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'And partly, put in Vaughan, beaming at the Babe over a frying-pan full of sausages, 'partly because we love him so. Oh, he's a beauty. 'No, but rotting apart, said the Babe, 'what sort of a chap is he? I hardly know him by sight, even. 'Should describe him roughly, said Dallas, 'as a hopeless, forsaken unspeakable worm. 'Understates it considerably, remarked Vaughan.
I pass to a much more practical point. The word "rebel" understates our cause. It is much too mild; it lets our enemies off much too easily. There is a tradition in all western life and letters of Prometheus defying the stars, of man at war with the Universe, and dreaming what nature had never dared to dream. All this is valuable in its place and proportion.
It generally understates the volume of the Nzadi, by not allowing sufficiently for the double equinoctial periods of high water, March to June, as well as September to December; and by ignoring the north-equatorial supply. 2.
Ever since the negro came to this country he has been having his racial characteristics modified by the infusion of white blood. The census of 1890 attempted to make an estimate of the number of negroes of mixed blood in the United States. The number returned as being of mixed blood was 1,132,000, but all authorities agree that this number understates the actual number.
McKee always understates the British force and loss, and greatly overstates the loss and force of the Americans. They were much disheartened at the check, and the Upper Lake Indians began to go home.
In these circumstances it was not difficult to procure the reversal of the acts against Alice Perrers and Latimer, and the grant of a poll tax of a groat a head. From this William of Wykeham was expressly excepted. Return of Members of Parliament, pt. i., 193-97; Chron. Angliæ, p. 112, understates the case. The convocation of Canterbury proved less accommodating than the parliament.
Lieutenant Tejeiro states that there were 520 men at El Caney, 970 in the forts at the mouth of the harbor, and 3,000 in the lines, not counting the cavalry and civil guard which were in reserve. He certainly very much understates the Spanish force; thus he nowhere accounts for the engineers mentioned on p. 135; and his figures would make the total number of Spanish artillerymen but 32.
If negroes are included in this estimate of those below the poverty line, it is certainly not excessive. Probably 10,000,000, or fourteen per cent of our population, understates rather than overstates the number of persons in the United States who live upon such a low standard that they fail to maintain physical and mental efficiency.
Allah will reward the spy according to his merits." Michael smiled. "I'm afraid it is more my nature than my piety which makes it easy for me to resign myself to the inevitable." "Ma lesh! The Effendi understates his obedience to God's will there is much good in patiently tolerating what you dislike."
I have always accorded to General Johnston due credit for boldness in his attack on our exposed flank at Bentonville, but I think he understates his strength, and doubt whether at the time he had accurate returns from his miscellaneous army, collected from Hoke, Bragg, Hardee, Lee, etc.
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