| 单词 | fortieth |
| 例句 | They had more ducks than anything else, and their most exotic showing was a crusty old pony that had recently celebrated its fortieth birthday. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Now he was dead before his fortieth birthday, a tape recording of one of his last sermons serving as his own funeral oration. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z On the fortieth day after the funeral, another church ceremony was held, after which everyone returned to Hurlbut Street. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With only seconds to spare, Bobby just barely made his fortieth move against Bronstein before his flag fell, which otherwise would have caused him to be forfeited. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The interruption seemed to have hurt Petrosian’s concentration, because he made some mistakes and resigned on the fortieth move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Obsessively, in the way a person worries a rip deep in a pocket, she now reached up under the floppy hat to feel her denuded scalp for the thirtieth or fortieth time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Bug boys enjoyed the weight break until they rode their fortieth winner or reached the anniversary of their first win, whichever came first. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We nine, along with thousands of others, came together to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the integration of Central High. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Qn the fortieth day and the two succeeding we were snowed in by a blizzard. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Captain Black looked out the rocket port with his face that should have been the face of a man eighty but seemed like the face of a man in his fortieth year. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z So I look down too, to see Mama wearing her leopard print platform stilettos that she bought for her fortieth birthday party at a small club in Bed-Stuy. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z In the spring of 1993, on the fortieth anniversary of the first ascent, a record fifteen expeditions, comprising 294 climbers, attempted to scale the peak from the Nepalese side. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They went to the one hundred fortieth floor, where the spirit medium’s secretary made them all comfortable with cups of tea. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I write you at the precipice of my fortieth year, having come to a point in my life—not of great prominence— but far beyond anything that boy could have even imagined. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The first Sunday in Lent is also called Quadragesima Sunday, which is derived from the Latin words meaning "fortieth," as this first Sunday is exactly 40 days before Easter. First Sunday of Lent: Reflect, repent as 'sin and darkness' show themselves in Russia-Ukraine war 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z On the fortieth anniversary show, the clips whizzed by with once-familiar sayings and catchphrases popping back into the collective consciousness . Secrets of “Saturday Night Live” at 40: “There would never be anything like this again” 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z To celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary—it was 2011—my wife, Joan, and I had rented an apartment in London for the months of May and June. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z On March 10, he landed in Atlanta to celebrate his fortieth birthday. After years of long-distance dating, we bought a house together. Then COVID hit home 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Not many verbal artifacts are cooler than the first edition of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” which was published, in Paris, on February 2, 1922, the author’s fortieth birthday. Why We Are No Longer Shocked by “Ulysses” 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Now they were inviting him back to their fortieth reunion. The day my bullies apologized: Race, the South and a reconciliation decades in the making 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z He was a sickly child and predicted that he’d die by his fortieth birthday; as it happened, he made it to thirty-nine, collapsing of a heart attack while heckling a première at the Marbeuf cinema. Whimsy and War: Boris Vian’s Two Minds 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z L. Mencken * * * TODAY—or rather tonight; at 9:26 pm EST, to be precise—the transiting Sun will conjunct my natal Sun for the fortieth time. Did I make it? 2012-11-18T17:01:00Z On the verge of his own fortieth birthday, this is his dilemma: whether to continue trotting along his current path, or to change mid-stream to a more lucrative horse. Did I make it? 2012-11-18T17:01:00Z "Once when I had my fortieth birthday in Kenya I waylaid an enormous tiger…" "Really, Andrzej, going on safari is pretty unlikely in downtown Krakow," said the Hydrophilosopher, quietening him down. The Birthday Party and the Airman by ?ukasz D?bski, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones 2011-04-08T10:22:00Z Forty models in a rainbow of richly layered ethnic knits marked the label's fortieth anniversary in Kenzo's unmistakable signature style. McQueen successor Burton carries on his legacy 2010-10-05T22:09:00Z Two of them, a few months after our meetings, became fathers to a first child in almost exact coincidence with their fortieth birthday. What I'm thinking about ... men turning 40 2013-03-11T04:46:40Z In 1993, on his fortieth birthday, he declared himself a ceremonial magician; the core of his belief, which he speaks of with striking cogency, is that art is indistinguishable from magic. A Party in a Lunatic Asylum 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Many of these mashups were in service of homage: besides Sharon Jones, tributes were held for the Bee Gees, whose “Saturday Night Fever” celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year, and for Prince and George Michael. The 2017 Grammys Have No Answers 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z For the past 900 years, the coronation has been held in Westminster Abbey - William the Conqueror was the first monarch to be crowned there, and Charles will be the fortieth. UK Royal Family: Who is in it and what does the King do? 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Find the fortieth term of a sequence where the first term is −19 and the common difference is seven. Intermediate Algebra 2020-05-06T00:00:00Z "Administrators cite the omicron variant, but one report says omicron case fatality rate is one fortieth of that of the delta variant," Hurley added in the video. Deaf UChicago student begs university to lift mask mandate so he can understand professors 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z In March Kelly Hammer will go to the New York store for the first time in her life, a special trip to celebrate her fortieth birthday. How Tiffany aims to get back its sparkle 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z On Friday, in the run-up to the fortieth anniversary of the storming of the U.S. The Hostage Drama in Iran Drags On—Forty Years Later 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The two men were meeting for the fortieth time, the fourteenth at a major. Federer and Nadal’s Wimbledon Rematch Showed Just How Alike the Two Greats Have Become 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z At its 2017 annual conference, he vowed that their rally on the fortieth anniversary of the revolution, this past February, would be held in Tehran. Trump’s Strange, Tense Campaign Against Iran 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z In 1895, the country threw a jubilee to celebrate his fortieth year as a poet. The Culinary Muse of the Caucasus 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Feb. 18 - Protests are held in a number of cities to commemorate the fortieth day after the death of the Qom protesters. Timeline of the Iranian revolution 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The last transmitted image showed solar radiation was one fortieth its pre-storm level. Lost Opportunity: After a 15-Year Odyssey, NASA's Trailblazing Mars Rover Approaches Its End 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The Islamic Republic is set to mark the fortieth anniversary of its revolution next month, and Pompeo vowed that punitive actions against Tehran would become more severe “until Iran starts behaving like a normal country.” Mike Pompeo and His Bible Define U.S. Policy in the Middle East 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z In Berlin, he took photographs of a building under renovation across the street from his studio, and of his friends dancing at Clausen’s fortieth birthday party. The Life and Art of Wolfgang Tillmans 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z “The games of the twenty-eighth through fortieth Olympiads, inclusive!” Planet of the five rings : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z In 2007, the Royal Spanish Academy released a special edition of the novel to commemorate its fortieth anniversary. The Personal History Behind 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Her fortieth birthday was the next day—they planned to celebrate with a dinner at their favorite Italian restaurant, in Carroll Gardens. Why Dana Schutz Painted Emmett Till 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The fact is that if we let everyone convicted of a violent crime out of prison on his fortieth birthday there would be little risk for the rest of us. How We Misunderstand Mass Incarceration 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z In April, 2015, she and her twin sister, Donna, drove to a prayer vigil for Woodfox at a church in Baton Rouge, to mark his fortieth year in solitary confinement. How Albert Woodfox Survived Solitary 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z For her fortieth birthday, two years ago, she travelled to Mexico alone, because they couldn’t find time to go together. Mike Mills’s Anti-Hollywood Family Films 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z So next time someone says they’re going to be a moment, remind them that by definition they’re going to be precisely one fortieth of an hour – or exactly 90 seconds. 10 words that don't mean what they used to: when meerkats were monkeys and bimbos were boys 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z This was the fortieth world military parachuting championships. Parachutists show their skills at international tournament 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit Uganda early next month to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the raid. Idi Amin’s Israeli Connection 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z He hoped that the new jump would take place on September 8, 2014, the fortieth anniversary of the Knievel fiasco, but those plans fell apart. The Man Restaging an Evel Knievel Jump to Vindicate His Father 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The visit was scheduled for March 24th, coinciding with the fortieth anniversary of the country’s last coup d’état and the beginning of a brutal dictatorship. Obama’s Bittersweet Visit to Argentina 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Today, on his fortieth birthday, David Ortiz announced that next season, his twentieth in the majors, will be his last. David Ortiz Begins His Last Slow Trot Before Retirement 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z He has four children and one grandchild, and will soon celebrate his fortieth wedding anniversary. Francis in Philadelphia 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The cocoon was found to consist of a solid inner wall, one fortieth of a millimetre thick, and a spongey outer layer of loosely interwoven cables of between 0.005 and 0.010 millimetres thick. Fossilised sperm found in Antarctica is world's oldest, say scientists 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Streb performed a fire dance at the fortieth birthday of her partner, the journalist Laura Flanders, which was held in a warehouse in Brooklyn. The Action Heroes of Dance 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z The fantasy role-playing game is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, and when a new edition of the Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook was published on Tuesday, it quickly became Amazon.com’s number one best selling book. Selling The New Dungeons & Dragons 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Hustler’s print product, which celebrated its fortieth anniversary this year, has been on its last legs for some time. Larry Flynt's New Hustles 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z As the fortieth anniversary of that momentous day approaches, it is worth taking another look at polls from that summer, as they provide some clues about current dissatisfaction with Washington. Watergate Revisited: How Has America Changed? 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z A 2013 study in Europe found that the rate at which the chemical migrated into food was around a fortieth of the legal maximum in the European Union. Why glass jars aren’t necessarily better for the environment than plastic ones “The Republicans in Congress voted to repeal Obamacare for a fortieth time today. It’s really now less a governing philosophy; it’s more like Charlie Manson applying for parole.” A Humorous Late Night Look Back At Obamacare 2014-03-26T11:00:00Z North Korea's economy, once larger than South Korea's, is now a fortieth the size of its neighbor. Paddy Power pulls support for Rodman's North Korean trips 2013-12-24T14:45:49Z Its economy, which was once larger than South Korea's, is now a fortieth the size of its prosperous neighbor. North Korea executes leader's powerful uncle in public purge 2013-12-13T22:25:25Z On December 13, a small crowd of friends, neighbors and family gathered to commemorate the fortieth day after Beheshti's death at his gravesite. Blogger's death stirs political hornet's nest in Iran 2012-12-26T09:06:43Z India's champion, now in his fortieth year, holed out to deep mid-wicket for 13. England bowler Graeme Swann 'very proud' to pass Jim Laker's record 2012-11-15T15:09:56Z CROWD-PLEASERS On the fortieth anniversary of Any Questions? in October 1988 the programme broadcast live from the House of Commons, with an audience made up entirely of former panellists. Jonathan Dimbleby’s best moments 2012-09-09T23:30:10Z The opening of the Olympic games in London later this summer will mark not just the beginning of the sporting world's greatest festival but also the fortieth anniversary of one of its darker moments. VIDEO: 'I survived Munich Olympic massacre' 2012-06-11T16:03:28Z On the fortieth day after his resurrection he is said to have ascended to heaven. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z It was six o'clock in the morning, still dark and very cold, for the Myrtle was on the fortieth parallel of the Southern Hemisphere, and the month being June it was mid-winter. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z "Oh, translate it," the Squire sighed, and for the fortieth time it was translated. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Indeed, floating ice may be encountered anywhere in the North Atlantic Ocean north of the fortieth degree of latitude at any season of the year. From the Archive, 1912: What We Know About Icebergs 2012-04-10T18:45:00.450Z This day is completed my fortieth year: more than half the ordinary span of life. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The old man got up for about the fortieth time, and shook my hand, while the tears stood in his eyes and his lip trembled. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Her conversion, the change of heart that sooner or later, disregarded or welcomed, comes to all who live with any depth, came to Teresa as she was approaching her fortieth year. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the emperor Francis Joseph’s accession to the Austrian throne he gave �500,000 for the establishment of primary and technical schools in Galicia and the Bukowina. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The zero line being divided by lines of equal division into 40ths of an inch, then, as shown in the cut, the instrument is set to measure 3⁄40ths and 5⁄25ths of a fortieth. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Thither Christ ascended in the eyes of His apostles on the fortieth day from His rising. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Persons often die of it from the eighteenth to the twentieth; sometimes only about the fortieth; after having been alternately better and worse. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z Now, in his fortieth year, he was recognized as an authority on the subjects which he had so specially made his own. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z She probably knew that the fortieth day was the last, and that, when He led His little flock out "as far as Bethania," it was His last walk with them. Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady 2012-02-25T03:00:09.890Z It is likely, however, that Canute was not physically robust; he died in the prime of manhood, having scarcely passed the fortieth year; and he seems not to have transmitted much virility to his children. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z “Last lap!” shouted Pitt, consulting the map for the hundred and fortieth time. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z In about his fortieth year, Stow gave up his business as a tailor and devoted his entire life to antiquarian pursuits. England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z And it seems, by the fortieth verse, that the Lord's tribute of the maidens was thirty- two,—the rest were given to the soldiers and to the congregation of the Lord. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z After this he again went to Phœnicia, and he is supposed to have received tribute from Cyprus, Syria, and the Hittites in the fortieth and forty-first years of his reign. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z It will be recalled that in his fortieth chapter he waxes enthusiastic over Lewis Morris, the Welsh bard, who was born in Anglesey in 1700 and died in 1765. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z J. W. H. The year 1903 began with the celebration at Faneuil Hall of the fortieth anniversary of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Fresnel died, in his fortieth year, a few days after receiving the medal. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Palmer's objection, on the contrary, was to the amount of salary, on the ground that �1500 did not represent the fortieth part of �90,000. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z The 'Cotton-belt' lies, roughly speaking, between the thirtieth and fortieth parallels of north latitude. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Her light words were prophetic, for she was in her fortieth year when she became a widow. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z Gozzi was unpractised in play-writing, a man in his fortieth year, and the dramatic card on which he staked his luck might well be considered hazardous. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z And so I turn to the fortieth chapter of Joseph Vance with great expectations. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z In his fortieth year, it is said, Muḥammad began to dream dreams and see visions, and desire solitude above all things else. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Robert Toombs—then in his fortieth year, and having as yet attained but little conspicuousness in congress—is the man I mean. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The tenants were also bound to the lord’s mill, pay the fortieth corn, and to maintain the wall and thatch of the mill. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z He was the wealthiest and most prominent Jew of the city, and was thoroughly conversant with the Talmud and rabbinical literature, and up to his fortieth year he officiated as Rabbi of Burgos. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z Now, while in Num. xxxiii. the death of the high-priest is described as occurring in the fortieth year, in Deut. x. it is actually referred to the second year of the Exodus.** Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z What power is confessed in that writer who was set in the place of a decadent Satan, hostility to him being a sort of sixth point of Calvinism, and fortieth article of the Church? The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z Neuralgias of the Middle Period of Life.—By this period is meant the time included between the twenty-fifth and about the fortieth or forty-fifth year. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z His property was swept away, and in his fortieth year he found himself a poor man, with a son to educate and care for and all life's battle to fight over again. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z On August 26 we are informed that "'Il Barbieri de Siviglia'"—mark the dazzling array of fresh mistakes in spelling—"was performed last night for the fortieth time without any abatement of attraction." Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z He knew what He was undertaking when He uttered those words in the fortieth Psalm, "Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God." The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z “There is something radically wrong, Robert,” I said, casting my fly for the fortieth time, and so coaxingly too, over the very spot where I knew more than one fine finny fellow was hiding. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z In one of his letters to Colden, written in his fortieth year, he expressed the hope that future experiment would confirm the idea that the yaws could be cured by tar-water. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z In the Eastern churches and in Russia the departed are thus fed on the ninth, twelfth and fortieth days from death. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The penguin never makes the mistake of seeking our northern shores, nor is the albatross often seen north of the fortieth degree of south latitude. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Well, after all when a man has seen his thirtieth or fortieth year, it is a good deal to say. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z As early as in his fortieth year he had obtained the important and honourable position of Chief Justice of Bolosch. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z In the event the game was adjourned ritually at the fortieth move when Spassky put his next move in a sealed envelope for the resumption tomorrow afternoon. From the archive, 12 July 1972: Fischer's late opening gambit in Reykjavik 2011-07-12T14:46:05Z I stayed a night at Kelburn on my way north to congratulate my brother-in-law, as it was not only his eightieth birthday, but his fortieth wedding-anniversary also fell this year. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z The two first volumes carry the narrative to the end of Elizabeth's reign, when Bacon had passed his fortieth year. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z Ribaut explored the coast as far as the fortieth degree and returned to France. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z The mollahs take tithe of all grain, and a fortieth of the cattle. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z I do not maintain, as a gentleman did once in my hearing, when taxed with being engaged in his fortieth love-suit, that in this, as in most other things, practice makes perfect. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z The fortieth Anniversary of the Independence of Venezuela was celebrated at Caraccas with great enthusiasm. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z No one has left data which enables a clear impression to be formed of Francis Bacon as he was up to his fortieth year. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z Port Royal.—Upon the return of the traders, De Chastes having died, the king issued a patent to De Monts granting him viceregal powers and a trade monopoly between the fortieth and forty-sixth degrees. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Mr. Washburn was elected representative to the thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and fortieth congresses. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Rev. J. Alexander was presented with a purse containing £500, and a clock, on the occasion of his entering the fortieth year of p. 51his ministry at Prince’s Street Independent chapel, Norwich. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z I then went to Amsterdam to conduct Oedipus at the Concertgebouw, which was celebrating its fortieth anniversary by a series of sumptuous musical productions. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z She died on Monday, the 9th day of February, 1449, about six o'clock in the afternoon, in the fortieth year of her age. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Now the worthy monarch of France had nothing to give but the hand of a fair widow in her fortieth year. Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z A fortieth birthday is a big deal that calls for a big present. A Sex Bank Account: Good for Marriage? 2011-04-25T06:35:00Z The southern boundary of Penn's grant, was somewhat loosely established to be "a circle of twelve miles drawn round New Castle, to the beginning of the fortieth degree of latitude." The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z He is a professor of art, who remains single up to his fortieth year because he is, he explains to a friend 'secretly married.' Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z He was a son of Allan Cunningham, had distinguished himself greatly in all his Indian employments, and had not completed his fortieth year. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z It might be conjectured, that about her two hundred and fortieth, or two hundred and fiftieth year, she must have been a most charming woman. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z "I cannot decide that to-day," says she with as much gravity as if she were deciding upon the fortieth fauteuil of the Paris Academy. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z But they had already served several months in the fortieth. The Reconstruction of Georgia Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1901 2011-03-14T03:01:05.213Z He passed his fortieth birthday, May 28, 1847, with Dr. B. E. Cotting, curator of the Lowell Institute, at whose home he had stayed through some weeks of illness. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Dryden, at the time of his appointment to the laureateship, was in his fortieth year. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z I asked it again at thirty, and now I have touched my fortieth birthday, here I am asking it yet once more. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z It commences with manhood, and continues until the fortieth or forty-fifth year, and then passes into somewhat of the abdominal. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z It appears that the custom has been introduced among women who have recently brought forth of not going to church until the fortieth or sixtieth day as they say of the purification of their bodies. 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 XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z They have just extracted the fortieth skeleton of hippopotamus; have got about twenty elephants, one or two mastodons, a rhinoceros and stags, and oxen out of number.... Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z The king’s death was unexpected: he was only in his fortieth year, and men’s minds had not even begun to ponder over the question of who would succeed him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z The siege had lasted eight months, when Lord Raglan resolved to make one desperate effort to carry the place by assault on the 18th of June, the fortieth anniversary of Waterloo. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Running southward to the fortieth parallel, the Alabama availed herself of both a trade wind and a current setting eastward. Cruise and Captures of the Alabama 2011-01-30T03:00:18.733Z At the fortieth second, she stopped, with an anxious look on her face. The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z On the fortieth anniversary of his return to Europe, a fête was given in his honor, by the Berlin Academy. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z A few anthologies containing our gems of prose and poetry will probably be all that our fortieth century readers will deem worthy of notice. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z The place I have reached is in the fortieth degree of latitude. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z For the first few days after leaving the Cape, we ran off due south, it being my intention to seek the fortieth parallel of south latitude, and run my easting down on that parallel. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z This lecturing, as I explained to the financier, is rather a hazardous experiment after a man has passed his fortieth year. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z These are ripe in October; but though the trees produce seed nearly every year after the fortieth, one may chance to look at a dozen Ashes before he comes upon one that bears a seed. Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva 2010-12-25T03:00:16.510Z This year will be the fortieth time he participates in the Birkebeiner race. Big hearts may mean trouble in cross-country skiers 2010-02-26T21:14:00Z Mary and I celebrated our fortieth anniversary last May, with our children and grandchildren. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z While he was at the height of his popularity, and in his fortieth year, he fell violently in love with Heloise—then eighteen years of age—niece of Fulbert, a canon of Paris. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The thirteenth day of July was at hand, and would be the fortieth anniversary of his marriage. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician The rate of the customs varied from the eighth to the fortieth part of the value of the commodity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Elderkin drew his pencil down the chart to an indented bit of coast not a couple of degrees below the fortieth parallel. Beggars on Horseback How she smiled at me, how her voice sounded--was she really a sorely-afflicted woman, who had passed her fortieth year? The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History He still lived carefully, though in comfort, and when he arrived at his fortieth year he rubbed his hands. The Gay Adventure A Romance I have had eighteen years of it already; but I have no Parliamentary influence, nor could I trace a fortieth cousinship with the House of Lords; but, after all, it might be worse. The Fortunes Of Glencore And again, in the fortieth verse, “And with many other words did He testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.” Secret Power or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work Marcel Reymond says that from the beauty of style and the advanced knowledge of technique exhibited here, this work must belong to Andrea's maturity, that is, in the neighborhood of his fortieth year. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction I was under the impression that this feast was to be a merry-making to celebrate your fortieth birthday. A Top-Floor Idyl Five years afterwards, in 1613, on the 22nd of October, he died at Rouen, having not quite completed his fortieth year. A Short History of French Literature At the fortieth trout I gave up counting, and I had leached the fortieth in less than two hours. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel At the fortieth second no news; at the fiftieth still nothing. Round the World in Eighty Days In the shaded lamplight it was impossible to believe that her fortieth birthday was well in sight. A Question of Marriage It was highly interesting to the Princess, as well as to myself, to have been here to-day, the fortieth anniversary of the Queen's Coronation. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 And Asa died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. The Bible Story This is the process of creation according to the first chapter of Genesis and the fortieth chapter of Isaiah. Jewish Theology This famous explorer, a native of Pennsylvania, removed at an early age to North Carolina, and remained there till his fortieth year. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Wiping off the two chairs, for the fortieth time, with her white Sunday apron, she pressed the boys to be seated. Black Forest Village Stories The mighty Motecusuma may have been about this time in the fortieth year of his age. 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. This was merely a preliminary to the great assault fixed for the 18th, the fortieth anniversary of Waterloo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" It needed but the fortieth part of this to suggest a suspicion to such a mind as his, and with the speed of lightning there flashed across him the notion of a "cross." Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The British were at first driven back, precipitately, toward Philadelphia, but at length made a successful stand at Chew's house, garrisoned by five companies of the fortieth regiment, under the command of Colonel Musgrave. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia When Dr. William Osler admitted his belief that man is fit for creative intellectual work only up to his fortieth year he gained an undeserved reputation for grimness. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 She wrote some verse at different periods, but not until her fortieth year did she publish any prose. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 It's a repressed desire for poetry that's sent me off my rocker long after my fortieth year. German Moonlight One may follow these boulders to the fortieth degree of latitude, beyond which they become more and more rare, while the finer drift alone extends farther south. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 I am precious nearly through my fortieth year, thinks I to myself. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) "Will you tell him to drive home?" she said with a firm voice, and a smile which if any one care to understand let him read Spenser's fortieth sonnet. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. When he left it, at close on his fortieth year, the drama of his literary life was complete, though only a few lines of it were written. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) It'll be in honour of the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dillon, and all the family connections, and all friends of the same, is to have a bid. Side-stepping with Shorty A d�m is a copper coin, the fortieth part of a rupee. Rulers of India: Akbar On the 21st of the same month the second floor was finished, and by the 29th the fortieth course of stone was laid down, and the third floor finished. Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel Custom differs, but the usual date of churching was the fortieth day after confinement, in accordance with the Biblical date of the presentment of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus at the Temple. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" A fortieth anniversary of the Seneca Falls convention without the woman who called it! The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years It is the fortieth day after Christmas, that being the period at which the rites of Purification and Presentation were enjoined by the Law. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia For the fortieth time she considered the question of laying all her troubles before Mr. Perley, but she knew her pastor. Mrs. Cliff's Yacht If we had adhered to that, my proportion would have been nearer a fortieth. Gold Probably struck by the premature old age of a man who died in his fortieth year, he condemned it by its appearance; but not with the eye of the physiognomist. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors On the fortieth day they had already run so short of food that it was judged advisable to call a halt and scatter upon all sides to hunt. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) Quadragesima.—Meaning fortieth; a name to be found in the Prayer-book for the First Sunday in Lent, because it occurs about forty days before Easter. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia In 1876, in his fortieth year, he was encouraged by the change in taste to publish a volume of realistic stories, Country Life, and in 1878 a novel, Without a Centre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" He was in his fortieth year when, in 1842, he published The Bible in Spain. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 He resided here, little known out of a very private circle, and perished in his fortieth year, not of penury, but of a broken heart. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Laughter.—To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to men before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order Nawab Singha, who was deprived of his estates, was reckoned the fortieth chief of his race. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha No wonder that after his fortieth year he was favoured with a series of visions from God. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development Before he reached his fortieth year, he had been presented by an old college friend to a comfortable living. Name and Fame A Novel On April 28, 29, 1898, the fortieth anniversary of the first Woman's Rights Convention was held in Rochester. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV A handsome man in his fortieth year, he stood six feet three with broad shoulders and a powerful frame. The Long Voyage Father Moontree was a red-faced man of forty-five who had lived the peaceful life of a farmer until he reached his fortieth year. The Game of Rat and Dragon “I wonder if we’ll ever find that,” said Meg for the fortieth time. Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm The old English Scotch pence or pennies contained originally a real pennyweight of silver, one twentieth of an ounce and one two hundred and fortieth of a pound. The Paper Moneys of Europe Their Moral and Economic Significance Not long after his fortieth birthday, Dennison stumbled across an intriguing clue which led him into a different branch of biology. Forever I have been told that a sudden sentiment of middle age, the fact that he found himself in his fortieth year, led him to conquer his scruples, and finally arrange his pieces. 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 In the last part, consisting of eighty-seven pages, the thirty-ninth and fortieth are missing. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 On his fortieth birthday Martin Sutter decided life was too short to continue in the rut that had been his existence for more than twenty years. Made in Tanganyika In 1780 Congress actually adopted a plan to redeem its paper issues at one fortieth of their pretended or nominal value. The Paper Moneys of Europe Their Moral and Economic Significance They imply that the person addressed was not so far below middle life that a statement of the decadence that would come after his fortieth year presented a remote or far-off picture. Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems Sir William Jones tells us that he gave five years to mastering his first language, while six weeks were sufficient for acquiring his fortieth dialect. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character Of course, if it is his twentieth or thirtieth book, or his fortieth or fiftieth, it is merely one of a long series which fully represents him. Imaginary Interviews This was the fortieth and final day of its first session under an order of things not new only, but novel. Red Men and White In giving one fortieth part of their yearly income or gains to the poor. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series Footnote 61: On the 18th of June, the fortieth anniversary of Waterloo, a combined attack by the English on the Redan, and the French on the Malakhoff, was repulsed with heavy losses. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 “Nothing to report yet, Joe, old fellow?” came down Captain Tom’s brave though anxious voice for perhaps the fortieth time. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise They also believe that the soul lingers on earth forty days after death, visiting old familiar places and on the fortieth day ascends to heaven. Birdseye Views of Far Lands King Haco," says the chronicler, "now in the seven and fortieth year of his reign, had spent the summer in watchfulness and anxiety. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland By this plan the German army was to reach Paris on the fortieth day after mobilization. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force The chances of recovery are much greater in patients under fifteen years, and are also more favorable between the twenty-second and fortieth years. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) None are suffered to hold offices after the fortieth year. Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. This period was followed by a worthy career in France, but for five years—from his thirty-fifth year to his fortieth—he was unjustly imprisoned in a grim old Austrian fortress. Lafayette No two thoughts were related to each other even by the fortieth cousinship. The World I Live In For a moment the three captives stood blinking at the unfamiliar light, unconscious of the situation and their extremity, whilst Hasdrubal for the fortieth time measured the distance. A Victor of Salamis But Douglas, in his fortieth year, was pressing to the front. Stephen Arnold Douglas On the fortieth day from birth another rite is prescribed, of churching the child, which is now taken into the church with its mother. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" He completed his fortieth year and was still reading advertisements in the papers and saving up his money. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories In Illinois, and generally throughout the West, below the fortieth degree of latitude, it was sickly, though not fatal. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West While the light moves down the tube 20 feet long, the telescope will therefore have moved the ten-thousandth part of 20 feet—i.e., the fortieth of an inch. The Story of the Heavens On the fortieth day he was taken to the temple, and given to God. Personal Friendships of Jesus I am asked, and much surprise is expressed at the information supplied by Goat's Mother that I have not yet seen my fortieth birthday. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow Its original name was Hellas, designated by a little district of Thessaly, which lay on the southeast verge of Europe, and extended in length from the thirty-sixth to the fortieth degree of latitude. Ancient States and Empires She stopped her horse for the fortieth time, however, to get the angle of her shadow on the ground and to confirm her calculations. The Wind Before the Dawn The Massachusetts Agricultural College, in celebrating the fortieth anniversary of its opening to students, October 2, 1907, held a four days' conference on rural progress. Chapters in Rural Progress I was now long past my fortieth year, again almost a Pauper, Friendless and Unknown in the World; yet did I feel Undaunted, and confident that Better Days were in store for me. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... Compare Schiller's Robbers, written in his teens, with his Wallenstein, dating from his fortieth year; or the vague sketches of the adolescent James Watt with his inventions as a man. Essay on the Creative Imagination As for style, it may be defined as the sorcery of syllables, the fall of sentences, the use of the exact term, the pursuit of a repetition even unto the thirtieth and fortieth line. The Merry-Go-Round It will hardly be said to reach us, the book with forty-man power in it, until it has been broken up into fortieths of itself. The Lost Art of Reading If I am not mistaken, you will find that Pudentilla has barely passed her fortieth year. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura ‘So it was I, not Elias,’ he went on, quietly, ‘that made terms with Langton touching the fortieth of the New Laws.’ Puck of Pook’s Hill His distribution is restricted to the Rocky Mountain district chiefly south of the fortieth parallel of north latitude. Birds of the Rockies But in the fortieth year they are again found without water. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings He ascertained that the one thousand, four hundred and fortieth part of a Spanish dollar was a common divisor for the various currencies. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. I believe that there is little hope for the commercial development of the English walnut much north of the fortieth parallel. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922 Forty times the zero quietly stomached the abuse as he continued to inspect all of his pockets for the fortieth time. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais From his eighteenth to his fortieth year Cellini lived mostly at Rome. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Margaret, the name by which she will always be known, had passed her fortieth birthday at sea on this voyage. Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies Daniel’s approaching fortieth birthday seemed like a sombre portal leading to the realm of spent ambition. The Goose Man He assures us in his epistle to posterity, that, when arrived at his fortieth year, he not only had in horror, but had lost all recollection and image of any "irregularity." The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 That was attempted for he was dwelling incessantly on why for the first time on this physically and mentally painful day of his fortieth birthday someone had spoken of him as an older man. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais It can only be made tolerable by careful observance of the "sotto voce" at beginning and gradually increasing in power up to the fortissimo in the fortieth measure. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations Miss Hester had nearly arrived at her fortieth mile-stone; and she effected the paradox of looking both younger and older than her age. The Uncalled A Novel This arose from a misinterpretation of the ninth verse of the fortieth psalm. Modern Saints and Seers It may normally occur, however, at any time between the fortieth and fiftieth year. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies Seems to me that tears on all occasions come in as the fortieth article, to the articles of belief of some people. A Confederate Girl's Diary A few members of the family thrive in the warmer parts of the temperate zone, but for the greater part they flourish between the fortieth and sixtieth parallels. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges It was Jerome's fortieth birthday when Anne refused him again. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 He had made up his mind, that all the streams flowing into the Pacific between the fortieth and forty-eighth parallels of latitude were mere brooks, insufficient for vessels to navigate, and not worthy his attention. Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California There are cases on record when it has occurred earlier than the fortieth and later than the fiftieth year. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies It was not until about his fortieth year that he found his true direction. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Fritz Kobus, a well to do landowner receives the felicitations of his friends on his fortieth birthday. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas In 1604, a charter was given, by Henry�IV., to an eminent Calvinist, De Monts, which gave him the sovereignty of Acadia, a tract embraced between the fortieth and forty-sixth degrees of north latitude. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Elderly matrons—and in Turkey every lady is an elderly matron in her fortieth year—are passionately devoted to this enjoyment. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Even as she wrote the statement for the fortieth time, voices and laughter came from the playground—but a cold silence had come by the fiftieth. An Australian Lassie The name mammoth, which is probably of Tartar origin, Witsen appears to wish to derive from Behemoth, spoken of in the fortieth chapter of the Book of Job. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II What she might have become no one can tell, for her life was cut short at the fortieth year. American Men of Mind And if I dwelt in such a place, I should feel tempted to conduct a service every now and again for men and women who were celebrating their fortieth birthday. Mushrooms on the Moor About the fortieth year of its growth, the pine yields considerable quantities of resin; and the value of the wood for building purposes, and for constructions immersed in water, are well known. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 She was middle-aged—past the fortieth milestone, at any rate—and somewhat austere in manner. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's From his fortieth to his fiftieth year, Socrates worked every other Thursday; then he retired from active life, and Xantippe took in plain sewing. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 The highest topics of tragedy were naturally more congenial to him, and p. 249were certain of a surer handling when he was nearing his fortieth birthday than at an earlier age. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Now, when I address my congregation of people who are celebrating their fortieth birthday, I shall make a most fervent appeal on behalf of the pansies. Mushrooms on the Moor "He has never grown up: he is just a child," once said his mother in sad complaint, after her son had well passed his fortieth milestone. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers She had the gray and care-worn look excusable in a woman approaching the fortieth mile-stone who has spent a wakeful night. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale When he declared for the fortieth time that he had been robbed for twenty years, they could not deny it. Orley Farm I seized on the omen and interpreted it as a warning that the term of my existence was not far off—at that time I was in about my fortieth year. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation A man's fortieth birthday is one of the really great days in his life's little story; and he must make the most of it. Mushrooms on the Moor Thus, in point of territory, Greece would be giving up a hundred and fortieth part of what she would be getting. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 At the stake he fervently said the Lord's Prayer, and sung the fortieth psalm; then commending his soul to God, he was burnt alive. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs Her husband sat in an armchair with legs outstretched, smoking about his fortieth cigar. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport Upon reaching the Strait of Fuca, Vancouver expressed the opinion that there was no river between the fortieth and forty-eighth degrees of north latitude, "only brooks insufficient for our vessels to navigate." The Western United States A Geographical Reader The number of people who reach their fortieth birthday simultaneously must be very small. Mushrooms on the Moor Between his thirtieth and fortieth year he had served in Congress as representative from Illinois. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman The time was in the autumn of 1323, the seventeenth year of his reign, and the fortieth of his age. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452 Volume 18, New Series, August 28, 1852 In the fortieth Psalm he illustrates this thought still further: I waited for the Lord my God, And patiently did bear. Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. Brown is reading the fortieth chapter of his three-volume Autobiography to Jones. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 18, 1893 All this seems to show that the eighth year of marriage is like the fortieth year of life. Mushrooms on the Moor My companion would rouse me and tell me of my danger, but shame, danger, and all were of no avail till, waking for the fortieth time, I found my hat was gone. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson His children are pensioned into the third and fourth and fortieth generation. Memoirs Something like seventy per cent of all cases occur between the fifteenth and the fortieth year, and it is, for some reason, though rarer, peculiarly serious and more often fatal after the fiftieth year. Preventable Diseases Even in Wallachia and Moldavia the population has been gradually decreasing, while of that rich country not more than a fortieth part is under tillage. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity Listen, they are singing; it is the fortieth Psalm: "He took me from the fearful pit and from the miry clay." The Life of St. Paul This would have made our situation about a hundred and seventy miles from a number of small islands lying to the eastward of the one hundred and fortieth meridian. The Ape, the Idiot & Other People In the preceding ages no more was given, as their casuists assure us, than the fortieth or thirtieth part; a custom which this singular nation still practise. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth.”—Pliny. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School Why, man, the current is seldom perceptible above the fortieth parallel!” The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea The next decade, from his thirtieth to his fortieth year, is called transitional. Brazilian Tales Mr. Barber was reading clerk for the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses, from December, 1863 to 1869; and he is today the only official of that body who is living. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 In the fortieth year of the flight from Egypt, the memory of the people became treacherous, and Moses was constrained to repeat this oral law, which had been conveyed by successive traditionists. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The commemoration of the fortieth anniversary of the foundation of the New York Historical Society, November, 1844, was an occasion of unusual interest. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII Feasts are given to the caste-fellows on the third, tenth, twentieth and fortieth days after the death. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala On the fortieth day the child is placed in a cradle for the first time. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) At the fortieth milestone it began to appear doubtful whether we should all reach the journey's end. Letters to His Friends Out of forty white men thirty-nine, at least, will have canes, and on Sunday the fortieth will have one also. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer In the year 1263, the Dominicans held their fortieth general chapter in London; St. Thomas assisted at it, and obtained soon after to be dismissed from teaching. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March On the Tīja and Chālisa, or third and fortieth days after a death, a feast is given to the caste-fellows, but no mourning is observed, neither do the mourners bathe nor perform ceremonies of purification. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala In the work done after his fortieth year there is greater freedom, an ease and an increased strength, with a daring quality which uplifts and gives you courage. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians The King was still in the full vigour of manhood; he had not reached his fortieth year, and his physical graces were the marvel of those who saw him for the first time. Henry VIII. The fortieth brought me to a doorway, through which I turned. The Romance of Golden Star ... In this manner did he live from the fortieth or forty-second to the ninetieth year of his age. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Less than a fortieth of the entire West is inhabited. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom He was born a Prussian subject, and had just completed his fortieth year. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 This period, with the spiritual crisis which it involves, is likely to occur between the thirtieth and the fortieth meridian. Essays on Scandinavian Literature While employed at the tomb, Michael Angelo, then in his fortieth year, was desired by the Pope to undertake the decoration of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art The abbot ordered the prayers of the church for the dead to be offered up for him, and on the fortieth day, Basil wonderfully departed to our Lord in peace, without any apparent sickness. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March It will be recalled that in his fortieth chapter he waxes enthusiastic over Lewis Morris, the Welsh bard, who was born in Anglesey in 1700 and died in 1765. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends In his fortieth year Goethe wrote to Wieland: "Without compulsion, there is in my case no hope." The Youth of Goethe Thackeray had passed his fortieth year before he produced his magnificent novel. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 As he was running the fortieth through the body he felt his illness coming on. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III These martyrs suffered in the year 380, the seventieth and last of the reign of Sapor, and the fortieth of his persecution. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March It was a short numerical term of six places, but it expressed a number of the order of ten to the fortieth power, exact to the last digit. Police Operation But by the time Shakespeare had reached his fortieth birthday every one of his fellow-playwrights round that table had rushed to his death. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke "According to the tradition of the ancients the custom arose for those who had most to give the priests a fortieth part, and those who had least, one sixtieth, in lieu of first-fruits." Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province A particular prayer repeated during forty days remitted one-seventh of the punishment, and on the fortieth day the dead man would appear to his benefactor, to thank him. Lectures on Modern history With his plaid over his shoulders, he reached Edinburgh in the month of February 1810, to begin, in his fortieth year, the career of a man of letters. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The patent of that nobleman calls for the fortieth degree of north latitude, and he proposed to determine the intersection of that degree with the Delaware by actual observation. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States You have jurisdiction everywhere within the fortieth milestone from the City. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator A nobleman at her table, and though for the fortieth time, was ever fresh and delightful to Mrs. Hanway-Harley. The President A novel Like the author of the hymn he felt the hand of affliction, becoming totally deaf soon after his fortieth year. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes On the fortieth day the convoy came in sight of the Euphrates. With Our Soldiers in France Penn, on the contrary, insisted on finding the fortieth degree by mensuration from the capes of Virginia, the true situation of which had been already ascertained. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The fortieth and forty-first letters of the Second Book relate to the sending of a harper to Clovis, or, as Cassiodorus calls him, Luduin, King of the Franks. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator The latter has already celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of his nomination as cardinal, but the former is well on the way toward his fortieth anniversary as officer at the Union Station. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Between his thirtieth and fortieth years, he composed a number of tunes, and, in 1804 published a two hundred page collection of his own and others' music, which he called the Christian Harmony. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes This was within a few weeks of his fortieth birthday. Life of Father Hecker If we take the earlier date of the martyrdom of Ignatius, Polycarp was now in his fortieth year at least; if the later date, he was close upon fifty. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" The series ended with the presentation of the soul before the judgment seat, on the fortieth day after death. Russian Rambles This young Frédéric Ozanam died in the full vigor of manhood before having attained his fortieth year, of a malady which had already foretold his death. Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air Leaving the bay they cruised along the coast past Cape Cod, and then steered southwest for the fortieth parallel. Days of the Discoverers When the fortieth had passed him he raised his hand. Under Handicap A Novel He, like his friend, has passed his fortieth year, but nowhere save in his abundant locks can one see any sign of approaching age. The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow Causes.—It usually occurs after the fortieth year, and is more common in men than in women. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada So, gently and quickly, I reached my fortieth year; and in order to celebrate this anniversary, I invited myself to take a good dinner all alone in one of the principal cafés. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 Captain Smith's opinion was that if such a passage existed it would be somewhere about the fortieth parallel. Days of the Discoverers Next year Manitoba will be in the fortieth year of its history. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba The consequence of all these diseases is that, in all districts without exception, the coal miners age early and become unfit for work soon after the fortieth year, though this is different in different places. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 The book consists of discourses delivered by Moses to Israel in the plains of Moab over against Jericho, in the eleventh month of the fortieth year of the exodus. Companion to the Bible No one can deny that Champlain had given names to the rivers and harbours of New England as far as Cape Cod, about the fortieth degree of latitude. The Makers of Canada: Champlain The last time but one I was at Farnham, I was asked to stay on another two days to catch the Brownes' fortieth wedding-day. Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books He then steps below, and for the fortieth time reads off the barometer. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels The razor grinders, who grind wet as well as dry, die between forty and forty-five years, and the table cutlery grinders, who grind wet, die between the fortieth and fiftieth year.” The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 On the 29th of September, he completed his fortieth year: cheerful, generous, and good. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 His fortieth summer ran out—a season of short days and nights speeding on the heels of night. My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People And all these causes together are known to produce currents of air in the Atlantic, varying from east to northeast, as far as the fortieth degree of latitude. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 He was a devout Priest and a mighty Preacher of the Word, and it was in the fortieth year of his age. The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes And when a man is born a bachelor, the signs unmistakable are hardly apparent at thirty; it is not until the fortieth year is approached that the fateful markings become recognizable. Mike Fletcher A Novel In the fortieth Psalm, the value of every other kind of sacrifice being first denied, the words follow, “then said I, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God.” Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series It is safe to predict that from the tenth to the fortieth year a well-managed orchard will give an average yearly income of $100 an acre above all expenses, including interest on the original cost. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm All who have not passed their fortieth year are expected to attend these reunions. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah Probably the famous Countess of Desmond, who died from the effects of a fall from a cherry-tree in her one hundred and fortieth year, would have satisfied him. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent He married after he had passed his fortieth year. The Home in the Valley "I like the gray-and-rose room best," announced Winifred, after a critical survey, as if she were inspecting both rooms for the first time instead of the fortieth. Mrs. Red Pepper If we may judge by line 51, and if Greek musical tradition be correct, the date of the Hymn cannot be earlier than the fortieth Olympiad. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological And she took down a big leather-bound Bible, and opened it to the fortieth chapter of Isaiah. The Other Girls To return to Rome: what a Rome! the fortieth day of rain, and damp, and abominable reeking odors, such as blessed cities swept by the sea-breeze—bitter sometimes, yet indeed a friend—never know. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe The wretched king died the 1st of November, 1699, in the fortieth year of his age, and the thirty-sixth of his reign. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power He had just entered on his fortieth year when he took command of that force with which he first defeated the French in Portugal. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Shall we be asked to conclude that the unknown authors adopted Isaiah's style, his phraseology, from the fortieth chapter to the end of the book? The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism The other half can only be accounted for by the extent to which premature decay and death rage among criminals who have passed their fortieth year. Crime and Its Causes Mass., one never knows whether the fifth, the twelfth, or the fortieth page of the explanation will bring him up. Side Lights Witness us-selves at London, the eighteenth day in the month of October, in the two and fortieth year of our crowning. English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day General Lander, a man of great promise, died in his fortieth year. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 He uses it ten times before reaching the fortieth chapter, and twelve times in the chapters following, which the critics have assigned to some unknown author or authors. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism They had reached the fortieth year of pastoral service. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him Thenceforward to his fortieth year his military expeditions scarcely knew any cessation. Ancient Egypt A birthday happened to Mrs. Twist—her fortieth. Captivity In that hour he was in his fifty-first year, she in her fortieth. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary To celebrate his fortieth birthday, he had bought a house on the eastern vista of Central Park, and drifted into a rather indeterminate life, identified with no special purpose, occupation, or set. Success A Novel "A dream of fair women," in my fortieth year, just as I dreamt of them in my sixteenth. Gladys, the Reaper Very few athletes, we are told, come from south of the fortieth parallel of latitude. Outspoken Essays In the Eastern hemisphere its production is principally confined to situations favorable to its growth, lying between the fortieth parallel of north latitude and a corresponding degree south. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. As he moved languidly down the deck and sank into the steamer-chair that bore his name, he assured himself for the fortieth time since leaving England that life bored him to tears. The Honorable Percival Mr. Chamberlain, in his Life of Wagner, calls attention to the curious fact that Wagner produced his operas in pairs for the most part, up to his fortieth year. Beethoven He was then in his fortieth year, and probably in the fullness of his physical powers. Washington's Birthday His fortieth birthday would have come on March 31. An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker He had lived for the world and the world had repaid him as she repays all her lovers with the fruit which is rarely bitter before the fortieth year. The Wheel of Life Sister Agatha ran forward to tell them that it had been suddenly remembered that the thirtieth of the month would be Sister Bridget's fortieth anniversary of her vows. Sister Teresa Of Kin to the last or fortieth Experiment is another which I remember I have sometimes shewn to Virtuosi that were pleas'd not to dislike it. Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) His fortieth year was only completed in 1473, and he was by no means ready to range himself as an ancestor. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Aunt Mollie said that her and Henry were now in the fortieth year on this place, and it had changed in looks a whole lot since they came here. Ma Pettengill Miss Marion looked as if she had passed her fortieth birthday when she spoke in this wise. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 He asked himself the question with some humor as he walked up and down the corridor of the Mission on this his fortieth birthday; and he had asked it many times. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories V. It was in Numa's fortieth year that the envoys came from Rome to ask him to be king. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I On the whole it seems more probable that when he committed himself to matrimony with a young girl, the fifth daughter of Mrs. Bowes, he was approaching his fortieth rather than his fiftieth year. John Knox and the Reformation She was an old maid of fifty: my father had already left his fortieth year behind him. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 All the country," it was said by his envoy, "up to the fortieth degree, was granted to Lord Baltimore. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam In 1867, Mr. Butler was elected to the fortieth Congress from the fifth congressional district of Massachusetts, and in 1869 from the sixth district. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 Even now, on her fortieth birthday, she still believed in the possibility of a conscious state of positive and continued happiness, and regretted that she should have missed it. Leonora The fact is that Addison from his thirtieth to his fortieth year was little better than a denizen of Grub Street. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors He liked birds but he wanted to be getting on to that fortieth door and this was slow progress. The Fortieth Door He has not reached his fortieth year; and what do you want a young man for? The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories The lady in question was a very stout and tall person who had long passed her fortieth year. The Party Then, on the one and fortieth day of my imprisonment, I was again brought before the emperor, who asked me many more questions, which were too long to write. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Shortly before his death he wrote two volumes, styled "The Autobiography of a Seaman," which set forth his history down to 1814, the fortieth year of his age. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I It is a forbidden door—forbidden as that fortieth door in the old story.... The Fortieth Door Three years had passed swiftly by since little Wolfgang Mozart began to study music the night of his father's fortieth birthday. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians They were compelled to run to the north, beyond the fortieth degree. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 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 Beginning of the Nineteenth Century This Joseph Middleton, at the time of his exit, was in about the fortieth year of his age. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Those lines from the eighteenth to the fortieth ought to be written in blood. A Diversity of Creatures It is a forbidden door ... forbidden as that fortieth.... The Fortieth Door When a work of fiction has reached its fortieth edition, one would suppose the author might congratulate himself upon having contributed something of an imperishable character to the literature of the country. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described The cheerfulness and exuberant joy which characterize the poems he wrote before he reached his fortieth year, had bubbled up under the repressions of severe discipline and austerity. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Differing from the Sandemanians in the most essential element of our plea, we hold a very remote relationship to them—that of fortieth cousin, perhaps. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler He, too, died in 1844, not having attained his fortieth year. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical To add a fortieth State to the Union! The Moon-Voyage But no such pretensions are asserted for this production, now in its fortieth thousand. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described On the other hand all the attempts which had been made to the north of the fortieth parallel had failed miserably. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty "Here is the fortieth, then," called Hazelton, as he felt a tug at his line. The High School Boys' Fishing Trip He was strong and straight of body, finely muscular, and did not look over forty, though it was more than eight years ago that he had reached the fortieth milestone. A Spinner in the Sun Mr. Minchin had reached his prime in the underworld, of which he also was a native, without touching affluence, until his fortieth year. The Shadow of the Rope He had reached his one hundred and fortieth sheep, and was beginning to doze off, when Mrs. Fogg suddenly said, "Wilberforce!" Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot A happy mixture of land and water, seen by a bright moon, and beneath the sky of the fortieth degree of latitude, cannot fail to make a pleasing picture. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas I saw General Howard at Gettysburg on the fortieth anniversary of the battle. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe Moreover it would take them beyond the fortieth degree of the southern hemisphere. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera And so of the third, fourth, or fortieth application of the measure. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 Besides, I had a doubt whether I ought to be put on a District so soon again, after having completed two full terms before I reached my fortieth year. Thirty Years in the Itinerancy At last he entered by the fortieth gate, and asked forty pieces of gold—this sum I likewise ordered to be given him. Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes If non-resident does he give the fortieth part to the poor? The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects The southern range of the two genera seems to be nearly beyond the fortieth degree of latitude; but in the northern hemisphere, Loranthus exists in Siberia. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 It spread into all the great towns of England, was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time; at Bath and Bristol fifty. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV In his fortieth year he brought out an anthology of Russian poets that was sufficiently successful to give him a living. Russian Lyrics When the public mourning was over, and the fortieth day completed, the king asked counsel of the officers of state, saying, 'What is next to be done?' Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes At that time, though confident of accomplishing my set purpose, I believed I should be fortunate if my projected book were published before my fortieth year. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography "Dear Dr. Talmage: "When on the 18th of last August we learned that that day was the fortieth anniversary of your arrival in China, the news came upon us unexpectedly. Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. Your envoy will inform you that he reached me on the fortieth day of a continuous fever, which augments throughout the night. The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 3 In family worship I read the fortieth chapter of Isaiah. The Wonders of Prayer A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer To dignify this number still more, sick and wounded persons are supposed, by oriental novelists, to recover and perform the ablution of cure on the fortieth day. Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes Johnson was at that time but in his fortieth year, and much less portly than afterwards. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 383, August 1, 1829 On the fortieth day curiosity induced him to open this room, where he saw a horse, which he mounted, and was carried through the air to Bag dad. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook The country is changing as the railway runs south of the fortieth degree, so as to skirt the eastern base of the Nan Shan mountains. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Dryden and Scott were not known as authors until each was in his fortieth year. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance In the fortieth year of his reign, Constantine the Seventh obtained the possession of the Eastern world, which he ruled or seemed to rule, near fifteen years. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 At the end of this probation, and when he had entered his fortieth year, he emerged from his solitude into more active life. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 But the projectile had now attained the fortieth degree of lunar latitude, at a distance not exceeding 40 miles. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon I had counted twenty pulsations, and was going on fast towards the fortieth, when her husband, coming unexpected from a back parlour into the shop, put me a little out of my reckoning. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy And therefore after counting of ten months of the year, he died in the fortieth year, as the prophet said. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville In the fortieth century before our era, the Sumerians had entered Mesopotamia. The Story of Mankind Fontenelle was as gay-spirited at ninety-eight as in his fortieth year, and the philosopher Newton worked away at his tasks at the age of eighty-three with the same ardor that animated his middle age. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine At length, upon the fortieth day, cold and hunger were too much for him, and he gave himself up to the Black Band, who carried him off, for the second time, to the Tower. A Child's History of England This was nearly about seven years after the King Henry undertook the kingdom, and the one and fortieth year since the Franks governed this land. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle It is pleasant to know that after his fortieth year, God showed him by a series of visions that he had sufficiently broken down the natural man, and that he might leave these exercises off. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature She was reaching her fortieth year, her hair was turning grey, her charms were waning. A Book of Remarkable Criminals Come, let us get up, and ask God to forgive us the sins we have committed; and we will not come out until the end of the day next to the fortieth. First Book of Adam and Eve He came of a literary family, and, as he says of himself, from his seventh to his fortieth year study and letter occupied all his available time. A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China Someone proposed a vast bonfire made out of the works of the Forty Academicians into which the Great Victorians might be hurled on their fortieth birthday. Of Human Bondage I had been a sufferer from my childhood till my fortieth year. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature And all this was done in the fortieth year of the reign of the judges; and it had an end. The Book of Mormon But at this moment the Nautilus, raised by the last waves of the tide, quitted her coral bed exactly at the fortieth minute fixed by the Captain. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea The morning of the fortieth dawned, and the young man when he woke gave thanks in an outburst of joy that the danger was passed. The Arabian Nights The hundred and eight and fortieth year, the four and twentieth day of the month Dioscorinthius. Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha His figure, despite the approach of his fortieth year, had remained slender and elastic. The Indian Lily and Other Stories After that fortieth page the Ramblings piled and mixed themselves in three interpenetrating layers. Mr. Waddington of Wyck The health of the luxurious, self-indulgent Louis sensibly declined after he had passed his fortieth year. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 Why we shall smash him to shivers, if one fortieth part of the people are but as good as their word. The Two Guardians or, Home in This World This hundred and eight and fortieth year, the fifteenth day of the month Xanthicus. Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha Pope is the like situated; that which displayed most the power of his mind—which claims for him the greatest praise—his Essay on Man, &c. appeared after his fortieth year. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827 This occurred in the fortieth year after the departure from Egypt, Eusebius says, that in his time her sepulchre was still to be seen at Kadesh. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I Franklin was forty-two years old at this time; and it is a singular fact that his career as a philosopher did not begin really until he had passed his fortieth birthday. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin The Council of Ancients, composed of two hundred and fifty members, who had completed their fortieth year, was charged with adopting or rejecting them. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 The fortieth day had been fixed for our return; and the quick eyes of the Indians, who were on the lookout for us, discovered our flag as we wound among the hills. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources The year before a gypsy at Epsom had solemnly warned me that a great change would come into my life on or before my fortieth birthday. Ruggles of Red Gap Such a man is as likely to live to be eighty as I am to see my fortieth birthday. Run to Earth A Novel These events took place between the fortieth and the forty-fifth years of the Christian faith. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time An unmarried French lady belonging to genteel society cannot cross the street unaccompanied till she has passed her fortieth year, nor till then may she open the pages of Victor Hugo or read a newspaper. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne The fortieth night she arose without making any noise and came into his room; but he was awake, and perceiving she had some design upon him, watched all her motions. Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights This man was in about his fortieth year, tall, spare, keenly intellectual in countenance, cold, possessed of an absolute reliance on the powers of science, beyond which his mental processes did not stray. The Sign at Six In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead. The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Chronicles And now I want you to find one more verse about the earth as it hangs in the sky, a very beautiful verse in the fortieth chapter of Isaiah. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation British Museum, speaks of Pasquin as performed for the fortieth time on April 21, 1736: and quotes an advertisement of the play for March 5. Henry Fielding: a Memoir Among these, the thirty-second of Deuteronomy, the fortieth of Isaiah, and other passages full of the gospel, were repeatedly called to mind; and above all, in blowing weather, the forty-sixth Psalm delighted me. Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead. The Bible, King James version, Book 13: 1 Chronicles It is generally admitted that all were called adolescentes by the Romans, who were between the fifteenth or seventeenth year of their age and the fortieth. Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War Some observe the third and the thirtieth, others the seventh and the fortieth. Purgatory To Caecina this year proved the fortieth of his sustaining as officer or soldier the functions of arms; a man in all the vicissitudes of war, prosperous or disastrous, well experienced and thence undaunted. The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola This first overture the prophet made in the month of Ramadân, in the fortieth year of his age, which is therefore usually called the year of his mission. The Koran (Al-Qur'an) I was now past my fortieth mile, and though the heat had gone, yet my dead slumber had raised a thousand evils. The Path to Rome These hundred tales and sketches of Hawthorne, broadly speaking, embody the literary results of his life, especially from his thirtieth to his fortieth year, and represent all its activities. Nathaniel Hawthorne Lately we deplored together his death, and now, while Prince Honorius is present before our altars, we celebrate the fortieth day. Purgatory Like the handwriting of most men, it was at its best between the twenty-fifth and the fortieth years of life; and in some instances it is a remarkably beautiful type of penmanship. Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance "Will you tell him to drive home," she said, with a firm voice, and a smile which if anyone care to understand, let him read Spenser's fortieth sonnet. The Marquis of Lossie General Watrin, with the sixth light infantry and the twenty-second and fortieth of the line, started in pursuit and drove him nearly a thousand rods beyond the rivulet. The Companions of Jehu The time covered by a representative's term is called a congress; thus we speak of the fortieth congress, meaning the fortieth two years of our constitutional existence. Studies in Civics The Armenians say one on the day of burial and one on the seventh, fifteenth, and fortieth after death; also one on the anniversary day. Purgatory The consciousness of his true vocation had been awakened in him; and to that, on the eve of his fortieth year, he thenceforth solemnly devoted the remainder of his life. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam SCENE: A corridor in the library of Morton College, October of the year 1920, upon the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of its founding. Plays M. de Valensolle staked a second cane at the fortieth pace. The Companions of Jehu A person is never raised to the dignity of a prince, or governor of a city, until he has attained to his fortieth year; for then they say he has acquired experience. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time But now, just as you have shortened your reins for the fortieth time or so, your master rides up beside you. In the Riding-School; Chats with Esmeralda It was upon the morning of her fortieth birthday, that, with considerable shrinking, she set out upon a voyage of discovery upon the unknown sea of her own countenance. Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. SENATOR: The fortieth anniversary of the founding of your grandfather's college? Plays He had reached his fortieth year before he abandoned sheep-raising and journeyed to Edinburgh, there definitely to adopt the literary career. The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 "You're back just in time, if you can stay a few days; the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the college begins to-morrow." John Wesley, Jr. The Story of an Experiment Of 10,000 men at the age of twenty, there will die before they complete their fortieth year,— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 She was in her fortieth year, but she had already announced her purpose of retiring from the stage. Hawthorne and His Circle Nevertheless, Lorrain did not gain much fame till about his fortieth year, when he was noticed by Cardinal Bentivoglio, and was given certain commissions by him. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Justin Martyr was born at Rome about the year 100, and was writing most abundantly from his fortieth to his forty-fifth year. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People The south boundary was to be "a circle drawn at twelve miles' distance from Newcastle northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward." A Brief History of the United States As these Letters were not written until the prince had passed his fortieth year, it will be necessary, before considering them in detail, to give a brief sketch of his previous career. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century |
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