As labour is irksome to the body, a man will perform no more of it than necessity obliges him; it follows, that in those times when plenty preponderates, the manufactures tend to decay: For if a man can support his family with three days labour, he will not work six.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
In "Apollo and the Fates" the fanciful, or rather fantastic element preponderates.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
In the Fanti countries, however, the milder form of domestic servitude preponderates; and along with it a chronic state of warfare.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham