| 单词 | fifty-six |
| 例句 | Samuel Walter McCandless, Jr., fifty-six years old, is a bearded, taciturn man with longish salt-and-pepper hair combed straight back from a high forehead. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In seventh grade, I drew fifty-six posters to help Morgan protest the school’s racist Thanksgiving play. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z A week later, Walter Sisulu and eleven others were arrested, bringing the total to one hundred fifty-six. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The government was charging all one hundred fifty-six of us with high treason and a countrywide conspiracy to use violence to overthrow the present government and replace it with a Communist state. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was fifty-six but he looked much older. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z John Taske, at fifty-six the oldest member of our group, was an anesthesiologist from Brisbane who’d taken up climbing after retiring from the Australian army. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Four years later, her dad would unexpectedly die of a heart attack at the age of fifty-six, leaving behind his wife, five children, and eight grandchildren. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He was fifty-six years old, of medium height and medium build, with smooth, straight brown hair; a good-looking man. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Two or three times a week means a hundred and four times minimum, up to a hundred and fifty-six. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As my father tells it, he drank fifty-six bottles of Carlsberg beer, and at 2:00 A.M. walked home to tell the story. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Seven thousand fifty-six feet!” both Quentin and I called out at about the same moment, both of us capable now of working out the calculation in our heads. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Doug and John—at fifty-six, the oldest person on the team—had both looked solid. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Permian had a second and one at the Carter 32 with fifty-six seconds left. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If he had only wounded Lincoln, then the president, even at fifty-six years old, would have been a worthy opponent. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They had one dollar and fifty-six cents left now. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z For redundancy, the supply probes had enough food to last the whole crew fifty-six days. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z White first recruited a former New Mexico sheriff, who, at fifty-six, became the oldest member of the team. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In principle, such a journey, mounting the decimal points ever closer to the speed of light, would even permit us to circumnavigate the known universe in some fifty-six years ship time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s what happens for the next fifty-six and a half pages of The Princess Bride: packing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The fifty-six four-spindle chucking and turning machines were being manipulated by fifty-six aquiline and ginger Gammas. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, I understand why you have pictures of him. But do you really need fifty-six of them?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Brigham Young had had fifty-five wives and fifty-six children. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Ben’s Instagram, with its fifty-six versions of Hudson’s face. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She is enormous, two hundred and eight meters long, fifty-six meters high, and only eight years old. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z At the end of fifty-six days the pens would have covered every square foot of the meadow. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z "But you don't need two hundred and fifty-six dollars to win!" she shouted. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z We had to await the exodus of the fifty-six blocks that preceded us. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the vast arctic island is home to only fifty-six thousand people, Greenland produces relatively few homegrown authors, and few books from abroad are translated for a tiny Greenlandic-language audience. The Young Queer Writer Who Became Greenland’s Unlikely Literary Star 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Of the roughly fifty-six thousand people who live in Greenland, the world’s largest island, the vast majority are Inuit, and almost a quarter live in the capital city, Nuuk. Two Sides of Life in Greenland 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z One hundred and fifty-six people on death row in the United States have been exonerated since 1973. The priest, the exonerated death row inmate and their continued battle against the death penalty 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The average age of people who watch television on television is already pretty advanced, but the median “Big Bang Theory” viewer, at fifty-six, is up there. How “The Big Bang Theory” Normalized Nerd Culture 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z The television “M*A*S*H” includes two hundred and fifty-six episodes. What “M*A*S*H” Taught Us 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z McGuire, who is fifty-six, has a kind face, a bald head, and the manner of a thoughtful observer. Time, Remixed 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The young couple had travelled the only road through Yugoslavia on their way to Greece—hence the essay’s title—and here they were, fifty-six years later, her dying and him decaying. Donald Hall’s Late Burst of Creativity 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z When Congress voted on April 6, fifty-six voted against the resolution, including the first woman ever elected to Congress, Representative Jeannette Rankin. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z One hundred fifty-six years ago Wednesday, a theater full of people laughed the most consequential laugh in American history. Opinion | The context behind the fatal punchline that obscured the Lincoln assassination 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z This is what a lot of wealthy entities seem to think, given recent record-breaking growth in V.C. fund-raising: in 2018 venture capitalists, as a group, loaded more than fifty-six billion dollars into their funds. Is Venture Capital Worth the Risk? 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z “One hundred and fifty-six in the field, so you figure at least 80 of them I’m just going to beat,” Koepka said. Dustin Johnson says he should have double the amount of wins. Is he right? - Golf Digest 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Waiting to hear Buttigieg speak at the refurbished Rex Theatre, in Manchester, New Hampshire, Dan Chase, fifty-six, told me, “I’ll be honest with you—I voted for Trump and I’m embarrassed about it.” Pete Buttigieg’s High Hopes 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Wilson’s reluctance to go to war was mirrored in Congress, where fifty-six voted against the war resolution. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z His name was Bob Mann, and he was a great big guy, fifty-six years old, wearing a green cardigan and a red ball cap. Whose Soul Is Joe Biden Fighting For? 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z It took me fifty-six hours to complete the fourteen episodes that make up its core campaign. Analysis | ‘Death Stranding’ game review: A stunning achievement that requires effort to truly appreciate Hargis, who is fifty-six, had on a pink lab coat over a T-shirt featuring an image of a sewing machine and the words “Quilting in My Veins, Jesus in My Heart.” The New Front Line of the Anti-Abortion Movement 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z At fifty-six, he is avuncular, almost cuddly looking, with a curly mane of silver hair and a silver beard. How Trump’s Emissaries Put Pressure on Ukraine’s New President 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Virginia put to death fifty-six others whom they believed to have taken part in the rebellion. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Kind, who is fifty-six, has navigated the shifting political currents to win twelve straight congressional elections, drawing votes from ticket-splitters. How Trump’s Presidency Looks from Rural Wisconsin 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The year that Gray was making his college thesis film, his father and his father’s business partner were indicted on fifty-six counts of fraudulent activity committed through their electronics company, Envort-Gray, which supplied the M.T.A. James Gray’s Journey from the Outer Boroughs to Outer Space 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z In 2017, Baltimore had the highest homicide rate of any major American city, with a rate of fifty-six murders per a hundred thousand people. Baltimore Responds to President Trump 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z The whole thing was over in fifty-six minutes. On a Day at Wimbledon When Serena Williams Didn’t Have It, Simona Halep Had It All 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z It was purchased for around fifty-six thousand dollars. What Pete Buttigieg Has and Hasn’t Done About Homelessness in South Bend 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Moscow law enforcement recently spent fifty-six hours torturing a man. The Arrest of a Russian Investigative Journalist Prompts Outrage and Solidarity 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z One hundred fifty-six of them could not provide their immunization records as of Thursday afternoon, according to a statement from the Cal State. Quarantines at 2 LA universities amid US measles outbreak 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z By 2011, they had run the city for forty-three of the previous fifty-six years. In the Chicago Mayor’s Race, a Slew of Outsiders Face the City’s Establishment 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z The prosecution called fifty-six witnesses and the defense just one. Separating the Myth from the Man in the El Chapo Verdict 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z In the same poll, fifty-six per cent of respondents said they opposed the idea of Trump declaring a national emergency to get the wall built. Why Trump Can’t Find a Way Out of the Shutdown Mess He Created 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z From 2012 to 2017, he produced, with accelerating frequency, a total of four hundred and fifty-six “Debating the Global Times” posts. China’s Bizarre Program to Keep Activists in Check 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Djukanovic, who is fifty-six years old and six feet six, has a commanding presence. Smaller Democracies Grapple with the Threat of Russian Interference 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Lightfoot, who is fifty-six, is one of a number of candidates who entered the mayor’s race before Emanuel announced his exit. In the Chicago Mayor’s Race, a Slew of Outsiders Face the City’s Establishment 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z As part of a dramatic, preëlection gambit, the President sent fifty-six hundred soldiers to south Texas, hundreds of miles from where the caravan was headed. Donald Trump, the Migrant Caravan, and a Manufactured Crisis at the U.S. Border 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z “One thousand two hundred and fifty-six homes were burned to the ground,” Latimer said. America’s Other Family-Separation Crisis 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z “American Beauty,” which went on to gross more than three hundred and fifty-six million dollars, was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won in six categories, including Best Director. Sam Mendes’s Directorial Discoveries 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Gracie, who is fifty-six, considered the China-editor job to be the pinnacle of her career. How the BBC Women Are Working Toward Equal Pay 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z She died at fifty-six in Buenos Aires, her hometown, in 1988. Sara Gallardo's work has finally been published in English. It's about time. 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z I do not think it a mere coincidence that among the fifty-six founding fathers who signed the declaration of our independence was a physician, Dr. Benjamin Rush. Atul Gawande: Curiosity and What Equality Really Means 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z One hundred and fifty-six young women - mothers, sisters, daughters, Olympians. The 156 women who confronted a predator 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Sally Quillian Yates, who is fifty-six, spent more than two decades as a federal prosecutor in Georgia before being named a U.S. Why Sally Yates Stood Up to Trump 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Comey, who is fifty-six years old, had been the rarest of creatures in Washington: a Republican even Democrats could love. James Comey’s Conspicuous Independence 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Now, he said, “I’m fifty-six years old, and I’m a filmmaker full time.” How Hollywood Remembers Steve Bannon 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Loosely based on the Japanese video game of the same name, and set in a future in which dance has been outlawed, it had a cast of fifty-six; the theatre’s capacity was only ninety-nine people. A Protest Musical for the Trump Era 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Henson, who is fifty-six, is the oldest daughter of Jim Henson, the creator of “Sesame Street” and the Muppets; she is now the C.E.O. of the Jim Henson Company. Inside Julie Andrews’s Puppet Show 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z “At my age, I can go pretty solidly for twelve hours,” Brown, who is fifty-six years old, said. Advice for Progressives from America’s Radical Feminist Governor 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z A week later, so were the two hundred and fifty-six, when the town to which Rayyan had transferred them also fell to ISIS. The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z At the time, he was fifty-six years old, and there were few signs that he would become a generational figure. Nick Saban, College Football’s Uncharismatic Conservative 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z At least fifty-six people were arrested after refusing to leave. North Carolina’s Partisan Crisis 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z But fifty-six per cent of the public felt that the police were trustworthy. The Walter Scott Mistrial and the Crisis of Facts 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z In a new ABC poll released this week, only fifty-six per cent of Clinton’s supporters say their vote is for her rather than against Trump. Hillary Clinton’s Mandate Problem 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z With the fall of Mosul imminent, Rayyan’s men loaded two hundred and fifty-six of the inmates into vans and spirited them out of the city. The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Today, Greenland has fifty-six thousand residents, twelve thousand Internet connections, fifty farms, and, by American standards, no trees. When a Country Melts 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z But Stevenson, who is fifty-six, has come to believe that the defense of people enmeshed in the criminal-justice system, while indispensable, is an inadequate response to the deeper flaws in American society. The Legacy of Lynching, on Death Row 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z An extraordinary seventy per cent of African-Americans surveyed for the Chicago report said that they had been stopped by police in the previous twelve months—fifty-six per cent while on foot. The Ordinary Outrage of the Baltimore Police Report 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z A panel of judges watched fifty-six young horses and their riders, and chose a handful for a national training program. The Duo That Dominates Dressage 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z One hundred and fifty-six players began the British Open and 81 played the weekend. A Final Round for the Ages at the British Open 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z By today’s numbers, Little Britain would represent less than one per cent of the world’s population—and cover a mere fifty-six thousand square miles, smaller than the state of Florida. Elizabeth II, the Brexit Queen 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Before he attempted to qualify for Wimbledon, his only earnings as a professional tennis player this year were the three hundred and fifty-six dollars he made at a low-level tournament. Marcus Willis’s (Very) Brief Wimbledon Fairy Tale 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z A few weeks later, Bouton was at the Stadium for the first time in thirty years, wearing a uniform with his old number, fifty-six. Watching the Old-Timers’ Day Game with Jim Bouton, Who Wasn’t Invited 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z As of this writing, it has fifty-six hundred views, which, if I had written it toward the end of my Gawker career, would have been deeply disappointing. Gawker Was a Great Place to Become a Journalist 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Indeed, the authors argue that home-ice advantage in the N.H.L.—where home teams win about fifty-six per cent of all games—is almost entirely due to biased officiating. The N.H.L. Playoffs: No Refereeing Is Bad Refereeing 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Scouring thousands of adoption records and news clips, the researchers gleaned a rare cohort of fifty-six identical twins who had been separated at birth. The Science of Identity and Difference 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z The enchantment of the voluptuous setting peaks in the fifty-six lines of “The Idea of Order at Key West,” which begins, “She sang beyond the genius of the sea.” The Thrilling Mind of Wallace Stevens 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Bernie Sanders won Wisconsin with about fifty-six per cent of the vote, to Hillary Clinton’s forty-three, following a string of victories in Western states. After Wisconsin, Cruz Looks to Churchill and Trump Turns to Troy 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z That leaves fifty-six prisoners who are not approved for transfer. What Obama Can Do About Guantánamo 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “And a bus just brought in fifty-six schoolkids from the U.K., so maybe something happens.” The Civilian Saviors of Iceland 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z That cookie was the best hundred and fifty-six calories I consumed that week. Can Fast Food Get Healthy? 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Van Hove, who is fifty-six, is soft-spoken and precise. Theatre Laid Bare 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z They lost all but eight of their fifty-six members of the House of Commons. Misrule Britannia: The U.K.’s Screwed-Up Election 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The S.N.P. ended up with fifty-six seats, as compared with its previous six. David Cameron Comes Into His Own 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z She instructed the Godoys to pay fifty-six hundred dollars more that night. Kidnapped at the Border 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Bowman brought up a fantasy game that his department developed in 2001, called Beat the Streak, referring to Joe DiMaggio’s record, set in 1941, of fifty-six consecutive games with at least one base hit. When Fantasy Sports Beat Real Ones 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z In one letter, Mennecke brags of having disposed of fifty-six “forms” before noon. How the Concentration Camps Worked 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Since April, a group of assemblymen have been working there to draft a constitution; among the fifty-six members are both Dignity and Libya Dawn supporters. Libya’s New Strongman 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z The gap in Obama’s approval rating among Republicans and Democrats has averaged seventy per cent, higher than George W. Bush’s average of sixty-one per cent, Clinton’s fifty-six, and Reagan’s fifty-two. A Strong Jobs Report Leaves Republicans in a Pickle 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z At the time of Selma, Johnson was fifty-six years old. Why “Selma” Is More Than Fair to L.B.J. 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z It found that fifty-three per cent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party and that fifty-six per cent have an unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party. A Disastrous Election Night for the Democrats 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z So far in Operation Protective Edge, which began on July 8th, fifty-six Israeli soldiers have been killed. Hamas Snatches Disaster from the Jaws of Victory 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z It consists of fifty-six granite pillars arranged in two half-circles around a pool, each pillar standing for a state or territory, each endowed with a bronze wreath. American exceptionalism is a dangerous myth 2013-05-26T11:00:00Z Tell him the fifty-six reasons the buyer is an a**hole. Did You Just Call My Baby Ugly? 2013-05-15T12:49:27Z As director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Lew, fifty-six, put the finishing touches on Obama’s February plan just as the president named him White House chief of staff. Everything most people think about the budget is wrong 2012-07-29T19:00:00Z At Tidmington, Worcestershire, is a gravestone to the memory of Sarah Lanchbury, who died at the age of seventy-seven years; she was the servant of one gentleman fifty-six years. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z One thousand at one fifty-six and a half! A Captain of Industry Being the Story of a Civilized Man 2012-04-25T02:01:06.607Z The copyright term is for twenty-eight years with a like renewal term, making fifty-six years. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z I spent the summer of fifty-six at Dieppe—a charming watering-place for those who can bear an exciting air, and are not very particular about what they eat. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z In this case it was necessary to remove the man to the hospital four times, to enable him to endure fifty-six days solitary. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z This produced the illness of which he died, at the age of fifty-six. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z So they raged and screamed for some one to buy T. & S.—to buy it at one fifty-six! to buy it at one fifty-five! to buy it at one fifty-three! A Captain of Industry Being the Story of a Civilized Man 2012-04-25T02:01:06.607Z Such date is included in the application for registry at the Copyright Office, and on the same day twenty-eight years or fifty-six years thereafter the copyright ends. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z The loss of the Shannon was twenty-three killed and fifty-six wounded. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z They were the Cyane, carrying thirty-four guns, and the Levant, twenty-one—the crew of the former numbering one hundred and eighty men, the latter one hundred and fifty-six. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z Rev. D. J. Draper, a man of fifty-six years of age, was returning to Australia, where for thirty years he had laboured as a missionary, and where he was very generally and deservedly respected. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z In February, 1852, Mr. J. Edgar Thomson, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, invited proposals for a number of freight locomotives of fifty-six thousand pounds weight each. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works 2012-04-03T02:00:35.800Z Practically, however, such a copyrighted serial could not be published complete until twenty-eight or fifty-six years from the publication of the last part. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z Taking advantage of a favourable breeze, they steered their boats for Walden Island, but en route had bad weather, reaching it completely drenched and worn-out, having had no rest for fifty-six hours. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The volume is made beautiful by fifty-six exquisite full-page photographic reproductions. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z "And seven years ago when wheat was seventy-seven--it is fifty-six now--were wages higher then than now?" The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z They created a patrician, popular magistrate, and president of a senate composed of fifty-six members. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z The new American code adopts the double term of twenty-eight and twenty-eight years, making fifty-six years in all, without reference to the life of the author. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z A Sensible Scheme of Playing for Pleasure I am fifty-six years old, live in the mountains sixty-five miles from any railroad, alone with my husband, and I have not taken lessons in thirty-five years. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z He died at London, after one day's confinement to his room, May 6th, 1811, aged fifty-six years. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z He was fifty-six years of age, and Beatrice had been his wife for a little more than a year. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The patrician was a brother of the antipope Anaclet; the thirteen districts of Rome concurred in the choice of these fifty-six senators. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z It is a little pile of fragments of papyrus, fifty-six in all. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z It is, however, understood that all iron hereafter purchased or contracted for, shall be of the weight of not less than fifty-six pounds to the yard, and to be fish bar joints. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z There are to be in all fifty-six elevators, of one type or another, in the reconstructed building. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z With his assistance I soon discovered a very suitable vessel, the cutter-yacht 'Alerte,' of fifty-six tons yacht measurement, and thirty-three tons register. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z A ship may in two months time out and home purchase here fifty-six tons of cam wood and four tons of elephants’ teeth or more.” West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z I could never use such a thing except in case of a broken limb, but I am very grateful to Abdul Rahim for sending it fifty-six miles. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z This amount deducted from eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars leaves four thousand two hundred and fifty-six dollars and eleven cents as the greatest amount that could by any possibility have been fraudulent. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z The company organized by Mr. Westinghouse owned or controlled fifty-six thousand acres, upon which were one hundred wells and a distributing plant of four hundred miles of pipes. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z On the east side of the enlarged temple of Sesurtesen, he built a splendid hall, the roof of which is supported by fifty-six pillars. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z All members of this group were examined,—to the number of fifty-six, and from them the control group was finally selected. Adenoids and Diseased Tonsils Their Effect on General Intelligence 2012-01-28T03:00:25.603Z Fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-six! it registered, and the flying cars seemed barely to touch the ground. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z Ten thousand dollars paid to Peck; fifty-six thousand dollars that makes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z Early in 1749 he drew up a series of fifty-six observations, entitled "Observations and Suppositions towards forming a new Hypothesis for explaining the several Phenomena of Thundergusts." Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z There were two low Isles, one above the other, which were supported by fifty-six Marble Pillars. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z To this end, the fifty-six children composing the final groups of the first study, were sought after a second interval of about six months. Adenoids and Diseased Tonsils Their Effect on General Intelligence 2012-01-28T03:00:25.603Z I began the fun with the hammer and broad jump; I kept it up with the pole vault, the caber and the fifty-six; and I finished it with the high jump and the shot-put. Dick Randall The Young Athlete 2012-01-04T03:00:45.467Z Here was fifty Reading bought at ninety-three and sold at ninety-eight; and here one hundred bales of May cotton sold at eighteen, fifty-six, and bought in at seventeen, fifty-two. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z He had been spared fifty-six years and surrounded by every circumstance that might soften his heart and every influence that might elevate his faith. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z Two cents a pound for all baggage in excess of a measly fifty-six pounds. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Brindley, the greatest engineer then in England, doubtless sacrificed his life to its success, as he died of continual harassment and diabetes at the early age of fifty-six. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The turtles remain, for the fifty-six hours that follow, helpless and untended. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z Written by himself after a life of eighty years, fifty-six of them spent in Oregon and Washington. 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 The Pennsylvanians had fifty-six votes in the convention. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z Then, below another band of decoration, is a row of fifty-six busts of the Kings of Spain, from Receswinto the Goth to Philip III. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z In one district, forty-seven thousand Indians were divided among fifty-six grantees. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Now there is no purer, no better salt than the New-York solar; but, even of this, fifty-six pounds will not do the work of eighty. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z According to the other lines of Table 9, in thirty-two cases the deflection during a tenth of a year was between 10° and 25°, while in fifty-six cases it was from 25° to 40°. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Seventy-five editions of it have been printed in English, fifty-six in French, eleven in German and nine in Italian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The department of Pennsylvania received fifty-six thousand patients in its various hospitals, and lost but two per cent. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z To man these formidable lines, Villars had under his command one hundred and fifty-six battalions, and two hundred and twenty-seven squadrons in the field, containing seventy thousand infantry, and twenty thousand horse. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z It was voted in 1862—the 4th of March—more than fifty-six years ago. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z The original consists of fifty-six lines, and may be found in almost every book of Catholic devotion. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z At seventy beats per minute this amounts to six hundred and fifty-six pounds per hour, or nearly eight tons per day. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Death was the penalty of striking a deputy, and Paine's friends were not unwilling to see the penalty inflicted on this stout young Captain who had struck a man of fifty-six. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z C., a man, aged fifty-six years, stonemason by trade, is a stocky, thick-necked individual. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z It blew “great guns” for the next fifty-six hours, and the unfortunate passengers—Tom Flinders included—were reduced to a state of misery pitiable to behold. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z The fifty-six plates in this volume can scarcely be surpassed, and have not, as far as we know, been equalled.... The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z This formality concluded, the cur� of Auteuil gave the dying actress absolution and administered the last Sacraments; and on May 15, 1698, she passed quietly away, at the age of fifty-six. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z The repeal of the Socialist law was naturally welcome to them as a great personal triumph over Bismarck; in the elections of 1890 they won thirty-five, in 1893 forty-four, in 1898 fifty-six seats. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z K., an active, stout, business man, aged fifty-six years, consulted me on account of shortness of breath and swelling of the feet in May, 1915. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z It is fifty-six and a half feet long, the object-lens measures thirty-six inches across. Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science 2011-10-03T02:00:33.003Z Let them call that a trial which was so conducted, and then he would say the queen had been tried at the time when he stood for fifty-six days witnessing the sacrilegious proceeding. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z The money required for this year's supply amounted to fifty-six millions! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z Now I weigh a scant one hundred and fifty-six. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Handel was fifty-six years old when he wrote The Messiah. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z The torch did its work as well as the tomahawk, and fifty-six houses were burnt. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z After a short illness he died in May, 1838, at the age of fifty-six. The life and teaching of Karl Marx 2011-09-03T02:00:19.203Z The distances were to Niagara, one thousand three hundred and fifty-six miles, and to Amherstburg, one thousand five hundred and sixteen miles. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z In all this was two hundred and eighty-six miles of stage-route, and it took a hundred and fifty-six horses to do the work. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Thus the civil war, which strongly resembled the War of the Roses, ensued and raged all over the provinces for about fifty-six years, until the two parties were reconciled at last in the year 1392. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z A bursting, bubbling old gentleman, with quarter-deck gestures, round rolling eyes, and a head like a pineapple, his sudden elevation to the throne after fifty-six years of utter insignificance had almost sent him crazy. Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z He did not bring this labour to a close until, fifty-six years later, he published the forty-sixth and crowning volume of his vast enterprise. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The unhappy Italian was then forcibly dragged out into the bed-room, and through the presence-chamber, where the conspirators, gathering about him, speedily completed the bloody deed, leaving in his body no fewer than fifty-six wounds. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z In the course of the last ten years, fifty-six patients of this description have been received, of whom only one has been discharged cured. Observations on Insanity With Practical Remarks on the Disease and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection 2011-08-14T02:00:24.997Z It had taken fifty-six years, since 1814, to grow these trees; they were in full bearing; for fifty years our children and grand-children will not see their equals around our village; the whole are destroyed! The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z Reinforced by Lieutenant Rawson and five men, the party started on April 20, from the Alert, with four sledges and provisions for fifty-six days. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z But the inimitable perfection and preciousness of these fifty-six letters! Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Such toil he would restrict to those parts which connect the inspired passages, and he speaks with contempt of the fifty-six various readings of the first line of the Orlando Furioso. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Still,” he added, “at fifty-five or fifty-six, the likelihood of making a very great addition to one’s capital in half a year is an immense consideration.” Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z Turning my eye to an elevation, I saw fifty-six gigantic monuments, whose peaks were nearly lost in the sky, ranged in a line, all alike in form and sculpture. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Then a sidereal day is three minutes fifty-six seconds shorter, than a solar day of twenty-four hours. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z It measured fifty-six feet in length, and twelve in circumference. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z For many years he was editor of the 'Arminian Magazine,' a periodical of fifty-six pages—the work of one man in these times. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z Walking forward still towards the stern, they came to a cell numbered fifty-six on the south side of the vessel. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z He counted fifty-six wounds, all of which were mortal. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z These three minutes fifty-six seconds is the time which the earth takes to perform the additional three hundred and sixty-fifth part of the circle, in order to bring the same meridian back to the sun. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The Epilogue of the same play covers fifty-six pages. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Well, when we returned to college and got on the scales again, the one hundred and forty-three pounds at starting had somehow become a hundred and fifty-six! How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z The existing division of the Russian empire into fifty-six governments dates from the reign of the Emperor Paul. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z If we hang twelve men, they hang one hundred and fifty-six. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z Hence the stars gain every day three minutes fifty-six seconds on the sun, which makes them rise that portion of time earlier every day. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Say," he cried, his deep, rolling voice now raised to a pitch of thunder, "it's taken me fifty-six years to come up with what I've been chasing all my life. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z This coat of mail would weigh about one hundred and fifty-six pounds four ounces avoirdupois, allowing half an ounce to the shekel, which I believe is under the weight. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z They immediately entered it, and discovered a great square hall, having its lofty roof supported by fifty-six pillars, curiously turned and set with precious stones. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z The two parties are subdivided into fifty-six existing consanguineal families or clans, and the names of some other's now extinct are remembered. The Whale House of the Chilkat 2011-05-23T02:00:09.800Z Here on the Comstock it sleeps in the same matrix with gold, the proportion in bullion being about forty-four per cent. gold to fifty-six per cent. silver. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z He had been in the service of the state fifty-six years, and had filled the post in which he died since 1819. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Failure and destruction were predicted, but with confidence in himself Stanley, on September 20th, marched on with Shaw and fifty-six others. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z The temple in which the idol of Somnath stood, was of considerable extent, both in length and breath, and the roof was supported by fifty-six pillars in rows. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z He had a brother who cut his throat at fifty-six; the mother, an apparently healthy woman, died of a fit, at the age of fifty-four. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Pen sketches of events, amusing, interesting and instructive of a Pioneer's life on the Pacific Coast, extending over fifty-six years. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z A correspondent of the Newark Daily Advertiser appears to have anticipated the experiment of M. Foucault, suspending a fifty-six pound weight by a small wire from the rafters of a barn. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Among the "lures" presented in the Commercial Club's booklet are four hundred and fifty-six lakes within a radius of fifty miles of the city. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Here are also fifty-six volumes of Dickens' works, with an autograph letter in each, from the author to Mr. Childs. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z The population was then—as certified in the most accurate returns—eighty thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, including three hundred and fifteen Indians. History of Prince Edward Island 2011-04-16T02:00:17.027Z The Hemispheres, showing the Greatest Masses of Land and Water The earth's daily motion about its own axis takes place in twenty-three hours, fifty-six minutes, and four seconds of mean time. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z The whole make but fifty-six columns of Hansard. The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India 2011-04-11T02:00:13.067Z "Ask her anything you like from the first fifty-six pages." Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z In all, there were in the year 1813, fifty-six newspapers circulating in London. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z The churches numbered one hundred and fifty-six; schoolhouses, three hundred and two; and public teachers, two hundred and eighty. History of Prince Edward Island 2011-04-16T02:00:17.027Z Only two months since, I had a letter from a little girl whom I taught fifty-six years ago. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z At a cabaret recently a man pointed out a dancer in the middle of the floor and said: "That woman in the bright red dress is fifty-six years old." Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z We have now one hundred and eighty resident members; one hundred and one males, seventy-nine females; fifty-six males and thirty-seven females over the age of twenty-one years. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z There are likewise fifty-six under stays or guys of wire rope fastened to the rocks below, designed to prevent upward and lateral vibrations. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z "Only fifty-six--and yet she seems an old woman." 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Yet for all this, and all this, I reiterate my statement that the women of Austin fifty-six years ago lived a joyous and genial life. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z This extent was somewhat diminished in later years; for in a subsequent map, by Roque, the circuit is given as fifty-six miles. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Crime is to-day much less frequent and serious in Ireland than in England, yet in Ireland the per capita cost of the police is $1.64, while in England it is only fifty-six cents. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Over fifty thousand worms are found in a single acre of land, or about three hundred and fifty-six pounds. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z At my time of life, they say it always flies to the heart or to the head,—maybe because there 's a vacancy in these places after fifty-six or seven years of age! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z He was about fifty-six years old, tall, and rather stout, with a pleasant face, and snow-white hair. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z There was the gentlemanly Waller, now fifty-six years of age, quite ready to be a poet about the court of Charles, and to write panegyrics on the new side to atone for that on Cromwell. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z This was in 1593; and the world-weary poet found himself at fifty-six once again cast adrift upon the world. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z In London alone thirty-two persons were killed and ninety-five injured, and the total casualties of that night were fifty-six killed and one hundred and thirteen wounded. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Besides Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the twelve months, which are observed as holydays, the fast of the Apostles continues eighteen days, that of the holy Virgin sixteen, Christmas seven, Nineveh four, and Lent fifty-six. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Of the two great lakes, the lesser, Managua, is one hundred and fifty-six feet, and the larger, Nicaragua, one hundred and twenty-eight feet above the Pacific ocean. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z This, with coarse corn bread, while her guests were served with wheaten bread, potatoes and boiled beef, was the frequent diet of the Kimball family during the famine of "fifty-six." Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z He was the son of King Philip of Macedonia, and was born at Pella three hundred and fifty-six years before Jesus came to this earth. Stories of Great Men 2011-02-21T03:00:07.643Z In their wake passed fifty-six torpedo destroyers, moving in sections of fours. 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 One hundred and fifty-six choristers, termed asmároch, are entertained at the expense of the crown, upon extensive grants of land, to chant psalms and hymns each livelong night of the entire year. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Large paper copy, one hundred and fifty-six printed. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z Seventy-four portraits on fifty-six plates in the first work, and sixty-three portraits on fifty-five plates in the second. 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 When he was fifty-six years old he was assassinated in the Senate chamber. Stories of Great Men 2011-02-21T03:00:07.643Z Largest paper copy of the first edition, with the two hundred and fifty-six plate proofs on India paper. 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 In the Tamil and English languages were printed during the year, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and forty-four volumes, and one hundred and forty-five thousand tracts, amounting to six million one hundred and fifty-six thousand pages. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Four hundred and fifty-six pages, the last two leaves Addenda, "The American Elk," with cut, and "Wild Cattle," with tail-piece. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z One of two hundred and fifty-six copies printed on hand-made paper. 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 The dimensions of the plan are fifty-six feet front by thirty-eight feet in depth. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Next in rank, we have one hundred Dominicans, then fifty-seven Jesuits, fifty-six Franciscans, and fourteen authors of orders not specified. Some notes on the bibliography of the Philippines 2011-02-08T03:00:09.357Z The inscriptions of which Mr. Arnaud brought away copies with him amount to fifty-six in number. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Another copy, illustrated by the insertion of one hundred and fifty-six fine portraits and scenes illustrative of the Poems; also a singularly interesting letter of four pages from Cowper to Lady Hesketh. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z I had then reached the age of fifty-six. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z There were no Black brains weighing over fifty-six ounces, only five weighing so much as fifty-five; whereas, eight White brains weighed over sixty ounces, and forty weighed over fifty-five. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z Maitland enumerates one hundred and fifty-six companies formed at this time. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z Our tillage is worth fifty-six francs a hectare. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The Boat Club was established in 1874, and at the present date has a roll of fifty-six members, an excellent boathouse, and nineteen boats. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z By the time this delegate meeting was held I had formed fifty-six branches with a membership of nearly two thousand. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z If you had gone the least little bit further, you would have seen every one of your transparencies, fifty-six in all. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Elizabeth at this period of her reign was fifty-six years of age. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z During the same period of 1865, two faults had occurred—one on the twenty-fourth July, the other on the twenty-ninth—causing a detention of fifty-six hours. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z He died at last at Newburyport, in North America, from a fit of asthma, at the age of fifty-six. A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield 2010-12-24T03:00:34.583Z Yes, he is an old man; he is—let me see—he's fifty-six. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z I mean that your time’s nearly up, and that you have now only fifty-six minutes left.” Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z One hundred fifty-six men began the tournament in these conditions. 2010 U.S. Open: With a heavy heart, Shaun Micheel soars into a tie for the lead at the 2010-06-18T04:00:00Z The Spanish aristocracy, in 1581, reckoned twenty-three dukes, forty-two marquises, and fifty-six counts. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies That is, this system is capable of furnishing fifty-six times as many banks as the "National" system, having each the same capital, on an average, as the "National" banks. A New Banking System The Needful Capital for Rebuilding the Burnt District This work being from the beginning one in idea, I place here together the titles of the fifty-six chapters composing it. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII The new commander in chief was fifty-six years old, eleven years the junior of General Cadorna. 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. Sixty-five great war galleons, eight fleet galleasses, fifty-six armed merchantmen and twenty pinnaces swept along the Channel in gallant show. The Great Mogul When the scheme is in full working order this force will consist of twenty-three 4-battalion brigades of infantry, twenty-three regiments of light horse, fifty-six 4-gun batteries, and the necessary complement of engineers and administrative troops. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli This latter sum is fifty-six times greater than the former; and is all capable of being loaned in the form of currency. A New Banking System The Needful Capital for Rebuilding the Burnt District Livingstone dug down in his pockets and brought up fifty-six cents. The Bread Line A Story of a Paper When he was fifty-six years old, a cousin sent him a miniature of his mother. The Story of Our Hymns Three thousand seven hundred and fifty-six, nought, two. The Cabinet Minister A farce in four acts Solomon was pastor of the Congregational church at Lebanon for fifty-six years. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution If I have to travel this old State over its hundred and fifty-six thousand square miles, before I clinch that falsehood, I’ll clinch it, if I live. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch Canada north of fifty-six degrees: the land of long summer days. The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin His life lasted only fifty-six years; he died in London on January 15th, 1794. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Bloch was fifty-six when he began to write on ichthyological subjects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" His first speech, of some fifty or fifty-six words, is simply expressed, not at all involved, yet from the moment Annie received the part she became a broken, terror-stricken creature. Life on the Stage Among the heavenly bodies there are fifty-six spheres. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy In my small valley circuit of a mile and a half, I made the acquaintance of about seventy-five birds, and without resort to the gun was able to name fifty-six of them. A-Birding on a Bronco Sometimes the rise is as much as fifty-six feet. Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. His promotion was, however, slow, and he was at the age of fifty-six still a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Deacon Mitchell took up a collection of fifty-six cents, besides what was in the envelopes. Hempfield A Novel We need not go into details of the fifty-six spheres. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Of every hundred people in the earth fifty-six live in Asia. The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity The diameter of this basin, in one direction, is fifty-six feet, and forty-six in another. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology He was also a practical inventor, with fifty-six patents to his credit. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. Her versatility was very great, and she had a repertoire of fifty-six r�les. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday A grand staircase fifty-six feet wide, the largest we saw in the country, rises to the top. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. Of these fifty-six, forty-three out of every hundred live in China and India. The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity Pontis died at the age of eighty-seven, and had been for fifty-six years in the army. A Short History of French Literature About twenty-three of the fifty-six men in Company B had been killed or disabled and the rest had no more ammunition. The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion He died in exile from the commonwealth of Florence, at the age of about fifty-six years. Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani We were fifty-six in a car which made it uncomfortably crowded. Our Caughnawagas in Egypt a narrative of what was seen and accomplished by the contingent of North American Indian voyageurs who led the British boat Expedition for the Relief of Khartoum up the Cataracts of the Nile. Two thousand two hundred and fifty-six to the square mile, and not a sign of poverty in the houses. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The operator in the Sandy Hook tower was saying, "Wind blowing fifty-six miles an hour from the N. W." Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 Thirty-two fellowships were endowed, but subsequent endowments allowed extension, and the foundation now consists of a master, fifty-six fellows, sixty scholars and nine sizars. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" This number was soon increased to one hundred and four, and later in the year to one hundred and forty-one—fifty-six above and eighty-five below. The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History Our fifty-six Caughnawaga Indians were given eight boats, which were towed four abreast and ten long, this was the first time we got into the boats. Our Caughnawagas in Egypt a narrative of what was seen and accomplished by the contingent of North American Indian voyageurs who led the British boat Expedition for the Relief of Khartoum up the Cataracts of the Nile. The Deoli Force are apparently so utterly Irregular that they can do without a telegraph, have their mails carried by runners, and dispense with bridges over all the fifty-six miles that separate them from Nasirabad. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Even when they had human crews completely trained in all production phases, the fifty-six Ollies could handle only that many units in their secret conditioning and training laboratories. Backlash The seats were more comfortable, and could now hold without crowding fifty-six hundred people. The Story of Chautauqua He was now only a hundred fifty-six miles distant from Burgoyne, and a detachment of one thousand seven hundred men actually advanced within forty miles of Albany. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 Well, let me tell you something, that even in those fifty-six years you never learned, Biggs. The Doors of Death His face had not yet lost the country bronze which he brought up with him from Dumfriesshire as a student, fifty-six years ago. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series All of them, the whole fifty-six, took the commonest Earth family names they could find, and dropped their own name-designations whose slobbering sibilance made them difficult for us to pronounce and write. Backlash The number of Senators, exclusive of the University members, shall be fifty-six. The Irish Constitution Explained by Darrell Figgis A fleet of fifty-six sail was riding at anchor in the port of Flushing, ready to transport him and his retinue to Spain. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 The whole number of killed was estimated at four hundred and fifty-six, wounded four hundred and twenty one, the greater part of whom were brought off; the aggregate loss, eight hundred and seventy-seven. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia The inhabitants and other Indians in the neighbourhood gathered themselves together as they had the time before, when they killed fifty-six of our men and wounded all the rest of us. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. If of the Romney marsh fleeces, weighing four pounds and a half each, fifty-six fleeces make one pack of wool; then seventy fleeces Irish wool, weighing three pounds each fleece, make a pack. An Humble Proposal to the People of England, for the Increase of their Trade, and Encouragement of Their Manufactures Whether the Present Uncertainty of Affairs Issues in Peace or War The painter Ziem, still living in hale old age, relates how, about fifty-six years ago, he had given a little Bohemian dinner in his studio, which was divided by hangings into three sections. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 After the lapse of seventy years he says: My work was to put in the roving on a pair of mules containing two hundred and fifty-six spindles. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 Charles M. Jacobs, the builder of the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel under the Hudson River, is an Englishman, fifty-six years of age. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 Marched two hundred and fifty-six miles since the fourteenth of June. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery In the east of England we have a similar forest-bed at Cromer in Norfolk; and in the north of Holland an old land surface has been found fifty-six feet below high-water mark. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras The records show that this ancient metropolis was fifty-two miles in circumference, or sixteen miles across in a straight line from the north to the south gate, covering two hundred and fifty-six square miles! The Pearl of India Born in 1682, at a small town in the County of York, he died at Cambridge in 1739, at the age of fifty-six years. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 When Ethelbert died in 616, Bede tells us that he had reigned gloriously for fifty-six years; that is, he began to reign in 560, a date earlier than that assigned by the Chronicle. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 For example, Mrs. Eddy’s name was mentioned within five lines of the end in fifty-six out of seventy-five letters which I have recently examined. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Of fifty-six Mexican viceroys but one was a Creole, and he a Creole of Peru. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 You can’t state any inconsistency between a yard measure and a fifty-six pound weight.” Devil Stories An Anthology This was an age of long trains, and the length was regulated by the rank of the wearer; Anne, for her whole purple velvet suit, had fifty-six yards. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries With the Chronicle, he puts Ethelbert’s accession later, as late as 566; but he keeps to Bede’s fifty-six years’ reign, and so makes him die in 622, much too late. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 Fletcher is fifty-six now, you know, and——" "Maria!" says Mr. Dawes, his face the colour of a boiled beet, "that's enough of this foolishness! Side-stepping with Shorty These columns were prepared of Baltic timber; the one in the centre was fifty-six feet, and each of the remainder forty-six feet in length, bound firmly round with iron hoops and coated with pitch. Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel I was told that of the sixty-five fishing boats on the Bay fifty-six are owned by colored men. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children So our fifty-six contingent prospected an old wood wagon shop, near by our brigade wagon yard. The Southern Soldier Boy A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy The upper storey of the range of warehouses is divided into five apartments, each measuring sixty-six feet by fifty-six. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years Upon being raised, the stone was found to weigh fifty-six pounds. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 The youngest member was twenty-six, the oldest fifty-six; while the average age of all the members was forty years. History of the Constitutions of Iowa He was the very essence of respectability, and he earned one hundred and fifty-six pounds per annum. Orientations He would have been fifty-six years old the ninth of this month. Threads of Grey and Gold I've only lived fifty-six of them, but I know his tricks. Martyr The dimensions of the “Fulton the First” were:— Length, one hundred and fifty-six feet. Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran Their own loss was stated to be fifty-six. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women And fifty-six is six-and-fifty, which is what I am, this very next Michaelmas. When Ghost Meets Ghost He should no more think of the rule when he writes fellow-man, than he thinks of the multiplication table when he says seven times eight are fifty-six. Compound Words Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #36 Of all times of all days of all his fifty-six years of life, now? Martyr They form fifty-six per cent of a population composed of Greeks, Turks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Egyptians, French, and Italians. With the French in France and Salonika And so for the next fifty-six years we have no longer Alexandria in Virginia, but Alexandria in the District of Columbia. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria Twenty; because twice twenty eight is fifty-six, and twice eight and twenty is thirty-six. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 A hundred and fifty-six persons were killed and wounded by the three bombs; the pavement, the sidewalks, and the front of the Opera-house were pitted with holes and splashed with blood. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 Then went to Wood and told him there would be no difficulty about fifty-six. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II Right here in Oklahoma, statistics show that in one section, of five thousand two hundred and forty-six wells driven, one thousand three hundred and fifty-six were dry. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune "Number fifty-six," said the clerk, handing him a card with the number penciled on it. Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success So that in the whole there was two thousand and fifty-six pounds a year ready money constantly coming in. The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana The largest salary Anna Shaw ever received for teaching was one hundred and fifty-six dollars a year, so at last she stopped and started to learn the trade of sewing. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades He is all for getting into Schedule A, and making no difficulties about fifty-six or anything else, and Harrowby, now that he fancies the Government want to adjourn, rather wants not, suspecting some trick. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II At three o'clock we gathered in front of Mr. Moody's mother's house; four hundred and fifty-six of us in all, all men from the eastern colleges. The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit Let me tell you something more about Illinois: We have fifty-six thousand square miles of land—nearly thirty-six million acres. The Ghosts And Other Lectures If we take the number of species at sixty-four, there are only seven or eight which do not occur on dung, whilst fifty-six are fimicolous. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses The number of boys had steadily decreased from ninety-six in Dr. Butterton's time, to fifty-six in 1860, and thereafter to an even greater extent. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 The first clause in the Bill enacts that fifty-six boroughs be disfranchised. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II The last time he had bothered to check—which, Barney decided on reflection, might be several months ago now—the sunless period had continued for better than fifty-six hours. Gone Fishing Pope began at twelve and ended at fifty-six. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 In June the fifty-six State delegates to the National Democratic convention were petitioned for a woman suffrage plank in the platform. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI When Mr. Style came he found fifty-six boys in the School; of these, three became boarders in the Hostel, fifteen were boarding in various houses in the neighbourhood and the rest lived with their parents. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 In the middle of our conversation Ellice came in, and directly asked if my friends would swallow fifty-six, to which I said, ‘No.’ The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II The Ninety-Two Resolutions secured a majority of fifty-six to twenty-four. The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion One hundred and fifty-six different ciphers were no better than a single one, if only one were used. The Ivory Snuff Box A reception was given at the Lindell Hotel to the fifty-six delegates and Mrs. Catt, who had spent sixteen days in the State, attending conferences in Omaha and eleven other places. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI In 1860 the number had dropped to fifty-six, and at the time of the Inspector's visit was fifty-one. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 The emperor was fifty-six years of age at the time of his death. Japan Above the lantern is the ball, weighing fifty-six hundred pounds; above this the cross, weighing thirty-three hundred and sixty pounds. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel There are only fifty-six inhabitants, men, women, and children. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Finding that officer safe, we returned to Lighthouse Point and settled down—after having fought and marched for fifty-six consecutive days—for a period of rest and recuperation. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War Though but fifty-six years of age, he was prematurely infirm from care, and toil, and suffering. Henry IV, Makers of History He reigned fifty-six years and died at the age of one hundred and sixteen. Japan Oh, daddy!––come down the Main Street to number one hundred and fifty-six. The Spoilers of the Valley They spent in the aggregate fifty-six hundred dollars for ministers’ salaries, and their total average attendance was only four hundred and forty-nine. 'Charge It' Keeping Up With Harry The list of killed and wounded was unexampled in any other cavalry contest of the Civil war, aggregating in the Second division alone two hundred and fifty-six officers and men. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War The history of the fifty-six years between 1789 and 1845 is marked by the development of new states formed out of the territorial settlement of the wilderness. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 It has been trained, or rather restrained, to the measurement of fifty-six feet in circumference, the stem being two feet round, and the branches shooting out at the height of five feet with incredible luxuriance. A Walk from London to Fulham Gold is found,—in such quantities that the labor of each man yields a gross result of two hundred and fifty-six dollars a year! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 In like manner, iron has fifty-six times the density, and gold one hundred and ninety-six. The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena Yes, the vessel and her cargo sold for fifty-six thousand dollars. Marcy The Blockade Runner He drove once in four hours and a half from Brighton to Carlton House—fifty-six miles. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Handel was fifty-six years old at the time. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The Germans officially claimed to have captured as a result of this operation the remarkably large number of fifty-six officers, 5,600 men, five guns, twenty-eight machine guns and ten trench mortars. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War On the walls hang portraits of forty-five of the fifty-six signers, also a portrait of Washington by Rembrandt Peale. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia His age is about fifty-six or eight, and in his personal appearance are mingled the bearing of the soldier and of the gentleman. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 Last week "Wee Tot" received through the Post-office a beautiful Indian bow and three arrows from the Indian country, and yesterday she received fifty-six baby water-snakes and some beautiful butterflies. Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "Beats thunder, I swear!" said he, "if the old woman haint got spliced again—and she's every month of fifty-six years old." Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 Jack read in some book that out of sixty battles in the Civil War fifty-six had for commanders men from West Point—and not all on one side! The Lightning Conductor Discovers America The building is 111 feet wide and 169 feet long, and is surrounded by thirty-four fluted columns fifty-six feet high and seven feet in diameter at the base, which216 cost thirteen thousand dollars each. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia He had lived fifty-six years and nine days, and he was buried near to the monument of his father in the chancel of Twickenham Church. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Traveled down in the train with thirty-six men of the Canadian contingent who had formed an escort for fifty-six undesirables who have been shipped back to Canada. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went So we had fifty-six tarts and the pie! Harper's Young People, May 4, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly True," said the professor, "and Julius Cæsar was born in 100 B. C., which makes him fifty-six years old when he died. Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader It is about fifty-six miles across, and its interior falls to a depth of 8,000 feet below the Mare Imbrium. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers The mean temperature of Tche-kiang, in the middle of November, was from fifty-six degrees at sun-rise, to sixty-two degrees at noon. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton A corporal came in with both hands blown off and fifty-six other wounds. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went It was when he went to Cilicia as governor, when he was fifty-six years old, that he was thrown by266 Atticus into close relations with Brutus. The Life of Cicero Volume II. In all from fifteen parents there is the alarming increase of fifty-six persons. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science The slow pictures are taken sometimes at a hundred and twenty-eight or two hundred and fifty-six exposures per second, and then shown at sixteen. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Cheops reigned fifty years, and his brother Cephren fifty-six years after him. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Only twenty-eight days, as you say, Sorr, or fifty-six, but think o' the shame—the black shame to him an' me!' Soldier Stories It had increased to one hundred and fifty-six beats in a minute. What a Young Woman Ought to Know And so, having come to the age of fifty-six, he ended his life after an ordinary illness. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto Some of you take muskets number twenty-two, thirty-four, forty-four, and fifty-six from the racks in addition to your own for those four fellows at the gate. True To His Colors I gathered by chance a dozen plants, bearing fifty-six fully expanded leaves, and on thirty-one of these dead insects or remnants of them adhered.” Life of Charles Darwin It only took twelve years to build it and after standing fifty-six years it was overthrown by an earthquake and after nearly a thousand years the metal was used for other purposes. Birdseye Views of Far Lands A Brief history of the American nominee for the Presidency is this: He was born in the year 1800, in Cayuga county, New York, and is now fifty-six years of age. Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors I had received fifty-six pounds thirteen shillings in wages, or an average, throughout the whole term, of eleven shillings per week. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France After four years fifty-six only are so held, ten have been bought outright, and three sold under contract. The Battle with the Slum For these a total of fifty-six squadrons will be required, each squadron to consist of eighteen machines. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force At one time they built a tower two hundred and fifty-six feet high entirely of porcelain. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Mr. 'Possum said it was a very old story, because it had happened about a hundred and fifty-six great-grandfathers back. Mr. Turtle's Flying Adventure Hollow Tree Stories The Chamber of Deputies to Parliament is composed of four hundred and fifty-six members. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 Last year there were enrolled fifty-six students for the course in Bible Training, and among them were a number of ordained ministers who have regular charges. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements The boat dashed up towards the Isabel; but Dan, as soon as he had fired, leaped from his place, and seizing the fifty-six pound weight, plumped it full into the bottom of the boat. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives A ballot was prepared containing fifty-six subjects of scientific and mechanical achievement and blank spaces in which other subjects might be written. Birdseye Views of Far Lands Aringhi reckons on the number at fifty-six, and from the account of Signor de Rossi it appears that the number is now reckoned at about sixty. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life At the age of fifty-six he accepted the presidency of Antioch College at Yellow Springs, Ohio, a position which he held until his death in 1859. History of Education To account for the various motions of the sun and the planets additional spheres had to be introduced amounting in all to fifty-six. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy An indignant 'jour' once told him, with as much truth as sarcasm, that 'every hair on his head was a fifty-six pound weight of sin and iniquity!' City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston He was fifty-six years in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, retiring as its disbursing officer. A Portrait of Old George Town It is a ring-plain nearly fifty-six miles in diameter, the mountain walls having some peaks over 17,000 feet in height. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Karl Schmidt says, "Alfred, as victor in fifty-six battles, as lawgiver, as king and sage, as Christian and man, as husband and father, is rightly called—'The Great.'" History of Education Thus, according to the Records, the eighth Emperor, Kogen, died at fifty-seven, but according to the Chronicles he ascended the throne at fifty-nine and reigned fifty-six years. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Artists, musicians, novelists, and filmmakers who had created their works on the understanding that they had twenty-eight or fifty-six or seventy-five years of protection now have considerably more. The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Eruptions increased in frequency with winter, fifty-six occurring during the balance of the year. The Book of the National Parks This Herculean work was therefore accomplished in twenty-three days; and Handel was then fifty-six years old! Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864 In 1636 the King of Spain ordered from the Antwerp master fifty-six pictures illustrating the Metamorphoses of Ovid, destined for his hunting lodge near Madrid. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Shortly afterwards a stone of fifty-six pounds was exhibited in London, which several witnesses declared they had seen fall at Wold Cottage, in Yorkshire, in 1795. The Story of the Heavens In the interior are fifty-six marble columns, each 52 feet in height, hewn out of a single block of marble. A Journey in Russia in 1858 "As for love," he said, forcing a lighter tone, "there are fifty-seven different varieties, Athalie; and only one is poisonous,—unless taken with the other fifty-six, and in small doses." Athalie By this sum fifty-six laborers in the word and doctrine, in various parts of the world, were to a greater or less degree assisted. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller These men were arranged in a compact form, the whole body consisting of sixteen ranks, and each rank of two hundred and fifty-six men. Pyrrhus Makers of History The diameter of this object-glass is thirty-six inches, and its focal length is fifty-six feet two inches. The Story of the Heavens It is spoken by about ninety millions, Russian seventy-five, German fifty-six, French forty, Spanish thirty-eight, Italian twenty-nine, Portuguese fourteen, and Scandinavian nine. The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 Of thirty-five thousand reformed drunkards in that country, fifty-six hundred have become members of Christian churches, having hope in God and joy in the Holy Ghost. Select Temperance Tracts Now one of them shall receive three hundred and sixty pesos per year, and the other ninety-six pesos, a total of four hundred and fifty-six pesos. 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 He was found murdered in his bed at the age of fifty-six. Ancient States and Empires We have now," he said, "wasted fifty-six minutes in——" "Excuse me," said Berry, "but isn't this touching? Jonah and Co. They have two schools, with an attendance of fifty-six scholars. The Indian Question (1874) I have been down one hundred and fifty-six feet below the surface; but that was something very remarkable.” Eric or, Under the Sea That makes a total saving of four thousand six hundred and fifty-six pesos for the one hundred and ninety-four soldiers 4,656 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 He ascended the throne of the Roman world at the mature age of fifty-six, after having won great reputation both as a statesman and a general. Ancient States and Empires Before you know where you are, you've got to put two hundred and fifty-six pounds on an even chance to get one back. Jonah and Co. In the first place the earth actually revolves on its axis in twenty-three hours, fifty-six minutes, and four seconds. Christopher and the Clockmakers Though only fifty-six years of age, he had been continuously in office for twenty years, and prime minister for fifteen, a tenure of power which none of his predecessors had exceeded except Walpole and Pitt. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) German literary papers report with regret the death at Kilchrath, in Holland, of one of the most learned Jesuits of our times, Father Schneemann, at the age of fifty-six. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 Argos and Sicyon are said to be Pelasgian cities, founded as far back as one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six years before Christ. Ancient States and Empires "It hasn't gone down," said I. "But fifty-three's less than fifty-six." Jonah and Co. All the Streets are very well built and inhabited; fifteen of 'em have Canals just as in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and from end to end they reckon fifty-six bridges. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... The celebrated horse of Arabia is of the smaller class of these animals, very little exceeding fifty-six inches in height. Minnie's Pet Horse There must have been a hundred and fifty in the room, seated and standing, though there were but seventy in the course, and but two hundred and fifty-six students in the whole college that year. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life During the whole war one million three hundred and fifty-six thousand were killed. Ancient States and Empires I am fifty-six, some twenty years your senior. The Place of Honeymoons When I first came to know Bunsen, he was fifty-six, I twenty-four years of age; he was Prussian ambassador, I was nobody. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Other circumstances combined with this surprising fact to prove that the collection had been made by his uncle, who had probably sold it when he emigrated to America, fifty-six years before. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin On the "President" were twenty-four killed and fifty-six wounded; the first, second, and third lieutenants being among the slain. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 You will observe—and, if you care to, you can count, as a conscientious American lady did last week—the fifty-six Corinthian columns. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol Lord Cochrane then ceased to be a commoner, and became in succession, when he was nearly fifty-six years old, Earl of Dundonald. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II There are sixteen women in the group, representing fifty-six persons, most of whom are children in school. American Cookery November, 1921 Jack sent a fifty-six pound shot tearing through her rigging, without doing much damage, on which the Ferdinand fired again from her stern. As We Sweep Through The Deep That is one thousand six hundred and fifty-six years before the time of the flood. The Deluge in the Light of Modern Science A Discourse In addition, fifty-six mules, a certain number of carts, mostly stripped of their wheels, and some supplies which were set on fire, were also abandoned. World's War Events, Vol. I If you are a wealthy man these will cost possibly, made to order, as high as fifty-six dollars, but you can also have excellent ones for nine dollars. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men In nineteen hundred and fifty-six The year of our Lord, A. D., I sat me down, and put my specs on, An epistle of length to see. The 1926 Tatler When their advance was reported, Captain Colin Campbell, with four officers and fifty-six men, was sent out to reconnoitre. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Still, at fifty-five or fifty-six, the likelihood of making a very great addition to one's capital in half a year is an immense consideration.... The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 The three who came nearest to her in this respect were George III., who reigned sixty years; Henry III., who reigned fifty-six years; and Edward III., who reigned fifty years. The Children's Book of London It follows that, in the year 2003, two hundred and fifty-six persons will have to live upon what now supports nine. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill He lived fifty-six years, and he shortened his life by reason of being by nature melancholic, solitary, and too assiduous in the studies of his art and in his labours. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 02 (of 10), Berna to Michelozzo Michelozzi The British lost one captain, two subalterns, four sergeants, and thirty-two soldiers, killed; and two captains, two sergeants, two drummers, and fifty-six soldiers, wounded. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America He was tried for peculation, but the prosecution ceased when Friedrich Grävenitz consented to deliver up Welzheim to his Highness the Duke, and to pay a fine of fifty-six thousand gulden. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg I afterwards found out that the price paid in goods amounted to about fifty-six shillings a-head. The Privateer's-Man One hundred Years Ago In age they ranged from fifty-six to sixty-two, with the exception of Mrs. Tracy, who was a mere fifty-two. Black Oxen Thomson, myself, and fifty-six bearers set off to bring in wounded from a point 3 miles north of our Beach, and very nearly in a line with the Turkish and our firing lines. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" "This little shadow is eight hundred and fifty-six thousand miles long, and we will never leave it as long as it lasts!" exclaimed the doctor. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner In reality, the exact duration of the Earth's diurnal rotation is twenty-three hours, fifty-six minutes, four seconds. Astronomy for Amateurs Out of the 513 members for England and Wales, 254 sat for constituencies which, taken together, numbered only 11,500 voters, and fifty-six boroughs had each less than forty voters. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration There was about fifty-six men missing; a number drowned jumping into the boats; the sea ran so high that the boats could scarce live. "The Gallant, Good Riou", and Jack Renton 1901 Into that sequestered bay there sailed a powerful squadron of fifty-six well-armed war-vessels, one of them carrying twenty-four guns and two of them twenty guns each, while there was a large following of smaller vessels. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Thomas M'Kean, of Delaware, and Dr. Thornton, of New Hampshire, subsequently signed it, making the whole number fifty-six. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 I saw fifty-six of them on the 20th day, when I offered sacrifice to Samas. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs Two miles off Land’s End, on a mass of rocks which rise some seventy feet above the surface at low water, stands the Longships Lighthouse, the summit of which is fifty-six feet above the rock. A Yacht Voyage Round England In one case fifty-six lines have been treated thus, in another fifty-eight, in another fifty-one, where each passage might have been inserted entire. Little Gidding and its inmates in the Time of King Charles I. with an account of the Harmonies At length majestically he handed out fifty-six cents. Working With the Working Woman He was at first acquitted, but was later charged again with heresies on these nine counts, with fifty-six more, and was deprived of his rectory in 1655. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries The major reported that the rifle volunteers had been re-enforced to fifty-six men by the efforts of Butters the jailer. A Lieutenant at Eighteen Sixty new detectives were taken on by the Yugoslav authorities, and fifty-six of them had to be dismissed. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 One pair will have fifty-six little rabbits in a year. The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations Little kindly personal attentions were his share for anything not adequately covered by twelve dollars and fifty-six cents. Working With the Working Woman Before raising the siege, Elijah Clarke paroled the officers and men whom he had captured,—fifty-six men, all told. Stories Of Georgia The lieutenant of the sharpshooters now had fifty-six men in his company. A Lieutenant at Eighteen Fifty of these pieces were available against the fleet, but of the whole armament of one hundred and nine guns, fifty-six were old 24-pounder smooth-bores. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps The presence of fifty-six members seemed essential for the legal transaction of business. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States Our cousins, the English, excel at archery, tea-drinking and putting the fifty-six pound protest. Cobb's Bill-of-Fare Of the fifty-six done for cancer, forty are reported as having died, either shortly after the operation from shock or pneumonia, or a few months later from recurrence of the disease. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners He had five companies of cavalry and fifty-six riflemen, less than a single regiment; and he could only impede, but not check, the retreat. A Lieutenant at Eighteen Instead of making the campaign with four brigades and twenty-four guns, as Weitzel's original plan had contemplated, Banks, for greater security, set out with seven brigades and fifty-six guns. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps Two more Union members opportunely arrived, swelling the number present in the Capitol to fifty-six. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States The Latin Empire survived for fifty-six years in a state of almost constant weakness. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I In a single district of Russia, as above remarked, fifty-six thousand horses, cows, and sheep, and five hundred and twenty-eight men and women, perished in this way during a period of two or three years. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Mr. Trouvelot tells us in the "American Naturalist" that the food taken by a single American Silk-worm in fifty-six days is equal to eighty-six thousand times its primitive weight! Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses If fifty-six millions of gallons of ardent spirits have been annually consumed in this country, five and a half millions must be charged to the use of tobacco. A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco and the Necessity of Immediate and Entire Reformation Our earth is, in fact, a vast rotating body 8000 miles in diameter, and turning round upon its axis once every twenty-three hours and fifty-six minutes. Time and Tide A Romance of the Moon Miss Lane agreed to the proposal at once with apparent pleasure, and the whole fifty-six children shouted with joy. Lady Bountiful In the single district of Novgorod in Russia, between the years 1867 and 1870, over fifty-six thousand cases of death by splenic fever, among horses, cows, and sheep were recorded. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 |
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