the elastic tension of the ocular muscles decides even here; if the interni preponderate, convergent squint results, when the myopic eye is used for near objects, the emmetropic for distant ones. Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger 2011-03-22T02:00:22.370Z The “personal laws” began to transmute themselves into local customs, and the Roman vulgar-law began to look like the local custom of those districts where the Romani were the preponderating element in the population. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Thus the Jews were largely concentrated in commerce and industry, the non-Jews preponderatingly concentrated in agriculture. Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LIX, No. 4, 1914 2011-03-01T03:00:45.597Z But still they do preponderate; and therefore the rank of the animals is humble. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Only in Lincolnshire, East Yorkshire and parts of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire do they seem to have settled thickly 471 and formed a preponderating element in the countryside. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Aid was afterwards extended to schools of the ‘Division B’ type in which science did not form the preponderating element of the instruction given. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z The authority of the ministry was great; its influence preponderated. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z In each of these countries, again, the Jews are essentially town dwellers in the midst of preponderatingly rural populations. Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LIX, No. 4, 1914 2011-03-01T03:00:45.597Z In none of the inferior animals does the brain preponderate. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z They were mostly foreigners—English and Irish preponderating. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The petitioners proposed a measure that evidently tended to throw weight into a scale which preponderated too much already. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z Just now, that is the most obvious and preponderate desire in the consciousness of the people. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Amidst populations preponderatingly devoted to agricultural occupations and dwelling in villages, the Jews represent an industrial and commercial people, strongly concentrated in towns. Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LIX, No. 4, 1914 2011-03-01T03:00:45.597Z The real cause of the deformity of obliquely-placed eyes is, that the vital parts of the head preponderate. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The men were athletic and well-proportioned, and the young women chubby, and blooming with the blended tints of the lily and the rose—the rose rather preponderating. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The later civilisations may, therefore, be said to have profited by centuries of untruthfulness in that they have learnt the preponderating advantages of an intelligible code of truth. A Cursory History of Swearing Every man has some one preponderating object in life,—an object that he aims at and holds supreme. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Among their seniors there was a great deal of gabble to very little purpose, with a preponderate share of bustle and agitation. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 The parrot tribe preponderates over most other groups of birds in the continent. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis In Australia, New Zealand, and other colonies, where the white population, in the course of a few years, will greatly preponderate over the native, mere adolescence will bring about independence. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Thus, when the evidence on one side preponderates a very little, there is ground for suspicion, or conjecture. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent The preponderating elements of the ectodermic layer are elongated columnar cells, each containing a nucleus, and bearing cilia at their free extremities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" In the case of inland letters, the first and third factors preponderate to such a degree that their cost alone need be taken into consideration in fixing the rate. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study No sooner had they reached it, than the attack began in real earnest, and with a preponderating force in that direction. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 This type preponderates in the case of small numbers. Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology For, here, the degree of assent depends upon the degree in which the evidence on one side preponderates, or exceeds that on the other. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent See what a preponderating influence is given at this day to grace. The Life-Work of Flaubert From the Russian of Merejowski After completing his collegiate course he commenced the study of law under Chancellor Wythe, whose liberal views were calculated to mature and strengthen those already preponderating in the mind of Jefferson. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The preponderating influence in morphogenesis is osmotic pressure, the osmotic forms varying with its intensity, distribution, and mode of application. The Mechanism of Life This description applies to the upper surface; on the under, the pale tint very much preponderates, many of the black masses of the upper side being here reduced to mere lines. British Butterfiles Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species If at any time the counsels of that country had been harmonious and united, they would have had a powerful, perhaps a preponderating, effect upon Cuban affairs. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 The failing power of Sweden, the already beginning process of dissolution in Poland, occasioned perplexity of views; the preponderating power of France, the suspicious friendship of Holland, necessitated prompt and vigorous foresight. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. Sometimes the energetic development of some particular national characteristic, exercises for centuries a preponderating influence on another. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. But the Doric religion seems here to have preponderated, and to have supplanted the elementary symbols so evident in the Hyacinthia. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 Both of these wring from us many a sacrifice, and although selfish inclinations now and then preponderate over both, these still never fail to assert their reality in human nature. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude And it transpired that he had sold a preponderating interest in Le Mot d’Ordre to Ferez Bey, who was operating the paper in German interests through orders directly from Berlin. The Moonlit Way He required a strong counterpoise against the preponderating power of Russia, and diplomatic entanglements with Austria. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. Henceforth in place of the relation of producer to consumer has been substituted, as preponderating element in human dealings, the relation of the artist to the art-lover. Underground Man She, with her tacit omissions, was the influence almost preponderating. The Furnace To this common feeling there were many brilliant exceptions; and the more brilliant because they stood, as it were, apart from the preponderating mass of public judgment. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency But certainly they also would be unworthy of a hearing who would feign that the early Scriptures do not give a vast, a preponderating weight, to the concerns of our life on earth. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus In the inorganic world matter preponderates to such an extent as almost to overwhelm form, and we can only expect to see the universal exhibiting itself in it in a vague and dim way. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Thereby he has given in sociology a preponderating place to the individual, and the accidental, and has thus separated himself from the most general tendencies of thought in our times which are those of Comte. Underground Man This quite distinctive local character suggests that the cities in question played a certain preponderating role, a hypothesis with which the scanty documentary evidence is in agreement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The feeling in the county was preponderatingly against her. The Great Miss Driver We then arrive at the Pliocene strata, in which species now contemporary with man begin to preponderate, and in the newest of which nine-tenths of the fossils agree with species still inhabiting the neighboring sea. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The preponderating engineering opinion is that the city should not widen Adams Street,-14- but remove the structure to the half block east of Adams Street. Down Town Brooklyn A Report to the Comptroller of the City of New York on Sites for Public Buildings and the Relocation of the Elevated Railroad Tracks now in Lower Fulton Street, Borough of Brooklyn More sugar is actually produced in temperate than in tropical countries, though the export from tropical countries largely preponderates. American World Policies The great administrator and the bold innovator were united in him in an exceptional degree, and he allowed neither character to preponderate unduly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" The fight was another proof of the fact that, in all such engagements, the preponderating advantage is with the land batteries. The Greater Republic A History of the United States On the whole they behave very well, and, as is often the case outside the walls of lunatic asylums, the females greatly preponderate. The Religious Life of London To the deep respect for Olga's wisdom a Russian annalist ascribes a preponderating influence in the introduction of Christianity into Russia from the Byzantine Empire rather than from Rome. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) While foreign investment is preponderatingly of this sort, however, there also exist the beginnings of a movement more truly international. American World Policies It was carried in the other States by small majorities; and especially in Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia by little more than a preponderating vote. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 As it was, he had already occupied about one-third of the island with a loss of only three killed and twenty-eight wounded, against a preponderating force of 17,000 Spaniards. The Greater Republic A History of the United States In order to the formation of a well-defined corona it is essential that the particles be exclusively, or preponderatingly, of one size. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" If we knew all the preponderating influences of heredity for ages, we could with almost mathematical accuracy compute the traits of human biology in every case. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) But these events not only did not end but actually intensified war, while bringing out more sharply its preponderatingly economic character. American World Policies Our friend soon found that didactic reading, or that which aimed immediately at moral instruction and improvement, must not be allowed to preponderate. Black Forest Village Stories In wealth and resources the North vastly preponderated. The Greater Republic A History of the United States When one gas preponderates largely over the other, the phenomena of diffusion are too difficult of observation to allow of accurate experimental tests being made. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Let a large piece of cork be pendent from one end of a balance beam, and a small piece of lead from the other; the lead should rather preponderate. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments Spinning members preponderate, but almost all the Manchester cotton merchants and cotton brokers have also joined the association. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" Pope was in his twenty-first year, an age at which frankness commonly preponderates, and he already abounded in the ostentatious profession of sentiments he did not entertain. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition But it is not to be believed that they form any preponderating or influential part of that army of young men who are the to-morrow of our great republic. Maids Wives and Bachelors Not indeed at Trichinopoli, for Captain Gingens, who commanded there, though a brave man, was scarcely equal to taking a bold initiative in face of the preponderating troops of the enemy. Rulers of India: Lord Clive As the air is exhausted, the feathers will appear to overweigh the lead, and when all the air is drawn off, the feathers will preponderate, and the lead ascend. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments It results that either the spiritual or physical element of any fiction may largely outweigh the other, at least, preponderate over it. The Technique of Fiction Writing Whether will the evidence preponderate to prove her your wife or to exonerate you? The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Of course this new tongue modified itself with the exigencies of those who spoke it; and as the French ingredient declined, the Milesian preponderated, till at length it became far more Irish than French. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas He is naturally good and tender, the latter rather preponderating; and, like most men of this disposition, is more subject to vanity than those of firmer character. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Some of these are allied to African forms, others to those of Asia, and it is said that of the two affinities the latter preponderates. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras The election, then, is reserved to the members of the higher clergy, to the cardinals, among whom the cardinal bishops have the preponderating position. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" The advantages of this state of things preponderate over its disadvantages. The London Pulpit That these the most difficult of all departments to subject to scientific treatment should have been the first chosen was due simply to their preponderating interest: "The proper study of mankind is man". Logic, Inductive and Deductive There can be little doubt that the preponderating influence of the city was responsible for the unwisdom of the later imperial policy and the Peloponnesian war. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The rebel leader, instead of awaiting the attack in the town, made for the open, to give a better chance to his preponderating numbers. Rulers of India: Akbar A 309 popular master in a girls’ school might, perhaps, offer a figure of his preponderating station. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Wherever we find this preponderating feminine principle in worship we shall find also a corresponding feminine influence in the customs of the people. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy It means a preponderating resemblance between two things such as to warrant us in inferring that the resemblance extends further. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Since the time of Charlemagne Germanic influence had preponderated in the West, as is shown in the expansion of the Church no less than in matters of ecclesiastical law. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Set out the main scheme of colours first: those that shall lead and preponderate and convey your meaning to the mind and your intended impression to the eye. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass If his good works preponderated, he was dismissed to the fields of Aahlu—the Elysian Fields; if his evil, he was condemned to transmigration. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition In the Fanti countries, however, the milder form of domestic servitude preponderates; and along with it a chronic state of warfare. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies Of this preponderating quality of Shakespeare’s genius, accordingly, almost the whole of modern English poetry has, it appears to me, felt the influence. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century This was especially so in the case of Nonconformists, who had conscientious objections to supporting the Established Church; and in Ireland, where the population was preponderatingly Roman Catholic, the grievance was specially felt and resented. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" As this latter opinion preponderated Daniel did not find that he was treated with any marked respect in his native town. Lady Anna His system was a mixture of the Eleatic and Socratic, the ethical preponderating in his doctrine. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Blue and grey eyes, too, he will expect to preponderate over the black and hazel. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies If I shall identify its general, preponderating and clearly developed traits, it must stand or fall as they shall prove benevolent or selfish. Thoughts on African Colonization That this influence should preponderate over that of improved processes requires that population should increase with a degree of rapidity which may or may not be maintained. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy Constitutional formulae become of preponderating importance when we consider the more complicated inorganic and especially organic compounds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" May 18th.—Showers and sunshine, the first preponderating. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital But it is the bad side which will preponderate; it is the darkest practices which will develop themselves most typically. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies In every settlement of this kind,—no matter how choice the original materials,—vice will soon preponderate over virtue, intemperance over sobriety, knavery over honesty, oppression over liberty, and impiety over godliness. Thoughts on African Colonization We cannot help noting that wherever the feminine preponderates, whether in art, politics, religion, society, there is a corresponding diminution of force in the moral and physical character of the Eternal Masculine. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Nobody desired a collision, save perhaps the reckless Leary; but peace and war trembled in the balance; and when the Adler, at one period, lowered her gun ports, war appeared to preponderate. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) Another, and a very preponderate part, came from tenement houses. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times Again—although in one area the darker tribes may preponderate, it is not to the absolute exclusion of the fairer. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies Occasional transpositions of this kind are to be found in all works wherein the investigation of doubtful points preponderates over the illustration of admitted facts, or in all works where discussion outweighs exposition. The Ethnology of the British Islands Meanwhile, however, this policy had not been able to prevail against the preponderating influence of the military party, who demanded the U-boat campaign. My Three Years in America The male sex remains in excess until about the twentieth year, from which age the female sex preponderates in increasing ratio with advancing age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Nevertheless, the animosity between the mates and the shrewd, greasy, sea-going engineer was keen enough, sharpened no doubt by the preponderating wages of the latter. An Ocean Tramp Furthermore, so far as reliable information before us goes, it appears that actions for absolute divorce also proceed preponderatingly from wives. Woman under socialism The Norsemen preponderated in Man; and the constitution of the island is in many parts Scandinavian, though the language be Keltic. The Ethnology of the British Islands As soon as the process of "crystallization," as it is called, is complete, there is nothing left for the Government but to Page 34 follow the preponderating public opinion. My Three Years in America Though description apparently preponderates, the narrative turn toward the conclusion may sanction classification as fiction. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 At Zara the Italians still preponderate, but the Slav element is in the majority in the greater part of Dalmatia, and even in the country parts of Istria. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia But in Vienna, being a preponderatingly Catholic city, divorce is hard to obtain. Woman under socialism What is the effect upon the bones when the gelatin preponderates? A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) He had seen the outer pressure build up to that of the air of Earth; the spectro-analyzer had shown nitrogen preponderating, with sufficient oxygen to support life. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 It is not, like these, in a threatening, but in an affectionate character; indeed, in vers. 11-13, the consolation preponderates even outwardly. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 And it is quite certain that not merely the fact, but the desire for some amount of sacrifice, forms "an integral, fundamental, and preponderating element" in the sexual emotion. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development The General was too cool and self-controlled to be always the loser, and up to the time of our story, this one active vice had rather preponderated in favor of his own interests. Mabel's Mistake In the early councils of the Republic the stalwart sons of Virginia exercised a preponderating influence. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 The great circle of rebirths will be more or less quickly run through according to the preponderating purity or impurity of the several lives of the individual. The Buddhist Catechism The partition is not one of those equivocal acts which seem to vibrate between right and wrong, justice and injustice, and demand the most accurate analysis to ascertain on which side they preponderate. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 In the former of these, the reproductive system seems to preponderate so much over the vegetative, that the fungus appears to be all spores. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses One or the other has preponderated, and thus given distinct characteristics to its age. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 He hadn't at any time proposed to himself to live long enough for fear to preponderate in his life. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II But though admitting that there can be no virtue without utility, I do not admit either that virtue must be absent unless utility preponderate, or that if utility preponderate virtue must be present. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications When other influences preponderate, we may sometimes observe depravity in the country, and on the contrary, healthy and normal conditions in certain towns. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study In the convulsive period of this disease both the polynuclear cells and the lymphocytes are increased, the latter in preponderating amount. Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological It is to these preponderating drifts that reference is made in the foregoing division, as specially marking periods. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 Vast amounts of lace are woven, and in the factories female labor preponderates. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel For of course, they can always exert a preponderating influence in British affairs, holding as they do the balance of voting power. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The charm is broken, and only new images and new sentiments associated instinctively with the sexual appetite can be reëstablished, by making the subconscious state preponderate over the reasoning consciousness. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study In the 'survival' preparation he found, in addition to the nucleus, two clearly distinct substances: a hyaline ground substance in preponderating amount, and a more scanty, finely granular, fibrillary substance embedded in it. Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological Especially in countries outside England is this the case, for it is found that the method of ring spinning preponderates, and even in England the number of spindles devoted to continuous spinning is constantly increasing. The Story of the Cotton Plant There may be evil as well as good in the cause which, as the good preponderates, claims and receives the allegiance of my heart. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 All the Allies except Japan were now represented on this front by their contingents, though of course the French and British were still in vastly preponderating majority. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The number, on the whole, preponderated in favour of Francisco; but on the captain's side were the older and more athletic of the crew, and, we may add, the more determined. The Pirate, and The Three Cutters It bestowed on him a large jurisdiction—even more, put under his supervision the conduct of public functionaries in their administration, and conferred on him a preponderating influence on their election. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I Unhappily, hitherto, the small, bad clique of West Point engineers No. one, exercised a preponderating influence on the conduct of the war, and thus West Point became in disrespect, nay, in horror. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 No one flavour should greatly preponderate; yet if several dishes be served the same day, there should be a marked variety in the taste of the forcemeat, as well as of the gravies. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families With the exception of boys—who certainly preponderated in Rutherford—there were far too few human beings to satisfy Audrey. Lover or Friend The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions But this is probably due to weak power in the fantail rather than to any unusually strong power in the pouter, for I have observed that barbs also preponderated over fantails. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) As a matter of fact, though Buddhism was introduced into Japan from Korea as far back as 552 A.D., it is not and never has been the preponderating religion in Japan. The Empire of the East The great place which he occupied among the astronomers of that time caused his theory to exert a preponderating influence on scientific thought during the century which followed. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language For such would have been the case, if the attempt to found a Germanic Anglo-Saxon kingdom under Harold, and maintain it free from any preponderating foreign influence had been successful. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) Consequently they preponderate in certain localities, counties, and cities. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Why, however, the one name preponderated on the Continent, and the other in England is difficult to ascertain. A Handbook of the English Language At first massage predominates, and more passive than active movement; gradually massage is lessened and movements are increased, active movements ultimately preponderating. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. I have hitherto described the individual sexual processes which are observed during childhood, I have already explained that in some, one process, in some, another process, is alone present, or, at any rate, preponderates. The Sexual Life of the Child Invested with full powers by the Church but dependent on the King, this Commission procured him a preponderating influence in all ecclesiastical affairs. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) Dr. Blanton, the authority on seventeenth-century Virginia medicine, in contrast argues that "there is not evidence ... that malaria was responsible for a preponderating part of the great mortalities of the Seventeenth Century in Virginia." Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 There vast stretches of undeveloped territory, much of which was immediately adjoining its own territory, created a strong desire for possession, or at least for a preponderating influence. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers And yet, notwithstanding these exceptional cases, the true typical number of limbs, as shown by a preponderating majority of the vertebrates of all ages of the world, is four. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed The agreeable preponderates in the story, but it has its tragic features and its serious import. Famous Women: George Sand Not only do the insects preponderate in number of species, but the number of individuals belonging to many of the species is absolutely beyond our comprehension. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases At the crisis of the Restoration, M. de Talleyrand displayed, in a very superior manner, the qualities of sagacity, cool determination, and preponderating influence. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 It was in that year that Tunis gave up its resistance to French occupation and from that time on dates the preponderating influence which France has held ever since in north Africa. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers And could their agitation cease now, I believe, after all, the good would preponderate over the evil of it in this country. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Wherever one of these preponderates greatly, or is wanting altogether, the novel falls below her usual standard. Famous Women: George Sand In the case of certain persons, the reasoning powers preponderate; in that of others, the imagination. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election The effect of this was to make the influence of these two branches of the government greatly preponderate over that of the directly elected House. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy Selfishness preponderates everywhere in Christendom—individual, domestic, social, ecclesiastical, national selfishness. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The greatly preponderating part of psychoanalytic dream literature is occupied with interpretation according to material categories. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts For truth always preponderates over error in her conceptions, and the result is a moral effect. Famous Women: George Sand It was not, therefore, until nearly up with the fort that these numerous cannon would come into play, and exercise that preponderating effect which had driven off the gunners at Forts St. Philip and Jackson. Admiral Farragut In childhood and early youth, when but little strength is needed, and great growth of bone is required, the animal part preponderates. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes According to Macleod, it is “a sale of debts.”533.Personal credit, of course, preponderates in commerce. Principles Of Political Economy On the other hand, the women broke out of the lodges, with the songs of joy and those of lamentation, so strangely mingled, that it might have been difficult to have said which passion preponderated. The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 But the affair had taught the superiority of offensive tactics, and thus Nobunaga's impulse was to attack the army of Imagawa, instead of waiting to be crushed by preponderate force. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era "Go on with the business together," said Robinson; "Mr. Brown keeping, of course, a preponderating share in his own hands." The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm Other characters in the ship I shall not describe; some were good, some bad, and some indifferent, but I am happy to remark the first-named preponderated. A Sailor of King George In countries in which the middle classes preponderate, the influence of the amassing of capital on foreign politics is one that favors peace. Principles Of Political Economy The country which presents the most interesting questions in connexion with the study is the United Kingdom, with its largely preponderating foreign trade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" These are caused by the increased absorption which the light suffers in the atmosphere, and give rise to the preponderating red light on the sun under such conditions. The Story of the Heavens If the food is nitrogenous and easily digested, the nitrogen in the urine will greatly preponderate. Manures and the principles of manuring Great Britain is the preponderating user of the canal, with Germany a poor second. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan The more the mere forces of nature preponderate in production, the less can the supply be increased or decreased at pleasure, the more frequently, as a consequence, do we find monopoly-prices and under-prices. Principles Of Political Economy This we find impossible; but we can affirm on which side the evidence appears to preponderate, and whither, we rest assured, further light will lead our willing feet. Moon Lore The Roman Senate was like the House of Peers in England, when the peers had a preponderating political power, and whose property lay in landed estates. Ancient States and Empires So long as an opinion is strongly rooted in the feelings, it gains rather than loses in stability by having a preponderating weight of argument against it. The Subjection of Women The Duke of Wellington, who knew him as well as any man, declared that he was a marvellous compound of virtues and defects, but that, on the whole, the good elements preponderated. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) But, on the other hand, its greater durability and the greater care bestowed on its preservation, have for effect to make the existing quantity preponderate in importance over its annual increase. Principles Of Political Economy Lord A. I should be sorry to make theirs preponderate, by calling in their authority as auxiliaries to their wishes. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 Had all the Italian States been united, they would, probably, have obtained their desire without a conflict in the field, but in those parts where the moneyed classes preponderated, the people remained loyal to Rome. Ancient States and Empires Scientific interests, however, were by no means the chief motive of the Jesuits in founding their journal, and the controversial character began soon to preponderate in their articles. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Have not psychologists distinguished, according as one or another of image-groups preponderates, visual, auditory, motor and mixed types? Essay on the Creative Imagination But, in forming conjectures as to the treatment of these windows, it should be remembered that the transmission of light must always have been the first consideration, and that white glass must have preponderated. The Care of Books The introspective habits and the stress laid on purely ecclesiastical duties which once preponderated disappear. The Map of Life Conduct and Character Opinion also preponderates in favor of stirring, during or after the fermentation. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel Most of our farm land consists of these four soils mixed in various proportions, and it gets its name from the one that preponderates. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study We may safely assume from these considerations that the good will preponderate over the bad. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy But the area in which, and the people by whom, this mountain is known as Denali, preponderate so greatly as to leave no question which native name it should bear. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America No politician will deny the strength with which the united or greatly preponderating influence of the Church can support or oppose a party. The Map of Life Conduct and Character In size, in armament, in speed, the British squadron would decidedly preponderate. World's War Events, Vol. I This just appreciation preponderated over other feelings throughout the middle and southern states. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Which shall preponderate, is the startling question to which we must all now answer. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The danger from the army became danger from the Germans, who preponderated in it; and the institution of court ceremonial tended to create a cabinet of chamberlains and imperial dependents. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 As no other city in Germany can show such a varied collection of beautiful Marks, examples of the Strasburg printers will preponderate in this chapter. Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography In the pig the fat greatly preponderated over the lean; the store pig containing three times as much, and the fat pig five times as much fat as lean. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock If the alteration was one for which the evidence was patently and decidedly preponderating, it was at once adopted, and the work went onward. Addresses on the Revised Version of Holy Scripture A prelude or a fugue of Bach is essentially a "monody," a composition of one idea, which preponderates so decidedly as to enforce its character and individuality upon the work; nay, it is the work. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations These facts indicate that the two dangers to which I have already called attention—the preponderating influence of chamberlains and eunuchs—were mutually checks on each other. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Desire springing from joy preponderates over that springing from sorrow. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics It was placed on the main road between Bristol and Ireland, at a distance from other places of refuge, and so was continually overrun by rich and poor strangers, the poor evidently preponderating. Mediæval Wales Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures If, however, it was a case where it was doubtful whether the evidence for the alteration was thus decidedly preponderating, then a discussion, often long, interesting, and instructive, followed. Addresses on the Revised Version of Holy Scripture There can not be an impression of beauty into which these three qualities do not at the same time enter, but the beauty will differ in quality according as one or the other element preponderates. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations The composition of marls differs greatly in different districts, and they have been divided into true marls, and clay marls, according as the carbonate of lime or clay is the preponderating ingredient. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry Yet men are seldom disposed to solitude, but answer generally to the familiar description of man as a social animal, for they know that the advantages preponderate over the advantages of social life. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Yet the better qualities in the English character decidedly preponderate. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. And finally, Antony had a preponderating fleet with which he could command the sea and compel his opponent to fight on the defensive in Italian territory. A History of Sea Power Plav, with its mostly Christian population, and Gusinje, where the Moslem preponderates, refused at the time of the Berlin Congress to be given to Montenegro, with which they had certain local quarrels. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Their immense bulk preponderates behind, terminating in a tail of wonderful thickness and solidity. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America In society the instinct of co-operation preponderates, and the instinct of affection plays only a secondary part. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics For a small part of the way, Grass seems to preponderate, but generally Wheat and Rye cover more than half the ground, while Potatoes have a very large breadth of it. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. In the earlier portion incidents preponderate over character; in the close, some signs of the writer's fatigue appear. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. This denunciation has spread until apparently it has won the preponderating sentiment of the North. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Soon after his accession, the tranquillity of Europe was established by the peace of Utrecht, and Austria once more became the preponderating power in Europe. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Let the solid preponderate over the merely ornamental. The Young Maiden It was repulsed with heavy loss, the Yankees having preponderating advantage of position. Reminiscences of a Rebel In no one of these cases did the elements of moral strength and societal health preponderate, but the history of each showed the great stability produced by a strong ethos. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals There is first the sun at the centre, which preponderates over all the other bodies so enormously, as shown in Fig. Time and Tide A Romance of the Moon The matter was to him one of such preponderating moment that he could hardly be expected to speak of it. Cousin Henry She appeared to have resigned herself to Hammerfeldt's preponderating influence in political affairs, and to accept in compensation the office of mentor and guide in all social matters. The King's Mirror It will interest us still more to inquire into the reason why one sex preponderates over the other in numbers. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother The preponderating influence which Byron exercised in the formation of his genius has already been noticed. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Nowadays, no doubt, their relative importance is more evenly balanced, and what preponderating interest the cartoon may have for "Pater" is equalled by the special fascination exercised by the social picture over "familias." The History of "Punch" It also makes for contentedness, when things happen against our wish, not to overlook our many advantages and comforts, but by looking at both good and bad to feel that the good preponderate. Plutarch's Morals From the day when my brain began to develop, his was the preponderating influence. The King's Mirror In some outbreaks, however, complications of one kind or another preponderate; in such instances the rate of mortality is much increased. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The place was about one third filled with a representative English audience, the males preponderating in number. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War In the institutions the combined is by far the preponderating system, being employed in all but fifteen of the sixty-five; while the oral is employed in twelve. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States Aristippus, however, was not such a one, for he cleverly knew as in a scale to make the better preponderate over the worse. Plutarch's Morals In life as in art those characters are the finest in which the distinction of sex is recognized but not emphasized—in which the human nature preponderates over that of man or woman. The Education of American Girls In his case his physical powers demanded more exercise than his mental, whereas in the case of his brother Jasper his mental activity preponderated over his mere animal spirits. John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea We have written ‘Panthino,’ not ‘Panthion,’ because the authority of the first Folio preponderates in favour of the former, in itself the more probable form of an Italian proper name. Two Gentlemen of Verona The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Suspense between hope and dread, dread preponderating, is the state of feeling represented in the present chorus. Classic French Course in English By conquest, alliances and understandings with his neighbours he had acquired a preponderating influence in the councils of Europe. From a Terrace in Prague This element of discovery may, in the end, take the lead, and immensely preponderate in importance over the other two factors already mentioned as participating in the solution of a question of a planetary language. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy There are literary works of national importance which can only be performed by co-operative labor, and will never be undertaken by that spirit of trade which at present preponderates in literature. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 The ponderous, preponderate, Inanimate universe; And you are slowly moving, pioneer, you alone. Tortoises By the end of Jefferson's second term of office, the civil service was as preponderatingly Republican as it had been Federalist in 1800. Union and Democracy This is the preponderating love of ease, a branch of self-love. The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings Heeren remarks, that when a secret society pursues political ends, it naturally follows that an opposing party increases in the same degree in which the preponderating influence of such a society becomes more felt. Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy It is at any rate easy to understand how the study of mathematics came to hold the preponderating place it did in the Platonic Academy. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield That ocean-life preponderated in this period, is beyond any doubt; while in general geology gives us more meagre information about the inhabitants of the air than of the animals of the ocean and land. The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Barbour, of Virginia, frankly admitted that slavery "like all other human things is mixed with good and evil—the latter, no doubt, preponderating." Union and Democracy On the whole, and taken rightly in their clannish nature, their virtues preponderate over their vices. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The style is a mixture of German and Italian, the former preponderating. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators These are familiar examples of the preponderating influence of the male parent, so far as the external form is considered. The Principles of Breeding or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals In old age, the hardest material preponderates; making the bones more brittle than in earlier life. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School But look closer still and you notice another distinction: some wear the ring which denotes that they are free, while others are slaves; and the latter preponderate. The Life of St. Paul All classes and conditions of men, women, and children were hustling each other in a state of great excitement; but the preponderating class was that which is familiarly though not very respectfully styled “the masses.” The Iron Horse “Spoken like a true Cornishman!” said Tregarthen, laughing; “and in regard to the fairies I may tell you that we are not without a few of them, although giants confessedly preponderate.” Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines The number, on the whole, preponderated in favour of Francisco; but on the captain’s side were the older and more athletic of the crew, and, we may add, the more determined. The Pirate The weight of evidence certainly preponderates in favour of the new claimant. Rattlin the Reefer But the Onondaga nation, being situated in the middle of the five, and the grand council-fire being held in its chief town, exercised a preponderating influence in these meetings. French Pathfinders in North America Among the foreigners the Germans probably preponderate, but the English hold a very high position: in no community abroad are British merchants more deservedly respected than those engaged in the Russian trade. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Then Spedding thinks that Shylock has been so pushed forward ever since Macklin’s time as to preponderate over all the rest in a way that Shakespeare never intended. Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) In his note-books for the year, sometimes the number of engagements for dinners and visits would preponderate over the number of his sitters, and sometimes the scale would be about equal. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Here the medical voices preponderated, and expressions such as these became distinct—“Do you accuse me of ignorance, sir–r–r?” Rattlin the Reefer Every now and then too, thrush-like birds flew up from beneath the bushes—thrush-like in form but with plumage in which fawn or dove colour and celestial blues preponderated. Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track The chamber is at the same time the preponderating repository of power in the national government and the prime organ of the popular will. The Governments of Europe They are fine reading plays, offering a profound study of history, but the epic element preponderates over the dramatic element, and the characters set forth their sentiments in extremely long monologues and conversations. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections The wit that was so preponderate a feature of Uncle Clem's nature bubbled to the surface. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story It is surely enough if the results harmonize on the whole and preponderatingly with the rational, moral, and �sthetic instincts of man. On the Genesis of Species In no national legislation is it proposed to tax away this increment in agricultural land, which preponderates both in New Zealand and Australia. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement The sovereigns of the two preponderating states, Austria and Prussia, delayed and eventually evaded the obligation altogether. The Governments of Europe Unfortunately, the mythical version at present very largely preponderates. Short Studies on Great Subjects They are, as a class, of higher social rank than these of Kaiserswerth, the preponderating number of whom are from the lower grade of social life. Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America These rays preponderate at the time of ploughing, sowing, and germination. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He had a preponderating interest in that Southwold company, and he thought that the Henrietta had been sold too cheap, and that hung up the delivery. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" The Senate consists of eighteen members elected for life by the House of Burgesses, but in accordance with an indirect method so devised that the Senate itself exercises a preponderating influence in the elections. The Governments of Europe She was coloured, but of mixed race, the European element evidently preponderating. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories The preponderating number of native Americans are Protestants,248/244 and their thoughts and beliefs are permeated with the principles that their fathers held so dear, and which they sacrificed home and country to preserve. Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America The paleness of mountain and arctic flowers, and the brilliancy of those of the tropics, point to the same cause which gives the temperate zones their brightest flowers when heat rays preponderate. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy This was probably due partly to the obscurity and confusion of his thought, partly to his lack of sympathy with the biological thought of his day, which was preponderatingly morphological. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology With respect to the existing franchises there are two preponderating facts. The Governments of Europe He defended the Bill in an elaborate speech, advocating such an introduction of the working class to the franchise as would give them a considerable but not a preponderating power. Historical and Political Essays In the balance of politics it is seldom wise to make one scale preponderate by weights taken from another. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. An attempt to guarantee and protect a revived State government constructed in whole or in preponderating part from the very element against whose hostility and violence it is to be protected is simply absurd. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Those of Huron transmit the rays of light to a great depth, and consequently, having no preponderating solid matters in suspension, an equalization of heat occurs. Canada and the Canadians Volume I The consequence was that Prussia became inevitably the preponderating power in the Empire. The Governments of Europe Indeed, if we were to draw the balance, on our old farms, between scantily-accommodated houses, and houses with needless room in them, the latter would preponderate. Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings This able treatise, though it may not be positivism pure and simple, shows a preponderating influence of Comte and his school, and its attitude toward religion is approximately that of Herbert Spencer and Stuart Mill. Essays on Scandinavian Literature Since the downfall of the Roman Empire no such preponderating power had existed in the world. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 A harsh voice is one in which such unharmonic intervals preponderate. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) This fact arises from the relatively preponderating influence which is exerted by the Government in its proceedings. The Governments of Europe Beyond these tracts there are many Kachins in Katha, M�ng-Mit, and the northern Shan States, but though they are often the preponderating, they are not the exclusive population. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The friends of Mr. Lincoln largely preponderated in the northern portion of the State, those of Douglas in the southern, while in the centre the partisans of the respective candidates were apparently equal in numbers. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective In most "new" objects of observation or study, the familiar parts greatly preponderate over the unfamiliar. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart Byzantine taste has exerted a preponderating influence upon Russia. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Some of these devices were shaped under the preponderating influence of radical democracy, some under that of monarchical reaction; but all are of interest and importance. The Governments of Europe Sometimes one flavour preponderated, sometimes another, and the sauce was always good. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls The unbroken record of their illustrious deeds had established beyond the shadow of a doubt their preponderating share in shaping the destinies of their Faith. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh The great Republic of the West is inescapably swept into the swelling tide of the world tribulations, presaging the assumption of a preponderating share in the establishment of the anticipated Lesser Peace. Messages to America America has been called upon by the Master to play the preponderating role in this great World Crusade which is moving forward with increasing momentum. High Endeavours: Messages to Alaska Throughout several decades a preponderating political question was that of substituting for this essentially medi�val arrangement a modern bicameral legislative system. The Governments of Europe Cancer of the lower third of the esophagus preponderates in men, while cancer of the upper orifice is, curiously, more prevalent in women. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Abdu’l-Bahá, its Divine Commander, and in accordance with the provisions of a God-given Charter, to play such a preponderating role in the spiritual conquest of the entire planet. Citadel of Faith That all Jews are not Bolsheviks and that all Bolsheviks are not Jews is of course obvious; but that Jews are playing a preponderating part in Bolshevism it is absurd to deny. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements The wavering evidences in some moods preponderate on that side, in other moods on this side. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Throughout the entire system the preponderating fact was the thoroughgoing centralization which, through the governors, mayors, and regadores, the authorities at Lisbon were able to maintain. The Governments of Europe The year 1861 closes leaving it clear as noon-day that emancipation in the Border States is a foregone conclusion, and that, reduced to the cotton belt, it can never become a preponderating national influence. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy May enrolled pioneers arise and confirm primacy of American Bahá’í Community playing preponderating role in initial stage of spiritual conquest of unopened territories and islands of the planet. Citadel of Faith In the early periods of history the selfish emotions have preponderated over the benevolent. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy As a rule organic matter largely preponderates in the refuse, being as high in some instances as 94 per cent. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures Upon this preponderating consideration, and upon the otherwise divergent purposes of the Government groups, Taaffe built his system. The Governments of Europe The interval of her life, between sixteen and twenty-five, is characterised by one of her biographers as a period of 'preponderating sentimentality, of romance and dreams, of yearning and of passion.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438 Volume 17, New Series, May 22, 1852 In the polar regions, therefore, the momentum of the surface air preponderates, and, in this case, the surface current is towards the equator, and the upper current towards the poles. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Yet the friendship of kindred is more stable, since it is more natural, and preponderates over others in matters touching nature: consequently we are more beholden to them in the providing of necessaries. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Religion and the civil law claim a preponderating voice. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence The twenty votes controlled by Prussia are therefore cast invariably in a block, from which it follows that Prussia usually preponderates in the chamber. The Governments of Europe But public opinion appeared to preponderate greatly in favour of neutrality, and of the proclamation by which its observance was directed. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States In the third place the evidence seems to preponderate in favour of permanency of species. An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges Such were the views of the leaders whose influence preponderated with the present President and in the main with the present Congress. Abraham Lincoln The more highly developed the nervous system, and the more it preponderates in activity over the muscular and digestive systems, the more serious the effects. Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc. The Federal Council, being elected by the Federal Assembly, is practically certain to reflect the preponderating political complexion of that body. The Governments of Europe Has climate a preponderating influence in determining the character and history of a nation? Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index Second Edition Commines, an honester writer, though I fear, by the masters whom he pleased, not a much less servile courtier, says that the virtues of Louis XI. preponderated over his vices. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Adams sustained the same great cause when he strengthened the administration of Jefferson against the preponderating influence of Great Britain. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States He may indeed be claimed as a pagan, and his influence will certainly preponderate in that direction; and yet there is a strain of high idealism which runs perplexingly through it all. Among Famous Books Within Parliament it is the Chamber of Deputies that preponderates. The Governments of Europe It makes little difference that the latter may greatly preponderate in number. Before the War The influence of the moon's attraction is the preponderating one in the tide rising force, while that of the sun is about two-fifths as much as that of the moon. The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention As in the case of Hyginus N, there are still many sceptics as regards actual change, despite the records of Lohrmann and Madler; but the evidence in favour of it seems to preponderate. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features Sorrow did and joy did nowise,—life well weighed—preponderate. An Introduction to the Study of Browning Political Parties: the Ministry of Estrup, 1875-1894.—Prior to 1848 the preponderating public issues of Denmark were concerned chiefly with the introduction in the kingdom of a constitutional type of government. The Governments of Europe Genoa had, indeed, for many years exercised a far more preponderating influence at Constantinople than Venice had done. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century They are much longer, to begin with; in them, too, realism at length preponderates; and they are probably as near to pure realism as Björnson will ever get. Adventures in Criticism The new empire seemed indeed of preponderating strength. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars We find these Nazarenes and Ebonites soon classified as heretics after the Gentiles preponderated. Water Baptism A Pagan and Jewish Rite but not Christian, Proven By Scripture And History Confirmed By The Lives Of Saints Who Were Never Baptized With Water In Sweden the tone of the political system, until far in the nineteenth century, was distinctly autocratic, and that of the social system aristocratic; in Norway the principle that preponderated was rather that of democracy. The Governments of Europe Many races inhabit Borneo; but the Malays and Sea and Land Dyaks greatly preponderate. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics If, however, it should be otherwise, it is evident that the success of such a protectorate would depend principally upon the Mohammedan element in Syria, which so greatly preponderates over any other. The Future of Islam For that very reason the choice is free and independent of necessity, because it is made between several possibles, and the will is determined only by the preponderating goodness of the object. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil And this was not unlikely since a bitter feeling was systematically being aroused against Bryant and his project among the preponderate Mexican inhabitants. The Iron Furrow Especially unscrupulous was the manner in which the preponderating parties obstructed systematically the election of Republican and Independent deputies. The Governments of Europe The Servian or Bosniac language here ceases to be the preponderating language, and the Albanian begins and stretches southward to Epirus. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. More gold was added, yet still the skull preponderated. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers Year by year stock is taken, and year by year the balance is found to preponderate in favour of Science. Thoughts on Religion Anna's reign was the period of a preponderating German influence in politics and at court. A Short History of Russia Those who criticise the present system are far from agreed as to precisely what would be more desirable, but, in general, there are two preponderating programmes. The Governments of Europe If that were done, he would be caught between two fires; and, since one of the party possessed a gun, the advantage would be preponderatingly against him. The Land of Mystery Individuals of all these types are still found in the undoubtedly Celtic portions of Britain, though the dark type there unquestionably preponderates so far as numbers are concerned. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain And when so many motives will be operating to induce some of the members to change their vote, the addition of my wish may have some effect to preponderate the scale. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Put into one scale the pleasures which any object may offer; but put fairly into the other the pains which are to follow, and see which preponderates. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 The Magyars occupy almost exclusively the more desirable portion of the country, i.e., the great central plain intersected by the Danube and the Theiss, where they preponderate decidedly in as many as nineteen counties. The Governments of Europe Against this single inconvenience, the other advantages of the dollar are more than sufficient to preponderate. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 "No," replied I; "M. Arago can only succeed in counterbalancing the opinion justly preponderating for M. de Laplace, when the right is found to be without possible contradiction on his side." Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Bonaparte's victories and those on the Rhine, the Austrian peace, British bankruptcy, mutiny of the seamen, and Mr. King's exhortations to pacific measures, have cooled them down again, and the scale of peace preponderates. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Meanwhile Prelacy established itself in the great towns, and the influence of the city bishops began gradually to preponderate in all ecclesiastical assemblies. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution Much of the time, however, within the past half-century party demarcations have been vague and shifting, being determined largely in successive periods by the rise and disappearance of various preponderating public issues. The Governments of Europe No European section of the American community sufficiently preponderates over its fellows to affect the national sympathy toward foreign Powers. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 Fourteen Bristol magnates had long a preponderating influence in the government of the town. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Amongst a preponderating lower middle-class element Nonconformity, or rather what is better known as Protestantism, is very popular. Town Life in Australia The red or blue shirt, the nondescript hat, and the high, mud-caked boots of the miner preponderated. The Killer In fact, another personage is always seen in conjunction with, and even superior to him, who, at the decisive moment we have now reached, seems to have exercised a preponderating power. The Life of Jesus Living acting, conceiving,—these must form a triple cord within every child of man, though the sound now of this string, now of that may preponderate, and then again of two together. Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore. Moreover the enormous growth of the system of papal provisions had given the papacy the preponderating authority in the selection of the bishops of the English Church. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Justice is represented weighing mural crowns, which preponderate against a naked sword, a serpent, and a protestant flail: on each side of the figure are a head and trunk, representing those of Argyle and Monmouth. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 The party of the new nobility, with its modern and oriental tendencies, had for ten years been held in check by the preponderating influence of Agrippina. The Women of the Caesars Schools in which these methods preponderate are schools where discipline is easy, and where the voice of the master claiming order and attention in threatening tones need never be heard. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals When the illuminated point is exposed in an otherwise dark field the progression is preponderatingly downward in binocular vision and upward in vision with the single eye. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. His self-seeking narrowness gave Pembroke the chance of winning for his middle party a preponderating authority. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) They had changed their national appellation; for while in the Assyrian period the terms Nairi and Urarda had preponderated, under the Persians they had come to be called Armenians and their country Armenia. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The power of Assyria at this time so vastly preponderated over that of her ancient rival that a single campaign sufficed on each occasion of revolt to crush the nascent insurrection. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The craft of his nature preponderated, and he determined to adopt the latter course. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance With the exception of H, and in accord with the constant practice of the other five, these subjects, too, occasionally found no pleasing division in which the complex filling preponderated in length over the horizontals. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. Austria was now the preponderating power in degenerate Italy. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power And as law cannot exist without the sanction and the support of a preponderating force, it must finally place this force in the hands of those who legislate. Essays on Political Economy In mixtures of this kind it is almost always found that some one element practically preponderates, and assumes to itself the right of fashioning and forming the general character of the race. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The French, or Creole population greatly preponderated, and this population was all below Canal Street. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Thunder now preponderated greatly in that rumble on the western horizon, and a blaze of yellow lightning played across the surface of the pond. The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne Like whatever is the most effectively rich and great in society, these classes became the seat of all the active politics, and the preponderating weight to decide on them. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) On the contrary, my clear opinion is, that the liberties of Europe cannot possibly be preserved but by her remaining a very great and preponderating power. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) They are good and useful in the composition; they must be mischievous, if they preponderate so as virtually to become the whole. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) Ethiopia grew more powerful as Egypt declined, and threatened ere long to establish a preponderating influence over the entire Nile valley. Ancient Egypt Why then does the balance preponderate to the life-side for a certain length of time, and then go over to the opposite side? The Law and the Word The British nation, her great preponderating rival, she had humbled, to all appearance she had weakened, certainly had endangered, by cutting off a very large and by far the most growing part of her empire. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) Do thou, therefore, O king, striking a balance between virtues, adopt that which preponderates.' The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 This preponderating weight, being added to the force of the body of chicane in the Tiers État, completed that momentum of ignorance, rashness, presumption, and lust of plunder, which nothing has been able to resist. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) Women preponderate in spinning places, because the work of spinning yarn has always been in their hands from time immemorial. The Spinners He seems to me to have been an extraordinary combination of the barbarian and the civilised man, of the Slav and the Latin or Teuton, the Slav barbarian preponderating. Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians And which of these preponderate on the whole? 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