| 单词 | tenth part |
| 例句 | Robert Louis Stevenson, comparing Robinson Crusoe to Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa, found in Defoe “not a tenth part of the style nor a thousandth part of the wisdom”. Robinson Crusoe at 300: why it’s time to let go of this colonial fairytale 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Terrible as is the mortality resulting from a famine in India, the death-roll represents but a tenth part of the suffering which such visitations inflict. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z I fast twice a week, and I give to the aid of the church a tenth part of all I own. Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood 2012-04-13T02:00:19.530Z The tenth part of the produce, too, of what remained would be claimed by him for his officers and his servants, and the tenth of their flocks. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Not a tenth part of the cravings of hunger did he and his wife ever satisfy at these miserable tables-d'h�te. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z The first captain who should take a Spanish vessel was to receive the tenth part of its value. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z It is impossible for a traveller who spends only a week or ten days in Rome to see a tenth part of the sights which it contains. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The dress of a gentleman in the present day should not cost him more than the tenth part of his income on an average. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z And she had not received, he was sure, perhaps one tenth part of the amount he had expended for it. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z Had the prophets foreseen one tenth part of His greatness? The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z No other teacher dreamed that common men could possess a tenth part of the moral grandeur and spiritual power, which Jesus elicited from them—chiefly by believing in them. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z She made it a rule to give a tenth part of her earnings to religious and charitable purposes. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z I have not, however, told you one tenth part of the marvellous absurdities she poured forth; yet I suspect I have told you enough. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z Of the former I know nothing, of the latter alas! only a tenth part of what I should wish to know, so I return to pure Fetish and to its bearing on witchcraft. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z But to this I shall answer that a year wouldn't be a tenth part enough and that besides, as things stand, I should be perplexed where to spend it. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z The period after the flood may have been fixed at a tenth part of that sum, i. e., at 12 sares, or 43,200 years. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z He'll have thought that far in about a tenth part of the time it's taken me to say it. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z In the richer and more fertile parts of the island they rarely exceed an acre in extent, very often they are not half so large, and sometimes not even the tenth part of an acre. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z The second edition, which has not, pecuniarily speaking, a tenth part of the value, has 37 lines to the page, and the misprints are corrected. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z The court awarded to the informer, Josse Grypstuiver, who was not named, fifty florins on the first hundred florins of the inheritance, and a tenth part of the remainder. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z She measures the distance with a glance from Uncle Ben’s railing, and calculates to the tenth part of a second the time it will take her to reach it. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z "I suppose," queried the girl, "that between us we haven't the tenth part of that?" Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z Time and space would fail me if I were to attempt to say a tenth part of what might be said in praise of freedom. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z That she certainly isn't; you don't imagine that you can make me believe that I'm--a tenth part as pretty as Mary? A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z The latter was long nothing but his admiring disciple, and does not possess a tenth part of the learning of his master. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z It is three times better for raising fish than folks; and in that one-quarter of land there is not a tenth part fit to raise people on. Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z I never said a tenth part of what I wanted to. Caesar's Wife A comedy in three acts 2011-11-11T03:00:37.427Z And not the tenth part of them perhaps ever comes to light. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z His political pieces have great elegance and wit; yet, if the tenth part of what he advances in them be true, his countrymen are a mob of ignorant, ungrateful, rebellious ruffians. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z Why, if they had but known this that I have been telling you, or but a tenth part of it, those men would have defended with their bodies every thread of carpet she trod on. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Dime, dīm, n. the tenth part of an American dollar, 10 cents, nearly equal to 5d.—Dime museum, a cheap show; Dime novel, a cheap novel, usually sensational. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z But I would not tell the tenth part of what I had to suffer, because such men as he are the exception, and because he is dead. Medical Life in the Navy 2011-09-08T02:00:20.387Z But they certainly did not reach it with the same comfort, and did not do a tenth part of the same good in the world! Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z "You don't know the tenth part of it," asserted the hydrographer slowly. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z No one thought of resistance; commands were carried out quietly and promptly one half or a tenth part of which would have been met in times not long past with opposition and protest. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z And do you think those who live in England upon Irish estates, will be content to take an eight or tenth part by being paid in Wood’s dross? Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 2011-08-23T02:00:30.217Z Finally they agreed to publish the work, but bound him down to such conditions, that it was hard to see how he could recover a tenth part of his investment, much less obtain a profit. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z But it is characteristic of the "Divine Intelligence" of the Theist that it never seems to operate with a tenth part of the intelligence of an ordinary human being. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z The penalties recoverable under the Act would not have covered a tenth part of these costs. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z Agriculture, properly so called, must naturally be in a depressed condition in a country of which the tenth part of the population is continually either in active service, or in readiness to be called out. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Verily thou wilt be shattered into as many pieces as there are lies in thy heart if thou dost but move the door the tenth part of an inch. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z An engraver of decidedly Bohemian character, after a hard night’s work on the tenth part of a page block, thought fit to recruit himself with a cheering cup. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Indeed, I doubt if in all their existence the little villages in our training area had ever had a tenth part of the money in circulation that appeared just after pay day for the troops. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z There are many dead—many who have killed themselves for a tenth part of the pain—there are few living. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z Men are not one tenth part so capable of inward love as women,—I mean of an inward love without outward expression. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z The price is ten cents, one dime, the tenth part of a dollar——' and all that kind of stuff, until the place was filled up. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z An empire that engrosses nearly a tenth part of the globe, and includes the largest population gathered under any single government, will have many climates in its eighteen provinces. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z And of all sizes; though the biggest of them, in real estate value, is not worth the tenth part of the ground it occupies. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Possibly he stood thus a tenth part of a second, but while he waited for his eyes to focus well a generation seemed to parade past. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z Why do we scarcely ever know the tenth part of the good we might do? A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z The greater part is buried underground; indeed, I have never examined the tenth part of it. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z It is written on vellum, in a fair Gothic character, but so much defaced by time as you'll find the tenth part not legible.' The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship 2011-03-20T02:00:33.903Z The common people would become hordes of thieves, like those of our day, of whom not a tenth part are hung at our sessions. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Indeed it would be impossible to relate a tenth part of the many ways in which good wives have shown affection for and actively assisted their wedded lords. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z The tenth part will have to undergo the operation applied to the whole, and be itself reduced to another one-tenth. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Besides, a horse is of no use here, and cannot perform amongst the broken ground the tenth part of the service which a little pony mare can. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Not the tenth part of the quickly-multiplying race possess owners; but their utility as scavengers proves their safeguard. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Alas! scarcely a tenth part of the edifice is finished. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z By the end of the year out of nearly thirty thousand adventurers only a tenth part remained. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z “For the tenth part of that pretty sum I’d be willing to pledge my soul: more especially, if by so doing I can redeem my body.” The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z "You don't meet all nor a tenth part of the people, and you don't know what is running in their heads," protested the Secessionist. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Then, with a tenth part of this duty, he purchased the vinegar with which he supplied his prisoners.” Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z The tenth part of a second decided whether the sailor should be dashed headlong into the depths or left wholly unscathed. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z There’ll be more than one poor devil this morning who would pretty near give his soul for a tenth part of what you’ve got here. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z A tenth part of our income must be given to the King, and sometimes there was little left, as there was always extras to help other expenses. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z He never had a tenth part as much money before in his life, and he does not know how to use it. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z My own did not contain a tenth part the sense that was in his. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z In the tenth part of a second I had turned my head to the right inside my little screen of privet. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z To enumerate even a tenth part of the successful arbitrations in recent times would occupy too much space. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Of course those who had plenty had to share with those who had little and give their every tenth part to the King's treasury, and very often giving more to help out extra expenses. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z Hercules undertook to clear away the filth in one day in return for a tenth part of the cattle, and executed the task by turning the River Alphēus through it. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis A tenth part of the sums employed in raising obelisks to Burns, would have rescued one half of his life from poverty, and the other half from despair. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 They were to be paid like princes, fed upon the best food to their hearts' content; and further, a tenth part of the produce of the harvest was to be shared among the labourers. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 Jews would have been glad of a tenth part of his world-to-come, and Christians declared that he was a true Christian, with his love for his fellow-men, and promised him a place in Paradise. Yiddish Tales To have heard from your lips one half the praise, one tenth part of the interest you so lately bestowed on that young man—" "Where are we going, George? Tony Butler I know that if I were charged with a tenth part of these crimes I'd never sleep until I proved my innocence. A Man in the Open But the whole literary encouragement of the British empire, with a revenue of fifty-two millions sterling, is �1200, little more than the tenth part of the pensions allotted to those two gallant men. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Pox o' these beaver hats, they make one's headache Worse than a cap of steel: and bear not off a knock The tenth part so well. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 A man becomes, as it has been said, worth only the tenth part of a pin; that is, there are men who know only how to make, for instance, the head of a pin. Political economy "About a tenth part of the money in fact which your father, sir, doth oft give for a bulb." The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Now, go, Ambition! boast thy boundless might In conquest, o’er the tenth part of a grain. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes The tithes or tenth parts were granted to be expended in churches and ornaments, and things necessary for divine worship. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. These rapidly descend in Newton’s scale and at last disappear, showing that the thickness of the film is less than the tenth part of the length of a wave of light. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" That he should reserve for himself one tenth part of the gold, silver, pearls, and all other treasures acquired. The Spanish Pioneers Californian coal is almost wholly inferior brown lignite, together with a small quantity of bituminous coals of poor quality; the state does not produce a tenth part of the coal it consumes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" It doesn’t mean that she loves her more, or a tenth part as much, but in a curious, inexplicable way she’s nearer. A Question of Marriage It wouldn’t have cost me a tenth part of what I am worth.” Jacob's Ladder I do not believe that the most angry rebuke, the most sarcastic rejoinder, could have covered me with a tenth part of the shame and confusion that did these few words. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance But it was forest not so dense as the forest of the Minimul mounds, nor by a tenth part as dark as the forest where haunts the Telateuti. The Three Mulla-mulgars Probably the Hindu would grudge a tenth part of the cost to purify or amplify the water-supply of his own village! Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches Despite his innate desire to be polite to everyone, he soon found it impossible to receive even a tenth part of those who desired speech with him. Lord Stranleigh Abroad A sen is a tenth part of a penny, and a rin a tenth part of a sen. Japan A Record in Colour I am convinced that my greatest enemy in life could never have inflicted a tenth part of that suffering which now I experienced from my own fancies! Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas After a familiar, though important conversation, he descended to Jerusalem, remounted the Borak, returned to Mecca, and performed in the tenth part of a night the journey of many thousand years. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning But I hain't got the tenth part in; where kin I put the rest? Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign As much as one thousand dollars has sometimes been charged for the plenishing of a room, everything in which, if put up at auction, would not have realized a tenth part of that amount. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. Not a tenth part--lend me a twentieth part.' The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II My request was senseless--extravagant--the tenth part! Weird Tales, Vol. II. Well, put back a tenth part of it. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass "If they do the tenth part of what I have advised, it will be well for them." The History of Freedom Admitting then that a tenth part declined receiving it, the amount would stand thus: There are, in every country, a number of blind and lame persons, totally incapable of earning a livelihood. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Lend me the tenth part of the sum you have won from me, that I may recommence my business, and raise myself from the depths of poverty.' The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II But it is impossible to recount the one tenth part of the incidents of this nature which occurred. History of Morgan's Cavalry A certain portion, or allotment, for the maintenance of the priesthood, being the tenth part of the produce of land, cattle, or other branches of wealth. The Church Handy Dictionary He became especially remarkable for his charity to the poor, bestowing upon them in alms a tenth part of all the bread he made. A Calendar of Scottish Saints And I know, and he knows, and you know, that I don't know a tenth part so much as you do. A Country Gentleman and his Family A tenth part of the spoil was set apart for Apollo, and formed into a golden tripod, supported by a brazen p. 153serpent with three heads. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History If a tenth part of what he confessed were true, he was a very loathsome rogue; and the 288 lad’s vanity was tickled by the attention of so experienced a man. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) In other places the population had sunk to a third, a fourth, a fifth, even to an eighth and tenth part. Woman under socialism If they did not do so the tenth part was confiscated, half going to the informer. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The tenth part of the regiment was sent to the hulks, and all the non-commissioned officers were condemned to death. Adventures in the Philippine Islands Scott himself managed to combine the two qualities; but poor Landor seems to have322 had Hotspur's readiness to quarrel on the tenth part of a hair without the redeeming touch of common-sense. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) They call one of their dollars a yen, a sen is a cent, and a rin is the tenth part of a cent. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife "But London isn't a tenth part of the distance," said Mary, with a woman's logic. Is He Popenjoy? Before his eyes could take in a tenth part of the spectacle, Cor had led him to the left wall. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 M. Cavallari then asked leave to dig there, which was the more readily granted, because the tithe or tenth part of the treasure is due to the sovereign. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Its governor, Nour ed-Din, having conceived the fatal idea of asking their assistance when in a difficult situation, allowed them a tenth part of its revenue. Les Parsis And this being originally only a tenth part, out of which the monthly subsistence of every officer and soldier had already been deduced, the remainder is seldom adequate to the wants of the people. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton There was not under Nero a tenth part of the misery in Rome which there is now. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge A few seconds before the sun was all hid, there discovered itself round the moon a luminous ring, about a digit or perhaps a tenth part of the moon's diameter in breadth. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition But this narrow limited doctrine does not make his mercy extend to a tenth part of his works. A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism “Is that what I am to understand; you estimate the price of your secret and services a tenth part of the whole?” Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten, and discharging less than the tenth part of one. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature I have not the tenth part of the money upon earth. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 It is said that in the whole country scarcely a tenth part remained alive. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 With reference to the �3,000,000 offered for compensation, that is not even sufficient to cover a fifth or even a tenth part of our losses. The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902 Very well, then let it be so; the two hundred dollars you shall have, and I promise you the tenth part.” Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora It gives the real values in one column and tenth parts in another column of each of the benefices in the archdeaconry of Lothian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" This inner portion is generally of fairly regular outline, forming a white ring about a tenth part of the solar diameter in width. The Story of the Heavens The tenth part, or the fifth part, or the third part, or one half, or more? The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller “Oh,” he said energetically, “I assure you, madame, you do not as yet divine the tenth part of my drollness.” A Woman's Will “Fulfill but one tenth part of that delightful dream——” “I will fulfill it all!” interrupted the stranger: then, producing a small vial from the bosom of his doublet, he said, “Drink!” Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf In 1274 the council of Lyons imposed a tax of a tenth part of all church revenues during the six following years for the relief of the Holy Land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" He found it was not in the temple, but so very close to it, that the tenth part of an inch nearer would probably have made the wound dangerous indeed, if not mortal. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror So that it appeared, that the least the Lord would receive as a due offering to him from his people, was a fair and full tenth part of all they possessed. The Old Helmet, Volume I The Index is the double and one tenth part of the transome. The Way To Geometry These unfortunate people are afflicted with the terrible scourge of leprosy, which is so prevalent that at least a tenth part of the population are infested with the disease. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Make people happy, and there will not be half the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness there is.—Mrs. Pearls of Thought In England he collected tithes, or a tenth part of the parish income, which the people were supposed, after the Mosaic command, to offer to the church. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Jacob's offering of devotion and gratitude was a tenth part of his possessions. The Old Helmet, Volume I I filled a large bottle with boiled water which had been cooled shortly before, and permitted the tenth part to run out. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 Many ponderous volumes might be named, which have not contributed a tenth part as much to a clear understanding of the question, as this one article in the Westminster. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Often not over half, or even a tenth part, of the seeds are well developed, yet the silky hairs are present and float away in clusters, thus helping to buoy those that are heavy. Seed Dispersal The pew system is the chief enemy there; but even without that, it would not hold a tenth part of the Whittingtonian population, would they come to it, which they will not. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Sound travels through the air to a distance of a little over a hundred feet in the tenth part of a second. The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery I then took the same kind of water freed from air, filled a bottle with it, and permitted the tenth part of it to run into a bladder filled with vitiated air. Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2 “So it would seem, if a tenth part of what you say is true,” was the comment of Alvin. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters A tenth part of it would have made the girl rich, but there were great difficulties in the way of obtaining evidence as to an implied agreement, and Alvah Moon was as hard as bedrock. Fair Margaret A Portrait And be sure of this, Effendi—if harm comes to Hugh Renwick, payment will be exacted from you to the tenth part of a hair. The Secret Witness All this flits through Harry Blew’s brain in a tenth part of the time it takes to tell it. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea This contribution of a tenth part obviates all other taxation, and as it is demanded from each in proportion to his means, its fairness is disputed by none. Modern Saints and Seers No, nor a tenth part as brave; and of these facts he was perfectly well aware, but bravery and seamanship stood for nothing with him, as they still stand with thousands of his class. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' If you clean all of my stables in one day, I will give over to you the tenth part of all my possessions in cattle.” Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls A tenth part of the energy and devotedness displayed in the attempts to wrest Jerusalem from the Infidels would rescue Rome from a fate not less appalling. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. All for a piece of pasture-land, that twelve months ago wasn’t worth a tenth part the amount! The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Not a tenth part so much as little Merton, who was in real sorrow,—actually shed tears,—although he had no hand in the cruel deceit. Margaret Montfort "I would pay, Your Honor," said the man, "to the tenth part of my cargo." Millennium I am getting to the end of this Discourse, before I have noticed one tenth part of the instances with which I might illustrate the subject of it. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin Fires are so common in Japan that it is supposed that a tenth part of every town is burned down yearly. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II And everyone well knows it will be in gold-dust; since banks have not yet been established, and there are not obtainable notes enough in San Francisco to cover a tenth part of the amount. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Doubtless if men sought the truth with one tenth part of the zeal with which they seek to acquire wealth or secular knowledge, their differences would diminish year by year. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) I tell her a trifle now and then, to prepare her for what may happen; but she and you do not know a tenth part of what is inflicted upon me.” Deerbrook So that thus far they had come not one tenth part of the way to the top. Rollo in London Apollo, God of Delphi, by whose guidance and bidding I have come to destroy this city of Veii, to thee I vow a tenth part of the spoil. Stories From Livy With the money at our disposal—ay, a tenth part of it—I could buy up the alcalde of the town, and every judge in the province.” The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea It was impossible for them to accept a tenth part of the invitations they received, as their time was limited, and they were anxious to press on to the northward. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent For you carefully pay to the Temple the tenth part of what grows in your garden, but you do not show justice, mercy, and faithfulness. The Children's Bible Without his aid I could not have made a tenth part of the progress I had done. Old Jack Of the regiment which he joined, in the end only a tenth part remained. Debts of Honor May I have only one tenth part as much faith as I have intellectual conviction where the truth lies! The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 No punishments ever touched the boys one tenth part as much as those administered by themselves. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Not the tenth part of that would Michael Rust give to have one hour added to his life; but I will not be driven from it. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 We shall, indeed, find that the mean proper motion of the stars down to the 6th magnitude scarcely amounts to a tenth part of this value. Lectures on Stellar Statistics The tenth part, or the fifth part, or the third part, or one-half, or more? A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Third Part Somehow the result is better, and it has only taken me a tenth part of the time to produce. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship If Jem had known what Mr. Wormit knew, or a tenth part of it, he would have made sure that he had not the ghost of a chance with such a man. Patsy The valuation of the said thirtieth parts and tenth parts shall be regulated according to the tenor of the first article of the present convention. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 “I suppose that he is right on the principle Mr Devereux always advocates, ‘Never to give in while the tenth part of a chance remains.’” Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy Yet do all the children of God give even the tenth part of what the Lord gives them? A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Third Part Had we known, indeed, one tenth part of the difficulties to be encountered, we should have said that it was impossible. Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures It will be impossible for me to mention a tenth part of the curious sights we saw, or the number of places we visited. Mark Seaworth To his great disgust he found out that not one tenth part of the task was accomplished, and yet he was about tired out. Winter Adventures of Three Boys "Do but the tenth part of what you can do." Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) So Kavanagh left goods and chattels, which had cost about seventy pounds, behind him, and walked out with a tenth part of that sum in cash. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War I have not repeated one tenth part of the curses heaped on our heads, or the threats of vengeance uttered by our pursuers. Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures This place Eurystheus ordered Hercules to clear in one day, and Augeas promised, if he performed the task, to give him a tenth part of the cattle. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) The tenth part of a man’s annual income, whatever that may be, is the property of the poor, of those that are afflicted and need help. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History If the point-blank range is 200 paces, then elevating to the first position, or a tenth part of the quadrant, will gain 180 paces more, and advancing another point will gain so much again. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Hume, without a tenth part of the logical apparatus, would have exposed the fallacy in a sentence. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) I cannot recount one tenth part of the adventures we met with during that long march northward across the Sahara. Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures The decumæ were the tenth part of corn and the fifth part of other fruit, exacted from the cultivators of the public lands, either in Italy or without it. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Every one is bound at least to count the poor among his children, and allot to them one half, a third, or at least a tenth part. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March "He shall have a tenth part," said they, "and we will retain for ourselves the other nine." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Neither in sonority nor in delicacy of tonal resource were the Egyptian instruments a tenth part as stimulating as those of to-day. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present In two days again about 20l. will be needed for housekeeping, and there was only about the tenth part in hand. A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part It's only fair that you should give me a part of the body; you can't eat a tenth part of it. Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) The general reported that he had caused the assembly to be sounded again and again, without more than a tenth part of the troops paying the slightest heed to the summons. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee I don't care a straw for your handsome girls," she said; "but bring me one who's ready to drudge the tenth part of the way Rachel drudged, and I'll forgive her her beauty. The Tragic Muse He had entered Russia with nearly half a million of men; hardly a tenth part of this great army followed him from that fatal land. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. There was also given on the 2nd 1l. by a lady who had received a present of 10l. from some relations, and gave the tenth part of it to the Orphans. A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part A bare and dirty room, with a couple of windows, whereof a tenth part might be of glass, the remainder being stopped up with old copybooks and paper. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform You don't get half as much as my cashier, and not a tenth part of what I give my manager. Cobwebs and Cables It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service. The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric The law gives you a tenth part, after other parties have landed the prize, and I'll see that you get it. Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island There were not staff or line positions enough to provide for a hundredth part of the men, or societies and "orders" sufficient to cater to the ambitions of a tenth part of the women. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila He could not reach it himself, for his arms would not reach a tenth part of the way to his chin; so he asked one of the bystanders to kill the troublesome insect. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 “And the same hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand.” Some Answered Questions When the charge was read against the king, "In the name of the people of England," the same voice exclaimed, "Not a tenth part of them." The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell This was a government party collecting the tax in kind, which at that time throughout the Confederacy was the tenth part of all crops and other farm productions. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War This cannot be reckoned among the moral precepts, because natural reason does not dictate that one ought to give a tenth part, rather than a ninth or eleventh. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province In writing to you the other day I expressed not a tenth part of what I felt and feel and that baldly and inadequately. Gilbert Keith Chesterton God in his mercy forbid that any young man should endure but a tenth part of the torture which racked my frame and agonized my heart. Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers Why does one hardly ever do the tenth part of the good one might do? Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary In general, it is at first not far from one tenth part of the materials. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography He wrote of France, one of the ten parts of divided Rome: "This tenth part of the city shall fall, with respect to the Papacy; it shall break with Rome, and the Roman religion." Our Day In the Light of Prophecy Quite the reverse: they do not, in proportion to their profits, pay a tenth part of its amount. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 I have left it off, and when anybody offers me their box, I take about a tenth part of what I used to do, then just smell to it, and privately fling the rest away. The Social History of Smoking In a tenth part of a second David would have been at her side. The Courage of Marge O'Doone I have not told you a tenth part of what he said to me that day; he said anything he wished, and it seemed that I could neither stop him nor retaliate. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth From farms a tenth part was his now, And of their crops a share was due. Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse The rest he sold to the miller for a tenth part of its value. The Awakening The Resurrection He shook his head, and said that it was a compliment to Susannah's heart and mind that the tenth part had been sufficient to alarm. The Mormon Prophet Once David was on the point of telling him that he could see only the tenth part of what it had done for him, but the old shame held his tongue. The Courage of Marge O'Doone I cannot even mention a tenth part of the hospitals or charitable institutions of Paris, and will only allude to one or two more which are a little peculiar. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business With a boy there is no vanity in the matter, no jealousy, and therefore none of the tempting, not a tenth part of the coarseness; and consequently desire is always fresh and keen. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 Had one tenth part of them beset his outward voyage, his factious crew would have risen in arms against the enterprise, and he never would have discovered the new world. Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia Sir William Petty supposes one tenth part of the value of the whole produce sufficient. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 How could Paul de Virieu have been so mad as to risk such an immense sum, a tenth part of the fortune—for fortune it was—which had just been left to him? The Chink in the Armour I never met with any, ancient or modern, that pleased me a tenth part so much. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals If this tenth part is large you are welcome to it; if small, believe in my good wish. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition This number is certainly not exaggerated; for we had sometimes three thousand persons at least upon the beach; when it could not be supposed that above a tenth part of the inhabitants were present. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 His five apologies occupy in bulk somewhere about a tenth part of his five quarto volumes. Jacob Behmen an appreciation He began then to talk of the Court; and it would not be decent of me to record even a tenth part of the gossip he told me regarding the corruption that prevailed in Whitehall. Oddsfish! Mrs. Graham made it a rule to appropriate a tenth part of her earnings to be expended for pious and charitable purposes. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. It must be remembered that this "tenth part" of righteous men will have very strong allies in every Southern State. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 The official denials of the atrocities he brushed aside with the remark that, if but a tenth part of the reports were true, "it is sufficient to draw down the indignation of the world." History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) It wouldn't hold one-half of your clothes nor a tenth part of mine. The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure Thothmes subdued not a tenth part of the space, and the empire which he established did not endure for much more than a century. Ancient Egypt This would occupy about a tenth part of the time of the telescope for a year. The Future of Astronomy With his own hand the hero gave him a return for this2120 blessing, and Abraham bestowed upon the bishop of God the value of every tenth part of the army's booty. Genesis A Translated from the Old English In the author's time the rupee was worth two shillings, or more, that is to say, the ninth or tenth part of a sovereign. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official For the increase of thy treasury, we will give thee a fiftieth part of our animals and precious metals and a tenth part of our grain. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 They had all of our romantic poet Longfellow's dangerous gifts of sympathy and receptivity, without a tenth part of his technical skill, or any of his real originality as an artist. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century He granted them so seldom that he did not allow the tenth part of those who asked for them to go. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55 1606-1609 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century On gaining possession of Cochin, the Dutch thought it too extensive, and therefore contracted it to the size it is now, being hardly a tenth part of what it was before. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Frantically, vainly, she tugged at it: not by an inch or the tenth part of an inch could she stir it. Lady Good-for-Nothing The people cannot amount to above 200,000: not a tenth part of the number in the colonies. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) But I can't see how the tenth part of a man could hunt down such a gal as that,—it's onnateral. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue A tenth part of milk is amply sufficient. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries The tithes were a tenth part of the annual produce of the soil, and went for the support of the Levites and the general expenses of the government. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Once you could believe nearly all they said; now he is a fool who believes a tenth part of it. Around The Tea-Table But that tenth part of a second made all the difference. Mavericks In a few instances this felicity of adoption has been recognised, but not a tenth part of it has ever been systematically put on record. The English Novel Jealous boy!" she said, laying her hand on my hot forehead, "no, not half as much; not a quarter, not a tenth part as much! The Doctor's Dilemma Yet she held her ground, unable to speak, conscious of the torrent of language that swirled against her from that suffused face opposite, yet not understanding a tenth part of what she heard. The Necromancers Next, as there were many prisoners, horses, and other spoil, he bade him, before it was divided, choose a tenth part for himself. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I And you may take my word for it that this new system will not give you men worth a tenth part of those fellows who bought and bribed their way in under the old. Lady Rose's Daughter But it was not till some days after her return home that Marcella had realised a tenth part of what her mother had undergone since the disastrous spring of the murder. Marcella Would he think we were coming to tell him that he had wasted all his love upon a girl not worthy of a tenth part of it? The Doctor's Dilemma Portugal, without flocks or fire, without coals or capital, could never have manufactured cloth enough to cover the tenth part of her population, at ten times the expense. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 On his way to Veii it seems he had made a vow, that if he took the city he would dedicate the tenth part of the spoil to Apollo. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I But in those days there was quite a changing about of boats all over Nordland, and Jack was unable to build a tenth part of the boats required of him. Weird Tales from Northern Seas Their bread is all baked in cakes, and the bakers bake for all the town, receiving a tenth part for their trouble. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 The license fees never represent more than a tenth part of the value of the game that is killed under licenses. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation It covered an area measuring 22 yards by 22 yards = 484 square yards, the tenth part of an acre. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor At the time the witnesses reach their greatest exaltation, a great earthquake takes place upon earth, and the tenth part of the city falls. The Revelation Explained A tenth part of the produce of the land was set apart for the maintenance of the clergy, and the support of the destitute. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 487, April 30, 1831 In the reigns of Elizabeth and James, the golden age of the English drama, London was not a tenth part of its present sire, and it contained seventeen theatres. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 486, April 23, 1831 If you have but a tenth part of the pleasure I have on this occasion, I am sure, I shall be as welcome as I wish. Pamela, Volume II I say, that of all these orders some were lost as soon as they were created, perhaps in number of the tenth part, to restore which Human Nature was created. The Banquet (Il Convito) "Prescott would, if he were a tenth part of the bootlick that you represent him to be," replied Stubbs. Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps Burke and Macaulay would not add a tenth part as many subscribers to a daily paper as the addition to its corps of two well-trained, ably-commanded reporters. Famous Americans of Recent Times "But I have not told you the tenth part!" said Christine. The Pretty Lady In Mourzouk, about a tenth part of the population are slaves, though many of them have been brought away from their native country so young as hardly to be considered in that light. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa The reward fixed upon for the informer was a tenth part of the value of the lands so discovered. The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 Of all the produce they have first to pay the King, as his royalty, the tenth part. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 He has received a tenth part of the booty in virtue of an immemorial custom. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 But it would not be much, not the tenth part of what I wanted. A Roman Singer Dime, a U.S. silver coin, worth the tenth part of a dollar, or about fivepence. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge He had not supposed that she was a tenth part so clever. Overland The priests," says an English reformer, "have their tenth part of all the corn, meadows, pasture, grain, wood, colts, lambs, geese, and chickens. The Church and Modern Life "How could the Christians have asserted the disinterestedness of those who first preached the Gospel, particularly their having a right to the tenth part." The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 On the other hand, true artists never let their gestures reveal more than a tenth part of the secret emotion that they apparently feel and would hide from the audience to spare their sensibility. Delsarte System of Oratory Only about a tenth part of her fortune was invested so that she got any income out of it. The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories "I calculate that in these latter days more than a tenth part of the people," said Vauban, "are reduced to beggary, and in fact beg." A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 Really, I am sure in the long run they must be far nicer to live with—not a tenth part as vain as Englishmen. Elizabeth Visits America It is not, of course, all, or a tenth part, their fault, or in any way traceable to them. Hodge and His Masters If you could imagine the tenth part of what I have had to put up with, all these months we've been traveling about trying to locate the wretch! O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Neither of us had ever seen so much before—no, nor a tenth part of it. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales If only she could have had a tenth part of James Tapster's money without James Tapster, what a happy woman she would have been! From out the Vasty Deep I never saw a couple in their station in life provided with a tenth part of the luxuries with which they abounded. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss The election of a member for Yorkshire was nigh at hand, and when its results were made known, he found himself in the influential position of "a representative of the tenth part of England." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 I do not pretend to understand all the text myself: no, not half, nor a tenth part of what it very likely means. Sermons for the Times All this was done in the tenth part of the time that has been taken to relate it. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII He receives a tenth part of all the property of his Mahometan subjects; and he compels every Jew residing in his dominions to pay a poll-tax of six crowns annually. Travels through the Empire of Morocco This is about a tenth part of what I might say. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss The "shop" was a bare and dirty room, with a couple of windows, whereof a tenth part might be of glass, the remainder being stopped up with old copybooks and paper. Ten Boys from Dickens Nothing could be more idiotic, he held, than to try to see on one occasion all, or even half, or even a tenth part, of a great collection of works of art. The Bent Twig So much Alcatraz saw while the paralysis of fear locked every joint for the tenth part of a second, and deeply as he dreaded the apparition itself he dreaded more the whipping circle of rope. Alcatraz Never more than a tenth part of the adult population of a country in the field. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 After this familiar, though important conversation, he again descended to Jerusalem, remounted the Borak, returned to Mecca, and performed in the tenth part of a night the journey of many thousand years. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 When they came into the great hall, there were so many knights there who rose before them that I cannot call by name the tenth part of them, or the thirteenth, or the fifteenth. Four Arthurian Romances Barbicane had regulated his chronometer to the tenth part of a second by that of Murchison the engineer, who was charged with the duty of firing the gun by means of an electric spark. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon And if I gave it all to you, would it represent even the tenth part of the value I place upon your friendship, my Tarzan? Return of Tarzan They were all very well, but did not produce upon me a tenth part of the impression that the opening piece did. The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories We wish, however, to remark, that they constitute scarcely a tenth part of our original gleanings, from which we have selected one hundred of the most remarkable and interesting. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain He hesitated, but his hesitation lasted scarcely the tenth part of a second. Baron Trigault's Vengeance If a tenth part of what he confessed were true, he was a very loathsome rogue; and the lad's vanity was tickled by the attention of so experienced a man. Tales and Fantasies RE-MEM-BUR the price is only one cent, the tenth part of a dime, or twenty pins, no bent ones taken. Penrod At last, more than thirty million years hence, the huge red-hot dome of the sun had come to obscure nearly a tenth part of the darkling heavens. The Time Machine Far under the wide-pathed earth a branch of Oceanus flows through the dark night out of the holy stream, and a tenth part of his water is allotted to her. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica You boast of spending a tenth part of your income in charity; maybe you should spend the nine tenths so, and done with it. Walden The maid servant, instead of spending at least a tenth part of her time in bringing and carrying water, as in Baltimore, had the pump at her elbow. My Bondage and My Freedom "But remember that all of us, passengers, sailors, and officers included, would not form a tenth part of that number." Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Being very avaricious, Scheih Ibrahim determined to spend only the tenth part of the money and to keep the rest to himself. The Arabian Nights But not a tenth part of all he said could I recapture afterwards for writing down. The Centaur Society recovers only a tenth part of the property then. Walden Six hundred houses had been burned, near a tenth part of all in New England. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 No, sir; not a tenth part heavy enough, not a tenth part.' Nightmare Abbey The night was raw and showery, and there was not houseroom in Beauséjour for a tenth part of the homeless Acadians. The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage That the face from the chin upward to where the hair begins is the tenth part of a man, and that an out-stretched hand is the same length, &c. Albert Durer To make a long story short, when I got up from the table that night, I owed my opponent nearly £800, without the faintest prospect of paying a tenth part of it. The Crimson Blind A great deal has been said about the fulsome flatteries of Louis XIV. during his reign; I am sure that altogether they would not amount to a tenth part of those that Bonaparte received. The Court of the Empress Josephine He had never obtained from her before a tenth part of the thought she had bestowed upon him during the past six weeks. Sir George Tressady — Volume II Yes, Fairfax, the sun moon and stars make their appearance, in Italy, as regularly as in England; nay much more so, for there is not a tenth part of the intervening clouds. Anna St. Ives He is a pope without the trouble, or a tenth part of the responsibility. Life in Mexico Shakespeare was hardly noticed in his lifetime by popularity, but he is known now, and Byron is hardly the tenth part of a Shakespeare. Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" The Lavert is an insect about an inch and a quarter long, a little more than a quarter broad, and a tenth part of an inch thick. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing They make their bread all in cakes, and, for the tenth part, the bakers bake for all the towne. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 07 England's Naval Exploits Against Spain Could the tenth part of the air present be oxygen? Weighed and Wanting He enters the house, and is quickly surrounded by the women, young and old, offering him the tenth part of what he asks, and which, after much haggling, he accepts. Life in Mexico Indeed, from what I have observed, I should presume that there is not, at the present day, one tenth part of the number of carriages which were in use here in 1780-90. Paris as It Was and as It Is We should rather have surmised that, deplorably deficient as that knowledge is, the reduction of a fifth or tenth part of it to practice would make a glorious change in England and Europe. An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance Only a tenth part of the inhabitants were left alive. Outline of Universal History Not more than a tenth part of the Germans reached the coast of Syria. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Calla lilies, all sorts of geraniums, passion flowers, moss roses—I do not know the names of a tenth part of them. Roughing It, Part 6. The loss in these 52 years answers to 1906 deaths per year, and that is nearly the tenth part of the total and annual loss of Paris. Paris as It Was and as It Is Now don't suppose that I fancy the book to be a tenth part as good as you say it is. A Study of Hawthorne Ere the century is out he will be nine parts dead, and immortal only in that tenth part of him which is included in a thin volume of "beauties." Among My Books First Series This should not, on the average, cost more than a tenth part of his income. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. I hope he never will have the tenth part of the trial both his parents had. The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician It is three times better fitted for raising fish than folks, and in that one quarter of land there is not a tenth part fit to raise people on. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. The World English Bible (WEB): Leviticus So, remember, he who owes five hundred and he who owes the tenth part of it, which is fifty, are both debtors. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Whereupon the porter immediately without delay, in reverence to the authority of such a judicious umpire, put the tenth part of a silver Philip into his hand. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 It is sufficient to say that if the play had been a tenth part as nauseous as the epithets hurled at it and its author, the Censor's veto would have been amply justified. Ghosts What do other women who are not a tenth part as good-looking as I am get by it? The History of David Grieve Sir, a game of jokes is composed partly of skill, partly of chance; a man may be beat at times by one who has not the tenth part of his wit. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography I have often prayed, in bitterness and sorrow, that a tenth part of that which is laid to your charge may not be heaped on your devoted head at the great and final account. The Pilot On the steps sit rows of licensed beggars, who will pray for those who will present them with the tenth part of a farthing. Peeps at Many Lands: Japan The music-sellers, on whom the sale depends, have not taken a tenth part of the number of copies for which we expected them to subscribe. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time If he had possessed a tenth part of your courage, Arthur might have been alive, and safe in England, at this moment. Blind Love It was not true, not half, not a tenth part true. Hereward, the Last of the English The trouble is that we Americans are so rich in land that we waste it and fail to get from it a tenth part of what we might. The Story of Sugar No historian could read, much less measure and compare, a tenth part of the books that have won recognition since 1876. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived They have, however, stamps the tenth part of a cent in value, and a bank note in circulation whose face value is less than a cent. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America And the patriarch, for reasons of his own, had not yet told the girl a tenth part of the threatening danger. Darkness and Dawn It was the custom with many to devote to Hercules the tenth part of their possessions. The Captiva and the Mostellaria I shall never know what to do with a tenth part of this silver, señor. The Treasure of the Incas The tenth part of a slate, the merest chip of a corner, falling from the lofty summit of that pile, would have slain elephants. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days One eighth part of all the State taxes and one tenth part of all rateable polls are abated for the relief of the indigent. Count the Cost An Address to the People of Connecticut, On Sundry Political Subjects, and Particularly on the Proposition for a New Constitution Without it, there would not be a tenth part of the luxury which exists. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life "I will run the risk for thirty-one thousand pounds, and no less," says I. "But if it may be done for a tenth part, how then?" A Set of Rogues About twenty-five thousand persons, a tenth part of the population, migrated on this occasion. Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe I had actually drawn out a silver half-crown, but I could not bring myself to offer it to him, and so ended by giving a tenth part of my whole fortune to a stranger. Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire Ten cents or the tenth part of a dollar—this would make an amount of $40,700 for the whole of this immovable property.” Topsy-Turvy Nothing could be said to me to-day which would give me a tenth part of the hopeless sense of degradation which came from those words. Bits about Home Matters "Ten to one," says Mr. Hopkins; "that is to say, you would make this voyage for the tenth part of what you ask were you sure of returning safe." A Set of Rogues A Jelly-fish, which weighed two pounds when alive, would leave less than the tenth part of one ounce when dried! On the Seashore Indeed, many of those you supposed to be ordered, were pledged for a tenth part of their value. Tales for Young and Old This is about the tenth part of the whole of Europe. Topsy-Turvy The seventh, that the dime and tenth part of the possessions should be given to the church. Bible Stories and Religious Classics To what purpose will it be, my lords, to deprive nine hardened profligates of a tenth part of the liquor which they now drink, which is the utmost that this duty will effect? The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11. Parlimentary Debates II. This was, however, not a tenth part of the trouble in which Mr. Tebrick found himself. Lady into Fox Pen grew weary of hearing the students and tutor blunder through a few lines of a play which he could read in a tenth part of the time which they gave to it. Boys and girls from Thackeray Winged things, with the exception of the owls, who were a tenth part body and nine-tenths feathers, burrowed under snow-drifts or found shelter in thick spruce. Kazan And the good of all things that thou givest to me, I shall offer to thee the tithes and tenth part. Bible Stories and Religious Classics Third: That he should have one tenth part of all merchandise, pearls, precious stones, gold, silver, or spices acquired by trade, discovery, or any other method. Christopher Columbus Priapus would not put weapons into his hands till he had turned him out a perfect dancer; and he was rewarded by Hera with a tenth part of all Ares's spoils. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 I would not survive if I took a tenth part of the medicines you have named, and not one of them would do me any good. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century It has cost five times as much as was contemplated, and is not worth a tenth part of the outlay, still it is very beautiful. Nature and Human Nature But since I am speaking of the fall of a tenth part of Antichrist; a word or two about the means of the fall thereof. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 Hang 'em, men or women, and in a couple of years' time there wouldn't be a tenth part of the murders we have now. The Hollow of Her Hand I'm sure I did not say a tenth part of what the fellow richly deserves. The Young Step-Mother At the moment she was quite unmindful of what she owed the good people, and, indeed, was as yet incapable of understanding a tenth part of her obligation to them. A Double Story He held it for the tenth part of a second, for three strides of the man—an unconscionable time. Lord Jim This, I say, is the division that this mighty earthquake shall make betwixt the horns that are left to these nine parts that remained, when the tenth part of the city fell. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 The people cannot amount to above 200,000; not a tenth part of the number in the Colonies. Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America A tenth part of this solution is again mixed with nine times its bulk of water. Man or Matter Not an inch, not a tenth part of an inch, would he move. Half a Rogue Forty-eight hours ago a full stomach would not have made him a tenth part as happy as he was now. Baree, Son of Kazan But thus much for the first: Great Babylon falleth first, in a tenth part of it. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 He hesitated for perhaps the tenth part of a second, if hesitation could be counted in that space. The River's End Oh! my dear Sir, don't you find that nine parts in ten of the world are of no use but to make you wish yourself with that tenth part? The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 They gave security," said I. "But the sureties are not worth a tenth part of the sum for which they stand responsible. The Allen House I do not remember the tenth part of it! Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders "You would not part with a tenth part of your brains for all my muscle." Jeanne of the Marshes They had lost a tenth part of their powers of endurance in those dreadful two days spent on the hills in sight of Dijon. The Malady of the Century "That I do not know the tenth part of what he does, no doubt," said Brandon. Mr. Hogarth's Will Moreover, while you are among us all honour shall be done to you and the Swallow, and of the cattle we capture a tenth part shall be the Swallow's. Swallow: a tale of the great trek The troops that thus alarmed them were not a tenth part of their number, and were in reality our own 8th Hussars, who wore green uniforms. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo This change is brought about before the animal has attained a tenth part of its full dimensions, and hence such minute and delicate specimens are rarely met with. The Student's Elements of Geology He also demanded a tenth part of all the pearls, precious stones, gold, silver and spices, or whatever else he might gain by trade or barter. This Country of Ours He would be wretched at giving up to me a tenth part of his lambs, and that tenth would keep us always in hot water. The Trial The tenth part of the produce of vakouf lands, fields, and gardens is appropriated for the maintenance of mosques, monasteries, tombs, and other religious foundations. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 I cannot remember having read any novel with a tenth part of the interest that absorbed me, in constructing my imaginary train of circumstances. The Guilty River Darwin knew barely the tenth part of the colossal work of Fabre. Fabre, Poet of Science In the canton of Berne it is so high as a sixth part of the price of all noble fiefs, and a tenth part of that of all ignoble ones. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Had the Bee the least glimmer of reason would she lay her egg on the third, on the tenth part of the necessary provender? The Mason-Bees But whilst the State requires from the former only a tenth part of his actual crops, the Indian peasant is liable for the full money rate fixed without regard to the rainfall and the crops. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 Well, I never could account for a tenth part of it after it was spent. Sixes and Sevens To those, therefore, who had made any payments, I returned a tenth part upon the sums so paid. The Letters of Pliny the Younger Eugenius has what the world calls two hundred pounds a year; but never values himself above nine-score, as not thinking he has a right to the tenth part, which he always appropriates to charitable uses. Essays and Tales "You should have tried to earn even a tenth part of it, then speak." The Man Who Was Afraid It was but for a moment—nay, for the tenth part of a moment—that this sight was permitted to the wanderer. Zanoni If there has been the massacre of three hundred there, or even the tenth part of three hundred, it will be conclusively proved; and being so proved, the retribution shall as surely come. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 7: 1863-1865 I have not patience to read a tenth part of what they put forth. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 There would probably be but the tenth part of an instant left to hear it in, but one would certainly hear it. The Idiot We should probably overrate their numerical strength, if we were to estimate them at a tenth part of the priesthood. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 "If a tenth part of his detachment returns I shall thank God," he added as if speaking to himself. War and Peace They noticed that the cabin used by Slippery Trendley was a hundred paces from the main collection of huts and that the woods came to within a tenth part of that distance of its door. Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up Had he written only a tenth part of the works he left behind him, his character would have been conspicuous in every part; but his great fault is his having endeavoured to be universal. Letters on England By no exertion was it possible in that age to ascertain within a fortnight the intentions of one tenth part of the parochial ministers who were scattered over the kingdom. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 In 1689, the city extended over about one tenth part of the space which it now covers, and was intersected by muddy streams, which have long been concealed by arches and buildings. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 But the Spanish navy was scarcely equal to the tenth part of that mighty force which, in the time of Philip the Second, had been the terror of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 It was impossible to find places for a tenth part of those who thought that they had a right to office. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 We knew to the tenth part of a revolution the speed of every electric fan in Gotham, and we followed the swiftest as they varied. Waifs and Strays Part 1 I have to find out everything myself, and there is so much that I shall die of old age before finding out a tenth part of what I should like to know. Mauprat But that the tenth part of that sum, nay, that the hundredth part of that sum should be expended in a contest, is a great evil. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 Positively, there could not have intervened the tenth part of a second between the disengagement of the basket and its absolute and total disappearance with all that it contained. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 They were not aware of one tenth part of the contradictions and absurdities which Oates had committed. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Frankfurt has not such a sum; the most rigorous collection did not yield above the tenth part of it. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 As I said above, nearly a thousand cases have been collected, representing probably not the tenth part of those which a more active and general search might bring together. The Unknown Guest You naturally ask, How is this immense population, collected on an area which will not yield food for one tenth part of them, to be nourished? Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 I have perhaps dwelt too long upon opinions which can have no possible bearing upon our own, but I have not said the tenth part of what these would-be reformers urged upon me. Erewhon An act of parliament was passed enabling the marquis to reap the benefit and profit from this invention, subject to a tenth part which was reserved for the king and his heirs. Royalty Restored It is said that in the whole country scarcely a tenth part remained alive; but this estimate is evidently too high. The Black Death The Dancing Mania I never yet saw the poetry that expressed the tenth part of what I feel in the presence of beauty and magnificence, and when I really meditate—profoundly. The Egoist The whole charge amounted to about two hundred and ninety thousand pounds a year, less then a tenth part of what the military establishment of France then cost in time of peace. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Whence came it that in the space of a few seconds the moon's disc reached a magnitude as though it were but a tenth part of its ordinary distance from the earth? Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space Thus far he had done no more to Moor and Jew than exact that tenth part of their substance which the faiths of both required that they should pay. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable Probably few places escaped, perhaps not any; for the annuals of contemporaries report that throughout the land only a tenth part of the inhabitants remained alive. The Black Death The Dancing Mania |
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