"Even up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and abundantly supplied with water and provisions. Under these circumstances it was a simple matter for a small force to maintain itself indefinitely; it would necessitate the employment of an attacking army four or five times as large as the defence to even up the chances. This, of course, on the presumption that both sides were armed alike. Constans's thoughts reverted to the fire artillery of the ancients; with that at his disposal he would hold the balance of power. The possession of a single ...
— The Doomsman • Van Tassel Sutphen
... state of ordinary waking senses that the work went on—with never a downward look, nor even up, eyes riveted to the patch of snow on which the mittened hands fell as steady and untrembling as steel hammers. In the seconds of actual consciousness of his situation that twice visited him, he crouched ...
— The Magnetic North • Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
... was done in this manner following: His nailes upon all his fingers were riven and pulled off with an instrument called in Scottish a Turkas, which in England wee call a payre of pincars, and under everie nayle there was thrust in two needels over even up to the heads. At all which torments, notwithstanding the Doctor never shronke anie whit; neither would he then confesse it the sooner for all ...
— Popular Tales from the Norse • Sir George Webbe Dasent
... mile down the road, and then, taking me aside, handed me back the paltry sum I had paid for the provisions, saying he did not accept payment from his guests. This was rather embarrassing, but there was no way out of it, and I had to accept it. I afterward sent him a copy of his photograph to even up matters. ...
— Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) • Carl Lumholtz
... even up to 1895 silver coins from the Dutch barque were still being found by the natives ...
— The Call Of The South - 1908 • Louis Becke
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