| 单词 | fourscore |
| 例句 | The kings and common folk, courtiers and soldiers in these productions add up to threescore or fourscore. Review: ‘DruidShakespeare: The History Plays’ Is Complete With a Crown Fit for Many Kings 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z At 78, Mr. Petherbridge, hasn’t quite reached fourscore, but he’s had a long and eventful career. The King’s the Thing, Not the Play, for an Actor Who Would Be Lear 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Toward the end of our play, King Lear explicitly states his age: “I am a very foolish, fond old man, fourscore and upwards, not an hour more or less.” Learning 'Lear': Feeling the Pain 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The fourscore felines are shy but ready to be taken in by cat lovers, according to the Riverside County Department of Animal Services. Calling all cat lovers: 80 felines found in hoarder's home up for adoption in Riverside County 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z In the words of the Psalms, “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow.” ‘Words are the best weapons with which to come to terms with ageing’ 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z A survey of the fourscore movies officially selected by their nations for Oscar consideration in the foreign-language film category offers both idiosyncratic perspectives and surprisingly familiar approaches. It's a wide world of foreign-language Oscar contenders: Here are 13 notable films 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The Psalm continues gloomily with "and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away". Will I live longer than my cat? 2012-09-04T07:11:57Z Providence seemed to wind him up For fourscore years, Yet ran he nine winters more; Till, like a clock, Worn out with repeating time, The wheels of weary life At last stood still. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z Inscriptions which are still extant testify to nearly fourscore of these collegia, each consisting of the members of a different trade or profession. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Lull attained fourscore years, the latter half of his life being dominated by his burning purpose to convert Islam. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z As a tour de force on the part of a man of nearly fourscore years they are very remarkable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Now Euripides happened not to be born till about fourscore years after �sop's death. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z So soon as he heard of it, he set off by post to meet the charge, traveling one hundred miles in a single day, though then bowed down with the weight of fourscore years. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Dean Hole names the Spir�as, Deutzias, Weigelas, and Forsythias as having been brought into his ken in English gardens within his own lifetime, that is within fourscore years. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z To conclude: Many exemplary men have I known, holy in heart and life, within fourscore years; but one equal to him I have not known, one so inwardly and outwardly devoted to God. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z There shall be fourscore ever ready to your call, night or day. Andromache A Play in Three Acts 2012-02-19T03:00:15.203Z The number of people in Ireland have more than doubled in fourscore years. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z Nabonidus was not yet an old man in years; but few would have been able to make out whether it had taken fourscore years, or five, to produce his peculiar appearance. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z She seemed less moved than any person present; she could not see what we saw, the tiny gallant figure bent with fourscore and ten years of study and hard labor. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The next day a party of fourscore men were sent to drive the pack horses to the river side to load the booty in two Spanish canoes. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Yes, I who now, with angry tears, Am exiled back to brutish clod, Have borne unquenched for fourscore years A spark of the eternal God; And to what end? Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 2012-01-09T03:00:25.087Z All this was after a period of fourscore years of profound internal peace—and the question was, what was the cause of it? The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z This Prince, who was then fourscore Years of Age, had nevertheless all the Presence of Mind and all the Vigour of a Man of thirty. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z About fourscore Years ago this City was but a Village. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-06T03:00:25.023Z Judge Rockwood Hoar, fast nearing the fourscore milestone, Doctor Bartol, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe—all the great poet's friends and contemporaries were there to pay their last tribute. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z Hark, on the air tolls out the passing bell, Fourscore and ten and yet again fourscore; Tread lightly now, it is the parting knell For two great spirits gone out evermore. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z They are all my own: In fine, he is vehement, and bleeds on to fourscore or an hundred; and I, not willing to tempt fortune, come away a moderate winner of two hundred pistoles. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z There he found a Guard of fourscore Men, with a Captain and a Pair of Colors. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z This Minister died17 lately, having lived to the Age of fourscore. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-06T03:00:25.023Z The burden of years sits lightly upon me," he remarked to a friend that day, "but after fourscore years the encroachments of time make themselves felt with rapidly increasing progress. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z Bismarck and Von Moltke, who assumed heavier responsibilities than almost any other men of the nineteenth century, saw their fourscore years pass over them a good while before the end came. Health Through Will Power 2011-08-18T02:00:20.367Z From the commencement of 1852 until within a week of his death, we find him constantly active, with the weight of fourscore years and more; yet he never for a moment faltered in his mission. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z The Count de Witgenstein was restor'd not long after to his Liberty, on paying down a Fine to the King of fourscore thousand Crowns. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-08T03:00:19.933Z To supply a room with walls of a seeming solidity, with doors and with windows, appears natural enough to us, but it was a startling innovation fourscore years ago. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z And what of the sower at fourscore years? Charles Edward Putney An Appreciation 2011-07-18T02:00:24.397Z It was suggested to the dying rabbi that if compassionating folk would render him up a portion of their lives, Hakkadosh might attain his fourscore years. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z It was to him the 'Book of books;' and, at the advanced age of more than fourscore years, its truths, still fresh in his memory, continually employed his understanding, and its glories enraptured his heart. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z He has almost reached fourscore and ten years. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z He was uncommonly tall and muscular, and, notwithstanding that he bordered upon seventy years, appeared to possess sufficient vigour to enable him to attain the age of fourscore. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z In the place from whence it was first moved it left a gaping distance forty foot broad, and fourscore ells long: the whole field was about twenty acres. The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble 2011-06-12T02:00:06.820Z “He,” being then “near fourscore, seems to have been in danger.” Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z His life was protracted beyond fourscore years; he enjoyed a very large share of health and strength through that whole time. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z “Ha!” cried Martin, “here are fourscore volumes of the ‘Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences,’ perhaps there may be something curious and valuable in this collection.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z In short, who shall satisfy us that any essential difference exists between its four hours and our fourscore years? Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z Thou, upon whom thy years fourscore So lightly sit, thou hast a store Of memories such as they alone May have whose hearts all truth have known. Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z Well, the other day he was walking up and down his old quarter-deck, and about fourscore of my Yankee prisoners were up on deck for air and exercise. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z Was it of necessity limited to fourscore years, or could it be extended indefinitely? were questions curious minds never wearied of asking. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z But after they had drawn up about fourscore fathoms, they felt a weight again, which made them take heart; and at length they plainly saw Don Quixote. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z The days of our years are threescore and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z He had seen the man go into the inn while the dance was in progress, and no doubt he had delivered his fourscore scudi to the chief. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z It is generally considered that a man should clip threescore and ten sheep in a day, a good clipper fourscore.' Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z At the junction of Broadway and Sixth Avenue stands the statue of his son, William Earl Dodge, whose life of almost fourscore years ended in 1883. War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ 2011-04-18T02:00:09.590Z Yes, Doll's a dev'lish fine girl, and I shall give fourscore thousand pounds with her. Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z Not in Bulstrode mansion—where the prisoner was surrounded by fourscore cuirassiers? The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The other side had Mr. G. with his fourscore years and four. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 15th 1893 2011-03-26T02:00:12.713Z He was more than fourscore years of age, yet he contrived to get creditably through an amount of mental and bodily labour which would have prostrated many men not past their prime. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z Since that happened I have seen fourscore years pass by me, yet I was older then than you are now.” The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Yes, I'll marry her—a dowdy—he's a seller of figs—yet, fourscore thousand— Sir J. B. And yet, do you know—— Lack. Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z His face was as lined and seamed as that of his mother, who had counted nearly fourscore years, but his frame was almost as supple as at thirty. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Ha!" cried Martin, "here are fourscore volumes of the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Each says to each, 'Our fourscore years, thrice told, Would leave us young:' the soul is never old! How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z I have partaken of that food for fourscore years and ten—have converted it into wisdom, and expect to be thus engaged during long centuries to come. Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story 2011-02-25T03:01:12.293Z In spite of figs, raisins, canvass sleeves, and moist sugar, have at Miss Bull, of Garlick Hill, and her fourscore thousand! Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z And how is my Lady? and how are the fourscore and one associations for turnkeys' widows and dog-stealers' orphans doing? Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z A begging friar of a convent in Paris, publicly bragged that his wallet was worth fourscore thousand livres a year. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z What wisdom has been gathered from the passing of fourscore years! Your Negro Neighbor 2011-02-14T03:00:35.203Z There are not ten finer Verses together in Mr. Waller's Poems, yet he wrote them when he was above fourscore Years old. An Essay on Criticism 2011-02-06T03:00:52.167Z Beneath this roof—the soul and the perfect symbol of sublimity!—are ranged more than fourscore monuments to heroic martial persons who have died for England, by land or sea. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z Of the Indians of Nilco were taken prisoners, fourscore women and children, and much spoil. A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 2011-01-20T03:00:07.377Z We might reduce all the land which yields good returns to seventy-five millions of square acres; but let us state them at fourscore millions. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z My mother is in excellent health for a woman of fourscore; but she naturally wishes to see us, and you in particular. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Then came the roar of the first gun, fired by old Mr. Ruffin, gray-haired, nearly fourscore. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z "Ah, well, it's what we must all come to one day, and rector has lived out his time; why he must have been fourscore at least." Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z Why, he’d have lived till fourscore safe if bad management and country doctors had not drawn the regal complaint into his stomach, where it would stop. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z His years, at the period we speak of, were fourscore and four. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 And this of my venerable grandmother, who had fairly seen her fourscore years! The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Our English archers bent their bows— Their hearts were good and true; At the first flight of arrows sent, Full fourscore Scots they slew. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) And at Gwales in Penvro ye will be feasting fourscore years, and the Head will talk to you and be uncorrupted till ye open the door looking towards Cornwall. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race He managed so as always to have a good appetite, and never in the progress of more than fourscore years, whether by night or day, to lose it. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician When I am eighty I hope to be a gay granddame skilled in gestic lore, frisking beneath the burthen of fourscore.' The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen Jaaf, though it may seem a short time to you, who are so much my senior, fourscore years are a heavy load to carry. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z And after that knight there presently followed an array of men-at-arms—fourscore and more in all—and these also were clad at all points in armor as though prepared for battle. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions His great life, extending over upwards of fourscore years, makes him a man of the eighteenth century and also of the nineteenth. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 He lived to the age of fourscore without suffering much more from what are usually called the infirmities of age, than most other old men. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician The words of the leader got their support in the rumble of fourscore throats. The Broken Gate A Novel Pillared dust and fleeing shadow As the roadside wind goes by, And the fourscore years that vanish In the twinkling of an eye. Later Poems It seems very probable that the fourscore thousand hewers employed by Solomon for cutting timber did not confine their operations simply to what would now be termed cedars and fir-trees. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" But through these fourscore and sixteen dramas, all painting the habits and characteristics of the present time, the judges appointed by the manager had to read. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 He who with artist's skill scooped out thy seat, Trim made thy elbows, uprights, and thy feet, Now fourscore years and four has measured o'er, And waits his summons to the heavenly shore. The Arm Chair For a time, in the midst of the troubles of the League, Amyot was driven from his palace, but he returned and died, at the full age of fourscore, in 1594. A Short History of French Literature Why is the Outlook like a man of fourscore? The Handbook of Conundrums When they that came from the king blasphemed, thine angel went out, and smote among them a hundred and fourscore and five thousand. The Bible Story And yet that went perhaps to fourscore parts. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 The parishes were likewise regulated, competent allowances were made to the ministers, to the value of about fourscore pounds a year, besides glebes and perquisites, and the method of their preferment was settled. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts This situation, said the Mexicans, was appointed by their God Vitzliputzli, who, according to the explanation of their picture-histories, led their forefathers a journey of fourscore years, in search of the promised land. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Can there be anything more certain than that that kingdom has, by those means, upon all occasions, secured that said interest now near fourscore years? Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century To these were added knights of North Wales and Cornwall, who joined Lancelot for Lamorak's and Tristram's sake, to the number of fourscore. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality In the memoir published by the Gardeners’ Chronicle, which was brief of necessity, fourscore were enumerated, with the addition, here, of ‘many others,’ there, of ‘etc.’ The Woodlands Orchids Accordingly we see that almost fourscore Years have passed over without any Calamity of this kind. A Discourse on the Plague I have walked the world for fourscore years, And they say that I am old; That my heart is ripe for the reaper, Death, And my years are well nigh told. Fugitive Poetry At these words the child departed, but quickly after there came to the king an old man of fourscore years. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur But fashionable society produces few persons, who, like the ex-courtier of King David, assign their fourscore years as a reason for no longer "delighting in the voice of singing men and singing women." Coelebs In Search of a Wife Even though I lived for fourscore years and ten, the sun would nevermore rise for me as it rose before Phœbus died. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. How life appears to him now, from the vantage-ground of his almost fourscore years, it would be interesting to know. Home Life of Great Authors In 1597 he declared that it would “peradventure fall out to be threescore and ten years, or if strength do awe, into fourscore.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Then into the lists rode the King of Northgalis, with a following of fourscore knights, and attended by the three knights of Arthur's court, who stood apart by themselves. Historic Tales, Vol. XIII (of 15), Part I The Romance of Reality. King Arthur Henry II. was forced to walk barefooted three miles to visit Becket’s shrine, and there to receive fourscore lashes from the monks on his bare back. Guy Fawkes or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605 Next fourscore maidens of the court, who loved her well, kept bright lights burning all the night, yet they, too, fell asleep. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children The good Doctor had passed fourscore years, and his share of history-making was over. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria Nor in thy time, oh, man!—What's fourscore years Nay, what, indeed, the age of time itself, Since cut from out eternity's wide round? The Revenge A Tragedy He eased the thundering craft that bore him into a slow-forming curve that did not end for fourscore miles before the wild flight was checked. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 The coach is, doubtless, the most imposing feature of the modern show, and has thus played its part for nearly fourscore years and ten. Dickens' London Then, after fourscore years, the desire for change, for new scenes and new people, is at low ebb. Under the Maples Was he not still her boy—her lamb—for all her fourscore years and all the sorrow they had both known between that day and this? East of the Shadows The fourscore volumes which he wrote are the monument, as they were in some sort the instrument, of a new renaissance. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 When we shall be fourscore we shall still be calling to you, "We are coming," for you will still be beckoning us on as you climb still loftier heights. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV I am an old man now; the burden of fourscore years is resting upon me. The Centurion's Story HIS fourscore years have bent a back of oak, His earth-brown cheeks are full of hollow pits; His gnarled hands wander idly as he sits Bending above the hearthstone's feeble smoke. Silhouettes If a Struldbrug happened to marry one of his own kind, the marriage is dissolved of course, by the courtesy of the kingdom, as soon as the younger of the two comes to be fourscore. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges He enjoyed a strong, robust, and vigorous health; to the age of fourscore. Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness A feeling of that nature can seldom, since the creation of man, have been excited by the marriage of a man on the verge of fourscore. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index And Theophrastus, at fourscore and ten, Had but begun his Characters of Men. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden She lived to above fourscore; unmarried, and loving her young inmates as her children, and beloved by them as a mother. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 He said, They commonly acted like mortals, till about thirty years old, after which, by degrees, they grew melancholy and dejected, increasing in both till they came to fourscore. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges With them, a man of fourscore years ends his career wiser than, without them, he could have been, though he had lived and wrought through ten thousand summers and winters. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character They were unable to sustain the attack of the Romans: a horrible slaughter ensued, and the Carthaginians lost fourscore vessels, among which was the admiral's galley, he himself escaping with difficulty in a small boat. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) She greeted us with Gipsy courtesy, and told us she was ‘fourscore and six years of age.’ Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement This portion of the "Bibliomania," embracing about fourscore pages, contains a Pr�cis, or review of the more popular works, then extant, upon Bibliography. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Active in civic and academic duties till beyond the ordinary period of man, at fourscore and ten his pen, voice, and venerable presence were still efficient in public affairs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Sir William Dawson had considerably overpassed the span of life of which the Psalmist speaks: it was 'by reason of strength' that it was for him well-nigh fourscore years. McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 All the rest, amounting to fourscore and thirteen, with the men on board them, were taken by the Carthaginians; a few soldiers excepted, who had escaped from the wreck of their vessels. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Of the lesser sort feeding on vegetables were in the ark six-and-twenty kinds, estimable, with good allowance for supply, as fourscore sheep. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed It was upon large and fine paper—bound in fourscore volumes—with separately executed title pages, in a style of pure art—and illustrated with not fewer than ten thousand extra plates. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Through heather, moss, 'mongst frogs, and bogs, and fogs, 'Mongst craggy cliffs, and thunder-battered hills, Hares, hinds, bucks, roes, are chased by men and dogs, Where two hours hunting fourscore fat deer kills. The Pennyles Pilgrimage Or The Money-lesse Perambulation of John Taylor Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more; Till like a clock worn out with eating time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Besides these eighteen Placemen, Pallaphilos had many other mock officers, whose names are not recorded, and he was attended by a body-guard of fourscore members of the Inn. A Book About Lawyers Ye who have wept fourscore can tell The holy meaning of their song. Poems Does not the Psalmist say the same?—"If by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow." The Fixed Period He lived to a very great age, being about fourscore and three, and was always very healthy and vigorous. Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. It is notoriously false that there hath been fourscore years' constant practice of presbyterial government in Scotland; for the prelates there were above thirty years' standing. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) The "Uross-ton" shortly made his appearance, a pale and shrivelled old man, bowed down under the weight of fourscore years. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century There is not more than four or five in our town can talk Cornish now,—old people fourscore years old. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities She had perhaps seen fourscore years, And backwards said her daily prayers; Her troop of cats with hunger mewed,— Tabbies and toms, a numerous brood. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) Then, turning to the daughters of Jerusalem, He exclaims:— There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And maidens without number. Union And Communion or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon She was then about fourscore years of age, and suffering from an acute and incurable malady. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Thou and I, Lettice, by reason of strength have come to fourscore years; yet is our life but a vapour that vanisheth away. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot At the close of his long life of more than fourscore years—above half a century spent in itinerant ministry—his avowed adherents numbered more than half a million souls. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan We attended races and fairs in all kinds of disguises; my father was a first-rate hand at a disguise, and could appear of all ages from twenty to fourscore; he was, however, grabbed at last. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' Perchance we shall see no more the massive head framed in its snow-white locks and beard, the piercing eyes, the stalwart frame that bore so lightly the burden of wellnigh fourscore years. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science She was still shrewd, if she had come to fourscore, and offered them half, on her own terms, holding off with the most provoking indifference until they came to an agreement. Floyd Grandon's Honor “Nay, nay, my dear heart, I cannot hope that at fourscore.” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot It was found expedient that ilk parish within the kingdom should receive a collection of ilk man's charity for their help and support, whereupon was collected of this poor parish fourscore pounds.” The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning At last, at the age of fourscore, he was appointed, in 1761, clerk of the closet to the princess dowager. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II "Well then, sir," replied Johnson, "you see there can be no more than fourscore men of fashion who can do this." Dr. Johnson and His Circle A good shearer can do fourscore in a day, and consequently he earns twenty shillings or one sovereign. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent I am well-nigh fourscore years old this day; and if the Lord say, ‘Go not over this Jordan,’ let Him do as seemeth Him good. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot He became a man of influence and comparative wealth, and attained the advanced age of fourscore. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky But I have grown strong and hearty, and no doubt I shall come to fourscore. A Little Girl in Old Boston She listened with a grave face, trying to follow; but it is hard for eighteen to realize at all what even fourscore takes in but dimly. The Gold of Chickaree “At a pinch, I’d say fourscore, sir; but I don’t think a man could do more than that properly, from what I know, and from what I’ve heard.” Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading My lords, I believe ye be all of kin to this house, and the other gentlemen be its friends—a falling house, as represented by a feeble woman of fourscore years and five. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Lor.He is safe, I tell you; His fourscore years and five may linger on As long as he can drag them: 'tis his throne Alone is aimed at. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry In the quiet churchyard of that sweet spot, his tomb and that of his beloved wife Elizabeth are to be seen:— “His age, fourscore years and one.” John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea “He has kept me well-nigh fourscore years, and given me health and strength, and good courage to bear whatever I have had to bear, and He will give you strength, Nelly, according to your need.” Michael Penguyne Fisher Life on the Cornish Coast It was barely sufficient for fourteen days, and even with the fourscore small fish they had caught it was "a poor relief for so many hungry bellies." A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole And, I beseech you, look into Master Froth here, sir; a man of fourscore pound a year; whose father died at Hallowmas:—was’t not at Hallowmas, Master Froth?— Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] I have lived fourscore years and upward; I never heard a man of his place, gravity, and learning, so wide of his own respect. The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] "Ha!" cried Martin, "here are fourscore volumes of the 'Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences;' perhaps there may be something curious and valuable in this collection." Classic French Course in English Marvellously little different, considering all that has passed since '86, and remembering the weight of added years when they come on top of fourscore. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893 Whether or not he achieves this order of success will be all the same fourscore years hence. Men in the Making Giovanni Rostagnal, a venerable protestant, upwards of fourscore years of age, had his nose and ears cut off, and slices cut from the fleshy parts of his body, till he bled to death. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs The frame of the said house to be set square, and to contain fourscore foot of lawful assize every way square without, and fifty-five foot of like assize square every way within. Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration By seven of the clock he had got together good and valiant knights to the number of fourscore, all horsed and armed. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Advancing to Passage the shores are various, and the scenery enlivened by fourscore sail of large ships; the little port of Passage at the water’s edge, with the hills rising boldly above it. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Its moral progress must go on in an unending existence, of which its life of fourscore years on earth is scarce the childhood. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition Judith Revelin, with seven children, were barbarously murdered in their beds; and a widow of near fourscore years of age, was hewn to pieces by soldiers. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs The boatswain of the ill-fated ship and seventeen of the crew were thus saved, but more than fourscore brave fellows went down with her. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 My name," said the old man, "is Abdurrahman, and fourscore and three years ago I was born in this city, not very far from the spot where I now dwell. Tales of the Caliph At the first flight of arrows sent, Full fourscore Scots they slew. English Songs and Ballads She must at least have reached the age of fourscore when on one occasion she had lingered at my mother's house until darkness fell. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile When approaching fourscore, he was installed Duke of Roxburghe, and put on a coronet at an age, long before which most part of mankind have put on their shrouds. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Over fourscore years have passed; and of them, and the gallant lads that manned them, nothing has ever been known. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 And there were fourscore of the Guard; beside divers others not here named. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Some women have it still when they are fourscore. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida That in 1717, seventeen Protestant German families, consisting of about fourscore persons, came and set down near their countrymen. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy We are not destroyed because in the first years of our life we do not rise to all virtue, but are spared to fourscore. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century And now hath every city Sent up her tale3-5 of men: The foot are fourscore thousand, The horse are thousand ten. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 In the mean time, the batteries proceeded, And fourscore cannon on the Danube's border Were briskly fired and answer'd in due order. Don Juan “Now began the golden age of England’s literature; and this age was to last for about fourscore years” 1590 27. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 I did not believe at first that there could be above fourscore. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection One early June day some fourscore years ago, it was 1837 to be precise, a party of distinguished visitors arrived in what was then the little backwoods community of Ann Arbor. The University of Michigan But he has a glance like a rifle-shot, and at fourscore years 'Spring still makes spring in the mind' of this vivacious veteran. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 During my whole life, now rapidly approaching fourscore, I have been a diligent reader, and, as far as my means would allow, a greedy purchaser of all works connected with early English literature. Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College We are approaching to fourscore personages in this establishment; and if the belt has been stolen, the probability is that seventy-nine are innocent and only one guilty. Glyn Severn's Schooldays Well! are fourscore few?—are we talking of peas and beans? Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Let's see—I should think that this milk will procure One hundred good eggs, or fourscore to be sure. Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress General Cass was nearly fourscore years of age, with his public career ended, his work done. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 During my whole life, now rapidly approaching fourscore, I have been a diligent reader, and, as far as my means would allow, a greedy purchaser of all works connected with early English literature. Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College The proverbial “threescore years and ten” was an old story with him, and even the “fourscore” awarded to the strong was receding into the distance. Boycotted And Other Stories At one post he stood From youth till fourscore years, averse to change Though oft-times tempted. Man of Uz, and Other Poems Still he felt it could not be very distant, having already numbered fourscore and four years. The Two Admirals During this procession there died in one hour's time fourscore of those who assisted at it. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March It would not serve any good purpose for you to send a shorthand writer to interview my mother, as she is approaching fourscore years, and her memory is rapidly failing. Real Ghost Stories "I am eight and fourscore, my lord," says he. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Her more than fourscore years Chill'd not in her the genial flow of thought Or energy of deed. Man of Uz, and Other Poems Can you not close your eyes and see them—the mighty giant of fourscore, with his whitened locks, and the slight, slender, handsome boy? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians He died in his hermitage on the 30th day of March, in 605, being fourscore years old. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March All around among the trees and in the sand-pits up- and down-stream, fourscore men are listening to the beating of their own hearts. Marion's Faith. "Because," replied he, "I was eight before I was fourscore." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Upon his suffering couch he lay, Whose noble form and mind The stress of fourscore years had tried, Yet left a charm behind. Man of Uz, and Other Poems Only out in the operating-room the smooth-faced young assistant was curiously counting over some round leaden pellets, and he gave one low whistle when he pushed into a pile a full fourscore. In Happy Valley I have served him these fourscore and six years, and he never did me any harm, but much good; and how can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour? The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Government, after more than fourscore years of unjustifiable procrastination, is at last having the claims adjudicated, and in time the heirs of the long-suffering holders will be paid. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis I imagined that I had fourscore millions of money out at interest, and that I should actually be chosen Pope at the next election. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica Thus flow'd on His almost fourscore years,—levying slight tax On form or mind, while self-forgetful still, He rose to prop the sad, or gird the weak. Man of Uz, and Other Poems Wordsworth, living the life of a recluse near the beautiful lakes of Westmoreland, lasted to fourscore. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Acepsimas, bishop of Honita in Assyria, a man above fourscore years old, but of a vigorous and strong constitution of body, was apprehended, and conducted in chains to Arbela, before the governor. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March And there they remained fourscore years, unconscious of having ever spent a time more joyous and mirthful. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 And when he looked out he saw fourscore knights in complete armour around the house, with the Earl Dwrm at their head. The Mabinogion Vol. 2 And now hath every city sent up her tale of men: The foot are fourscore thousand, the horse are thousands ten. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Cuvier dying at seventy-five, Sir Joseph Banks at seventy-seven, Buffon at eighty-one, Blumenbach at eighty-eight, and Humboldt at fourscore and ten, are some of the cases which make such a supposition altogether reasonable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 At the distance of fourscore miles from the Persian Gulf, the Euphrates and Tigris unite in a broad and direct current. The Arabian Nights Entertainments And because of these fourscore years, it was called the entertaining of the noble head. The Mabinogion Vol. 3 And as long as there remained one of the fourscore knights, he overthrew every one of them at the first onset. The Mabinogion Vol. 2 A novice he, yet with all the assurance of a man whose years have run more than fourscore. A Hero and Some Other Folks There were venerable men of fourscore and ten at that Council; if these books had been first introduced in their lifetime, they must have known it. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity He says in his paper on Arthur Hallam that the Eton debating club known as the Society supplied the British Empire with four Prime Ministers in fourscore years. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Although almost fourscore years and ten he would still walk abroad in all weathers, and took none of the precautions usual for a man of his age. Michael Angelo Buonarroti And now hath every city Sent up her tale of men; The foot are fourscore thousand, The horse are thousands ten. Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys If my years should number fourscore, I shall ne'er forget that sight. Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" Most of the papers garnered here were written after fourscore years—after the heat and urge of the day—and are the fruit of a long life of observation and meditation. The Last Harvest At the time of this event the Marquis of Este was above fourscore; but in the twenty following years he was still alive and active amidst the revolutions of peace and war. Gibbon His dart tremendous!——at fourscore My sole asylum, thou! The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 Eight years over the full fourscore Knew thee: now shalt thou sleep, forgiving All griefs past of the wild world's giving, Moored at last on the stormless shore. Studies in Song, A Century of Roundels, Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets, The Heptalogia, Etc From Swinburne's Poems Volume V. And that is because I am more than half through with my fourscore years and this is my first dog! The Hills of Hingham I passed the slave-stalls, and saw another poor old woman for sale, upwards of fourscore years of age. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government This prince died in the midst of his power and fortune, leaving somewhere about fourscore children. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) Mr. Pellew served at his post till he was fourscore years old, and for years beyond that, he retained the freshness of feeling and enthusiasm of youth. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth "As she said, she never was without a milk cow after that, and she was alive fourscore and fifteen years after the night that was there." Fians, Fairies and Picts And my venerated uncle recently fell asleep in Jesus, at the advanced age of more than fourscore years, like a shock of corn fully ripe. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 My father was then an aged man—fourscore and five years old. Christmas Stories And Legends But it was a good end to see, and nobler far than most lives that are lived to fourscore years. The Black Douglas Darteneuf.—A sum of fourscore thousand pounds not keep you from starving! Dialogues of the Dead Upon the whole, the living interested me more than the dead ... in this gloomy retirement ... notwithstanding these vaults are said to contain very little short of fourscore tombs of departed Emperors and Monarchs. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three And let this simple hymn be the old man's last prayer, bridging over the long interval of well-nigh fourscore years between cradle and grave with a child's first piety:— Love and Life. My Life as an Author I never saw an old woman so good-natured; she is near fourscore, and yet shews very little sign of decay, being still lively and cheerful. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe France had had twelve different governments in fourscore years when Ferdinand Foch came to study in that old building which had once been the college of Navarre. Foch the Man A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies Then came an old man, verging on fourscore, the very beau ideal of the merchant's serving-man of the last century. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852 The library of the University is said, however, to hold fourscore thousand volumes. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three At the age of fourscore he is said to have composed four thousand three hundred and seventy verses. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two He died at Damascus the Year of the Hegira 339, that is, about the Year of Christ 950, when he was about fourscore Years Old. The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan To conclude; many exemplary men have I known, holy in heart and life, within fourscore years, but one equal to him I have not known—one so inwardly and outwardly devoted to God. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Death replies: "Surely! my friend, you're but in jest; Since I was here before, 'T is six and thirty years at least, And you are now fourscore." McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader I was much struck with a large bell, cast about fourscore years ago; the exterior of which was adorned by several inscriptions, and rather whimsical ornaments. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three The sight of this splendid volume would repay the toil of a pilgrimage of some fourscore miles, over Lapland snows. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two More than fourscore years ago, Goethe said that even then national literature was "rather an unmeaning term" as "the epoch of world-literature was at hand." Inquiries and Opinions The turtles on the Brazilian shore are said to be so large as to be enough to dine fourscore men: and in the Indian sea, the shells serve the natives for boats. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. As he came up, Zoroaster and his fourscore men threw up their hands. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster If the old man who goes by that name be indeed he, he must be nigh upon fourscore and ten. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot Here are four editions of this Romance:--to which I suspect fourscore more might be added. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two At last, after fourscore years of heroic struggle and sacrifice by countless heroes, named and nameless, the goal of freedom was attained. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy Do you remember my mentioning, some months ago, the Marquis Moncada—a Spaniard of distinction and fourscore years, my summer neighbour at La Mira? Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals The high altar is a most magnificent and costly structure, and there constantly burn before it upwards of fourscore large silver lamps. A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, 1777 Volume 1 But I have seen the Coliseo, which would swallow that of pretty Verona; it is four times as large I am told, and would hold fourscore thousand spectators. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then, Bowed with her fourscore years and ten, Bravest of all in Frederick town, She took up the flag the men hauled down. Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library After these was brought the gold coin, which was divided into vessels that weighed three talents each, similar to those that contained the silver; they were in number fourscore, wanting three. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. High in the north, for fourscore years alone Fair Harvard's earliest beacon-tower had shone When Yale was lighted, and an answering ray Flashed from the meadows by New Haven Bay. The Poems of Henry Van Dyke Why should he lord it O'er fourscore thousand men, of whom each one Is braver than himself? The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 There was a long, deep swell running, but it did not break, and I was maybe fourscore yards from him. A Sea Queen's Sailing But his ancient colleague did not pray, Because of his sin at fourscore years: He stood apart, with the iron-gray Of his strong brows knitted to hide his tears. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 The republican army consisted of fourscore thousand foot, and twenty thousand horse. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. The death of Judge Martin was regretted by every one as a serious loss to the State, though he had attained very nearly to the age of fourscore. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest At last, in 1727, when he was fourscore and five years old, Sir Isaac Newton died,—or rather he ceased to live on earth. True Stories of History and Biography In the present disappearance of coin, no person could think it the same country in which the present minister of the finances has been able to discover fourscore millions sterling in specie. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) The moral lapse of the first minister of Hampton at the age of fourscore is referred to in the third number of the same periodical. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 They took fourscore years to deliberate on the repeal of an act which ought not to have survived a second session. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) She says that as the Lord has granted her her fourscore years by reason of great strength, she oughtn't to remind Him that He has forgotten her by having an eighty-second birthday. Rose of Old Harpeth Walton's good life was lengthened out to fourscore and ten. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction It was not fourscore years after the crucifixion of Jesus when Pliny wrote this letter; nor seventy years since the apostles of Jesus began to mention his name to the Gentile world. Evidence of Christianity Readers of Mr. Prescott's work on Peru will remember his lively account of Francisco de Carbajal, who at fourscore was more active than are most men at thirty. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 “All the same I am nearly fourscore,” said Mr. Fortescue, smiling as if the compliment pleased him. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance And in each of these cases of decease at fourscore it was some unnecessary imprudence on their part, or who knows but that they might be living yet? Around The Tea-Table However, he tells us, that he has reason to believe that it is about 200 leagues in circuit; and that he was acquainted with about fourscore leagues of its coast. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 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 Here was age, mused the man outside the window; nothing less than fourscore years rested upon those rounded shoulders. The Goose Girl But our own hearts grew tender with thoughts of this life finished at fourscore years with its longing of almost half a century unfulfilled. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Thus, on the very western edge of fourscore years, ended this long and industrious, this peaceful and beautiful life. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 These men of old Gaul had iron constitutions; they did not begin to think themselves old men until they had turned fourscore. Scottish sketches "And do you not know," he said, "I am Finn, son of Cumhal; and there are fourscore fighting men along with me that were never beaten yet." Gods and Fighting Men Now, with them that were here, there were some fourscore and ten quarts that might have been drunk, had they staid an hour or so; and now to ride off thirsty to be killed. Cromwell We counted eight double canoes, and about fourscore people, women, and children. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 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 They live to a great Age very often to fourscore, and hale at that age the Kings Sister was near an hundred. An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape Doesn't the Scripture somewhere say, By reason of strength men oft-times may Even reach fourscore? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 At his house in London he supported a family of fourscore persons, without counting those who attended him in public. Love Romances of the Aristocracy Old Ashbel Green, at fourscore years, when asked why he kept on working, said: "I do so to keep out of mischief." New Tabernacle Sermons Though two or more years short of fourscore at the time of his death he was Lancaster's oldest inhabitant. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 And altho he be near fourscore years of age, yet his greatest delight is in Honour and Majesty, being Pleased with high Titles.most pleased with high and windy Titles given him. An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape The words horse and foot, when they mean soldiery, retain the same form for plural meaning; as,— The foot are fourscore thousand, The horse are thousands ten. An English Grammar He was well advanced in years—at least fourscore, as I afterwards learned—but he sat erect in his saddle, and his eyes were keen and vigorous. For The Admiral Who can justly challenge the reformed presbyterial churches for arbitrary proceedings in matters of church government, practised in some of them for above these fourscore years? The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London Nature is full of freaks, and now puts an old head on young shoulders, and then a young heart beating under fourscore winters. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Like Wilmot Earl of Rochester, he pursued pleasure under every shape, and with as much ardor at fourscore as he had done at twenty. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 Until past fourscore he rode to the death of a stag as well as any. Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles In his old age he was reduced to poverty, or rather to actual beggary; for shortly before his death, when fourscore years old, he was permitted, by royal letters patent, to become a mendicant. Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 Read his published journal, and find how a noble youth can live fourscore years in a little more than one score. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 But the central wisdom, which was old in infancy, is young in fourscore years, and, dropping off obstructions, leaves in happy subjects the mind purified and wise. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Old gentlewoman, says he, I think you are fourscore? The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant Stout Caleb Price walked down the wagon lines, passing fourscore men shaking in their native agues, not yet conquered. The Covered Wagon After them fourscore standards, streamers and banners, and every one that bare had an albe, or else a surplice, and two and two together. The Parish Clerk The century numbers fourscore years; You, fortressed in your teens, To Time's alarums close your ears, And, while he devastates your peers, Conceive not what he means. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell That story showed he had found his vocation, and he poured forth its successors to the tune in all of some fourscore volumes. Martin Rattler I embarked at Ormuz for Goa in India, in a ship on board of which were fourscore horses. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 In their chapel, where assemble the boys of the school and the fourscore old men of the hospital, the founder's tomb stands, a huge edifice emblazoned with heraldic decorations and clumsy, carved allegories. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Old Ashbel Green, at fourscore years, when asked why he kept on working, said, "I do so to keep out of mischief." The Abominations of Modern Society Yes, I who now, with angry tears, Am exiled back to brutish clod, Have borne unqueached for fourscore years A spark of the eternal God; 60 And to what end? The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell He afterwards served in a regiment of dragoons, where by prudent management he saved no less than fourscore pounds. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences As Kenric was making ready to land he looked towards the shore, and there came down some fourscore of the men of Colonsay. The Thirsty Sword This day thy servant is fourscore and ten years old. The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon VI Aweary am I of life's toil and travail: he who like me has seen pass of years fourscore, well may he be sick of life! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 And Mr. Wood will never be at rest but coin on: So that in some years we shall have at least five times fourscore and ten thousand pounds of this lumber. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters But the central wisdom which was old in infancy is young in fourscore years, and dropping off obstructions, leaves in happy subjects the mind purified and wise. Ralph Waldo Emerson Your daughter spent in Genoa, as I heard, one night, fourscore ducats! Shakespeare's play of the Merchant of Venice Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre, with Historical and Explanatory Notes by Charles Kean, F.S.A. For fourscore years has thy servant offered his prayers to the God of his fathers. The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon The only inhabitants of education were the clergyman, a man of great simplicity of character, who had never been at the University, and my great-uncle, of above fourscore, and a recluse. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character It is simply the presentment of the panorama of nearly fourscore momentous years as unrolled before one pair of eyes. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe The country produces ginger and galingale in immense quantities, insomuch that for a Venice groat you may buy fourscore pounds of good fine-flavoured ginger. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Thou stick'st a dagger in me:—I shall never see my gold again: Fourscore ducats at a sitting! fourscore ducats! Shakespeare's play of the Merchant of Venice Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre, with Historical and Explanatory Notes by Charles Kean, F.S.A. He gazed on it, at intervals, with unchanging affection for upwards of fourscore years. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden In each year the total number of victims of illegal execution continued to number three- or fourscore; but no one could ever be sure that every instance had been recorded. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia This vehicle will, upon occasion, go fourscore miles a day; but Mr. Walpole, being in no hurry, chooses to make easy journeys of it, and we go about six miles an hour. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters It would be interesting to know the relation that this gentle lady bore to those Pazzi who had earned a fame so unlike hers fourscore years before she saw the light. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. About two hours before night, being joined by some others, in all about fourscore horse, among whom we fancied were some women, they came upon us with great fury. The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801) Hyacinth Halvey: The tents on the fair green; there will be music in it; there was a fiddler having no legs would set men of threescore years and of fourscore years dancing. New Irish Comedies What wisdom was gathered from the passing of fourscore years! A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia He kept a good establishment, in the most interesting portion of which dwelt three decaying creatures, the youngest fourscore years of age and more. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Her house is large and her grounds pleasant, and her fourscore years did not prevent her painting several hours a day, and, like some other ladies of whom we know, she was "eighty years young." Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. In the largest temple in the kingdom, disused because polluted by a murder some years before, I was to be lodged, secured by fourscore and eleven chains locked to my left leg. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction He said they commonly acted like mortals till about thirty years old; after which, by degrees, they grew melancholy and dejected, increasing in both till they came to fourscore. From Chaucer to Tennyson Mean ye To pass that gulf that lies between ye Of fourscore years, as we skip ages In turning o'er historic pages? The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays And he said unto him, Take thy bill and write fourscore. Town and Country Sermons Suddenly the shriek of one voice, but from fourscore throats, rent the agonized quiet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 At the age of fourscore, he voluntarily accompanied his young master Orlando into exile, and offered to give him his little savings. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook He would not taste, but swallowed life at once; And scarce had reached his prime ere he had bolted, With all its garnish, mixed of sweet and sour, Full fourscore years. Lectures on Art He left his life the year of our God, Thirteen hundred fourscore and three odd. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 384, August 8, 1829 Whence proceeds so regular a society, for seventy or fourscore years, without any interruption? The Existence of God It is safe enough for me; nobody will care to interfere with an old fellow of hard upon fourscore when there are so many people there much better worth interfering with. A Tale of Two Cities He died at the age of fourscore, "lamented and beloved, regretted and honored," if we can believe his monumental tablet. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Though fourscore years he give Yet one would pray to live Another moon! Songs of a Savoyard Their domestic feuds are suspended on the approach of a common enemy; and in their last hostilities against the Turks, the caravan of Mecca was attacked and pillaged by fourscore thousand of the confederates. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Their present numbers are esteemed from fifty to fourscore thousand souls, the remnant of a populous church, which was gradually decreased under the impression of twelve centuries. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 The villa of Marius was purchased, within a few years, by Lucullus, and the price had increased from two thousand five hundred, to more than fourscore thousand, pounds sterling. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 But as the warlike emperor, instead of Constantius, had chosen Alexander for his model, he advanced without delay to Carrhæ, a very ancient city of Mesopotamia, at the distance of fourscore miles from Hierapolis. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 We cannot, on this occasion, forget the desperate courage of about fourscore gladiators, reserved, with near six hundred others, for the inhuman sports of the amphitheatre. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 As the distance of fourscore miles from the Gulf, the Euphrates and Tigris unite in a broad and direct current, which is aptly styled the river of the Arabs. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 But the national enmity, at least the effects of that enmity, had been suspended by a truce, which continued above fourscore years. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 V Since last the Great Twin Brethren Of mortal eyes were seen, Have years gone by an hundred And fourscore and thirteen. Lays of Ancient Rome He sincerely abhorred the system of Oriental despotism, which Diocletian, Constantine, and the patient habits of fourscore years, had established in the empire. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 A thousand years afterwards, Italy could boast, that of the fourscore most generous and celebrated wines, more than two thirds were produced from her soil. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 And the band increased by other stout hearts till by the end of the summer fourscore good men and true had sworn fealty. Robin Hood From Belgrade to the Euxine, from the conflux of the Save to the mouth of the Danube, a chain of above fourscore fortified places was extended along the banks of the great river. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 XI And now hath every city Sent up her tale of men; The foot are fourscore thousand, The horse are thousands ten. Lays of Ancient Rome From the first debates it appeared, that only fourscore prelates adhered to the party, though they affected to anathematize the name and memory, of Arius. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 The Magi, or sacerdotal order, were extremely numerous, since, as we have already seen, fourscore thousand of them were convened in a general council. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Of clerks there were present fourscore, gentle and honourable men, clad in grey cloaks bordered with sable. Four Arthurian Romances His title was disputed by Thomas, the last of the military triumvirate, who transported into Europe fourscore thousand Barbarians from the banks of the Tigris and the shores of the Caspian. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 They live generally to seventy, or seventy-five years, very seldom to fourscore. Gulliver's Travels Prior Stephen attained his fourscore years, ruling the Convent wisely and well to the very end: ay, and never ailed aught, his call coming as it might be straight from the mouth of the Lord. Gathering of Brother Hilarius Within fourscore years after the death of Christ, the humane Pliny laments the magnitude of the evil which he vainly attempted to eradicate. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 It is in this sense that Waller, after completing fourscore years of age, expresses himself in these affecting and interesting couplets. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author For it is said there fell more than twenty-five thousand of the enemy; of the Romans, as Posidonius relates, a hundred; as Nasica, only fourscore. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans "He'll strike this silver dollar out from between my finger and thumb at fourscore yards, and I'll hold it out for a gold merk; what more would ye have of eye, hand, lead, and gunpowder?" The Bride of Lammermoor He accordingly gave her a long particular of things necessary for a planter, which, by his account, came to about fourscore or a hundred pounds. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders Old Martha was standing at a table trussing a pair of chickens for the market stall as she had trussed them for nearly fourscore years. Beasts and Super-Beasts At the other side of the clearing, fully fourscore tents were pitched, some gray and mended, others dazzlingly white in their newness. The Damnation of Theron Ware Those in years were startled, and clamored against the order; he demanded wherein he injured them, "For I," says he, "am now fourscore, and am ready to lead you." Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans I have attired myself like a very civil citizen, To draw fourscore pound from a couple of fools. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 I previously knew that in most countries, which are denominated civilized, law was voluminous: but I had never till then imagined that one man could himself compile a hundred and fourscore volumes! The Adventures of Hugh Trevor At the expiration of a hundred and fourscore days the king gave another entertainment of seven days, for "all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small." Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I But here he seemeth not to have done justice to himself: the man is sure enough a hero who hath his lady at fourscore. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 At last, in 1727, when he was fourscore and five years old, Sir Isaac Newton died,—or rather, he ceased to live on earth. Biographical Stories (From: "True Stories of History and Biography") Soon he will be gone, a patriarch of fourscore, yet shall retain a sort of infantine life in our local history, as the first town-born child. Main Street (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") A few extracts follow: Dr. Holmes referred to Mr. Wilder as: "The venerable and venerated friend who has outlived the fruits of fourscore seasons, and is still ripening as if his life were all summer." The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Just imagine; and that, too, at fourscore and ten years of age. The Imaginary Invalid She has such a Devil of a Disposition, that she cannot be quiet, though there are fourscore miles between us, which I wish were lengthened to 400. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 The number of my years is past fourscore: How may this be? Poems Then she counted the dead and found that he had slain fourscore of the knights and other twenty had taken flight. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II So she rose and beginning with one candle, lighted fourscore and sat down again. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Its fourscore white dwellings, scattered unevenly along the shady margins of a straight and ample street, are mostly large, substantial granges, each with its little suburb of dependencies making a hamlet by itself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics For fourscore years and ten did the same hard fortune pursue the owners of Bangletop. The Water Ghost and Others Oh that I were but King of France for fourscore or a hundred years! Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 For fourscore years she had moved on it, and eaten of the tree, forbidden and permitted. The Virginians In this pavilion were fourscore windows and fourscore hanging lamps and in the midst a great chandelier of gold. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I I am this day fourscore and five years old.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Nature is full of freaks, and now puts an old head on young shoulders, and then a young heart beating under fourscore winters.—Emerson. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day That his father had sustained the sublime office of Censor, I have before remembered: he himself lived to fourscore years, and for his warlike feats in Thrace, had obtained the glory of triumph. The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola When Colonel Wildman became proprietor of the Abbey he found Joe Murray flourishing in a green old age, though upward of fourscore, and continued him in his station as butler. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey Why, before they got to the village they had fourscore horsemen at their backs. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day And for the lady, she is too wealthy to fall to a poor Scottish lord, or I would put in my own claim, fourscore years and all, or not very far from it. Quentin Durward In their chapel, where assemble the boys of the school, and the fourscore old men of the Hospital, the founder's tomb stands, a huge edifice: emblazoned with heraldic decorations and clumsy carved allegories. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family And He never would 'a made 'em threescore and ten, or for men of any strength fourscore, if His will had been to jerk us over them. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War It was perhaps fourscore yards through, and half-way I stopped to listen. The Yeoman Adventurer For a decade or two it was all well enough, but when it comes to fourscore years, one's patience gets exhausted. Obiter Dicta This is much the best way of curing them, and one may cure, in such a Room, fourscore dozen at a time. The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm There they remained fourscore years, unconscious of having ever spent a time more joyous and mirthful. Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic Here is my aunt, in stronger spectacles, an old woman of fourscore years and more, but upright yet, and godmother to a real, living Betsey Trotwood. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction It was 'fourscore' that the number fell on in the first text, 'feet' in the second, 'deep' in the third, 'well' in the fourth, 'north' in the fifth. Moonfleet They who defame virtuous women and bring not four witnesses, scourge them with fourscore stripes, and receive ye not their testimony forever, for these are perverse persons…. Mahomet Founder of Islam It reached its zenith in 1901, when after settling terms of peace with several foreign powers he passed off the stage at the ripe age of fourscore. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents And because of these fourscore years, it was called "The Entertaining of the Noble Head." Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic Happily, however, the fruitage is ever with us of the poet's full fourscore years of splendid achievement with the hallowing memory of a forceful, opulent, and blameless life. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam Was it the north well, or to north of the well—or, was it fourscore feet north of the deep well? Moonfleet He lived near fourscore years after Chaucer, but seems to have made but little improvement in versification. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. Still the great edifice grew up, and Gundulf, who lived to the age of fourscore, saw his great keep completed from basement to battlement. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 He said to him: Take thy bill, and write fourscore. The first New Testament printed in English Smitten at fourscore by the death of his son, and by deaths all around, he kept to his task. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam I wonder I had not thought of Carisbrooke before you spoke; and there he can get fourscore feet, and twice and thrice fourscore, if he list, and none to stop him. Moonfleet What a rogue this is, to read a lecture to me—and mine own lesson too, which he knows I have made perfect to nine hundred fourscore and nineteen! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days. Short Stories Old and New And all the days of Isaac were complete, which were an hundred and fourscore years, and he consumed and died in good mind, and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him. Bible Stories and Religious Classics The first to manifest itself in childhood, it was still active at the age of fourscore. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam My fourscore years' acquaintance with life has rendered me more solicitous for methods of abbreviating existence, than of prolonging it. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Her complexion is very white for a woman of her age, and although the wrinkles of fourscore years are deeply indented in her cheeks, yet the crimson of youth is distinctly visible. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison From seventeen years till now, almost fourscore, Here lived I, but now live here no more. Old Mortality, Volume 1. Do you remember adding that "a premium should be offered for men of fourscore, as, with one foot in the grave, they would be less likely to run away"? Memories of Hawthorne Sir Allan Bellingham is such a fresh-looking active gentleman that I could hardly bring myself to think that he had reached, by reason of strength, the scriptural fourscore. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland A healthful grown person beats 70 times in a minute, declining to 60 at fourscore. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children That I am still here, young man, is the pleasure of the Lord, who has spared me until I have seen fourscore long and laborious years, for his own secret ends. The Prairie At seventeen years many their fortunes seek, But at fourscore it is too late a week. Old Mortality, Volume 1. From a hidden pathway at the foot of the hills the brigands came out singly, fourscore of them at least. Princess Maritza These by Gerenian Nestor all were led, In fourscore ships and ten in order due. The Iliad An infant's pulse is 140, a child of seven about 80, and from 20 to 60 years it is 70 beats a minute, declining to 60 at fourscore. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children They who think man enjoys all the knowledge of the creatur's of God, will live to be disappointed, if they reach, as I have done, the age of fourscore years. The Prairie Noah therefore began his preaching about the four hundred and fourscore year of his life, which continuing the space of sixscore more, it reached to the day that the flood came. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 I wonder where I shall rove at fourscore!' The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Who can know the ways of a maid fourscore years after? Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Was she carrying enough milk to buy a hundred, or even fourscore, good eggs? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 I longed for a life whose abundance would fill centuries, I scorned the life of fourscore winters. The Secret Rose There was a clear stream of running water within shot of our cannon, and about it were fourscore or an hundred of the enemy's rabble, drawing water. The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Then the table was laid and they ate and drank and made merry; and presently there appeared before them fourscore slave-girls, each with an instrument in her hand of the instruments of mirth and music. Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp Apropos, they are sending from hence fourscore officers to Poland, each of whom I suppose, like Almanzor, can stamp with his foot and raise an army. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Let me see,—I should think that this milk will procure One hundred good eggs, or fourscore, to be sure. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 At last, at the age of fourscore, he was appointed, in 1761, Clerk of the Closet to the Princess Dowager. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 They were the eyes and ears of the monarchy; they provided the monarch with fourscore eager hands to work his sovereign will. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism He saw Mr. Pelham at a distance and called to him, and asked him if it were worth while to make all this fuss to take off a gray head fourscore years old? The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 And when one can afford to pay for every relief, comfort, or assistance that can be procured at fourscore, dares one complain? The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 No doubt, no doubt!" said the other, very sharply, "you'd like to draw the land dry with potato crops, and have fourscore hogs snoring in the farmyard; that's your idea of a farm. It Is Never Too Late to Mend I did hear and understand in all places great bewailing and lamentation made, by reason of destroying and burning of above fourscore thousand of Martin Luther's books, entituled, His last Divine Discourses. Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects Aged as he was, and he must have long since passed his fourscore years, his form was erect as that of a youth. Oak Openings The latter call themselves fourscore thousand; ours sixty. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 I could not make less than fourscore bows, of which about twenty might be to Whigs. The Journal to Stella In eight and twenty days, I'll make an old man of fourscore, a child. The Alchemist The Pasha, admiral of the sea, one thousand aspers the day, two thousand one hundred fourscore and ten thousand pounds. Voyager's Tales They had spit some three or fourscore ounces between 'em, afore we came away. Every Man out of His Humour The French in Bavaria are quite dispirited-poor wretches! how one hates to wish so ill as one does to fourscore thousand men! The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Tell him so, and that I would write if I knew where to direct to him; which I have said fourscore times already. The Journal to Stella He began his poem on the Roman gladiatorial combats; indeed his years, fourscore and one, left his intellectual eagerness as unimpaired as that of Goethe. Alfred Tennyson The Aga of the janisaries, general of the footmen, five hundred aspers the day, and maketh by the year in sterling money one thousand fourscore and fifteen pounds. Voyager's Tales Moreover, there stood before him the fourscore damsels each and every saying to the full moon, "Rise that I may seat myself in thy stead!" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 They talk of a majority of fourscore: we shall see to-morrow. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Hers was "an angel's face a little cracked," but all men would crowd to her door when she was fourscore. The Journal to Stella So he rose and repaired to the druggist and said to him, "O Uncle, lend me other thirty dirhams, and to-morrow, Almighty Allah willing, I will repay thee the whole fourscore." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 The Seiefir, servitors in his esquire or stable, five hundred, at two aspers, and maketh sterling money, two thousand one hundred fourscore and ten pounds. Voyager's Tales He answered not a word, but leaving me in miserable plight presently took the load to Bassorah, driving before him the fourscore camels laden with wealth. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 There has been a real and substantial growth in the feeling for international responsibility and justice among the great civilized nations during the past threescore or fourscore years. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography From seventeen till now, almost fourscore, There lived he, but now lived there no more. Hard Cash Behold, the days of the years of a man are threescore years and ten, or perhaps by reason of strength fourscore years. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 The Capergi, carriers upon mules, two hundred, at five aspers, two thousand one hundred fourscore and ten pounds. Voyager's Tales Our English archers bent their bows— Their hearts were good and true,— At the first flight of arrows sent, Full fourscore Scots they slew. A Bundle of Ballads "Videlicet, some fourscore waiting damsels and milkmaids, warranted honest by my Lord Warwick," I muttered. To Have and to Hold Nearly fourscore and ten years later, Abraham Lincoln, at a supreme crisis in the nation's life, told in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, what the Declaration of Independence meant to him. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence Then in a while the more part of them, some fourscore in number, departed up the valley toward the great house and left none but a half dozen ship-warders behind. The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men The Ginegi, carriers upon camels, one thousand five hundred, at eight aspers, and amounteth in sterling money to twenty-six thousand two hundred and fourscore pounds. Voyager's Tales He lived happy, and very much honoured in his native country, to the age of fourscore and five years. Letters on England We were five armed and desperate men; they were fourscore. To Have and to Hold The county of Nice extends about fourscore miles in length, and in some places it is thirty miles broad. Travels through France and Italy Sciences flourishing; Newton still alive, white with fourscore years, the venerable hoary man; Locke's Gospel of Common Sense in full vogue, or even done into verse, by incomparable Mr. Pope, for the cultivated upper classes. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 The Alechingi, masters of the said galleys, three hundred, at seven aspers, four thousand five hundred fourscore and nineteen pounds. Voyager's Tales I answered, they have no memoirs, but have printed threescore or fourscore volumes in quarto of compliments. Letters on England It lies some fourscore miles southwest of Berlin, attainable by post-horses in a day. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 Why should he lord it O'er fourscore thousand men, of whom each one Is braver than himself? All for Love Or, the World Well Lost A Tragedy He is now fourscore, grown white as snow; very serene, polite, with a smack of French noblesse in him, perhaps a smack of affectation traceable too. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 He misliked, and cried out against, all Greek learning, and yet, being fourscore years old, began to learn it, belike fearing that Pluto understood not Latin. A Defence of Poesie and Poems And oh! thought I, that I were fourscore years old now, that I might die quickly, that my soul might be gone to rest.’ Bunyan Characters (1st Series) I have lost one brother, but I have gained fourscore. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth That strong man chose fourscore Spaniards, armed them and departed. 1492 He is very often like a knight; and generally, in all shapes that man goes up and down in from fourscore to thirteen, this spirit walks in. Timon of Athens O my good lord, I have been your tenant, and your father's tenant, These fourscore years. King Lear And, I beseech you, look into Master Froth here, sir, a man of fourscore pound a-year; whose father died at Hallowmas:—was't not at Hallowmas, Master Froth? Measure for Measure Your daughter spent in Genoa, as I heard, one night, fourscore ducats. The Merchant of Venice Think of the ninety she has seen already; the fourscore and ten cold, cheerless, nipping New Years! Some Roundabout Papers On the morrow we came to the banks of a river, where we found fourscore Turks that waited for us, armed with muskets. A Voyage to Abyssinia I am fourscore, and never had a headache in all my born days—all along of lying among the kye. The Cloister and the Hearth Seven hundred and fourscore Men at arms his livery wore, Did his bidding night and day. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Thou stick'st a dagger in me: I shall never see my gold again: fourscore ducats at a sitting! The Merchant of Venice Small care to him is Perfectibility, Progress of the Species, and Astraea Redux: good only, that a man of light wit, verging towards fourscore, can in the seat of authority feel himself important among men. The French Revolution Then there fell to them, what of North Wales and of Cornwall, for Sir Lamorak's sake and for Sir Tristram's sake, to the number of a fourscore knights. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 So departed Merlin, and came again in the likeness of an old man of fourscore year of age, whereof the king was right glad, for he seemed to be right wise. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 Yesterday, Eleazer, an old man, Being fourscore years and ten, chose rather death By torture than to eat the flesh of swine. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow First of all impressions was its enormous size; the girth of its body was some fourscore feet, its length perhaps two hundred. The First Men in the Moon You would but see a man of fourscore years, With sunken eyes, burning like carbuncles, Who sits at table with his friends for hours, Cursing the Spaniards as a race of Jews And miscreant Moors. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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