| 单词 | eighty-five |
| 例句 | The price shot up from fifteen dollars to eighty-five in no time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Alex insisted on giving Gallien his watch, his comb, and what he said was all his money: eighty-five cents in loose change. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Seventy-five, eighty, eighty-five,” I chanted, sliding the nickels around in his palm. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It was not far from Helong, a city of about eighty-five thousand people. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Do you think we should buy a terminal of the lottery with an eighty-five? Tomorrow is the eighty-fifth day.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mother died when I was twelve. Cousin Lottie raised me, and she died last year. She was eighty-five. I’m my own last living relative, so to speak.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Three hostages, eighty-five inmates, and one state trooper were wounded. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Perry had a sister, and had once had two, but the surviving one did not live in Fort Scott, a Kansas town eighty-five miles from Olathe; in fact, he was uncertain of her present address. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They drove eighty-five yards for a touchdown, most of those yards coming from that big fullback. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t be a baby. It’s only like eighty-five degrees,” he said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z "Eight dollars and eighty-five cents. Sixty-five cents. I spent some." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z She reads me the article: ‘“Spaulding Street Elementary’s talented academic team of fifth and sixth graders won the local Whiz Kids quiz competition last night by a score of eighty-six to eighty-five. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z About eighty-five years ago they were told that they were free, united with others of our country in everything pertaining to the common good, and, in everything social, separate like the fingers of the hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But today is eighty-five days and 1 should fish the day well. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “It could not happen twice. Do you think you can find an eighty-five?” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Oldest victim: eighty-five years old; the youngest: two. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z In fact, the eighty-five citizens gathered there seemed strangely subdued and contemplative. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I’d gotten an eighty-five, but I was so excited that she’d come over to me that I got all mixed up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A made-up story about Rosaleen losing eighty-five pounds, looking so sleek nobody could pick her out of a police lineup. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I only got eighty-five, and I read the whole thing. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Well . . . pretty sure. Ninety-nine percent. Okay, eighty-five percent.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Tanaka nearly choked on his whiskey in front of eighty-five guests while I couldn’t stop staring at the cake and, in my shock, asked loudly, “Well, are we still going to eat it?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And why does sticking an alligator on a shirt raise the price eighty-five bucks? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I looked closely at one news article about a high-school ball player who scored eighty-five points in a game. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There was a shower right between every two rooms in our wing, and about eighty-five times a day old Ackley barged in on me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “So when the syllabus assigned pages fifty through eighty-five, you didn’t think you had to read anything?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Eleven eighty-five,” she repeated, now holding her hand out. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We have some eighty-five affiliated organizations across the South, and one of them is the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Your total is eleven eighty-five,” Renee said, turning around to scoop the fries. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She was eighty-five years old, and while she survived the initial accident, she died from her injuries a few months later. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z When we arrived, on December 31, it was eighty-five degrees, and the Santa Ana winds whipped against the rickety walls of our motel room. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Only a minority of women live to age eighty-five, and incidence rates are changing and are much higher for older women. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I had learned eighty-five Vietnamese phrases over the last seven days, as well as a great deal of verb conjugation. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z In 1944, when Planck was eighty-five, an Allied bomb fell on his house and he lost everything–papers, diaries, a lifetime of accumulations. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I charge the eighty-five dollars to Mother’s account since she’s always begging me to go buy new clothes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z If it happens December 17, he wins eighty-five bucks. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was her future self, at eighty-five, in widows weeds. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Orpheus Fisher, Marian’s sweetheart and her husband of more than forty years, died in 1985 at the age of eighty-five. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, eighty-five national and local organizations, and more than three hundred prominent individuals, signed on as sponsors of the “Freedom Concert,” as it was now called. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The entire weight of his equipment, he guessed, was more than eighty-five pounds. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “It’s only eighty-five degrees and we live a block from the ocean. But thanks.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She looked about eighty-five in both age and weight, which wasn’t what I expected. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The three days’ grace I had would see me, given no mishap, at farthest to Kuseben on the Gulf, eighty-five miles. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “One thing about it, I’ve been associated with state championship teams. In eighty-four we won a state championship and in eighty-five we played for it. God dang, guys, there’s nothin’ else like it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Herbie owned no truly warm clothes because, having associated “Southwest” with “desert,” he had figured the temperature would always be hovering around eighty-five degrees. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dave benches three hundred eighty-five pounds. Would you like to be caught sneaking around with his girlfriend, even if you and I are just friends, if we are in fact.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z After these facts were established, a joint commission cut Canada’s claim by over eighty-five percent. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In the afternoon I improved to eighty-five out of a hundred, but Mr. Stokely still wasn’t satisfied. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z One summer after he graduated from the University of Chicago Sanders had paid $2,500 for eighty-five acres in Middlesex, a small town a few miles north of Montpelier, Vermont’s capital. Bernie Sanders’ hippie 20s: Drugs, free love and Vietnam! 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Alomar sold about eighty-five copies directly to passengers in his cab. No Longer Driving a Cab, a Syrian Writer in America Focusses on His Fiction 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Not middle-aged, or late-middle-aged, but one of the members of the fastest-growing demographic: the “oldest old,” those aged eighty-five and above? What Old Age Is Really Like 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Maybe there will be when I’m eighty-five years old. Robert De Niro Is Always Doing Something 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Taylor, who is eighty-five, is tall and handsome, with athletic shoulders and a thinker’s high, domed forehead. How to Restore Your Faith in Democracy 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z He has led more than two thousand and five hundred performances of more than eighty-five different operas; his brisk, effusive technique has been adequate to them all, and superior in many cases. James Levine’s Accomplishment at the Met 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z He died on June 11th; he was eighty-five. Ornette Coleman and a Joyful Funeral 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z “Now five, seventy-five, seven and a half, eighty-five, ninety,” Long said in a relentless stream of auctioneer — gibberish overriding gibberish. Summer’s over, and things are back to bonkers. Here’s the view from Crazytown, D.C. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Last Sunday, the fifth of ten episodes of Starz’s “Now Apocalypse” aired to an audience of eighty-five thousand viewers—lousy by the standards of cable television, but excellent by the metrics of ecstatic visions. The Ennobling Smut of Gregg Araki’s “Now Apocalypse” 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The first Broadway run of “Cats” lasted for eighteen years and seven thousand four hundred and eighty-five performances. Memories of “Cats” 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z I picture myself at eighty-five saying, ‘Well, as long as I’ve got everything worked out by ninety, I’ll be fine. Really.’ My day at the fertility clinic: I’m 35, single and want to know my options 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Safro, who is eighty-five, says that she keeps forgetting to return messages from major museums. Tender Buttons, a One-of-a-Kind New York Institution, Closes Shop 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z In her first cookbook, My Healthy Dish, My presents more than eighty-five new recipes perfect for any family. The best banana bread: Developed through trial-and-error, these muffins are delicious 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z As Fox Solomon, who is now eighty-five, tells it, Walker gasped upon seeing the pictures, and said that they recalled the murders of civil-rights leaders. Rosalind Fox Solomon, Inward and Out 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z When Chris reaches the ship, he finds devastation—a crew of eighty-five reduced to three and living on the edge of madness, in chaos and squalor, amid elusive figures made of neutrinos. Movies 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z “I wasn’t tryin’ to pay eighty-five dollars,” J. T. told me as we talked in the courtyard of their apartment complex. Has Afropunk Abandoned Its Origins? 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z The photographer Bruce Davidson, who is eighty-five years old, has lived with his wife, Emily, in a rambling apartment on the Upper West Side for the past five decades. “I’m an Outsider on the Inside”: An Interview with Bruce Davidson 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z People eighty-five and older are "the fastest growing segment of the US population." Live long and flounder: An aging expert on the looming crisis of our longer lifespans 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Westmoreland’s predictions were called into question, however, when in January 1968, the North Vietnamese launched their most aggressive assault on the South, deploying close to eighty-five thousand troops. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z He claimed — and still claims, in fact — that the limit of life expectancy is about eighty-five years. Animals could hold the key to human longevity. Here's why 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Between 1994 and 2001, Abramoff, who then worked as a lobbyist for a prominent law firm, paid for eighty-five members of Congress to travel to the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory in the Pacific. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z When some mourners call his father “a character,” he provides a wry definition: “A character is what you call a massively difficult person once he has reached the age of eighty-five.” David Sedaris laughs at death in ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z It was announced this week that University Hospital will be receiving approximately eighty-five healthcare workers from the Army’s Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces. Army helping to combat coronavirus at New Jersey hospital 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Breadlines and soup kitchens were packed, serving as many as eighty-five thousand meals daily in New York City alone. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The optimistic part is that he also predicted that science will continue to find ways to keep us healthy longer, so that more and more of those eighty-five years will be spent in good health. Animals could hold the key to human longevity. Here's why 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Medical staff here estimate that eighty-five per cent of the cases they see are accidents with cooking gas and electricity, but the rest are self-immolations. Peace Talks, the Taliban, and Afghan Women’s Uncertain Future 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z More recently, Hays, who is fifty-four, was an aide at a nursing home, putting in a full workweek in a single weekend and driving eighty-five miles to get there. The One-Traffic-Light Town with Some of the Fastest Internet in the U.S. 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z He charges two hundred and eighty-five dollars for an hour-long phone call. Who, Me? Impeached? 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Twenty-six miles and three hundred and eighty-five yards is a brutal test, and it hurts everyone who runs it—even those with prodigious talent. Eliud Kipchoge Breaks the Two-Hour Barrier in the Marathon 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z On Saturday, Eliud Kipchoge, the best marathon runner of his generation, will attempt to become the first person to complete twenty-six miles and three hundred and eighty-five yards in less than two hours. Inside the Race to Break the Two-Hour Marathon 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Google invented two products—a spectacular search engine and a set of algorithms for matching people’s online behavior to ads—that today deliver eighty-five per cent of its revenue. Is Amazon Unstoppable? 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He is eighty-five, and walks gingerly and with a cane. Amartya Sen’s Hopes and Fears for Indian Democracy 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z As it hovered, winds peaked at a hundred and eighty-five miles per hour. How Social Media Is Helping Survivors of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z That’s really, as far as I can tell, eighty-five per cent of what the discussion now is about on the progressive left. A Penn Law Professor Wants to Make America White Again 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z When I visited, the Intella home screen showed some sixteen million e-mails, eighty-five thousand presentations, six hundred and eighty thousand spreadsheets, and a hundred and five thousand contacts in the Football Leaks database. How Football Leaks Is Exposing Corruption in European Soccer 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z “Over eighty-five per cent of patients benefit exceptionally from the treatment.” The Birth-Tissue Profiteers 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Under apartheid, eighty-five per cent of South African land was reserved for whites, who made up some seventeen per cent of the population. Who Owns South Africa? 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Parole has been abolished in the federal system, so even with good behavior Cohen will be obliged to serve at least eighty-five per cent of his sentence. Michael Cohen’s Last Days of Freedom 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Two hundred and eighty-five kinds of birds are seen there. How Yellowstone became the "most scientifically contested piece of ground in America" 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z The United States leases the land beneath the Guantánamo Bay detention facility from Cuba, for four thousand and eighty-five dollars a year, under an agreement signed after the Spanish-American War. Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z The list for Illinois names a hundred and eighty-five priests; the former state attorney general Lisa Madigan counted six hundred and ninety accused priests. What Do the Church’s Victims Deserve? 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z After Ailes was ousted, Murdoch, then eighty-five, assumed the title of acting C.E.O. of Fox News, and moved into Ailes’s corner office on the second floor of News Corp’s Manhattan headquarters. The Making of the Fox News White House 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z This past November, Inslee drove through Paradise, where the Camp Fire had killed at least eighty-five people. Jay Inslee Wants to Be a Presidential Candidate for the Climate-Change Era 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z The origin of the Camp Fire, in November, which was one of the worst fires in the state’s history and led to the deaths of eighty-five people, is still being investigated, but P.G. The P.G. & E. Bankruptcy and the Coming Climate-Related Business Failures 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z The U.N.-approved Truth Commission For El Salvador found that eighty-five per cent of the acts of violence were the result of state agents. Max Boot Defends Elliott Abrams’s Account of U.S. Policy in El Salvador 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z We are about to announce this but by the Spring of 2019 it's going to be a hundred and eighty-five thousand girls. The founder of Girls Who Code explains how to push back against patriarchy in Tech 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Liberty, which has fifteen thousand students on campus and another eighty-five thousand “distance learners” who take classes online, is one of the largest Christian universities in the country. Conservative Evangelicals Attempt to Disentangle Their Faith from Trumpism 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The novelist and short-story writer Philip Roth died in May, at the age of eighty-five. Philip Roth’s American Portraits and American Prophecy 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z In the brief interval between the publication of the two reports, the deadliest wildfire in California’s history, the Camp Fire, claimed the lives of at least eighty-five people. Coal for Christmas at the U.N. Climate Conference 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Of the eighty-five fatalities, twenty-seven have been identified, thanks in part to the work of Wood’s team. How California’s Efforts to Prevent Wildfires Reflect a National Crisis on Climate Change 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z “I just got back from a cruise on the Rhine River, from Amsterdam to Frankfurt. Whole time there, in Germany, it was eighty-five degrees. I’m, like, ‘Eighty-five degrees! Ask a Scientist: How to Deal With a Climate-Change Skeptic 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The pact was certainly convenient for the military and the death squads, which, according to the U.N.’s investigators, committed eighty-five per cent of the atrocities—against roughly five per cent attributed to the rebels. Archbishop Óscar Romero Becomes a Saint, But His Death Still Haunts El Salvador 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z This winter, Ginsburg, eighty-five, did her daily workout with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Unlikely Path to the Supreme Court 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z On Saturday morning, according to North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality, the number of currently problematic lagoons had been reduced to eighty-five. Could Smithfield Foods Have Prevented the “Rivers of Hog Waste” in North Carolina After Florence? 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z One was Bears Ears, 1.35 million acres in the southeastern part of the state, protected by President Obama, which Trump reduced by eighty-five per cent. Why Two Chefs in Small-Town Utah Decided to Sue President Trump 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z That April, Kennan, then eighty-five, appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to declare that the Cold War was over. Francis Fukuyama Postpones the End of History 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The novelist and short-story writer Philip Roth died, in May, at the age of eighty-five. Philip Roth’s American Portraits and American Prophecy 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z There are now nearly eighty-five thousand delivery personnel like Xia, and several thousand depots, from large hubs to tiny outlets like the one in Xinhuang. How E-Commerce Is Transforming Rural China 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z In December, Trump announced that he was shrinking Bears Ears by eighty-five per cent. Scott Pruitt Is Gone, But The Trump Administration’s Climate Negligence Remains 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Three hundred eighty-five million years ago, the first trees in the history of life sprouted along this forgotten coast. Glimpses of a Mass Extinction in Modern-Day Western New York 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z It’s expensive for her to call them from inside the facility—eighty-five cents per minute—so she speaks to them once a week, usually on Sundays. The Courageous Woman Who Is Organizing Separated Mothers Inside an ICE Detention Center 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z “I’m eligible for parole in eighty-five years. What do you think, Mark?” A prisoner is given a deal he can’t refuse in an excerpt from S.J. Morden’s sci-fi novel One Way 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z In 2015, U.S.A.I.D. contributed a hundred and eighty-five million dollars to development in Mali, and most of that money went to fund health programs. The Toll That the Mexico City Policy Will Take in Africa 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z As for his figure: at five feet eleven and a conservatively reported two hundred and eighty-five pounds, it is one more commonly associated with jobs other than professional athlete. An Ode to Bartolo Colón, the Oldest, Stoutest Player in Baseball, on His Birthday 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Someone paid two hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars in key money to move into the Apthorp. Nora Ephron’s Apartment: A Love Story 2006-05-29T04:00:00Z The order calls for a review of America’s H-1B visa program, under which eighty-five thousand foreigners, each year—most of them computer professionals of one sort or another—are permitted to work in the U.S. The Emptiness of Trump’s “Buy American” Executive Order 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z ISIS-K is estimated to have only about seven hundred fighters in Afghanistan, compared to the eighty-five hundred U.S. troops and the hundred and eighty thousand Afghan troops on the ground there. Trump Drops the Mother of All Bombs on Afghanistan 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z A widely cited damage threshold for sustained exposure is eighty-five or ninety decibels. High-Tech Hope for the Hard of Hearing 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Then, at dawn on November 2nd, thirty-eight buses arrived to transport the minors from the containers to a network of eighty-five temporary-accommodation centers across France. Europe’s Child-Refugee Crisis 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Life on Earth is spectacular in form and number, but most of it—as much as eighty-five per cent of species, by some counts—is still unknown to us. The Metaphorical Meaning of a Moth Named After Trump 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z In this context, the eighty-five thousand foreigners given H-1B visas each year represent little more than statistical noise. The Emptiness of Trump’s “Buy American” Executive Order 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z They performed their study in nursing homes, where U.T.I.s are common, giving a hundred and eighty-five women aged sixty-five and older either cranberry capsules or a placebo. The Most Notable Medical Findings of 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z In neighboring Oakland, the East Bay’s largest city, roughly eighty-five per cent of the residential dwellings built before seismic provisions were introduced to building codes remain highly vulnerable to heavy ground shaking. Creep on the Hayward Fault 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Now, with the river free to push millions of tons of sand, soil, and woody debris downstream, it has grown by some eighty-five acres. New Life Along Washington State’s Elwha River 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z In his place we get Daniel Ellsberg, still a compelling figure at the age of eighty-five. Daniel Ellsberg, Edward Snowden, and the Modern Whistleblower 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z “I like to be eighty-five or ninety per cent happy with something, and I would say that with the extended version I am seventy-five per cent happy,” he told me. The Cinematic Traumas of Kenneth Lonergan 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z At first, the story seemed to confirm Rio’s inability to keep its most celebrated visitors safe, even with eighty-five thousand soldiers and police officers deployed throughout the city. Why Brazilians Are So Obsessed with the U.S. Swimmers Story 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Rio is plagued by violent crime, but eighty-five thousand soldiers and police have been deployed around the city to insure the safety of tourists and athletes—and to dissuade protesters—in the coming weeks. What the Olympics Mean for Rio 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z She originally borrowed three hundred and eighty-five dollars, in November of 2014. Why It’s So Hard to Regulate Payday Lenders 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z So although Gödel published his results eighty-five years ago, the theorem endures in the popular imagination. Waiting for Gödel 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z And she is favored to come out ahead of Sanders in New Jersey and New Mexico, which between them have a hundred and eighty-five delegates. Bernie Sanders Raises the Stakes for the California Primary 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Last year, another print of it, this one signed by the artist, fetched seven hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. Diane Arbus’s America 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Trump had the support of eighty-five per cent of Republican voters; only six per cent said they would not support him. Do Trump and Clinton Matter? 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Corporate profits are at their highest level in at least eighty-five years, while employee compensation is at its lowest level in sixty-five years. The sharing economy will screw us all — and it’s retirement we have to be really worried about 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Today, more than eighty-five per cent of Chechnya’s budget comes from Moscow. The Putin of Chechnya 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Literacy in both countries now exceeds eighty-five per cent, and leaps above ninety per cent among the young—higher than in many countries in the Caribbean or Middle East. Cuba and Iran, Melancholy Twins 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Within twenty-four hours, the F.B.I. said, it ran more than a hundred and eighty-five thousand background checks, which are required for purchases from licensed firearms dealers. Domestic Terrorism and America’s Gun Dilemma 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Three-hundred and eighty-five days later, the Montgomery buses were desegregated, and the entire foundation of Jim Crow began to crumble. President Obama Honors Rosa Parks as 'Giant of Her Age' 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Next season will open with eighty-five thousand seats. Nascar Says Goodbye to Jeff Gordon—and the Golden Era He Created 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium and transmitted by ticks, and more than eighty-five per cent of the time they become infected after biting a mouse. Humans 2.0 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z There was a grand, widely televised march of eighty-five thousand in Moscow. How Will Putin Manage the Metrojet Plane Crash? 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Some might believe that, in running twenty-six miles and three hundred and eighty-five yards, they are recreating an ancient Greek myth. How New York City Made The Modern Marathon 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The couple ended up buying eighty-five acres of wooded land near Montpelier, for twenty-five hundred dollars. Bernie Sanders, The Populist Prophet 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Households in the top one per cent would save, on average, nearly a hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. So much for Donald Trump as the tribune of the masses. Donald Trump’s Tax Plan Is a Predictable Cop-out 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Casey Johnston wrote a great piece for The Awl about ad blockers, in which The Awl's publisher noted that "seventy-five to eighty-five percent" of the site's ads could be blocked. Welcome to hell: Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook and the slow death of the web 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z He was eighty-five, and during a trip to Mexico he fell and hit his head against a washbasin while getting up in the night. Can Pope Francis Really Change the Church? 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The 1908 London Olympic marathon course was promoted as being twenty-six miles and three hundred and eighty-five yards long. How New York City Made The Modern Marathon 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Still, eighty-five per cent of the new housing developments in the borough were closed to blacks. The Life and Death of an Urban School 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z The official negotiating text for the Paris COP is currently eighty-five pages long, and virtually everything in it remains in brackets, including the first word, “Preamble.” The Woman Who Could Stop Climate Change 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z In the nineteen-nineties, most states passed “truth in sentencing” laws requiring violent offenders to serve a higher percentage of their maximum sentences—typically, at least eighty-five per cent. The Real Answer to Mass Incarceration 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Two hundred eighty-five pounds, it is believed — a full 100 pounds heavier than when he made his major league debut in 1997. Defying Time and Space 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z With these adjustments, the final distance for the race on July 25, 1908, was advertised as “around 26 miles and three hundred and eighty-five yards.” How New York City Made The Modern Marathon 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z It passed overwhelmingly in the state legislature—eighty-five to ten in the House, forty-one to zero in the Senate—and the Republican governor, Mary Fallin, promptly signed the bill into law. How Oklahoma Came to Embrace the Gas Chamber 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Last year’s game drew eighty-five hundred fans to Nationals Park, and the event raised almost four hundred thousand dollars for charity. Rand Paul at Bat 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z He was a big guy—six feet three inches, two hundred and eighty-five pounds—and his personality seems to reflect that, especially when he tells one story about how he was treated at the precinct. Policing While Black In NYC 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z In the course of the seven-game series, Howard took eighty-five free throws and made thirty-three; Jordan made thirty-nine of eighty-four. How Hack-a-Shaq Hurts the N.B.A. 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Naturally, the race was contested over the “London distance” that had so nearly finished off Pietri: twenty-six miles and three hundred and eighty-five yards. How New York City Made The Modern Marathon 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Eighty per cent of Colorado’s precipitation falls on the western half of the state, yet eighty-five per cent of the population lives to the east, in what’s known as the mountains’ rain shadow. The Disappearing Colorado River 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Perhaps it was because she had recently lost her harshest critic: her mother died that year, at the age of eighty-five. Bricklayer, Bird-Watcher, Literary Sensation 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z In 2014, there were five hundred and eighty-five, nearly triple the rate of California. The Arrival of Man-Made Earthquakes 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Sister Megan is eighty-five, one of the oldest women in the federal prison system, and she has a heart condition. Nuns and Nuclear Security 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z The attack, which left eighty-five people dead and hundreds injured, was the worst in the country’s recent history. What Happened to Alberto Nisman? 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z That February, Moalin was found guilty of sending eighty-five hundred dollars to the Shabaab, an extremist Somali militia with ties to Al Qaeda. How to Catch a Terrorist 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z An insurer who takes in a dollar and gives back eighty-five cents has a loss ratio of eighty-five per cent. The Anatomy of Obamacare 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Of the more than seven million people who signed up in the first enrollment period, eighty-five per cent qualified for federal subsidies, which made their premiums more affordable. A Pretty Good Year for Government 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Because the hour record requires an athlete to work at about eighty-five per cent of their maximum effort for a sustained period, a higher VO2 Max means more watts produced at that threshold. Cycling’s Greatest Hour 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z As noted here, with Orman facing off alone against Roberts, the probability of Democratic control shot up to eighty-five per cent. Democrat Drops Out Of Kansas Senate Race, Clearing Way For Independent 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z In the year 1807, died, at the age of eighty-five years, Mary Baily. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z The program’s annual spending has risen, in the past forty years, from eight billion to five hundred and eighty-five billion dollars. The Anatomy of Obamacare 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z We are painting a true picture of the family of which we speak, as they lived and acted some eighty or eighty-five years ago. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z He left Washin'ton with an army of nearly eighty-five thousand men. The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam 2012-04-19T02:00:29.860Z In the morning, however, the encampment of the corps was found deserted, three hundred and eighty-five men, taking with them their wives, cattle, and equipments, having deserted to the enemy during the night. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z The first was a widow, named Anna, whose tenement was valued by the imperial commissaries at eighty-five pounds of gold. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Those notes mysteriously rose in a few days from thirty-five to eighty-five; and while they were at that point the minister, anticipating the Fiskian era, slipped upon the market thirty millions of the same notes. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The total number thus rescued was eighty-five persons. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z He had eight children, and at the present time there are eighty-five of his descendants, out of all these the survivors who bear the name of Howe only number sixteen. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Remarkable also are his portraits of the Russell family from Henry VII.'s reign, the famous royalists of the civil war, and eighty-five likenesses of Elizabethan worthies. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Alone capable of equipping great fleets, they exacted eighty-five thousand crowns of gold for transporting the Christian army into Palestine; and, with the assistance of the legions they conveyed, conquered important places in Dalmatia. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z Among the improved reformatories for children, many of them without walls, bolts, or bars, some have sent out cured from eighty to eighty-five per cent of the offenders committed to them. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z I knew a price would be set upon my head, and I had to remain here in the midst of my enemies as the only protection of an old man of eighty-five. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z Then it was that the Southerners decided to do what their fathers had done eighty-five years before, secede and become Dis-unionists. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z In Muscatine county there is at present about eighty-five miles of railroad. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z I once met a Chinese mandarin there who offered me a hundred thousand taels for the girl—close on eighty-five thousand dollars. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z They had traveled about eighty-five miles, most of the distance dragging their sledge. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z During the quarter of a century before the repeal of the Corn Laws, the total value of English exports, of products, of manufactures was one thousand and eighty-five millions. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z Since my visit to Marblehead the last of Dr. Story's eighteen children, Miss Caroline Story, died at the age of eighty-five. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The poet whose sweetest and most enticing lines celebrate wine and love came to his death at the ripe age of eighty-five from the fruit of the vine. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z "What I'm offering you isn't eighty-five thousand dollars, remember," he finished, "but a free income for life, that'll run into six figures a year—or I'll be vastly surprised at your simple tastes!" The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z It has been estimated that in some of New York's most representative and most elegant department-stores something like eighty-five per cent. of all retail transactions are upon the credit accounts. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z The Bront� tablet in the wall bears a uniquely pathetic record, its twelve lines registering eight deaths,Bront� Tomb of which Mr. Bront�'s, at the age of eighty-five, is the last. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z There were eighty-five widows in one single street of Kildare that afternoon. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z This room measures eighty-five by thirty-two feet, and twenty-seven high. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z The charge is that Peck and Dorsey filed a fraudulent account for the third quarter of 1879 for seven thousand four hundred and eighty-five dollars and six cents. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z A little while ago you received an average of two hundred and eighty-five dollars a year; now you receive an average of more than four hundred and ninety dollars; there is the difference. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z The ancient sages of Egypt had a vocabulary, according to Bunsen, of only about six hundred and eighty-five words, exclusive of proper names. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z A space sixty-five by eighty-five feet in the centre of the room had been enclosed by scenery. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z On a single one of the Virgin's gold-wrought mantles," coaxed the sacristan, "are eighty-five thousand large pearls and as many sapphires, amethysts, and diamonds. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The pay for six trips and expedition was one thousand and eighty-five dollars and fifty-eight cents. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z In that year, to judge by the Diocesan records, no less than eighty-five per cent. of the beneficed clergy were swept away, which implies a corresponding mortality amongst other classes. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z In 1860, the average amount earned by the laboring men, workmen, mechanics, per year, was about two hundred and eighty-five dollars. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z I would sell the house and contents entire for eighty-five thousand dollars. The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z The amount claimed in this case is four million nine hundred and ninety thousand thirty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents, or, nine hundred and eighty-five thousand three hundred and fifty pounds sterling, in gold coin. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z And this would require the crucifixion of eighty-five millions of Gods. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Baltic fleet mutiny, eighty-five admirals, captains, and commanders murdered, and in some armies there is insubordination. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z Rhythmically he had been counting the strokes to himself—eighty-five, eighty-six, eighty-seven—when he should reach one hundred he would stop—stop and rest a while. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z The sides were, south front, one hundred and fourteen yards; west front, ninety-five yards; north front, one hundred and twenty-five yards; east front, eighty-five yards. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Not over ninety cents should be paid and eighty-five cents is the general price for such books. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z One, eighty-five feet long, singled out the Lady Alice and made for it. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Then on that night God's angel went, and slew of the Assyrian king's army a hundred and eighty-five thousand men. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z The Chelan River falls three hundred and eighty-five feet in the four miles from the outlet of the lake to where it tumbles into the Columbia. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z General Lee’s returns were not accurately made, but a fair estimate puts his numbers between eighty and eighty-five thousand. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z “They came, eighty-five cents’ worth!” she whispered to Helen. The Girl Scouts Rally Rosanna Wins 2011-11-29T03:00:16.213Z It was over eighty-five feet long, and propelled by sixty paddlers. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z He wanted a long story in twenty-four chapters, and I wrote it in a fortnight,–one hundred and eighty-five pages,–besides work, sewing, nursing, and company. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z One hundred and eighty-five electoral votes were necessary to a choice. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z However, they got on pretty well till reaching eighty-five degrees north latitude, when another back drift set in, lasting, indeed, without intermission during the whole of the expedition. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z Three instead of one to come to the play, two quarters, and thirty-five cents made eighty-five cents right there! The Girl Scouts Rally Rosanna Wins 2011-11-29T03:00:16.213Z By the end of the war Brazil had eighty-five ships, not counting transports, of which thirteen were ironclads. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z And he's hale and hearty to-day at eighty-five, or he was when I heard of him a fortnight ago. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z These were named the Trinidad, the San Antonio, of one hundred and twenty Spanish tons each; the Concepcion, of ninety Spanish tons; the Victoria, of eighty-five tons; and the Santiago, of seventy-five. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z Tracks of foxes they had already seen when in eighty-five degrees north latitude. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z It is fortunate that such are rare; for last year tigers killed eight hundred and eighty-five persons in India, one being credited with forty-one deaths. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The paper surveyed eighty-five different species of both plants and animals, and determined that about forty-five percent of the surveyed species have so far been unaffected. Climate Change is Shrinking Many Plant and Animal Species 2011-10-17T05:20:59Z Even if a woman be her own maid, as, according to statistics, eighty-five per cent. of us are, a dainty, hygienic, satisfying breakfast is hers and her lord’s for little more than the asking. The Myrtle Reed Cook Book 2011-10-12T02:00:46.677Z The Exarchs of Ravenna practically governed the entire Italian kingdom; even the Popes were subject to a rule which lasted one hundred and eighty-five years. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Fifty cities or towns and nine hundred and eighty-five villages fell into the power of the insurgents. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Three hundred and eighty-five pounds of powder are consumed at a single discharge. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z M�re Gautier’s husband danced with the Dwarfs when he was but eight-and-twenty, and he has not done a stroke of work from that day to this, though now he is eighty-five. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z Warren claimed a ditched town, octagonal in shape, measuring in perimeter one thousand three hundred and eighty-five feet. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z We have marched eighty-five miles in thirty-one hours, and here we are, square in their front, ready and eager to dispute with the Cheyennes their crossing on the morrow. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z I formed an acquaintance with an old gentleman of eighty-five years of age, who had served in the seven years war: he had been present at the affair of St. Cas. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z Swedenborg lived to the age of eighty-five, and died in London on the 29th March 1772. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Dan Noble professed to have driven from Wheeling to Hagerstown, one hundred and eighty-five miles, in fifteen hours and a half. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z “Three hundred and thirty-three dollars and eighty-five cents,” said Ned, in very satisfied tones. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z At the time of my conversation with her, Aunt Crosby might have been anywhere from seventy-five to eighty-five years of age. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z For eighty-five years the Spaniards possessed Santa Fe, when, in 1690, there was an uprising of the Indians, who captured the town, burned the buildings, and massacred or drove out its inhabitants. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z And, in the middle of last century, eighty-five persons were burnt, or otherwise executed, for witchcraft, at Mohra, in Sweden. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Only eighty-five years had elapsed since the landing at Plymouth. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Anyhow, I’ve taken in twelve dollars and thirty cents since supper, and I made four dollars and eighty-five cents this afternoon; only I must have dropped a dime somewhere, for I’m ten cents short. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z Strawberries of eighty-five different varieties have been experimented with, each variety being represented in 1900 by plants of five different ages, from one to five years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z I have personally known about a dozen physicians who lived to eighty-five or beyond, and all of them without exception had been very hard workers when they were young. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z It was nearly half-past five when the Vagabond, with over eighty-five miles to her credit since morning, swung around East Chop Light, chugged into Vineyard Haven Harbor and dropped her anchor off the steamship wharf. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Franklin further tells us that he never knew either his father or his mother to have any sickness but that of which they died, he at eighty-nine and she at eighty-five. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Camping in the lowlands just south of Svartevoeg Cliffs we secured seven musk oxen and eighty-five hares. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z In those eighty-five years landscape painting has progressed at a faster rate than in all the preceding centuries. Constable 2011-08-02T02:00:26.593Z There were eighty-five men on board all told, fifty of them men of war, the rest young fellows, ship boys, and the like. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z It is a long, narrow edifice, facing the south, measuring about five hundred feet from east to west, and about eighty or eighty-five feet in depth. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z A conversation with Goethe, when the poet was eighty-five, induced him to study the native beliefs. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z It is terrible to wake up at eighty-five and find that things are not what one has believed during his past life, and that the men whom one has loved and respected are unworthy. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Waddles had turned in an eighty-five, which barely got him into the championship flight, but medal scores are nothing in Waddles' life. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z In Hebrews there are eighty-five quotations, in that one book of thirteen chapters. Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study 2011-07-09T02:00:14.273Z At the close of the year there were seven rear admirals, ten commodores, forty-one captains, and eighty-five commanders. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z BD, siding with B eighty-five times, with D seventy-nine, in the portions published by Adler; but with D alone eleven times, with B alone but three. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z Only yesterday morning eighty-five men of your own regiment were sent to prison, were they not?” The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Not one of them ever shot an eighty-five. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z In 1886, at the age of eighty-five years, he is still a vigorous, active man. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z There are thirty-five land stations, twenty-one liners and eighty-five warships equipped with Marconi apparatus. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z I said eighty, though I might consider eighty-five. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The raiding party was composed of eighty-five men of D Company, under the command of Lieutenant Freml. Average Americans 2011-06-02T02:00:20.387Z Even at the great age of eighty-five it was evident that Mr. Gladstone worked more hours a day than many men in the prime of life would like. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z The road from Savannah to St. Paul is two hundred and eighty-five miles in length, and was completed in 1886. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Batteries were erected on both banks of the Moselle, and on the morning of the 22nd eighty-five guns opened fire. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z Then eighty-five it is, but only on condition we settle it here and now. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The direct testimony on the part of the United States occupied from June 17th to July 5th, and in that period eighty-five witnesses were examined. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z He will be eighty-five years old the fifteenth of November, 1907. Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon 2011-05-20T02:00:38.647Z I never knew either my father or mother to have any sickness but that of which they died, he at eighty-nine and she at eighty-five years of age. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z It had been a pitiless day—the sun a ball of brass, and the thermometer at eighty-five degrees—but the evening sea-breeze had reduced the temperature by five degrees. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Nannie Bradfield is a fat little old woman almost as broad as she is long, with a pleasant face and a broad smile which displays white teeth still good at the age of eighty-five. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z William Hutton, at the age of eighty-five, journeyed hither for a summer holiday, and wrote a narrative of his adventures, from which we may get an idea of the place as he saw it. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z He died at the age of eighty-five years. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Colonel Wobbles is now about eighty-five years old. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z And this farm I got for sale is eighty-five acres. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z Molly is eighty-five years old and lives with her sister Edna in a simple cabin, with a little patch of flowers between it and the field where Edna is still young enough to work. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z The landlord, a patriarch of eighty-five, still hale, and active, who sat warming his knees at the turf fire, opened his budget of reminiscences concerning Scarborough. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z At this period our population of members and applicants is as follows: men, forty-eight; women, thirty-seven; adults, eighty-five; children under sixteen years, twenty-seven; making an aggregate of one hundred and twelve. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z This lady, by whom he had a numerous family, is still living, and has reached the advanced age of eighty-five years. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z The House passed the Senate bill, with a few immaterial changes, by a vote of one hundred and seven to eighty-five. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z It stands eighty-five feet high, and is wonderfully preserved; but when we looked up it from the inside, we saw that the old masons did not succeed in getting it quite true. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z In three years eighty-five hundred copies of the "Earthworms" were sold. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z There were too many children on the place, their number being fifty-one to eighty-five adults. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Here, some eighty-five years ago was born, in an old house, now in ruins, on the bank of the Shenandoah, General Jeff Thompson. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z Shipped two carloads of wheat that graded No. 1 Northern and sold for eighty-five cents. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z New floors have been built at the different levels and ladders placed between them, so that one may climb the eighty-five feet to the top, but we were contented to take the view for granted. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Cuvier estimates the facial angle of the new-born infant at ninety degrees; that of the adult, at eighty-five; that of decrepit old age, at fifty. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z He had won a great victory, it is true; in a fortnight he had pushed back Dmitrieff some eighty-five miles, and had taken large numbers of prisoners and much war material. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z I felt I wasn't learning enough, so I joined the United States Army and with a hundred and eighty-five boys went to St. Louis, Missouri. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z She is about eighty-five years old and lives alone in a home that she owns. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z Mine cost me eighty-five shillings only a month ago. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Adding this to the time of Menes we have the whole period covering thirteen thousand eight hundred and eighty-five years. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z “If a bank lost fifteen dollars on my idiocy it would be out ninety-nine hundred and eighty-five dollars less than that Oklahoma institution is on its hot-air loan.” The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z If he sells at eighty-five cents a bushel, that gives him a profit of $8.75 per acre on the portion of his farm in wheat. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Three hundred and eighty-five copies printed, with portraits and numerous facsimile illustrations in the text. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:32.387Z Cost him nine for the hole, and did an eighty-five at that. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z And yet this same Marshall has done more than any other one man—certainly more than any other man within the last eighty-five years—to make our governments, State and national, what they are. A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z He wanted me to take a five-pound Bank of England note in settlement of his bill for one hundred and eighty-five francs,... and to risk whether it was a good one! Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z In a corner of the kitchen stood a large four-post bed which received at night three of our proteg�es: a lady eighty-five years old, and her two grand-daughters aged seven and twelve years. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z "About one hundred and eighty-five pounds," said Young to his neighbor wondering who he was and what kind of a fellow. The Adventures of a Freshman 2011-01-18T03:00:12.083Z “Yes, too bad,” he rejoined, “his eighty-five the best?” The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z “You’ll weigh in at about one hundred and eighty-five,” commented the millionaire. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z In 1835, when she was eighty-five years of age, Miss Herschel had the signal honor of being elected, along with Mrs. Somerville, an honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z In Richmond also, there are ten Negro lawyers, fifteen physicians, three dentists, two photographers, eighty-five school teachers, forty-six Negro churches. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z In the three armies of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, as they stood on the Rhine, there were ready by January first about two hundred and eighty-five thousand men. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z Being near the edge of St. George’s Bank, off the coast of New England, we sounded with eighty-five fathoms of line, but got no bottom. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z He was the "Grand Old Man" of that northern kingdom, and in vitality and spirits and capacity for work he was at eighty-five the youngest man I knew. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Out of eighty-nine contests Parnell's party won eighty-five. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z In the engagement we lost fifteen killed and eighty-five wounded; two of them have since died. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z When a man gets to eighty-five you may say his life hangs by a cobweb. The Mynns' Mystery 2010-12-20T17:12:18.180Z Of the eighty-five articles in the “Federalist,” Hamilton wrote no less than fifty. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The only proof I 'm eighty-five is the almanac. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z The Liberals had a majority of eighty-five over the Conservatives, and Parnell commanded exactly eighty-five votes. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z There is a great central tower of two hundred and eighty-five feet in height, besides two western spires one hundred and eighty-three feet. Cathedral Cities of England In his later years he resided at Rome, where he died, after having been blind for twelve years, at the age of eighty-five. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" I never knew either my father or mother to have any sickness but that of which they died,—he at eighty-nine and she at eighty-five years of age.” The True Benjamin Franklin He was over eighty-one when the war broke out, and almost eighty-five when he died. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Thus finished, it is placed in firkins holding about eighty-five pounds. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Now the most reverend Pope passed in that same guard-house of Diomedes eighty-five days after the first ninety-three, that is, in all one hundred and seventy-eight days. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII When the match ended at six o'clock the score was a hundred and eighty-five for seven wickets, the Oxford and Cambridge captains, Mallaby and Oake, being not out with fifty-five and forty-eight respectively. "Pip" A Romance of Youth The tax was eighty-five, sixty, or twenty-five cents per one hundred acres, according as land was first, second, or third class. The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 The owner was willing to part with it, just as it stood, for eighty-five dollars, not including the land. Remodeled Farmhouses There were twelve car-loads; it was insured for eighty-five thousand dollars a car; you can figure how far the title is wrong, but you never can estimate the worry that stuff gave us. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories In eighty-five years, from 553 to 638, the occupant of the eastern throne had advanced from holding a Council at Constantinople without the Pope's consent, to presenting at Rome a doctrinal decree for his signature. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII Note of the etext transcriber: View any of the artist's eighty-five images at full size by clicking directly on it. Glories of Spain In February he had obtained the post of translator for the Opinione, with a monthly salary of eighty-five lire. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico It was attended by eighty-five Bishops, among whom were fifteen Confessors, beside Priests and Deacons, and a great part of the people. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries And against these undisciplined soldiers was arrayed a regular army of over eighty-five thousand men, not counting the armed volunteers. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future Between July 21 and August 27 a total of two hundred and eighty-five mouse traps set in the upland forest took on the first nights one short-tailed shrew and thirty northern white-footed mice. The Mammals of Warren Woods, Berrien County, Michigan Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology, Number 86 I received eighty-five dollars pay that was due me, and went by steamboat to Mobile, Ala. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document From that period to the reign of Leo the Tenth, if they multiplied to the amount of eighty-five thousand, the increase of citizens was in some degree pernicious to the ancient city. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 I hinted modestly that I'd been overworking a bit lately—and that my mighty brain needed something that it didn't have to chew eighty-five times before swallowing. Nancy of Paradise Cottage But she was eighty-five years old and my honored guest here at "The Pines" before I told her all the terror and the gratitude she brought to me that day. Life on the Stage It weighed only eighty-five pounds, could, when taken to pieces, be made up in five or six parcels, and was capable of being put together in less than twenty minutes. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea At eighty-five, Gladstone was felling trees in his garden and writing articles on Homer and theology as a rest from his political labours. Rambles in Womanland Calcium.—Physiology teaches that about eighty-five per cent. of the mineral matter of the bone, or at least three-quarters of the ash of the entire body, consists of calcium phosphates. Dietetics for Nurses One hundred and eleven runs, and eighty-five minutes to make 'em in, And with Turner and Ferris to trundle as fast as they could pitch and break 'em in! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890 Fortunately, my splendid father, who is now eighty-five years old, has long since recovered from his prejudices and is the proudest of all over my achievements. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists The uncle, it appears by record, was eighty-five years old; while the niece was only three-score and eleven. The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution It is eighty-five feet high, and bears the name of McCutcheon. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway He died in 1344, at the age of eighty-five, in the odour of sanctity, having in his later years been a man of eminent piety. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Here, the vessel, which had been sailing along at a height of eighty-five feet above sea level after it left Gatun, would begin to drop toward the Pacific. Bert Wilson at Panama She died in Milan in 1850, at the mature age of eighty-five. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday Gradually the thermometer dropped to eighty-five, to eighty, and the danger was passed. Careers of Danger and Daring Engraving 22: A Building On the same line, and but a short distance removed, though on a lower terrace, is another building, measuring eighty-five feet in front, which is represented in the plate opposite. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. The courtyard of this building is one hundred and thirty-five feet by eighty-five. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. It has climbed eighty-five feet in about ninety minutes. Bert Wilson at Panama Madame Mara passed the last years of her life at Revel, where she died, January, 1833, at the age of eighty-five. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday The mercury had crept up from eighty-five to ninety, and was rising still. Careers of Danger and Daring That gallant soldier moved up the Magdalena River with a force of six hundred and twenty men on foot, and eighty-five horsemen. The Spanish Pioneers Crossing the courtyard, and passing through this archway, we ascend a flight of steps, now ruined, and reach another courtyard, one hundred feet long by eighty-five deep. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. At Gatun, they would climb, by three successive steps, to a point eighty-five feet above sea level. Bert Wilson at Panama Practically eighty-five to ninety per cent. of the world's supply of mohair is handled in Bradford, England. Practical Angora Goat Raising Among those who came forward was an old woman, eighty-five years of age. To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians To keep out the eighty-five members who had been refused admission, Congress imposed a test oath, which excluded all who had been connected in any way with the Confederate government. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The division had with it eighty-five baggage wagons and a great train of artillery; with two unwieldy twenty-four-pounders, acting like drag anchors. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools I have appeared in eighty-five, ranging from the Wagner music dramas to the "Merry Widow" and singing many of the r�les in three different languages. Confessions of an Opera Singer This number was soon increased to one hundred and four, and later in the year to one hundred and forty-one—fifty-six above and eighty-five below. The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History Fancy, my good fellow, making a pun in eighty-five degrees north latitude! but I’m not surprised. Seven Frozen Sailors The park has a frontage of one and a half miles on Lake Michigan and contains 600 acres, while the Midway Plaisance, connecting Jackson and Washington Parks, afforded eighty-five acres more. The Greater Republic A History of the United States To arrive at the intersection of the principal nave and transept, you traverse two side naves, both about eighty-five feet in height, and spacious in proportion. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. In 1848, there were two hundred and eighty-five miles of railroads on the island, and the capital invested in them has been computed at between five and six millions of dollars. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time Accordingly to the number of eighty-five they sailed on the 8th of August, 1790, the authorities also agreeing to await the result. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Towards the founding of which, they gave one thousand nine hundred and eighty-five pounds, fourteen shillings and ten pence. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts "Three hundred and ten dollars and eighty-five cents," said Anne. Anne That is what we eighty-five million people ate in 1906—twelve thousand million loaves of bread. The Romance of the Reaper The Anglo-American colonies now established, Virginia, New England, and Maryland, contained eighty-five thousand inhabitants. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia But the most speaking fact, and the one which satisfied me, is, that the whole edition was sold off in a week to the booksellers, and eighty-five dollars handed to me as my share. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Crash came his solid one hundred and eighty-five pounds against the door. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam It appeared, therefore, that the five children of William Douglas were left alone in the world with exactly three hundred and ten dollars and eighty-five cents. Anne Blue Martian Fever in the early days caused a mortality among our colonists of nearly eighty-five per cent, and made the establishment of permanent colonies a virtual impossibility. Category Phoenix The loss of the British was six hundred and ninety-three, of whom eighty-five were killed on the field. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia In France the proportion of accused women is fifteen to eighty-five men. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" At eighty-five, Fleet Street, this son of Apollo Indites, each November, the Song of the Swallow; His muse every bookseller's counter encumbers, But his friends in the City buy up all his numbers. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Corenzio died, it is said, at the age of eighty-five by a fall from a scaffolding. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Napoleon returned to Paris, at one stage covering eighty-five miles on horseback in five hours, quarreled with Talleyrand and Fouché, reproved Louis Bonaparte, and openly insulted Josephine. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 He died at the age of eighty-five, having survived all the early Virginia patriots of the revolutionary era. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia And from a long way off he saw the Gormann eighty-five. The Graveyard of Space When the day was over, the proprietor found he owed me three dollars and eighty-five cents. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Why Whittier remained a bachelor was not generally known until the death, at the age of eighty-five, of the only sweetheart he ever had—Elizabeth Bray Downing, of West Newbury, Massachusetts. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 First steam voyage from England to India, by the Cape of Good Hope route, eighty-five days out. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 Five days before, when cartridges were served out to the men of the 3rd Native Light Cavalry for the parade ordered for the next morning, eighty-five troopers refused to receive them. Barclay of the Guides He weighed one hundred and eighty-five, not an ounce of it superfluous fat. Love Story An asparagus-plant with ripe berries, when dried, floated for eighty-five days, and the seeds afterwards germinated. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Only about four hundred and eighty-five years old, according to his I.Q. What Rough Beast? This soon sent us down to the warmer regions below, where the glass, at the cool of eve, stood at eighty-five, and sometimes at ninety. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment It remained for the campaign in Prussia to prove that one hundred and eighty-five thousand prisoners can be taken from an army numbering one hundred and fifty-four thousand men. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II Captain Roache took eighty-five men of Companies “A” and “F,” and with Captain Hock, Lieutenant Russel and myself, accompanied him home. In and Out of Rebel Prisons They also brought with them thirty-five wagons, besides burning eighty-five wagons and several railroad bridges. History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers The climate is damp and hot, the thermometer often standing at eighty-five in the night; but it is less unhealthy than that of Batavia. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 About eighty-five families are generally recognized; the difficulty that confronts the zoologists is the arrangement of these families in “superfamilies” or “sub-orders.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" This lasts through sixty-five, and at seventy we hear a new and gentle circumflex of the "no," until the pride of extreme old age sets in at eighty-five with the swift fall of sixteen's affirmative. Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation She was from Blackwood, only eighty-five miles from Chicago, and had lived there all her life. The "Genius" And you will always be prosperous in your business, and you will be very rich, and you will live to be eighty-five years old. The Witches of New York After all, the night is three hundred and eighty-five hours long. Collector's Item To conduct the steam a one and one-half inch pipe was carried above ground from the boiler to one end of the central tunnel, a distance of one hundred and eighty-five feet. Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history Seven years later, when he was eighty-five years old, this last request of Daniel Boone was granted. Scouting with Daniel Boone At eighty-five hundred feet above tide the change at sundown was abrupt. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. These, added to my former command, made my entire force consist of eight hundred and seventy-five, two hundred and eighty-five cavalry, and four guns. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War They were afterwards published in an eighty-five page pamphlet and they remain today the best discussion upon Negro Suffrage and Southern Disfranchisement. Alexander Crummell: An Apostle of Negro Culture The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 20 Little does he wot of the difference between taffeta at eighty-five cents a yard and broadcloth at four dollars. Threads of Grey and Gold From eighty to eighty-five per cent of the race is to be found in our small towns where ignorance and superstition prevail to an alarming extent. The Defects of the Negro Church The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 10 Not fifteen hands high, the immense power of her short back, broad tilted loins, and thighs—all muscle—enabled her to carry Colonel Morgan's one hundred and eighty-five pounds as if he were a feather-weight. History of Morgan's Cavalry After a simple and blameless life, during which he produced a vast quantity of verse—epic, tragic, pastoral, lyrical and satirical—he died in 1637, at the patriarchal age of eighty-five. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" Carlyle died on the 5th of April, 1881, being eighty-five years old. Home Life of Great Authors It now was Saturday noon; the distance, by round-about route, was eighty-five miles; the Cheyennes had only twenty-eight to come. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters In addition to the representatives here listed, Belgium has seven senators, Denmark four, and Sweden twelve, while in the state legislatures Austria has thirty-one, Germany one hundred and eighty-five, and the United States twenty. Violence and the Labor Movement Another time, he says that one hundred and fifteen hogsheads of "sweetly scented and neatly managed Tobacco" were raised, and that in a single year he sold eighty-five thousand herring, taken from the Potomac. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools Leave off shaving my new gate, then, and don't think I'm going to trust a hundred and eighty-five solid flesh to a three-legged stool. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 The entire length of this highway is about eighty-five miles. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... The seven companies had traveled their eighty-five miles over hill and plain in thirty-one hours, and had won the race. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters Hydrogen, as its name expresses, is one of the constituent elements of water, of which it forms fifteen hundredth parts by weight, combined with eighty-five hundredth parts of oxygen. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries There was an old woman near us eighty-five years old—and what a martyr she was! Fathers and Children Its shell, from the head to the tail, measured four feet four inches and a half, and it weighed two hundred and eighty-five pounds. Happy Days for Boys and Girls It is about eighty-five miles long, and a young Porto Rican told the writer that he frequently went over it on his bicycle, and it was splendid all the way. The Boys of '98 It is in the form of a cross, ninety feet in length, eighty-five feet in the transept with an altitude of fifty-five feet. Famous Firesides of French Canada "And I am the Emperor—or his good-for-nothing spirit—and tomorrow," the Scarecrow glared around wildly, "tomorrow I'll be eighty-five going on eighty-six." The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island He was greatly licentious; and his licentiousness, at the age of eighty-five, had nearly carried him off. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery The king consented to what the prelate asked, and despatched his royal decree, under date of Madrid, August thirteen, eighty-five. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 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. After long bargaining and haggling he finally agreed to give her eighty-five dollars and, worn out, the girl accepted. The Peace of Roaring River Don’t you know that physiologists themselves admit that the human body is composed of eighty-five per cent water and fifteen per cent ordinary salts? Carmen Ariza One vessel is reported to have lost a hundred and thirty persons out of a hundred and eighty-five. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 The French cooks are said to have six hundred and eighty-five methods of cooking the egg, including all the various sorts of pastry, etc., of which it forms a component part. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery One hundred and eighty-five houses of the Delawares, Shawnees and Miamis, were still left standing in the neighboring villages. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 Mr. Howard's motion for the opening of public museums and art galleries, although defeated, received the support of eighty-five members of Parliament. Arrows of Freethought Just last month eighty-five thousand coal miners in Illinois resolved that if the United States declared war on a foreign power, they would call a general strike. Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association I spent four dollars for something else; then eighty-five cents yesterday; and a dollar just, to-day. Opportunities A man working hard absorbs in an hour eighty-five liters of air. The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner The lodge has a membership of eighty-five in good standing. A Virginia Village I have known a sober New England deacon aged eighty-five, who disliked to die because he thought he should miss the monthly excitement of reading the Missionary Herald. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures Among the natives of Oregon there are seven hundred men to eleven hundred and eighty-five women. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study The population in 1840, black and white all told, amounted to the astounding number of six hundred and eighty-five thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, or about one-third of that of London! Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 The following letter was read from ex-United States Treasurer F. E. Spinner, the first official to employ women: I am eighty-five years old, and I can no longer look forward for future earthly happiness. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV And a strange thing that chemists have found out is this: Everything in the world is made out of one or more of about eighty-five simple substances called elements. Common Science The railway from London runs down to the pier, and passengers are transferred to steamers for Ireland, this being the terminus of the Great Western Railway route, two hundred and eighty-five miles from the metropolis. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel That last round," I says, "which I'll always remember because it come to six eighty-five, was what ruined me. Kid Scanlan After passing through several small cities and towns, by taking a branch road, the city of Pachuca is reached, at eighty-five miles from the city of Mexico. Aztec Land There is a graveyard next the ruins, and a restored Round Tower, eighty-five feet high, not far away, the door of which is ten feet from the ground. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Gold is one of the eighty-five elements; there are no other substances known to man that you can put together to make gold. Common Science There are now about eighty-five hundred members of the university and twenty-five hundred undergraduates. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Thirty dollars a month for the hotel raised the grand total to eighty-five dollars. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas It is the twenty-eighth of December, and the thermometer stands at eighty-five in the shade. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba This was sold for eighty-five cents a pound, or a little more than a hundred and fifty dollars for the bale. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail But it is thought that it was the devil who slew eighty-five thousand men of the army of Sennacherib. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. The abbey enclosure, covering eighty-five acres, was surrounded by a wall, the ruins of which are now covered with thick foliage. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The consular salary was two hundred dollars a month, and if the eighty-five dollars for Satterlee was disallowed, the sum was indubitably bound to sink to one hundred and fifteen dollars. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas In these places of general resort, the new citizens appeared daily, until they had become familiarly known to the greater part of the eighty-five thousand inhabitants of the city. Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America Resulting in the Discovery of the Idolatrous City of Iximaya, in an Unexplored Region; and the Possession of two Remarkable Aztec Children, Descendants and Specimens of the Sacerdotal Caste, (now nearly extinct,) of the Ancient Aztec Founders of the Ruined Temples of that Country, Described by John L. Stevens, Esq., and Other Travellers. On March 18, 1917, the Germans were in retreat over a front of approximately eighty-five miles from south of Arras on the north to Soissons on the Aisne. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources The new Coro is about eighty-five feet long inside by thirty wide, and is of three bays. Portuguese Architecture Together they counted the money—three dollars and eighty-five cents—just think of it! Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Mr. Carlis was equally certain that it was three hundred and eighty-five thousand. The Crevice We have now been in the saddle five hours; the sun is ardent; the temperature is above eighty-five degrees in the shade, and along the bridle-path there is no shade. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit The object of this league, which at the height of its power included eighty-five cities, was to protect its members against the feudal lords on the land and against pirates on the sea. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Now I weigh one hundred eighty-five pounds, which is my normal weight, for that is what I weighed when I was twenty-one; and I have not varied five pounds in more than two years. The Old Game A Retrospect after Three and a Half Years on the Water-wagon Each number contains eighty-five close pages, filled by some of the leading writers of German science, art and politics. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 At that point the Spaniards were at a distance of about twenty-five miles above the confluence of the Alabama and the Tombigbee, and about eighty-five miles from the bay of Pensacola. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots He took charge himself to lodge and entertain eighty-five of the poorer bishops from Italy, the East, and remote missions. Pius IX. And His Time Yes; the skipper did believe that Tommy Bull was paying three eighty-five. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys When I mounted, he was carrying a weight of two hundred and eighty-five pounds, yet he kept his steady "homeward trot" without a break until we reached the carts six miles away. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Grandma lives with us, and knits all of our stockings, although she is eighty-five years old. Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly A recent canvass of the prominent men in New York City showed that eighty-five per cent were reared in the villages and rural districts. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character With added thanks, Gus Plum took the eighty-five dollars and placed it carefully away in an inner pocket. Dave Porter in the Far North or, The Pluck of an American Schoolboy Then indeed he would have a magnificent base line, one of one hundred and eighty-five millions of miles in length. The Children's Book of Stars The depth of the temple to its farthest wall is one hundred and eighty-five feet, or almost three times a cricket-pitch! Round the Wonderful World Next followed eighty-five waggons, and thirty-nine hand-carts, each with one wheel, loaded with wine, porter and other European provisions, ammunition, and such heavy articles as were not liable to be broken. 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 Hay River is eight hundred and fifteen, and Fort Providence nine hundred and five miles, and Fort Simpson, at the mouth of the Liard River, is a thousand and eighty-five miles from here. Young Alaskans in the Far North He and his brothers and family and eighty-five princes of Elam, his supporters, fled by sea from Elam to the marshes at the mouths of the Tigris and Euphrates. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters Origen was born in the year one hundred and eighty-five of the Christian dispensation, and lived sixty-eight years. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880 He died quietly, after a painful illness, at the ripe age of eighty-five. Pioneers of Science Along the streams, between the altitudes of sixty-five hundred and eighty-five hundred feet, one finds the Colorado blue or silver spruce. Wild Life on the Rockies In one single night a hundred and eighty-five thousand men of his army perished by the sword of the destroying angel. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Coffee with a mixture of milk and cream is credited with eighty-five calories, a well known coffee substitute with seventy calories, and tea with eighteen calories. All About Coffee In 1905 there were eighty-five women at the universities who had matriculated in Germany; but there are hundreds working at the universities without matriculating first. Home Life in Germany A suggestion has been made that there should be an age-limit of eighty-five, but I don't know if it will come to anything. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 28, 1914 I dissected a fallen veteran that grew on the St. Vrain watershed, at an altitude of eight thousand feet, that was eighty-five feet high and fifty-one inches in diameter five feet from the ground. Wild Life on the Rockies Ben had, after breakfast, eighty-five cents to commence the day on. Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves In 1904, green coffee prices on the New York Coffee Exchange were forced up to eleven and eighty-five hundredths cents by a speculative clique led by D.J. All About Coffee A book of the Law which is erased, but in which there remain eighty-five letters like the portion, “And it came to pass when the Ark set forward,”772 renders the hands unclean. Hebrew Literature You have treated eighty-five tons of granite like a child's cradle; and, like a child's cradle, those eighty-five tons have rocked at your will! Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot There are three pairs of these locks and they lift the vessel to Gatun Lake, which is eighty-five feet above sea level. Birdseye Views of Far Lands The main carriage—for there are several in the suite—called, par excellence, the emperor’s own, is eighty-five feet long, and something over the usual width. The Land of Thor The three chief countries of South America contributed eighty-five percent; and the share of Brazil alone was sixty-two and five-tenths percent. All About Coffee Any roll in which there are written eighty-five letters like the portion, “And it came to pass when the Ark set forward,” renders the hands unclean. Hebrew Literature From Morganton to Charleston the distance is two hundred and eighty-five miles. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe There are six hundred and eighty-five people in it, but only one hundred and twenty speaking parts. Birdseye Views of Far Lands The date of his death is January 25, 1870; his age was eighty-five years. Pioneer Surgery in Kentucky A Sketch Of the capital invested in all industries, about eighty-five percent was in coffee production and commerce, including the railroads that depended upon it directly. All About Coffee They never changed their clothes until bed time, didn't keep them clean or fresh at any time, and they lived in a temperature of eighty-five with the air foul from many breaths and tobacco smoke. One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America In his second ship of 1905 the power of each engine was increased to eighty-five horse-power, and other improvements were made. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force After you have descended eighty-five feet in this tunnel there is another tunnel that runs up to the center of the structure where there are some large rooms or chambers. Birdseye Views of Far Lands In New England the ratio of deaths is one to sixty-four; in the five slave States it is one to eighty-five. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Calico, for instance, is set down at three and six a yard—that is, eighty-five cents. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm And yet everything considered I don't know but what I'd rather work outdoors at zero than at eighty-five. One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America The death rate is very variable in different epidemics and among different classes; anywhere from fifteen to eighty-five per cent. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Geographical continuity was obliterated, and Holland found herself cut in two by an ocean eighty-five miles long from north to south, and from ten to forty-five broad. Birdseye Views of Far Lands He reached the age of eighty-five, and his wife the age of seventy-five, while as yet, they had no child. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Parliament unanimously voted an augmentation of eighty-five thousand men to the navy, and sixty thousand to the army. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 Counting the florin at two francs, they found they had nine francs and eighty-five centimes. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) "Then, eighty-five times one hundred and forty-four makes quite a sum," continued the captain. The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet A canal without locks is entirely different from one where great ocean liners must be lifted eighty-five feet above sea level. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Cambria Lodge, with a membership of eighty-five, mostly Germans, seems to have been entirely wiped out, not a single survivor having yet reported. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin The Japanese, on their side, had six battle-ships, eight armoured cruisers, thirteen protected cruisers, fourteen small cruisers, nineteen destroyers, and eighty-five torpedo-boats. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era She counted what she had in her hand and found that she had six francs eighty-five centimes, in counting the Austrian florin as two francs. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) Four times the bell rang, and four times Bones raised his head and scowled at the door, muttering violent criticisms of a man who at that moment was eighty-five miles away. Bones in London When the war broke out eighty-five per cent of the people lived in the country. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Its period ranges from intervals of about fifty-five minutes in seasons following winters of heavy snow to eighty or eighty-five minutes in seasons following winters of light snow. The Book of the National Parks “Then, with the point moved in six hundred and sixty-five feet Parmenter’s beeches should be only eighty-five feet from the shore line, instead of seven hundred and fifty!” In Her Own Right The main platform from which the pagoda proper rises is an immense court nine hundred feet long by six hundred and eighty-five feet wide, and crowded with minor pagodas and shrines. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions In Connecticut there were, in 1875, four thousand three hundred and eighty-five marriages, and four hundred and sixty-six divorces from the marriage bond. The Faith of Our Fathers |
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