Sir, thou beseemest well, here be adventures by that fall for thee, for hereby dwelleth a knight that will not be overmatched for no man I know but ye overmatch him, and his name is Sir Turquine.
Was it like men to let yourselves be overmatched by a little old wife?
The House managers were overmatched in point of legal ability by the President's counsel, and still more by the facts in the case.
Then smiled Sir Tristram and said to Dinadan: Await well upon me; if ye see me overmatched look that ye be ever behind me, and I shall make you ready way by God's grace.
Giovanni relinquished the contest reluctantly, seeing that he was altogether overmatched by the prefect's soldiers.
The weakness of Howe's long line, obliged that officer carefully to study his ground, and make arrangements for ready withdrawal to an interior line, if overmatched by the enemy; and he stationed his reserves accordingly.
And we have seen how hard-pressed and overmatched Sedgwick had really been, and that he only withdrew when good military reasons existed, and the latest-received despatch of his superior advised him to do so.
The churl finding himself overmatched at a contest of arms, resorted to his peculiar art, grappled his antagonist, and plunged with him into the lake.
Sir," said she, "hereby dwelleth a knight that will not be overmatched for any man I know, except thou overmatch him.
The battle then went on with swords, and the ten knights did noble deeds, slaying many of their assailants; yet they were so overmatched that they soon were all stretched upon the earth with bleeding wounds.
Our party will be overmatched if these fellows rage on at such a rate.
The emperor had high pretensions in Alsace; and as the greater part of the empire joined in the alliance, it was hoped that France, so much overmatched in force, would soon be obliged to submit to the terms demanded of her.
After France had declared war, England was evidently overmatched in force.
By this time they were through the door, so it was useless to argue the point further, and again Lysbeth felt herself overmatched and submitted.
Then the end came, and slowly, very slowly, they overmatched his strength, and bore him down and bound him, while the watching mob groaned and wept with grief.
It was obvious that Manlius, though still unwounded, was overmatched and overpowered.
I would have died amongst the gladiators as I have seen a wolf die in my own country, overmatched by hounds.
But the combination failed: the batteries were too light for the work and overmatched by the guns on the walls, the practice was bad, and the effect was nil.
CIII Each one might see how much Seleucia's lord Was overmatched by Gryphon, and that day, The worsted men had perished by the sword, Had not the monarch quickly stopt the fray.
The advocates of the government had been by universal acknowledgment overmatchedin the contest.
And neither of them overmatchedthe other, save in the feat of the Gae Bulga ('the Barbed Spear') which Cuchulain possessed.
Meanwhile the earl of Surrey, who had been entrusted with the defence of England during the king's absence in France, had gathered an army, which would have been largely overmatched at first if James had not wasted his opportunities.
More enemies coming up when they were overmatched already, the 23rd was utterly broken, and only half their number escaped to the protection of their own lines.
Sir, thou beseemest well, here be adventures by that fall for thee, for hereby dwelleth a knight that will not be overmatched for no man that I know, unless ye overmatch him, and his name is Sir Turquine.
I doubt not, said Sir Tristram, but he won the degree, so he had not been overmatched with many knights.
Finally, seeing that they wereovermatched and that their comrades had abandoned them to their fate, the little band retreated, fighting as they went, until at last the Indians abandoned the pursuit.
Here her pride matched Lance's--and overmatched it.
But she found in Lance a power of silence that so far overmatched her own as to leave her daunted.
Well, so be it; I am overmatched at my own trade, and it is best that I should die.
Even the watchfulness and precautions of the Inquisition, however, were to a certain extent overmatched by Uzcoque cunning and foresight.
No wonder that we had been overmatched in our struggle with the brutes.
