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Weighing each sin and wickedness With so much equity, Proportioning of thy distress And woful misery.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

The Bill for Proportioning Crimes and Punishments is a particularly good example of the methods used by Jefferson in rewriting the old legislation.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert

Proportioning and emphasis as already explained in chapters V and VI will, if rightly understood, bring out correctly in a scenario all these matters of form and purpose.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

Proportioning the bearings to the weights and strains they have to carry has also been an improvement.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 by Various