equipoised

And what are we — ripples on the tides of a birthless, deathless, equipoised

The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays 2004

Just equipoised between the rack of cloud and a twilit land we slid down a hill of air.

The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980

If after every decision the will reverted to a state of indecision and oscillation equipoised between good and evil, the basis for confidence in our fellow men would be gone.

The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination 1959

There is nowhere perfect health, save when the passions are well regulated, harmonized, and equipoised.

Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele

Following it came two shorter novels—nouvelles—also equipoised between the hemispheres.

Chapter 8. Henry James 1921

It flashed across me in an instant that, if I could throw the horse down into the ditch, the wheels of the wagon might, perhaps, rest equipoised on each side, and, perhaps, break the horse loose from the wagon.

Letters and Journals 01 Morse, Samuel F B 1914

I have here a jar suspended at one end of a balance—it is now equipoised; but when I pour this carbonic acid into the jar on the one side which now contains air, you will see it sink down at once because of the carbonic acid that I pour into it.

The Chemical History of a Candle 1909

But if, reverend Judges, you deem this equipoised, indifferent lanthorn to be indeed blameworthy for having shown in the same moment, side by side, the skull and the fair face, the burdock and the tiger-lily, the butterfly and toad, then, most reverend

Studies and Essays: Concerning Letters John Galsworthy 1900

And what are we -- ripples on the tides of a birthless, deathless, equipoised Creative-Purpose -- but little works of Art?

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

But if, reverend Judges, you deem this equipoised, indifferent lanthorn to be indeed blameworthy for having shown in the same moment, side by side, the skull and the fair face, the burdock and the tiger-lily, the butterfly and toad, then, most reverend

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900