| 单词 | twoscore |
| 例句 | Was it not true that for twoscore years and more the earth had been searched for things rare and precious enough to help make up the body of Robert van Rensselaer? A Captain of Industry Being the Story of a Civilized Man 2012-04-25T02:01:06.607Z For twoscore days, twice a year, he is to forego the use of fish, and for three days in each week that of fish, wine, and oil, fasting, if his health and labors will permit. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Keep the ship well hidden, and have twoscore men ambushed above the cliff, to hold the path if need comes. Andromache A Play in Three Acts 2012-02-19T03:00:15.203Z Here were some twoscore tiny jugs, bubbling full of mischief, with one bright, sympathetic girl of twenty-two keeping a finger on every dancing lid. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Carroll, as you have probably surmised, was one of the more than twoscore Government operatives sent to New York to work on the von Ewald case. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z By the time the head of the Gulf of California was reached the expedition had dwindled to barely twoscore men. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z Worse than that, here close at hand, over on the other side of the long, shallow swale, were twoscore Indian warriors in all their barbaric finery, excitedly watching the coming of other victims. Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains 2011-09-15T02:00:11.393Z With thirty-odd horsemen and twoscore or more rifle men afoot, they now dashed after their fleeing opponents, who made a dark splotch in the moonlit road far ahead. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Not for nearly twoscore years had the island seen that horror, and old men shuddered at the memory of it. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z I have found more impudence and more dandy doctorism and more needless airs at this Judiciary, than in all the twoscore other establishments in and around Washington. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z I knew and claimed you as you lay on the shore, a living child, among twoscore dead men, and none withstood me. The Unknown Sea I see him return before the week’s end, nine starved urchins clinging to his hands and the skirts of his coat, the first Fresh Air party that went out of New York twoscore years ago. Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half “You travel with twoscore of men; I with a thousand.” A Prince of Good Fellows Sagittarius, think you, you could hit, at twoscore, a haystack flying? Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) If I conquer you, O'Donnell lends me twoscore men for three months; also, by conquering you I win your men to me, which makes fifty. Nuala O'Malley About him were gathered some twoscore men and a few women. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 Journalism today requires general and technical training The discussion of the education of the journalist has been in progress for twoscore years. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College “Harry of England will be glad to hear that the King of Scotland has destroyed twoscore of his stoutest warriors.” A Prince of Good Fellows He counted more than twoscore travelers who dropped into Shoestring within an hour and a half. Louisiana Lou A Western Story One of the guides, who were from the Dark Master's twoscore men, pointed to a twisted peak on their right, whence an almost invisible spiral of gray smoke wound up. Nuala O'Malley There was water at Twenty Mile—the only water for twoscore of miles. Red Men and White The rear was brought up by twoscore more and half as many dogs. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Advancing to the centre of the room, he stood and looked upon the countenance of the Shining One, while a man might count twoscore. The Doomsman There were twoscore decoys bobbing and tugging at their anchor-cords outside the point. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Fetch either of the twain to Bertragh, dead or alive, and you have the loan of twoscore men for three months, free. Nuala O'Malley Nick judged, in the rapid estimate he made, that there were in all at least twoscore of men gathered there. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts "Of course you will, Robert; but I don't know but I'd prefer a score of women like Mistress Cochrane to twoscore men." The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys Almost immediately he was joined by about twoscore men, all armed with spear and bow and arrow, and, like himself, brown-skinned and stalwart. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea The coast, more than twoscore miles in extent, has not a single harbor for large vessels, and the two navigable rivers, the Scheldt and Meuse, flow into another state before reaching the sea. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges In fact, all those twoscore men rather hoped that their old master would be crushed by Brian, for so long as there was booty in sight they cared not whom they served. Nuala O'Malley About twoscore Southern towns and127 a dozen cities so far figure in the contributions. Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization A nervous little laugh went round at his quiet jest, and twoscore men boarded the sleds. The Rainy Day Railroad War These attacks, which argued the existence of a host of enemies, were all the work of the escaped chieftain and his twoscore of followers. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea She was alone, at the mercy of twoscore of hostile Indians. Oh, You Tex! All that day driblets of volunteers arrived at Steens' gate, and at nightfall a party of twoscore from Porthleven, the widow's native village, where it seemed that her conduct was peculiarly detested. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Hand in hand, together they trod Through years twoscore and seven; Their only staff was the Word of God, Their path was the way to heaven. Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. In one house, perhaps, twoscore families herd together; and, perhaps, not one of them is wholly out of the reach of want. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) On the contrary, it came as the result of studying health administration in twoscore British and American cities, and of reading scores of books on sanitary evolution. Civics and Health I was face to face with twoscore Fellow Citizens, in clean blouses and extra frills. The Promised Land The problem now presenting itself for prompt solution is: 20° below zero, a gale blowing from the northwest, twoscore small, unwashed orphans, and a burst boiler! Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour As he passed slowly along under the solemn trees, his boyhood days came back to him so fresh that the twoscore years of hard, grinding toil, flew away as by magic. Choice Readings for the Home Circle Though there was never fighting at Columbus, the end of the war found some fifteen hundred soldiers' graves in Friendship Cemetery, perhaps twoscore of the number being those of Federals. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' After one passes twoscore it is time to think of the past, not of the future. Visionaries Full twoscore years passed swiftly by and the deceit seems to have brought is large money returns to crafty Jacob. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service The approach, a hundred paces or more, was guarded by twoscore mummies in black cases, standing upright along the pillars. The False Gods In pairs they enter, and singular; the short procession is now at an end, and the places are filled up with the scanty number of twoscore guests, male and female. The Cross and the Shamrock Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations, Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St. Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic Male And Female Servants Of The United States. In all the twoscore of Shakspere's plays, comic and tragic and historic, there are very few, indeed, the stories of which are wholly of his own making. Inquiries and Opinions Brick buildings were soon erected, but probably not twoscore ever stood at one time during the 17th century. New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America Along a mottled green-and-brown stretch of shore, which rolled undulatingly toward the icy fringe of the polar sea, more than twoscore hunters were engaged in unusual activity. The Eternal Maiden There were twoscore saloons which held overflow meetings, accommodating those whom the Cottage bar would not hold. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains There go two, there twoscore in a whirling, scudding flurry, like a swift-blown bunch of autumn leaves. Roof and Meadow For threescore years, at least, Scribe was the salient figure in the French theater; and his influence endured more than twoscore years after his death. Inquiries and Opinions Among the most popular of the prose epics is the story of Robin Hood, compiled from some twoscore old English ballads, some of which date back at least to 1400. The Book of the Epic More than twoscore boats were drawn over the land-adhering ice to the edge of the sea. The Eternal Maiden We have a little book, of not more than twoscore pages in all, which gives us "lives of illustrious schoolmasters;" and from which we may glean a few facts. Roman life in the days of Cicero But that was when Scattergood's hair was touched with gray and his girth had increased by twoscore pounds. Scattergood Baines Fully twoscore of his classmates rushed to wring his hand and to wish him the best kind of good luck that day. Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life We pass a score—twoscore, threescore, perhaps—of happy parties, soldiers again, a bourgeois family of three generations, the old grandmother with a mushroom-hat tied over her cap—soldiers and Fräuleins coketteering. Nancy Carew was naught to her, and had been naught for twoscore years. Bred in the Bone "Oh, don't mind me," cried Miss Clopsey, a parched maiden of twoscore. The Girl at Cobhurst Rob turned upon his assailant, now twoscore yards away. Robin Hood Of all the rulers not twoscore had escaped, and these into regions of peril which to describe as sanctuary would be mockery. The Moon Pool Beware how you give a fatal sanction, in this infant period of our Republic, scarcely yet twoscore years old, to military insubordination. Henry Clay's Remarks in House and Senate But well-nigh twoscore souls had been rescued by him; and the Star stayed on through it all. Chita: a Memory of Last Island He was twoscore and ten years old when he buried it beneath his house, and yet never thought that he might be scarcely "fit to drink" when the wine became so. Master Humphrey's Clock That same evening within a forest glade a group of men—some twoscore clad in Lincoln green—sat round a fire roasting venison and making merry. Robin Hood During the descent we passed first and last probably twoscore of tourists, all on foot. The Mountains Around the fire were gathered some twoscore of Micmacs in their war dress, who merely grunted as the abbé and his little party joined them. The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage In any case, here she indubitably was, and Walter was disposed to think her rather a fine woman for her years, which he took to be about twoscore. In the Valley A galley of the proconsul's fleet conveyed them toward Christendom and set the twoscore slaves of yesterday ashore not far from Megaris. Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship For first prize we have offered a purse containing twoscore golden pounds; for second, a purse containing twoscore silver pennies; and for third a silver bugle, inlaid with gold. Robin Hood There was but a scant attendance—twoscore men, perhaps, and half a dozen women, who sat, in decent Scotch fashion, apart from the men—that is, apart from all but Joshua Timmins. Quaint Courtships With its twoscore lofty stories, and its massive base, this wonderful structure rose above the lower quarter of the city, and dominated it, like a veritable Tower of Babel, made to defy the flood. The Second Deluge He saw a brown protuberance on the side of a great tree, above where the branches began, not twoscore yards distant from him, and that brown protuberance moved slightly. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man When the tragedy of Carpezan had run some thirty or twoscore nights, other persons of genius took possession of the theatre. The Virginians Clive was the very picture of the dear boy as he had left her almost twoscore years ago. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family After twoscore years and three it was all strangely familiar. Roman Holidays, and Others "More than twoscore stags have passed him, Mark the number on his flesh With red stripes of this good ashwood, Mend me thus this broken mesh!" Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses In front of us all strode Sampson Gundry, clearing all tangles with a short, sharp axe, and mounting steep places as if twoscore were struck off his threescore years and five. Erema — My Father's Sin I know you land sharks, and would I'd been born with a smack of your cunning; then had I never gone of this venture, and lost my ship and twoscore men, that money'll ne'er replace. A Set of Rogues A melancholy silence seemed to signalize the despair of the twoscore patients, each occupying a cot screened from the rest by thin canvas curtains. The Iron Game A Tale of the War Yet had Jeffrey Curtain kept at scrivening for twoscore years he could not have put a quirk into one of his stories weirder than the quirk that came into his own life. Tales of the Jazz Age Teepees, a hundred and twoscore, skin tents of the savage tribes and homes also of the whites, were grouped irregularly over a space of more than half a mile. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism Of the twoscore and ten thousand, when they were counted o'er, There 'scaped out of that battle but an hundred men and four. The Lay of the Cid They were considering what to do next when a body of some twoscore horsemen swept down upon them. Masters of the Guild Her breakfast tray sat untouched on its little stand, while on the counterpane were spread out some twoscore portraits of more or less beautiful maidens. Patty's Suitors They sat in conclave here, some twoscore or so at first, the rabid patriots of this poor, downtrodden France. I Will Repay It was the same appeal that had been made for twoscore years in order to perpetuate the dynasty of gubernatorial figureheads who had obeyed the ring's orders. The Landloper He sends thee twoscore horses and doth kiss thy hands withal. The Lay of the Cid There were beyond twoscore bodies, and he went feeling from one to the other. In Wicklow and West Kerry Perhaps the lack was not seriously felt, for most of the twoscore inmates of the settlement were Huguenot traders. The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness Before I could check him, he had leaped straight in the path of the rushing globes, now a scant twoscore yards away. The Metal Monster They set the village on fire and killed or carried off some twoscore prisoners, chiefly women and children. The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars A gorgeous cavalcade some twoscore strong came into sight, advancing at an amble, a ducal hunting party returning to the palace. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Browne's messenger, we find, had come to him, "Thursday, 7th:" and on Friday night Rutowski has a squad of boatmen, steersmen and twoscore of towing peasants ready; and actually gets under way. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 17 The priests were attended by about twoscore armed Frenchmen. The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness He went, High Excellence, in the fifteenth of the earth-ruler Chun, whom your enlightened tolerance has allowed to occupy the lower dragon throne for twoscore years, as these earthlings count. Kai Lung's Golden Hours He crossed one precipitous place, with a fall of twoscore feet or less beneath him, and found worse ahead. The Research Magnificent |
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