The odds were too great to sally upon the plain, and although the rocks offered a tolerable cover towards the land, they had none towards the ship.
You must know that there is great odds in passengers; one set eating and jollifying, from the hour we sail till the hour we get in, while another takes the ocean as it might be sentimentally.
One who never strikes a woman without provocation; one on whose word of honor the betting odds are at least 1 to 2.
A place where Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot would be equals, with the betting odds in favor of Judas.
The odds are very uneven when this happens--a man's ingenuity against a man's life, and death playing with loaded dice.
With the odds of three to one against him, he was grievously wounded and left for dead on the highway.
The odds being overwhelming, the master of Mohair had at length fallen a victim to his own good cheer.
I also reflected, I believe, that I was in the position of a man who has bet all he owns, with largeodds on losing either way.
When Queen Mary was a captive in England she was at odds with the Sempill pair about some jewels of hers in their custody.
No amount of evil that angry Ben could utter about the plays, while Shakespeare lived, and, perhaps, was for a time at odds with him, can obliterate the praises which the same Ben wrote in his milder mood.
That is the question, and the state of the odds may be reckoned by the mathematician.
We washed him up and brushed and cleaned his suit the best we could and collected all the odds and ends of omelet.
In another ten minutes, I suppose, odds and ends of chicken would have been flying in the air.
Then we went at 'em, and as they couldn't all get at us at the same time, owing to the deck being narrow, the odds was not so bad arter all.
My ship the Hormuzzeer came to port two days ago, and I had to dismiss the second mate, who was continually at odds with the lascars.
What is the oddswhether you serve Dick Burke, a booby farmer, or Tulaji Angria, a prince and a man of intelligence?
It was, in truth, but a slight lessening of the odds against him; and as he restored the weapons to their place he felt once more how hopeless his position remained.
The odds was against us now, and we was catchin' it from two sides.
I have locked up her boots sometimes, but it is no odds to Sal.
I soon found myself in the near vicinity of the village, saw that I was fighting odds of nearly five to one, and that my only hope was to get out of the wood, where I would soon have been surrounded, and gain some higher ground.
I had known him to win Indian fights against greater odds than his last one.
One day he happened to overhear a conversation between his mother and the late owner of the place: they were at odds about the horse of which they were joint-owners.
This son was a great fellow, almost a giant, belonging to a tall family in Hardanger; and he was always at odds with somebody or other.
The only worry is, can we depend upon the fellow I laid the odds with?
The oddswere great against the English, but the superior tactics, and well-known bravery of Nelson, clothed him with power, that more than made up the difference.
Afy, divesting herself of certain little odds and ends of her finery, made her way into Mrs. Latimer's presence.
Doctor Feasible had procured some portfolios of prints; some Indian idols from a shop in Wardour Street, duly labelled and christened, and several other odds and ends to create matter of conversation.
In the second pit the same evening one of the Norwich cocks had his thigh broken in the first part of the battle, and afterwards fought two hours, and at one time brought the odds from ten to one against him to the same odds in his favour.
The odds were six to four on Martin, who won after 29 rounds, fought in 38 minutes.
The odds throughout were greatly in favour of the Londoners, and many heavy bets were made on Cambridge.
The odds were greatly in favour of Cox till the 30th round, when Barlee planted some severe blows, and in the 47th round floored his opponent.
Odds of 5 to 4 were laid against the mare, "but she accomplished the task with the greatest ease, having one minute and a half to spare, and trotted in the last few yards.
The odds at the start were three to one against him.
WILL arise and fight vigorously against all impugnment, and irrespective of all odds in the way of authority, but that is the way of the beast.
I send a trifle for my godson and some odds and ends in the book line, among other things a Shakespeare for yourself, dear Liz.
I have a couple of monographs, oddsand ends of papers for journals, a manual and some three courses of lectures to provide for this winter.
The sick woman lay in a burning fever for days, and the boys industriously drank her health, and bet heavy odds on her recovery.
Men wondered what Berryn had done to Buffle, and odds of ten to one that some undertaker would soon have reason to bless Buffle were freely offered, but seldom taken.
And while patriotic feeling influenced the odds rather in Toledo's favor, it was fairly admitted that the Frenchman was a formidable rival.
Of the several pillars of the Church at Pawkin Centre, Deacon Barker was by all odds the strongest.
Then Carondelet Joe, calmly confident in the influence of his wonderful pants, led allodds in betting.
Nearly every local newspaper in the country, from time to time, prints odds and ends connected with the history of the neighbourhood.
It would be difficult to calculate the odds against the independent occurrence and conservation of two such complex series of merely accidental and minute haphazard variations.
The fight was hand to hand, withodds in numbers against the gallant Eighth Alabama.
He was an extraordinary man, and no governor has had more odds to encounter, nor has one ever met his obligation with more fidelity.
They had one argument that was just about enough to throw mine out, though they pointed to the odds against the thing happening.
It is therefore that I plead, that the masses of the colored race should receive such preparation for the fierce competition of every day life that the odds shall not be against them.
He may be thick-headed, but he can see that in such a see-saw of profits versus wages the superior power of capital has the odds all in its favor.
