This year, to offset the memory of plague and death, the factor had put forth unusual exertions.

As for the first, agreeably to savage notions, glory was to be measured by the number of scalps taken and lost; and, counting all the women left in the Hut, there would not be heads enough to supply a sufficient number to prove an offset to those which would probably be lost in the assault.

" In the glorious meditation of those grand subjects which had such a charm for Benedict and Bernard, and which almost offset the barbarism and misery of the Middle Ages,to many still regarded as "ages of faith,"Dante seemingly forgets his wrongs; and in the company of her whom he adores he seems to revel in the solemn ecstasy of a soul transported to the realms of eternal light.

The Rumanian capital is a town of some three hundred thousand people in a country you could lose in the Argentine, and there is nothing, comparatively speaking, to offset its light-mindedness, to suggest realities behind all this life of patisserie.

These drawbacks were more than offset by the advantage of making my quick trip at a moment unique in the history of the country; the brief moment of transition between its virtually complete subjection to European authority, and the fast approaching hour when it is thrown open to all the banalities and promiscuities of modern travel.

I get so mad and sick and disgusted with the whole thing that I feel as if I had to do something to offset itsomething that is real and live, even if it isn't according to rules and regulations.

The Peninsular Campaign against Richmond.%The signal success of Grant and Farragut in the West was more than offset by the signal failure of McClellan in the East.

The plantation and its slaves were still Irby's objective, and though Flora was no less so, any chance that for jealousy of her and Hilary he might throw Anna into Hilary's arms, was offset by his evident conviction that the estate would in that moment be lost to him and that no estate meant no Flora.

The worst that could have happened to them was temporary discomfort offset by adventures.

But now the advantages of plenty of food and excellent care were almost offset by his occasional contact with the quarrelsome dogs of the street, and his constant companionship with the distinguished company into which he had come reluctantly and in which he seemed so unwelcome.

Since then his association with the men at Golconda has done much to offset what I have tried to do for him.

" One man's enmity mattered but little, however, in the general friendliness Baldy experienced; and there were so many glorious things to offset those infrequent encounters with the one person he instinctively regarded with aversion.

As the lovers sit together, their forms offset by a carpet of lotus petals, Krishna attempts to put betel-nut in Radha's mouththe gesture subtly indicating their loving intimacy.

There is another maxim which can offset the first.

As an offset to this gain Spain had herself lost to England both Floridas, as the coast regions between Georgia and Louisiana were then called.

It hurts, it cripples them, they ride thirty miles to vote against you; it costs you all the extra mileage money to offset their votes.

The evils arising from examinations more than offset any advantages that may be derived from them.

The beneficial improvements long cooperated with the rapid exploitation of rich resources to raise real wages, and then undoubtedly continued to offset for a time the unfavorable effects as the richer resources began to show signs of exhaustion.

Enormous increases of value at a few points were offset by losses in other localities. § 6.

Go to Jinkerini Bros., on the Rialto, and buy up judgments that they hold against Rodicaso for three times that amount, and offset them against old Corpetto's debts.

With them I offset the sum which this unhappy but excellent merchant" (pointing to the father) "owes you.

In the case of shear parallel to the grain, the general effect of drying is to increase the strength, but this is often offset by small splits and checks caused by shrinkage.

The strengthening effects of drying, while very marked in the case of small pieces, may be fully offset in structural timbers by inherent weakening effects due to the splitting apart of the wood elements as a result of irregular shrinkage, and in some cases also to the slitting of the cell walls (see Fig. 25).

The offset will be 1/8 inch.

(For definition of offset and form of test specimen, see Fig.