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But it's strange to see him come back so abundant, so eloquent, so cut up, as it were, into hundreds of little devils all trying to outrival each other .
From Time Magazine Archive
In death as in life he still remains a man of mystery, with a fortune that would outrival the wildest dreams of a fairy prince.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lorenzo, in competition with his uncle, determined that the Laurel branch should outrival the Diamond.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
Thus it came to pass that we know of the famous gardener and seedsman Florio, whose plants are of boundless celebrity, and whose cultivated blossoms outrival the famous exotics of the world.
From Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays by Hays, Helen Ashe
In speaking of the supreme brightness of Sirius among the stars, we must remember that Venus and Jupiter, which outrival him, are not stars, but planets, and that they are much nearer to us.
From The Children's Book of Stars by Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)
