| 单词 | eighty-four |
| 例句 | Now she is eighty-four to my ninety-one, and with me still. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “You tried to buy it with eighty-four days at sea. They nearly sold it to you too.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Much later, in 1973 and 1974, Project Skylab kept men in orbit for as long as eighty-four days, without harming them. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 He lives with his wife, she is eighty-four. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z On February 11, 1969, Doc, who was staying on the ranch where he and Tom had grown up, died at the age of eighty-four. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “But I talked the car sales dude down to eighty-four hundred dollars from ten thousand, so in a way I actually saved money. You know what the color’s called?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Three crews lived aboard Skylab, the longest for eighty-four days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He came to their houses twice a month to collect one dollar and sixty-eight cents and write down on a little yellow card both the date and their eighty-four cents a week payment. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “The family calls her Dale. She’s almost fifty now, still living in Baltimore, with grandchildren of her own. Henrietta’s husband is still alive. He’s around eighty-four—still goes to the clinics at Johns Hopkins.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The expression 7.39842 x 1010 is more comprehensible and legible than seventy- three billion nine hundred and eighty-four million and two hundred thousand. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Kramer, who is eighty-four, once again finds himself unable to think about anything but AIDS—and his own anger. Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Now eighty-four years old, he once said that the longest he’s gone without shooting was the three months it took him to recover from a double knee replacement, in 1998. Lee Friedlander’s Intimate Portraits of His Wife, Through Forty Years of Marriage 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z In drafts eighteen through eighty-four, I realized that the stakes of this piece are less aesthetic or ethical than metaphysical. Susan Choi’s “Trust Exercise” and the Question of Appropriating Other People’s Lives as Fiction 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Last year, the festival broke its attendance record, selling just shy of two hundred thousand tickets, for a record-breaking eighty-four million dollars total. The Appeal of the Coachella Way of Life 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Berry, who is now eighty-four, does not own a computer or a cell phone, and his landline is not connected to an answering machine. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Wolfe, who turns eighty-four on March 2nd, talks slowly but walks briskly. Tom Wolfe Looks Over His Notes 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Reynolds died yesterday, at eighty-four, after being rushed to the hospital after a possible stroke, a day after Fisher died, at sixty. Postscript: Debbie Reynolds, 1932-2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z It was the latter half of 1998, and Pops Staples, the patriarch of the Staples Singers, was nearly eighty-four years old. Pops Staples’s Belated Finale 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z At eighty-four, he is still approachably handsome, dressed as if headed to a wine tasting in Napa: slacks and a light-blue Oxford shirt, with the sleeves rolled up. Tab Hunter’s Secrets 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z You have probably never heard of Berman, who died, peacefully, at the age of eighty-four, thirteen years ago. A Tribute to Women Who Reinvent Themselves, in Two Wardrobes at the Met 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z It is startling to learn of the death of the distinguished American conductor Lorin Maazel, who died, on Sunday, at the age of eighty-four. Lorin Maazel: The Man Who Knew Too Much 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Army Rangers and members of Delta Force spent hours battling their way through the streets; eighty-four soldiers were wounded and nineteen died. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z You would drive me home and say goodbye with three kisses, all the time, and texted me when you were eighty-four. In gut-wrenching eulogy, widow Dominique Rivera says she still has husband's back 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z One hundred eighty-four people were killed, along with five hijackers. Burn survivors of the Pentagon attack are thankful for life, though pain endures 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The general became an unlikely campesino hero, sanctioning technical and financial support to more than 4,000 farming families organized into eighty-four cooperatives. The remarkable life and legacy of indigenous leader Berta Cáceras 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z "One hundred eighty-four countries as of this morning are fighting this enemy, and we pray for them all," Trump said. Trump delivers hopeful Easter message from Oval Office: 'Our nation will come through' 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z So, according to Chase.com, we have eighty-four thousand dollars in savings—if you count the eighty thousand dollars I’m getting from Nana whenever she dies. Zillow Listings of New York City 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z In August, the Privacy Institute sent the F.T.C. a spreadsheet of eighty-four companies that had suffered security failures. A Cybersecurity Firm’s Sharp Rise and Stunning Collapse 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z There are reportedly eighty-four detectives involved in criminal cases stemming from the protests. A Summer of Unprecedented Brutality in Moscow 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z How did a law with such high stakes sail through the Oregon legislature, where Democrats hold a majority, with a combined eighty-four votes in favor and just five opposed? Oregon’s Tsunami Risk: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z At eighty-four, she was the last full-blooded Yaghán, a culturally extinct indigenous group, which Darwin encountered on his own formative voyage to South America. A Twenty-Four-Thousand-Mile Walk Across Human History 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z She won her last Best Actress award in Ann Arbor, at the age of eighty-four, for “The Gin Game,” a two-person play that had won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. My Last Letter from My Mother 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z She was eighty-four, after all, a year older than Eddie, and her whole life now was caring for him. “The Escape” 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z When a tech showed Shanahan a polymer widget that she said could save the Navy four hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars, his eyes lit up. How Patrick Shanahan, the New Acting Secretary of Defense, Won Over the White House 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Altering anything in the Brexit deal, which is five hundred and eighty-four pages long, let alone its most contentious element, is probably beyond May. The Brexit That Nobody Wants 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z When the ceremony was finally over, Bowles, who is eighty-four, stood by the bar at the Four Seasons, wearing a black dress and red lipstick, chatting with two of Hall’s sisters. Julia Louis-Dreyfus Acts Out 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z A room is crammed with eighty-four star and socialite portraits as hieratic as Byzantine icons—Polaroid-square in format and combining silk screen and brushwork in colors that startle one another. There’s Still No Escaping Andy Warhol 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z At least ninety-eight women were elected to the House on Tuesday night—eighty-four Democrats and fourteen Republicans—which means that more women will be serving in Congress than ever before. How Women Candidates Won Big in the Midterms 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The spaceship was now at eighty-four thousand feet—higher than he’d ever been. Virgin Galactic’s Rocket Man 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Around the same time as the union drive, Palermo’s terminated eighty-four workers who could not produce documents confirming their residency status. The Fall of Wisconsin and the Rise of Randy Bryce 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Then the boarding agent catches some people from zone eighty-four jumping ahead of the people in zone fifty-seven, and all hell breaks loose. Atul Gawande: Curiosity and What Equality Really Means 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Even the Bush Administration, to some degree, came to understand Guantánamo as a strategic and moral fiasco, and began reducing the prisoner population, from a peak of six hundred and eighty-four, in 2003. President Trump’s Guantánamo Delusion 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z It was unclear if he recognized how much of America he’d just condemned: according to a study by the Cato Institute, eighty-four per cent of U.S. residents oppose the use of civil forfeiture. Can the President “Destroy” Criminal-Justice Reformers? 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z There were a hundred and eighty-four lynchings in South Carolina. Inside the Trial of Dylann Roof 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z In one period in 1862, the average workweek in a Manchester factory was eighty-four hours. Karl Marx, Yesterday and Today 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z And where better to do that than before eighty-four million television viewers? How Much Damage Did the Debate Do to Donald Trump? 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z “Havana can absorb fifty—the island itself eighty-four,” Morales said. A New Cuba 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z On Tuesday the polls-based forecasting model maintained by the Times Upshot team estimated the probability of her winning at eighty-four per cent. The Election Is Still Hillary Clinton’s to Lose 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z A black man is thirteen times more likely to be murdered in this country than a white person; eighty-four per cent of the time it involves a firearm. A Police Killing in Baton Rouge 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The average annual base pay was sixteen thousand eight hundred and eighty-four dollars. A Former Soldier Explains Why Trump Was Wrong About the Troops 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z For reference, “War and Peace” clocks in at five hundred and sixty thousand words, and “Infinite Jest” a slender four hundred and eighty-four thousand. The Prude Who Invented the Modern Novel 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z While the majority of Americans believed the Truman administration’s assertions, recently discovered State Department documents expose a widespread protest movement that erupted in eighty-four cities in forty-eight countries around the world. The Couple Wrongly Blamed for Starting the Korean War 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Among black voters, who made up a majority of the electorate, exit polls revealed that she had defeated Sanders by the crushing margin of eighty-four per cent to fifteen per cent. What Hillary Clinton’s Huge Win in South Carolina Means 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z It was based on a long-term study of two hundred and eighty-four people who make their living “commenting or offering advice on political and economic trends.” Why Political Pundits Are Becoming More Wrong 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The W.F.P. has launched an appeal for eighty-four million dollars to help stave off the crisis. Haiti Has a President 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Sanders won voters younger than thirty by the astonishing margin of eighty-four to fourteen per cent. Bernie Sanders Knows What Time It Is 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Everybody was dead-on about the weather—on the course, it was eighty-four degrees at the start of the race. Ryan Hall, America’s Fastest Marathoner, Slows Down 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z During the last quarter of 2015, employment growth averaged two hundred and eighty-four thousand jobs a month, up from about two hundred thousand in the previous nine months. The Most Important Message in the December Job Figures 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z In Cuba, the ailing Fidel Castro will be ninety in the new year; his brother Raúl, who succeeded him in 2008, is eighty-four, and has vowed not to seek reëlection in 2018. Cuba and Iran, Melancholy Twins 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z An estimated eighty-four thousand South Koreans were kidnapped during the Korean War. North Korea’s Abduction Project 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Some of the bloggers who number among the eighty-four revealed suspicions that the state’s security agencies ordered the hits. The Islamist War on Bloggers 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z But in most parts of the country these people must either find a lawyer on their own or, like eighty-four per cent of detained migrants, represent themselves. The Rights of Refugees Who Do Wrong 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z At eighty-four, Hunt seemed to be fading out, suffering from a variety of maladies, including hardening of the arteries, which had resulted in the amputation of his left leg and confined him to a wheelchair. Inside the plot to kill JFK: The secret story of the CIA and what really happened in Dallas 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z In 2012, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel found that eighty-four per cent of Arab children in East Jerusalem fell below the poverty line. What Provoked Palestinian Knife Attacks in Israel? 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z By night’s end, the Jays had won, and the Liberals’ projected count stood at a hundred and eighty-four of three hundred and thirty-eight seats. What Justin Trudeau’s Victory Means for Canada 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z When the list of eighty-four bloggers began circulating in newspapers and on social media, Kowshik discovered that his name was on it. The Islamist War on Bloggers 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Those between twenty and thirty years old ranged from eighty-four to a hundred and sixty-eight dollars a night, and as little as forty dollars for a brief sexual encounter. An Activist in the Sex-Trafficking Underworld of Iraq 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z 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 One student, whose exam was found in the police raid, scored eighty-four per cent. Journey of a Teen-Age Jihadi 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The great news about “Slow West” is that it’s eighty-four minutes long. Ethan Hawke, Drone Pilot 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Of the six who have died, four were on a list of eighty-four “atheist bloggers,” which was sent anonymously to newspapers in 2013. The Islamist War on Bloggers 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Nineteen eighty-four was a crummy year for me. Kidney disease? I was only 33 years old, and I felt fine. 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z She was elected the following year with eighty-four per cent of the vote. Baltimore and the State of American Cities 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z All told, the Met has estimated that the union agreement and management cuts would save eighty-four million dollars over the next four years. A Fight at the Opera 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Sovaldi is used for hepatitis C, and its manufacturer, Gilead Sciences, has priced it at a thousand dollars per pill—which comes out to eighty-four thousand dollars for a course of treatment. The Anatomy of Obamacare 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z By 2050, according to the Census Bureau, the number of Americans age sixty-five or older will be about eighty-four million, almost double what it was in 2012. Too Much Stuff | The New Yorker 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z It passed by three hundred and eighty-four votes to a hundred and seventy-four. Actually, Europe Isn't Going to Destroy Google - New Yorker 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Fifty-nine cases of cardiac arrest occurred during a race, translating to about one cardiac arrest for every hundred and eighty-four thousand participants over-all. Extreme Exercise and the Heart 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Rangel, at eighty-four and with a comb-over, had recently endured a censure by a House standards committee, pertaining to, among other things, tax irregularities and failures to disclose income. Charles Rangel Still Reigns 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z They collected data from eighty-four athletes and thirty-five countries at three different times: immediately after their matches, when they received the medal, and when they posed on the podium. Why Bronze Medalists Are Happier Than Silver Winners 2012-08-09T13:45:45.263Z On the 17th April, 1790, at the age of eighty-four years, passed away the sturdy patriot and sagacious writer. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z The Copyright Office now occupies the southern end of the ground floor in the new Library building and the staff has increased to eighty-four persons. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z Even more significant than this, however, are the enormous numbers—two hundred and nineteen for a small town like Gourdon and eighty-four for Montcucq. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z He found his grandfather, Rev. Reuben Sterne, still active and alert, in spite of the eighty-four winters that had passed over his head. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The crusaders agreed to pay the Venetians before sailing eighty-four thousand marks of silver, and to share with them all the booty taken by land or sea. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z During the action she had sixty-seven men killed, and eighty-four wounded; whilst the Centurion had only two killed, and seventeen wounded. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z They had been eighty-four days on the trip. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z He died at London in 1808, at the age of eighty-four. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Now, in 1781, the system of Uranus occupied relatively to us almost the same situation as in 1862, since the time of its revolution is eighty-four years. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z They comprised five line-of-battle ships, two of them eighty, two eighty-four, and one 120 guns, and two frigates of forty guns; a total of 528 guns. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The total number of constellations now recognized in both hemispheres amounts to eighty-four. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z For eighty-four days we had lived in the open air. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z He was stone blind for twenty years and lived to be eighty-four years of age. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The autobiography in Latin verse, with its playful humour, occasional pathos and sublime self-complacency, was thrown off at the age of eighty-four. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z She was crowded rather than manned, with a crew of eighty-four men and six officers. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z An old gentleman of eighty-four having taken to the altar a young damsel of about sixteen, the clergyman said to him--"The font is at the other end of the church." Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z Its average distance from the sun is about 1,800 million miles and it takes eighty-four years to complete its journey round the sun, traveling only a little more than four miles a second. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z In 1794 at the advanced age of eighty-four, this excellent and virtuous man sunk to rest. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific railroad company has, from Chicago to Davenport, one hundred and eighty-four miles of road, and in Iowa three hundred and sixty miles, making five hundred and forty-four miles in all. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z Pliny says eighty-four remedies were made of it. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z “You sent that ball at the rate of 114 feet a second, which is equivalent to about eighty-three or eighty-four miles an hour!” he exclaimed. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z Having lived in the open air for eighty-four days, they felt a sense of suffocation within the walls of a house. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z She sent two hundred and eighty-four people to the stake during a short reign of five years and four months; which, upon an average, is upwards of four a week! The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z It has one hundred and eighty-four miles of road, but no rolling stock. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z However the week may be divided up, it is impossible to keep the human body from recording the fact that it averages seven twelve-hour days, or eighty-four hours of work, in the week. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z This portion is traversed by twenty-two streets, forming eighty-four principal and fourteen minor squares. 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 She was lying on a sofa—she is very old, eighty-four—has seen and known everyone, and talks easily both French and English. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Among the villages of the plain there are eighty-four schools, taught chiefly in Syriac, seven of which are for girls only. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z On one trip a week with the reduction to eighty-four hours, eight men and twenty-four animals would be required. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z Twenty-five revenue officers killed, fifty-five wounded, and seven thousand and eighty-four Democrats arrested. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z The Union Foundry employs eighty-four hands the “year round,” and consumes six hundred tons of metal. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z Mrs. Helen Boston, eighty-four years old, struck and killed on a bridge near Lenox, September 1, at 4:35 p.m., by engine. Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention 2012-02-02T03:04:35.040Z This is the character of two of the three witnesses, according to the testimony of eighty-four Mormons, and not opposers of Mormonism. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z He was," he says, "a stout, grey-headed old man, aged about eighty-four, who had served under Oliver Cromwell in the Irish rebellion; after which he was at Jamaica, and had followed144 privateering ever since. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z During the same four years we have arrested and have indicted seven thousand and eighty-four Southern Democrats for endeavoring to defraud the revenue of the United States. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Christ in the New Testament is called "man," and "the Son of man," eighty-four times,—egregious and dishonorable misnomers, most certainly, to apply to a supreme and infinite Deity. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z I feel somehow as if it would take about eighty-four years of severe preaching to prepare the deacon for existence in a felicitous hereafter. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z A paper was draughted by Sidney Rigdon against the dissenters from Mormonism, and signed by eighty-four Mormons. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z According to Bishop Burnet, two hundred and eighty-four persons were burnt at the stake, during four years of this merciless and miserable reign. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z His eighty-four points put him well in the lead, while Randall's seventy-three gave him a clear gain over Ellis, who, with fifty-eight, now brought up the rear. Dick Randall The Young Athlete 2012-01-04T03:00:45.467Z "Two hundred ten Republican, eighty-four Democrat," he said quickly, "a good omen." Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z At half-a-crown a yard, which we will take as the average price about forty years ago, they would amount to eighty-four millions of pounds sterling. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Seven years she had lived with her husband, and was afterwards continuing in widowhood eighty-four years; so living as the apostle taught. 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 In a first-floor front lived two aged women, one of them a lady of eighty-four years. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z The new method of steel-making spread into France and Sweden, and in 1879 the works for making Bessemer steel were eighty-four in number, and represented a capital of more than three millions. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The Celts retained an old cycle of eighty-four years, while the Romans had finally adopted one of nineteen. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z A very valuable and curious series of original editions of Latin and German tracts, issued by the German Reformers between 1518 and 1550, in eighty-four volumes, was bought for £95 15s. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z We hurried up the Red Sea to Suez, and then crossed over by land from Suez, eighty-four miles, to Cairo, with six hundred camels in the caravan. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Today, Ezra Meeker, eighty-four years old, is crossing the continent in a "schoonermobile," a motor car built on the lines of the old-time prairie schooner. A Hundred and Sixty Books by Washington Authors Some Other Writers Who are Contributors to Periodical Literature, Lines Worth Knowing by Heart 2011-11-27T03:00:12.497Z We will now assume that the train has arrived at Rugby—the distance eighty-four miles. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z According to the United States Department of Labor, men's rough shoes go through eighty-four distinct processes performed by skilled workmen and automatic machines. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z At the time of leaving the ship, she was in eighty-four degrees north latitude. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z There are at the present moment one hundred and thirty cases all told, of which eighty-four are men, twenty-three women, and the remainder children. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z This locality, however, lies sixty-four miles from the closest point on the Gulf coast, and the point due southward on the coast is eighty-four miles distant. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z It brought in nothing, and cost eighty-four millions of francs. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z The Council of the Indies, in 1819, sentenced him to pay upwards of three hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars, in consequence of the maladministration that was charged and maintained against him. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z On Sunday, May 5, they were in eighty-four degrees, thirty-one minutes, north latitude, and on the 17th, in eighty-three degrees, thirty minutes, north latitude. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z When the temple of the Capitoline Jupiter was burned down eighty-four years before Christ, the Sibylline books were lost. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z This Drawing was the result of eighty-four days spent on that field immediately after the battle, during which time I sketched accurately the twenty-five square miles which it represents. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z The nave and aisles alone are finished; they are three hundred and eighty-four feet long, and the width, including the chapels, measures one hundred and fifty. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Thus a hato, worth at most forty thousand pesos, was in its new state worth more than four hundred and eighty-four thousand. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z The "Leeuwendalers" is a fitting monument to the heroism of the patriots whose magnificent struggle of eighty-four years against the overwhelming tyranny of Spain had at last been rewarded by this glorious peace. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z They were sold at a shilling or twenty-four cents per box, each box containing eighty-four matches. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Each horse could carry two bushels of alum salt, each bushel weighing eighty-four pounds. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z A most beautiful wreath from Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes—eighty-four white roses, fringed with carnations and maidenhair ferns, one for each year of the poet's life,—was laid around the name-plate on the coffin. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z One was on the land of an old farmer eighty-four years of age. Ulster Folklore 2011-08-25T02:00:26.683Z When he lay dying he wanted his mother brought to his side, but she was at a great distance, and eighty-four years of age, and could not come. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z Of the eighty-four years, of which his existence was made up, some twenty-six were passed in England and France. 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 The annual exports amount to about six hundred and fifty millions pounds of sugar, and eighty-four millions of coffee. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z The votes of the electoral colleges were ninety-nine for General Jackson, eighty-four for Mr. Adams, forty-one for Mr. Crawford, and thirty-seven for Mr. Clay. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z He was the last survivor of the signers of the compact of November, 1620, dying September 12, 1687, aged eighty-four years. The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims And Its Place in the Life of To-day 2011-07-18T02:00:23.730Z The bay is semicircular in form, one hundred and thirty-five miles long and eighty-four miles broad. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z He is eighty-four years of age, has a courtier-like mien, and must have been a very fine man. 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 At the end of an eleven years' apprenticeship to a farmer, he received a yoke of oxen and six sheep which he sold for eighty-four dollars. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z He was eighty-four, but a man of extraordinary vigor for his age. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Had Bryant spared himself as most men do, would he have been such a springy, easy walker, and so strong and handy at eighty-four? How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z One only of these children was a daughter, who lived to the age of eighty-four, dying in 1736, the widow of Thomas Brooke of Doncaster. Pope: His Descent and Family Connections Facts and Conjectures 2011-06-29T02:00:22.613Z On every pound of first-class mail the Government collects eighty-four dollars a hundred. The Mail Pay on the Burlington Railroad 2011-06-21T02:00:28.507Z In June 1709 a huge fleet of eighty-four merchant vessels, under convoy of six men-of-war, was despatched to Smyrna to bring back grain. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z The thin, sprightly figure moved quickly in spite of the eighty-four years and in less than ten minutes he was seated beside the girl and they were flying over the turnpike toward the Schlitz place. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Thy reckoning is even short of the truth, since this of mine, which is no secret from our people, giveth even five hundred and eighty-four leagues, fully six more than thine. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z At one time he owned eight acres in the heart of St. Paul, for which he paid two hundred and eighty-four dollars, which is now worth a quarter of a million. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The Post Office Department states that it receives from the people who use the mails eighty-four dollars on every one hundred pounds of letters and post cards. The Mail Pay on the Burlington Railroad 2011-06-21T02:00:28.507Z Eighteen months ago the excellent Sepulvida had died at the age of eighty-four, and left his charming young American wife the sole mistress of his vast estate. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z There are eighty-four automobiles registered in this town, but we are near enough to Harton for many of our people to go there for all repairs. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z It was an unseasonable day in November—an Indian summer day with the mercury at eighty-four. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z These and the railway bridge were barricaded for the night, while eighty-four guns further secured them from being crossed. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z Of the remaining eighty-four about fifty testified to the circumstances attending the assassination, the pursuit and capture of Booth and Herold, and the terrific assault of Payne on William H. Seward and his household. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z Another soldier of General Clinchant's corps told me how his company had led to the ramparts eighty-four insurgents taken bearing arms. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Although eighty-four summers have passed over her snow-white head, Aunt Tildy's spirit is unconquered by time and her physical activity is truly remarkable for her age. 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 It was then crossed eighty-four times by the road. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z He brought back eighty-four quail and nine loaded cartridges. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z Out of his wages—eighty-four dollars—he had used only six, less than one dollar a mouth! Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z We had a swim last year with old General Menegaldo, who swam the Lido with Byron: he is now eighty-four years old, and he swam a good mile along with us. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Chauteaubriand could charm at eighty-four, the Abbé Liszt at seventy-five, and Aaron Burr—who was by no means handsome—had at seventy a charm of manner that was irresistible. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z He died in 1790, at the age of eighty-four, one of the greatest of American statesmen and heroes. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z The number of resident members is one hundred and fifty-seven; eighty-four males and seventy-three females. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z By the Cayuga Creek line to Pekin it was sixty-four feet, and by the Tonawanda Creek line to Lockport it was eighty-four feet, as is also shown by the surveys of the Erie Canal. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z Oliver Wendell Holmes was born eighty-four years ago on the 29th of August, 1809. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z Jackson led with ninety-nine votes; Adams was next with eighty-four; Crawford followed with forty-one; and Clay came last with thirty-seven. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z When he had been buried in the little church at Upton, Windsor, at the age of eighty-four, honored by all Europe and America, Caroline could live no longer where remembrance of him made it intolerable. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z “On the eighth day of Thoth twenty cows and eighty-four sheep were sent to the slaughter; these, at command of the overseer of oxen, were issued to the Sparrow-Hawk regiment.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z But it is only eighty-four feet deep, making it four hundred and eighty-four feet above the sea-level. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z The Diplodocus Carnegii for example measured eighty-four feet from snout to tail; the Gigantosaurus was even greater; it measured a hundred feet. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z We started at six o’clock in the morning, on a journey of eighty-four miles. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z At the present time there are between nine and ten million Negroes and two hundred and eighty-four thousand and seventy-nine Indians. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z He reigned eighty-four days, and bore his sufferings with the greatest fortitude. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Coloured frontispiece, six photogravures, and eighty-four woodcuts in the text. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z Collection of eighty-four woodcut engravings, India proofs, by Carbonneau and other French artists. 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 An old merchant, eighty-four years of age, deaf and almost blind, was guilty of the crime of being worth five millions of dollars. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z They counted in all two hundred and sixteen regulars of the battalions of Languedoc and La Reine, six hundred and eighty-four Canadians, and about six hundred Indians. Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour 2011-02-10T03:00:53.020Z This was carried by a narrow majority of one hundred and ninety-three to one hundred and eighty-four; and when this sum was offered to the Duke, he peremptorily declined to accept it. Memoir of Queen Adelaide Consort of King William IV. 2011-02-07T03:00:25.780Z First edition: illustrated by eleven etchings and eighty-four woodcuts. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z I don't want the old gentleman to die yet awhile, naturally, but he can't be expected to hold out very much longer; he is eighty-four and getting weaker every day. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z De Vries, one of the patroons, or proprietors, whose imagination was certainly of a lively type, tells us that he had seen a New Netherlander kill eighty-four thrushes or maize-birds at one shot. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z The complement of Lieutenant Cook's ship consisted of eighty-four persons besides the commander. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z He found a lady eighty-four years of age. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The "all other deposits" reported by private banks in New York City for March 16, 1909, are one thousand, nine hundred and eighty-four dollars, in all! The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z He died at eighty-four, and seemed only to be departing on another journey in quest of truth and friendship. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z They were now seventy-three miles from shore, having run out eighty-four miles of cable. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z There were eighty-four prisoners taken, all of them being women and children. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z But it is, perhaps, hardly in order to criticise the methods of a man who succeeded in living to be eighty-four and who served the public until the last year of his life. The True Benjamin Franklin The British line remained unbroken after every assault and the Germans were forced back, losing eighty-four men as prisoners and a number of machine guns. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. From the ceilings, corniced with fretted gold, great chandeliers hung, one of which, it is said, was so large that it contained one thousand and eighty-four lamps. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) A number of boats were lost, and eighty-four men were drowned; but the main body was carried safely onward, and by September 5 reached the �le Perrot, a few miles above the island of Montreal. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Mrs. Stowe died in 1896 at the ripe age of eighty-four. The Story of Our Hymns In his reply Franklin said, that as to the portrait he was willing it should be painted, but the artist should waste no time, or the man of eighty-four might slip through his fingers. The True Benjamin Franklin In spelling, Hans was quite indifferent whether his table with the eighty-four number signs upon it stood before him, for he had no knowledge of letters. Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology This mood was deepened by the death of the oldest of the almshouse dames, a feeble crone of eighty-four, who had recently been unable to perform her duties as attendant. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History However, orders were received the next day to recruit the company to eighty-four men, so again the office was opened for business with a sign which read, "Join a motor ambulance company and ride." History of Ambulance Company Number 139 The farthest north reached by Lieutenant Peary in his last expedition was 82� north latitude, which is some eighty-four geographical miles south of the point reached by Lieutenant Lockwood of the Greely party. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 Washington was twenty-six years younger than Franklin and died at the age of sixty-seven, while Franklin lived to be eighty-four. The True Benjamin Franklin "It 's an anxious case, sir,—a very anxious case; he 's eighty-four." Tony Butler Billy hastened away at midnight to tell Dale that pigeon's milk is selling at eighty-four and three-fourths. A Man in the Open Taking the total for the two nests: in ten hours and five minutes the male went to the nest eighty-four times; the female, eleven. A-Birding on a Bronco Besides Emerson and Longfellow, only two literary 7 men were included, these being Irving with eighty-four votes and Hawthorne with seventy-three. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Contentment was a natural consequence of these qualities, and contributed largely to maintain his vigor through eighty-four years of a very stormy life. The True Benjamin Franklin They knew it was eighty-four, having heard him say it, as he intended they should. H. R. There are eighty-four missionaries for the more than nine and a half millions of population. The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity They had been built in sections, thirty-six feet long, and these had been joined together so as to make one gigantic rock, thirty-five hundred feet long and three hundred and eighty-four feet wide. Bert Wilson at Panama All these brave men fell prisoners, but not until sixty men lay dead around to attest to the valor of the eighty-four within. An Artilleryman's Diary Both she and her husband died in 1783, she at the age of eighty-three and he at eighty-four. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday In one morning's mail he received three hundred and eighty-four offers to become the advertising Napoleon of national concerns; no limit to the advertising appropriations. H. R. In April 1765, at the age of eighty-four, he breathed his last. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes It has two primary coils, one containing sixty-seven pounds of wire, and the other eighty-four pounds, the wire being .096 inch in diameter. The Telephone An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action We have now eighty-four, all we need, and may expect marching orders next. An Artilleryman's Diary It measures one hundred and seventeen feet in front, and eighty-four feet deep, and contains sixteen apartments, of which those in front, five in number, are best preserved. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. The girl's about eighty-four and a half and he's the most awful kid. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary You ask a man who has lived eighty-four years who is his doctor! Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience He continued for more than seventy of the eighty-four years of his life a subject of four successive British monarchs. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 Bags were packed on the back of the saddles in which to bring back two bushels of alum salt, each bushel weighing eighty-four pounds. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia Benjamin Franklin died in Philadelphia, April 17, 1790, at the age of eighty-four years. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The city’s parks and open spaces occupy eighty-four acres. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal In seven hundred and eighty-four cases, in the same year, the conflagration was completely extinguished in five minutes, and the very longest fire lasted six hours and a half. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 It sets at defiance all the hatching and scheming of all the tyrannical wretches who cause the poor little creatures to die in their factories, heated to eighty-four degrees. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend The reputed author died in London in 1805, at the advanced age of eighty-four. Lectures on The Science of Language Nor did age lessen his energy, for in 1550, when eighty-four years old, he again put to sea to punish the raids of his old enemies the Barbary pirates, but with no great success. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" I am getting old too; they say I am eighty-four. Peasant Tales of Russia She and Sophia went one day to call on an aunt of Ralph Waldo Emerson's, Miss Mary Emerson, who was eighty-four. The Child's Book of American Biography Pregnant women were given eighty-four days' leave under normal circumstances and 95 percent of their monthly wage if they had worked over five years. Area Handbook for Albania In place of eighty-four hours we now work fifty-eight hours per week, a difference of twenty-six hours, and as an employer of help I am glad of it. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 He continued there until he died at the age of eighty-four. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 I cop eighty-four dollars, six pairs of suspenders, a keg of wire nails, and a frying-pan, which constitutes all the circulating medium of the camp. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure No other diocese has more than eighty-four; and only five others have more than seventy. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 "Only a hundred and eighty-four," the young man assured him. An Old Chester Secret Recompensing evil with evil, they strangled eighty-four priests in the diocese of Nismes and burned two hundred churches, after 40,000 of their own party had been put to the wheel, burnt, and hanged. The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. I. Could any man expect a girl to believe in the seriousness of his intentions for eighty-four months—a year of weeks? A Canadian Bankclerk The total number of initials of various sizes designed for the Kelmscott Press, including a few that were engraved but never used, is three hundred and eighty-four. The Art and Craft of Printing Taking twenty-six of his own company, they in a period of ten days, captured eighty-four of that number, including two officers. History of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry She bore him no children, and survived him, living to the age of eighty-four. Rulers of India: Akbar The boiling point of water on the summit of Mont Blanc, is as low as one hundred and eighty-four degrees. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Soon after the Nicene council, the Jews, in imitation of the Christians, abandoned the cycle of eighty-four years, and adopted that of Meton, by which their lunisolar year is regulated at the present day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Some idea of their luxuriance may be formed when it is mentioned that the girth of each tree exceeds sixteen feet, and the longest branch of one of them measures eighty-four feet in length. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Some eighty-four of our men which beggered all description, not being able to be removed, were left in the prison pen. History of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry We were eighty-four hundred feet in air, on a spur of Amethyst or Specimen Mountain. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. Our own loss was four officers and eighty-four men killed, and twenty-four officers and three hundred and thirty-two men wounded; total, four hundred and forty-four. Campaigning in Cuba For this purpose they adopted a cycle of eighty-four years, which is mentioned by several of the ancient fathers of the church, and which the early Christians borrowed from them for the regulation of Easter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Maria Wickwyre, of the Five Towns, emerged from muddy Bombazine Lane and stood in the rain and wind at Pie Corner, eighty-four yards from the door of St. Jude’s chapel, in the Strand. The So-called Human Race Jackson led with ninety-nine votes in the electoral college; Adams had eighty-four, Crawford forty-one, Clay thirty-seven. Andrew Jackson I've no intention of dying until I'm eighty-three or even eighty-four. I'll Leave It To You A Light Comedy In Three Acts He died on March 29, 1848, aged eighty-four years, four months; and almost as he died, the jubilant shouts of the enthusiastic workingmen's processions throughout the city resounded high and often. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times He must have remained generally in constant residence, because we possess his signature to the vestry accounts, in a curious quarto book, which contains the annual accounts of Stow upland Parish for eighty-four years. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations An hour before midnight on the 5th of February, he passed away: aged eighty-four. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 They came with a rush, ten scrambling frantic bids for his total output for one year–and one of them was for eighty-four dollars! Shadow Mountain In return for all her merry babblement, Black Sheep confided to her that the distance from the hall-door to the top of the first landing was exactly one hundred and eighty-four handspans. Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II Dr. L. is now eighty-four years of age, and has lived on vegetable diet forty-two years. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery In an Assembly of eighty-four members the party of Reform numbered sixty, an overwhelming majority; for the rapprochement between the sympathetic parties of the two provinces was now complete. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 These sisters were the great aunts of President Lincoln, and I subjoin an obituary notice of the younger sister, Mrs. Potter, who died in 1875, at the advanced age of eighty-four. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 He had lived eighty-four years, three months and eleven days. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series By the Union Act of 1840 the representation of Upper and Lower Canada in the Assembly was fixed at eighty-four, forty-two from each province. The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion Eight hundred and eighty-four persons were drowned, thirty-four of these being women. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France In the last year the volume of trade was more than eighty-four millions. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 Take, for example, the corporation, "The Industrial Homes Company" controlling eighty-four industrial institutions in the United States, and managed by a board of directors in New York City. The Social Work of the Salvation Army Out of eighty-four men who have been hanged recently, seventy-one have gone directly to heaven. Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures They had been away from the fort for one year and eighty-four days. Pathfinders of the Great Plains A Chronicle of La Vérendrye and his Sons We counted eighty-four huntsmen and foresters belonging to Prince Radziwill; they were all richly dressed. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 One name, however, is wanting, for only eighty-four are given; and as Ezra is not mentioned among them, the conjecture of Krochmal that it has dropped out of x. The Canon of the Bible Sun Wu Kung, be it said, had eighty-four thousand hairs on his body, every single one of which he could transform. The Chinese Fairy Book The Dean of Ripon, who is eighty-four, was cox. in the Oxford crew of the first 'Varsity race, and he acted as page at the coronation of William IV. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly In 1900 thirteen women were elected town clerks; six were serving as school directors, eighty-four as county superintendents and seventy-five as postmasters, according to the Vermont Register, which is not always complete. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV The Church in France La France Catholique is to-day divided into eighty-four dioceses, administered, as to spiritual affairs, by seventeen archbishops and sixty-seven bishops. The Cathedrals of Northern France The number of existing provinces therefore is eighty-four. Japan For ten weeks in the Civil War the venerable Marquis of Worcester held this castle against Fairfax's siege, but the redoubtable old hero, who was aged eighty-four, ultimately had to surrender. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel What man at eighty-four would be reckoned competent to manage a complicated business enterprise such as a bank, or an insurance business, or a big manufacturing affair, or a newspaper office? Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule We went into Fair Oaks nine hundred and eighty-four strong, and came out four—three men and one officer! Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 I think the tree was four feet in diameter a hundred feet from the butt, and the whole body, from root to top, was eighty-four steps long, or about two hundred and fifty feet. Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail This field contained fourteen acres, and is said to have been part of the estate of Alderman Henry Smith, which in this neighbourhood was upwards of eighty-four acres. A Walk from London to Fulham Voltaire, eighty-four years old, feeble in body but with intellect unconquered, had just come to Paris after his long exile to hear the plaudits of his countrymen, and to die. Benjamin Franklin At sixty-five you are not good enough for the Civil Service, but at eighty-four, when you are nineteen years older, you may govern a vast empire. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule A few days later a fleet of eighty-four French aeroplanes made a raid on the German lines, starting from an aerodrome near Nancy. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Burnside reports his loss as twelve hundred and eighty-four killed and nine thousand six hundred wounded, making a total loss, including the missing, of twelve thousand six hundred and fifty-three. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 Mrs. Davenport, a clever actress and an admirable representative of old women, died at No. 22, on 8th May, 1843, aged eighty-four. A Walk from London to Fulham In 1886 a Chinese company purchased this line and has since extended it to Tientsin, making its present length about eighty-four miles. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses This work contains eighty-four colored engravings of apples, pears, cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, raspberries, and strawberries. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 Aristotle was born three hundred and eighty-four years before Christ. Prehistoric Structures of Central America Who Erected Them? In the whole kingdom there were eighty-four thousand prisoners, or criminals under restraint. Pius IX. And His Time Stoicism, hedonism, the faith of his childhood, new-fangled mysticisms would join hands and hold revel round his soul for those twelve weeks, those eighty-four days, those two thousand and sixteen hours.… The Education of Eric Lane On the 25th of August, 1822, Herschel died peacefully at the age of eighty-four years. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works Even now, eighty-four years after it was written, there is much in it which we ought to remember and try to carry out. Harper's Young People, June 8, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly In this far distant orbit the huge planet takes eighty-four of our years to complete one of his own. The Children's Book of Stars The "bay" is about one hundred and thirty-five miles long by eighty-four broad. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers Out of one hundred and eighty-four graduates of this year, only six obtained the highest rating of “distinguished.” Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story He was, at an advanced age, exquisitely anxious about the fate of one of his tragedies; and a public coronation at the theatre at Paris, had power to inebriate him at eighty-four. Practical Education, Volume I He gives us three hundred and eighty-four quotations from the New Testament. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880 He lingered and died hard, though he was eighty-four years old and afflicted with dropsy. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Three hundred and eighty-four section-commanders were engaged in impressing this order, with all the emphasis it deserved, upon the men, when the General rode on to the field. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 These matches were amazingly cheap—eighty-four of them for only twenty-five cents! Makers of Many Things It is interesting to note that the plant has occupied the present site since its founding, eighty-four years ago. All About Coffee Finally, he is always a shocking coward: eighty-four Khatris will run away from four thieves. Introduction to the Science of Sociology It beat on the average of eighty-four times in a minute. What a Young Woman Ought to Know It is three hundred and eighty-four feet long, and has fourteen arches, no two of which are on the same scale. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot On this date eighty-four statesmen representing twenty-seven nations, the combined population of which is more than twelve hundred million people, were seated around one table. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Uncle Dad Simms, aged eighty-four, was present, occupying a front seat. Anderson Crow, Detective You have no idea de worry and de pain a mulatto have to carry all his eighty-four years. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 He failed to discover the slightest trace of fire in the hundred and eighty-four rooms and twenty-eight courts that he excavated. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 He was a man of great physical vigor, dying at the age of eighty-four without ever having been ill. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning In thirty-three days eighty-four had perished and scores of others were smitten by the hand of death. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Theoretically, therefore, there might be eighty-four millions of owners of the American railroads. The American Empire Out of three hundred and sixty one Americans, who came last on board, eighty-four were, in the course of three months, buried in the surrounding marshes, the burying place of the prison ships. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Soon after this I was informed by the Admiralty that I was superseded in the last ship, and ordered to Portsmouth to join the Tonnant, an eighty-four. A Sailor of King George The wife of the great captain and hero of Queen Anne’s time—the most remarkable woman of her own, or perhaps of any epoch—lived to the age of eighty-four. Political Women, Vol. 2 Some eighty-four separate treatises are mentioned as having proceeded from his pen, in addition to numerous papers scattered through various collections and journals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" In several of the Northwestern States the value of the timber on Indian lands is enormous; the latest official estimate is eighty-four million dollars. The Indian To-day The Past and Future of the First American Taking the earth's distance as unity, the radius of the orbit of Uranus is about nineteen, and Uranus takes eighty-four years to accomplish a complete revolution. The Story of the Heavens Among those who were baptized was an aged brother of above eighty-four years, and one above seventy. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller In the course of my many visits to Dyer's Hollow I saw thirty-three kinds of birds, of the eighty-four species in my full Truro list. The Foot-path Way Now they receive one hundred and fifty pesos apiece, a saving of eighty-four pesos 84 p. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 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, Volume XXVI, 1636 One hundred and forty-one thousand three hundred and eighty-four tons of timber were shipped at the port of Miramichi in 1824. History of New Brunswick It is to be remembered that Uranus requires no less than eighty-four years to accomplish his mighty revolution around the sun. The Story of the Heavens For over three of those miles the lady whose lap we sat in was moving at eighty-four. Jonah and Co. They are also showing more interest in education than formerly; one school being in operation on the reservation, with an attendance of eighty-four scholars. The Indian Question (1874) Now they receive ninety-six pesos apiece, thus saving eighty-four pesos on each one, or a total for the five of four hundred and twenty pesos 420 p. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 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, Volume XXVI, 1636 One hundred eighty-four Speedwell Street proved to be a trim, well-kept apartment leased by a clerk in one of the large dry-goods houses and occupied by himself, his wife, his sister and two children. Christopher and the Clockmakers It is the largest of the South American lakes, next to the Laguna de Titicaca, which is eighty-four English miles long and forty-one broad. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests It is the P�re Varnet—he who goes out with his sheep dog to dig clams, since he is eighty-four and too old to go to sea. A Village of Vagabonds Many of the citizens of Philadelphia must remember Mrs. Sarah Kemp, who died in Race street, in 1820, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Nuts for Future Historians to Crack The distance is one hundred and eighty-four miles. Anecdotes of Dogs But time was beginning to tell upon the Grand Old Man; he was now eighty-four years old, and he felt himself unequal to the gigantic struggle. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History It is distant thirty-five miles from Kars and eighty-four miles from Tiflis. The Life of Gordon, Volume I On the first occasion the shock was accompanied by a great sea-wave eighty-four feet high, which inundated the country for two leagues inland. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror About eighty-four leagues up the river they came to an island inhabited by the Timbues, who received them well. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 "That paper is about six months old," I said, "but it's an eighteen eighty-four paper." The Grain Ship His wife was Elizabeth Morgan, who survived him for many years and died in 1835, aged eighty-four years. Wilmot and Tilley In the French ships, three hundred and six killed; one hundred and eighty-four wounded. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I There were seventy-three of us all together, of whom eighty-four survive, including myself. Marge Askinforit She was a brig of 158 tons, and as she carried eighty-four men and six officers, you may imagine how we were crowded on board. With Cochrane the Dauntless The Recollect religious of St. Augustine have charge of fifty-three thousand three hundred and eighty-four souls, in one hundred and five villages. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 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 The loss of the garrison was six officers, thirteen sergeants, four drummers and one hundred and thirty-three rank and file killed; six officers, twenty-four sergeants, eleven drummers, and two hundred and eighty-four wounded. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America The enemy's frigate is indeed most sadly a wreck, thirty-four men killed and eighty-four wounded, many of them mortally; one officer only has suffered, being badly wounded. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I This will not prolong the list beyond eighty-four readings, the exact original number, and will, please God, work it all out in April. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 Logotheti quietly pulled his cuff over his hand, produced a pencil instead of his fountain pen, and proceeded to divide five hundred thousand by four hundred and eighty-four to three places of decimals. Fair Margaret A Portrait It contains eighty-four curacies, of which twenty-seven are served by religious, and fifty-seven by seculars. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 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 The army consisted of six thousand two hundred and thirty-eight men, composed of Montgomery's Highlanders, twelve hundred and eighty-four strong, five hundred and fifty-five of the Royal Americans, and four thousand four hundred provincials. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America The French ship was an eighty-four, with additional guns on the gunwale. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I I will not pass my original bound of eighty-four readings in all. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 After a sharp contest of two hours, during which sixty-seven of their men were killed and eighty-four wounded, they surrendered. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century He died at Edinburgh in June 1828, at the great age of eighty-four. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions The bridegroom was eighty-four years of age, the bride nearly as old. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The tree is described by one of our members, Mr. Wilmer P. Hoopes, as being eighty-four years old, hale and hearty. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. Her husband of eighty-four sat sucking his pipe by her side. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Bobby made it eighty-four; while Mr. Kincaid's tally was only eighty-three. The Adventures of Bobby Orde If any modification is made, take the rondo faster, say about eighty-four. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations She, nevertheless, lived to an advanced age, and was eighty-four years old when I last saw her, though she, at that time, took every day two scruples of solid opium. A Dissertation on the Medical Properties and Injurious Effects of the Habitual Use of Tobacco One night eighty-four persons congregated in an underground cavern near the river Perevozinka, and began to fast and to pray. Modern Saints and Seers In construction, the Confucian Temple, near by, is similar to all Confucian temples throughout China; the hall is eighty-four feet long and the teakwood pillars forty feet high. Travels in the Far East “It must take an awful lot of powder for all the eighty-four guns, besides the shot and shell!” Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant And so the slave trade grew and grew, until, in 1874, out of every hundred people of the land about eighty-four were slaves. The Story of General Gordon She mounted ten carriage and ten swivel guns; her crew, besides the commander, consisted of eighty-four persons, and she was provisioned for eighteen months. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries The fund had been distributed among more than eighty-four thousand people. Stories Of Georgia In 1870 his picture of Charlotte Corday sold for five hundred and eighty-four pounds. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture In 1850 he lost his wife, aged eighty-four years—a woman of sound understanding and rare excellence. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 In due time the last wicket of the Sixth fell, to a total of eighty-four runs. The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story Gooding's men carried the rifle-pits in the wood by a spirited charge, in which they took two officers and eighty-four men prisoners. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps One hundred and twenty-four ships of the line, one hundred and eighty frigates, and one hundred and eighty-four sloops, were put in commission, and sent to the various quarters of the globe. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges He was eighty-four years old when he died, and was active and industrious up to the close of his life. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture There are eighty-four seats in the lower branch of the Legislature of Tennessee. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States The mother of this great man is now eighty-four years of age, a woman of great vigour of mind; a saint, and nursing-mother in Israel; she offers daily prayers for her son. The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada We were thirty-two; they eighty-four; but we were sure shots and one volley broke their ranks in utter confusion. The Story of Cole Younger, by Himself Even the people regarded him as an upstart, setting himself above the old nobility, and enriching himself by royal domains, worth two hundred eighty-four thousand three hundred and ninety-five pounds. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges We got fifteen more patients last week, one yesterday and one to-day, but as several went away we have still the same number—eighty-four. 'My Beloved Poilus' Three wires are strung on the same line of poles for five hundred and eighty-four miles between the Indian Ocean and Victoria Nyanza, where the monkeys give very complicated performances. Chatterbox, 1906 But, at eighty-four, “where,” as he asks in the Centaur, “is that world into which we were born?” The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II It was called "The Death of Mr. Wimbush's Elephant"—the Jumbo of the period, which had died at the age of eighty-four. The History of "Punch" We have on board eighty-four generals, two hundred and twenty colonels, and one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one what-nots of junior rank. No Man's Land "On the eighth day of Thoth twenty cows and eighty-four sheep were sent to the slaughter; these, at command of the overseer of oxen, were issued to the Sparrow-Hawk regiment." The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt This one was eighty-four feet long, and thirty-six feet round the body, or, suppose it had been cast ashore, it would have been about fourteen feet high. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading This dam was completed January 10, 1910, and is the highest in the world, its height being three hundred and eighty-four feet. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The action lasted altogether about an hour and a half, during which the Spaniards lost sixty-seven killed and eighty-four wounded. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Nevertheless, there is no retraction in the third edition of the Principia, published when Newton was eighty-four years old! A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I It is two hundred and fourteen feet in length; the head thirty feet long, the body one hundred feet, and the legs eighty-four. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy There were eighty-four ponies, and they filed away, jingling into the morning mist that hung low on the sand flat. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah It was the pride of a good spinster to spin the finest yarn, and one Mistress Mary Prigge spun a pound of wool into fifty hanks of eighty-four thousand yards; in all, nearly forty-eight miles. Home Life in Colonial Days Next day they gained Upernavik in safety, after eighty-four days’ travelling; in the open air all the time. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Greek, eighty-four myriads of myriads and four thousand three hundred sixty-eight myriads and two thousand and one hundred fifty-five. The Hindu-Arabic Numerals Out of eighty-four days which we had sat, up to Monday last, forty-nine have been occupied in Irish business! Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents When peace was restored in 1800, the navy had a record of eighty-four prizes, most of which were French privateers. Union and Democracy The richest pans contained sixty-four dollars, seventy-two dollars and seventy-five cents and eighty-four dollars, with others ranging all the way below. A Woman who went to Alaska At length, however, an old woman of eighty-four was found who understood the use of the wheel. The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts We have now brought to a close the sanguinary proscriptions of the merciless Mary, in the year 1556, the number of which amounted to above eighty-four! Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs The indication = 84 means that the sliding weight is to be set at the point marked 84, the metronome then clicking eighty-four times per minute, each of these clicks indicating a quarter-note. Essentials in Conducting Old Trinity rests on the hillside, serene in the afterglow of its one hundred and eighty-four years. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport In The Comedy of Errors this phenomenon hardly occurs at all; in The Tempest it happens in over eighty-four per cent of the speeches, the increase being especially regular after 1598. The Facts About Shakespeare Three Gruyère knights were left lifeless on the battlefield and eighty-four others, who thus paid the price of their temerity in thinking to stem the already formidable confederation of citizens and free people in Switzerland. The Counts of Gruyère The three English seventy-four-gun ships were matched against one of a hundred and twenty and two of eighty-four. At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt He reached the age of eighty-four, and, in the year 1490, gave up his last breath with a smile. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 Volume 18, New Series, September 4, 1852 Eleven of these ladies are over eighty-four years old and Mrs. Weeks is ninety. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History In the summer of 1534 Kheyr-ed-dīn led his new fleet of eighty-four galleys forth from the Golden Horn, to flesh their appetite on a grand quest of prey. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Twenty-seven into eighty-four goes about three times, and half from three leaves two and a half. A Book of Burlesques He died at eighty-four years of age, under Henry IV. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance To make a cap five inches long and four inches wide, knit eighty-four inches of flat web. Spool Knitting He is said to have died on his sandhill at the good old age of eighty-four, and to have been buried at a spot about a mile distant from it. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II In 1868 the official record shows that eighteen hundred and eighty-four were killed and wounded. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens The circumference a yard or so from the ground was eighty-four feet—upwards of nine yards in diameter. The Gorilla Hunters Thus, slowly and painfully, did they ascend to a height of eighty-four feet, and were saved. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines Suddenly, at 3:15 a.m., when exactly eighty-four miles of cable had been laid out, he who observed the galvanometer saw the speck of light glide to the end of the scale, and vanish! The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables Early plantings will blossom in six weeks, yield pods for the table in seven weeks, produce pods of suitable size for shelling in about ten weeks, and ripen in eighty-four days. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. The total loss appeared to be one hundred and forty-seven killed, and one hundred and eighty-four wounded, out of an aggregate of nearly nine hundred men. The King's Own The two classes concerned met at once and some eighty-four students signed statements that they were equally guilty. The University of Michigan The parliamentary business of the sixty millions of people who now inhabit the United States is done by eighty-four senators and 330 representatives, who receive something over $2,000,000 a year. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 The whole animal was about eighty-four feet long, and the extreme breadth of the body between twelve and fourteen feet; thus the whole of the circumference did not exceed thirty-six feet. The South Sea Whaler After four years they numbered only one hundred and eighty-four, counting immigration and all. Comic History of the United States To begin housekeeping proper, one will need at least a bread-knife and tumbler, a gridiron and individual salt,—cost eighty-four cents. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 The British lost, in killed and wounded in these two engagements, no less than eighty-four men, and found to their cost that the Chinese were no contemptible opponents. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign In one day eighty-four of the inhabitants of Valenciennes were put to death; on another, forty-six persons in Malines. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham To the Museum Burns from first to last gratuitously contributed not less than one hundred and eighty-four songs original, altered, or collected. Robert Burns He wrote a book on medicine consisting of eighty-four questions on medical and physical subjects and the answers to them. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine Think of it—three months—twelve weeks—eighty-four separate days to lounge away with the same question on your lips! The Fortunes of the Farrells The whole expedition is described in this poetical style, in three hundred and eighty-four unrhymed lines, with a curious mingling of heathen beliefs and Christian views. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections He lived to be eighty-four and died full of vigour in 1831. Highways and Byways in Sussex The whole hundred and eighty-four rushed to the starboard side to watch it as they passed. Oomphel in the Sky Its length is eighty-four feet; width, forty-five feet; and height, forty-three feet. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland To mix the troops of the eighty-four major segregated units in the Eighth Army under wartime conditions would create an intolerable administrative burden and would be difficult for the individuals involved. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 Many estates are called by this name, grants of eighty-four villages having been commonly made under native rule. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) The decrees of expulsion of eighty-four representatives of the people, published on January 6 in the Moniteur, revolted public sentiment. Napoleon the Little To conclude, Sir Wycherly was now eighty-four; hale, hearty, and a bachelor. The Two Admirals Twenty-seven into eighty-four goes about three times, and a half from three leaves two and a half. Europe After 8:15 In March 1951 the Eighth Army had eighty-four such units ranging in size from regiment to detachment. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 Ferry announced one hundred and eighty-four votes for Samuel J. Tilden and one hundred and eighty-five votes for Rutherford B. Hayes. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis But, of the eighty-four votes cast for Mr. Adams, not one was given by either of the three great Southern slaveholding states. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. After eighty-four, death has a fearful hold upon us, sir! The Two Admirals "That would make," Ryan said, after making the calculation, "eighty-four miles in twenty-four hours." Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War His crews consist of lake sailors and a few soldiers, in all some three hundred and eighty-four men on six vessels. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom In 1862 the war had greatly increased in magnitude and intensity, as is shown by the eighty-four engagements between the armies. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 They both contain twenty principal, and sixty-four subordinate stories, or eighty-four altogether, divided into nine short stories and seventy-five longer ones. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature But the greatest single block of modern times stands in front of the Winter Palace, as a monument to Alexander I. The height is eighty-four feet, and the weight nearly four hundred tons. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers He died at the age of eighty-four, and his time carries us back to the beginning of last century. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities She continued to work unsparingly in New Zealand to serve the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh until her passing at the age of eighty-four years on December 20th, 1934. Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand On arriving there, after a miserable sea journey, Bahá’u’lláh and His followers, about eighty to eighty-four in number, including men, women and children, were imprisoned in the army barracks. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era The marquis of Worcester, a man past eighty-four, was the last in England that submitted to the authority of the parliament. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell Among those who suffered by fire were five bishops, twenty-one clergymen, eight lay gentlemen, eighty-four tradesmen, one hundred husbandmen, servants, and laborers, fifty-five women, and four children. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary There are eighty-four grown men in the tribe, only seven of whom are aged. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 "Five lines ... eighty-four words ... lead pencil ... paper torn front pocket book...." The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 Last week Countess Z——, aged eighty-four, who is living alone in her château, was obliged to put up a German General and his staff. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium Three hundred and eighty-four of them, they showed a spirit that made their conduct the bright, heroic episode of that black day. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 The enemy during the summer had taken many of the burghers prisoner; and since June, 1901, the commandos had diminished to the extent of six thousand and eighty-four men. Three Years' War Johnston had lost six thousand and eighty-four men, dead, wounded and missing at Seven Pines, and Lee had lost seventeen thousand five hundred and eighty-three in seven days of continuous battle. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis The seven ships had fired a total of eighty-four such objects away into the blackness of Earth's shadow. Space Tug The ex-president is a handsome old gentleman of eighty-four; his lady is seventy-six: she has the reputation of superior talents, and great literary acquirements. The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts "Not very cool, with the mercury at eighty-four before eight o'clock You are cool because you have been driving fast." Melbourne House But she was eighty-four when the crown came within reach, and she died of rage at an unfriendly letter from Queen Anne, betraying her Jacobite propensity. Lectures on Modern history Only two hundred; of course I mean heavy guns,—sixty and eighty-four pounders. Taken by the Enemy In eighty-four of the liberated cantons the work of reconstruction has already commenced. Fighting France For more than fifty years she devoted her wealth to benevolence and spiritual ministries, and died at the age of eighty-four. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes The contribution thus made to Johnson's collection, of songs rescued or remade or wholly original, amounted to some one hundred eighty-four; to Thomson's about sixty-four. Robert Burns How To Know Him She was at that time eighty-four years old. The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua The couple lived until 1783, the one eighty-three, the other eighty-four years of age. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music Joseph, the next in succession, died February 12th, 1736, at the age of eighty-four years. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States At his advanced age of eighty-four we feel that this honor has been wisely placed. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 And inside it wuz fitted up as luxurious as any palace need to be, with a banquet hall eighty-four feet long and forty-six feet high; a glow of white, and gold, and red, and crystal. Samantha at the World's Fair Vanbrugh's was built in 1705, and met the usual fate of theatres, being burnt down some eighty-four years after. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Beginning, like most printers, with the production of a primer in seventeen hundred and eighty-four, by seventeen hundred and eighty-six Thomas was well under way in his work for children. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book Of two hundred and sixty-one electoral votes, Gen. Jackson received ninety-nine, Mr. Adams eighty-four, Mr. Crawford forty-one, and Mr. Clay thirty-seven. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States For example, one gallon of water weighs eight and one-third pounds, therefore 100 pounds of coal should evaporate from sixty to eighty-four gallons of water. The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads The Sulpicians, finding themselves cramped in their old abode, began in 1684 the construction of a new seigniorial and chapter house, of one hundred and seventy-eight feet frontage by eighty-four feet deep. The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval Sixty days was the period named, now it is eighty-four. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi It is forty-five feet high, thirty-six broad, and has three thousand four hundred and eighty-four pipes. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business Deduct this from Gen. Jackson's plurality—as it should be, if the principle of plurality is to govern—and it leaves him eighty-four, the same as the vote of Mr. Adams. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States In the whole force, of twenty-seven ships, there were seven of three decks, the least of which carried one hundred and twelve guns; the remainder were principally seventy-fours, there being, however, one of eighty-four guns. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain The three-decker with which he was before engaged having fallen aboard her second, that ship, of eighty-four guns, became now the commodore's opponent. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 Afterwards he went back to China and died there at the age of eighty-four. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Its spire is graceful and two hundred and eighty-four feet high. The Harris-Ingram Experiment This adjustment would carry Mr. Adams up to ninety-four, and leave Gen. Jackson with eighty-four. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States The public cultus consists of a series of celebrations or festivals, eighty-four in the year, so arranged that at least one occurs in every week. Auguste Comte and Positivism They all agreed except Grandmama, who was going out in her donkey chair instead, as one does at eighty-four. Dangerous Ages Our messenger has now been gone eighty-four days; consequently, we may hourly expect the return, and to be relieved by their revocation of him. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 When afterwards weighed at Landivisiau, they had lost eighty-four pounds on being carried into a drier air. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 Two months afterwards Milton's father followed him at the age of eighty-four, partly cognisant, we will hope, of the gift he had bestowed on his country in his son. Life of John Milton The famous Venetian too, who has written so many successful comedies, and is now employed upon his own Memoirs, at the age of eighty-four, was a delightful addition to our Coterie, Goldoni. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I Six months afterwards more than ten thousand had left the island, and in three years forty-five thousand eight hundred and eighty-four persons, principally men, had left for the diggings. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Your age of eighty-four and mine of eighty-one years, insure us a speedy meeting. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 This could not be done until the result of the balloting was made known—four hundred and eighty-four for Lincoln, twenty-two for Grant. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History Yes, but that means twelve in a year, or at least eighty-four in your course, not a bad stock to start life with. The Young Priest's Keepsake A prologue written by Garrick, an epilogue, and the cast of the original performance precede the eighty-four page text. The Gamester (1753) Out of one hundred judgments on the relative length of two hard-rubber lines of 5 cm. when pressed against the skin, one of which was slightly concave, the concave line was overestimated eighty-four times. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. Occy continues to make progress—with a pulse at only eighty-four this morning. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 The Codex consists of upwards of one thousand five hundred pages, of which two hundred and eighty-four are assigned to the New Testament. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood One thousand are male inhabitants and transients, eight hundred and sixteen regular soldiers, and five hundred and eighty-four women. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 20 of 55 1621-1624 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. It was an afternoon in late September, and in this very year of grace, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. In Luck at Last It's only eighty-four on our porch, and growing cooler every minute. Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular The old woman of eighty-four winters was already out in the cold morning wind, bare-headed, tripping about like a young girl, and driving up the cow to milk. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Out of a total of seven hundred and fifty-five he received, on the first ballot, two hundred and eighty-four votes. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884 They were riveted to page two hundred and eighty-four and he was reading the words "Scouts should thoroughly master these two standard...." Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail |
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