| 单词 | ninety-seven |
| 例句 | Of the ninety-seven faces staring back, only nine were women. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Then here is ninety-seven cents,” she said, extending a handful of change to me, still holding on to Betsy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then ninety-seven cents will buy you a lot of food,” she said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I only weigh, like, ninety-seven pounds. My mother doesn’t have a clue about me. Not a clue.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Four ninety-seven?! Nuh-uh. No way. Put it back. You can have one highlighter.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z However, she added, he seemed to be in good flesh and happy- “ ‘The old woman, a resident of the mountain resort town for ninety-seven years, called this office to report her observation. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Cavalry soldiers, ninety-seven Cheyenne, Kiowa, Pawnee, and Sioux Indians, another fifty Cossacks and Hussars, 180 horses, eighteen buffalo, ten elk, ten mules, and a dozen other animals. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In May 1937, the German passenger airship Hindenburg carried ninety-seven people across the Atlantic Ocean from Germany. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She was ninety-seven and a death certificate meant nothing to her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Among them they sported twenty separate dressing rooms, four shower rooms, twenty hot-water showers, storage on the ground level for ninety-seven racing shells, and rooms full of massage tables for bone-weary oarsmen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t you know that ninety-seven cents is almost a dollar?” she asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just love this dog,” she said, “and I’m going to buy her. I haven’t got a dollar. All I have is ninety-seven cents.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Doris Day, who died on Monday, at the age of ninety-seven, made her film début in 1948. The Matchless Presence of Doris Day 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Imagine being ninety-seven years old and transitioning to a new resident. Fox News' Bill Hemmer: Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without family and home 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Dana Fradon, a New Yorker cartoonist who died on October 3rd, at the age of ninety-seven, was the last of the magazine’s legendary artists who were brought to its pages by Harold Ross. The Timeless Cartoons of Dana Fradon 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Murray, who died in 2013, at the age of ninety-seven, is one of the greatest writers to devote his attention to jazz. Albert Murray and the Limits of Critics with Theories 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z This culture of fear and bullying starts to make sense when you consider the overwhelming demand for chickens: Americas eat 160 million chickens per week — and ninety-seven percent of chickens are produced by contract farmers. John Oliver destroys “‘chicken-f*cker” lawmakers who let big companies drive farmers below the poverty line 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z I still remember when she told me she weighed ninety-seven pounds. The myth of universal beauty: Actually, we aren’t all beautiful—and that’s OK 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z This past April, it helped three hundred and ninety-seven callers, and Njoku spent much of her time in her car. Fighting for Abortion Access in the South 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z By Tuesday, he had clinched ninety-seven per cent of the Republican vote—a figure that seemed surprising because his stockpile, though growing, still hadn’t neared the rim of the displayed jar. A Pageantry of Anti-Trumpism at the Iowa State Fair 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The hundred and sixteenth Congress contains a hundred and ninety-seven Republican representatives and fifty-three Republican senators. Trump’s Overt Racism Is Uniting Democrats and Unnerving Some Republicans 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Gilot is ninety-seven now; she has been painting nearly as long as Picasso did, and is enjoying something of a revival. How Picasso’s Muse Became a Master 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z “Places that went ninety-seven per cent for Trump. Nobody had bothered to visit those people before. I learned so much. If you want to serve people, you gotta listen to them.” Can Beto Bounce Back? 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z One hundred ninety-seven countries, including the U.S. under former President Ronald Reagan and China, are signatories of the Montreal Protocol. Rogue Chinese factories damaging ozone with use of illegal gases 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The survival rate of women who received it—many of whom are in advanced or even end-stage shock—is ninety-seven per cent over all, according to numbers compiled by Massachusetts General. “Reverse Innovation” Could Save Lives. Why Aren’t We Embracing It? 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The day before the summit, the Republican-controlled Senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan resolution—ninety-seven to two—supporting NATO. Trump Belittles NATO in the Run-Up to the Putin Summit 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z It found that, while ninety-seven per cent said that their churches were safe havens for abuse victims, only fifty-two per cent had a plan for responding to abuse. Silence Is Not Spiritual: The Evangelical #MeToo Movement 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z “Three hundred ninety-seven mass killings since we entered Congress and what have we done?” asked Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland. Bill Expanding Concealed-Carry Gun Rights Advances in House 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z The F.C.C.’s own research shows that close to three-quarters of business customers have a single provider of business data services, and ninety-seven per cent have two or fewer providers. The Real Trump Agenda: Helping Big Business 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Their first post from the road, a picture of the van driving through snowy woods, got ninety-seven likes. #Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z It’s also an “emirp,” the term for a prime number that remains prime when its digits are reversed, as in ninety-seven. A Mathematician Confronts March Madness 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z “All combined knowledge of baseball probably represents three per cent of the game—ninety-seven per cent is unknown,” Epstein told me this spring. The Most Pleasing Campaign of 2016 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z According to a 2015 study, published in the journal Pediatrics, ninety-seven per cent of children have used a mobile device by the time they turn one. Inside the Venture-Capital Arm of “Sesame Street” 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z On August 23, 2011, a magnitude-5.8 earthquake shook the Washington Monument for about twenty seconds, sending tourists on the observation deck down eight hundred and ninety-seven steps. The Tax Break for Patriotic Billionaires 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z While most of Moscow slept Monday night, the city government razed ninety-seven small commercial buildings that housed stores and cafés. Moscow Just Razed Its Small Businesses and Became Even Blander 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z According to the Ministry of Commerce, the annual financial loss caused by a lack of credit information is upwards of ninety-seven billion dollars. How China Wants to Rate Its Citizens 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z There are close to ten thousand members in all, with four thousand of them on “callout” duty, on ninety-seven teams. The Civilian Saviors of Iceland 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z The global population has declined ninety-seven per cent in about a century. Who Would Kill a Giraffe? 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z At the Senate hearings on the law, the phrase “self-determination” was repeated ninety-seven times. Who Has the Right to Die? 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z In the first quarter of 2015, job growth has averaged one hundred and ninety-seven thousand per month, which is pretty good. Jobs and the Bernanke–Summers Secular-Stagnation Debate 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Two hundred and twenty-one arrest orders have been issued in the case, and ninety-seven people, most of them municipal police officers from Iguala and the neighboring town of Cocula, are now in detention. Who is Really Responsible For Mexico's Missing Forty-Three? 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z The Medicare program, for example, has a spectacularly high loss ratio: it pays out something like ninety-seven cents in benefits for every dollar it takes in. The Anatomy of Obamacare 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Survey shows ninety-seven percent of banks received high marks in at least one category, although none got a thumbs up across the board. Banks improving on fee disclosure, but more rules needed, Pew says 2013-05-31T00:26:05Z It is adapted, after the style of the time, for ninety-seven persons. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Her crew had become greatly reduced in numbers, and out of her total complement of ninety-seven, officers included, only sixteen men and eleven boys were capable of keeping the deck. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z No. 3 contains ninety-seven farmers killed in the fields in the day time. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Of buildings swept away, there were ninety-seven dwelling houses, the Methodist Church and the Temperance Hall. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z Before her death she had under her rule ninety-seven houses and 3,500 nuns. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The weather is intensely cold, ninety-seven degrees below freezing, with scarcely any wind. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z The mound upon which it stands measures one hundred and ninety-seven feet at the base, and is built up, apparently solid, to the height of seventy-five feet. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z The northernmost cape in sight N. 26� W., distant ten miles, soundings ninety-seven fathoms. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z As a matter of fact, the attack was made up, I think, by about ninety-seven divisions. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z Here, even at eleven o'clock of the night, it marked this January ninety-seven degrees of heat. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z M. Marne, a Frenchman ninety-seven years old, paid us a visit. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The shell proper is made up mostly of earthy materials, of which ninety-seven per cent is carbonate of lime. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z The saleswoman carefully brushed back two stray locks that had escaped from their net, and gazing into space said: “Five dollars and Six dollars and ninety-seven cents.” Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z "I'm twenty-five," the girl replied, with proud acceptance of a life long done—as one who owned to ninety-seven. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z The little cottage was warm; my couch was the perfection of comfort, in contrast with that which had been my lot for ninety-seven wretched nights. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The meeting was enthusiastic and the contribution unusual for such a meeting, three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and odd cents. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z "Well, my grandmother died at the age of ninety-seven." Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces 2011-11-28T03:00:24.727Z Our five per cent. bonds have risen to ninety-seven and ninety-nine. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z In the year of grace one thousand one hundred and ninety-seven, certain innovations and alterations took place in our church, which ought not to be passed over in silence. The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson 2011-10-18T02:00:19.523Z I had been in captivity ninety-seven days, living as the reader has seen. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z So that a penteconter would be a long low galley of about ninety-seven feet in length. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z It fell, with a loud shrill scream from a windpipe dried by the breath of ninety-seven years. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z Ned recognized the wisdom of the statement and reluctantly parted with ninety-seven cents. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z "I vote twenty-five hundred and ninety-seven shares of the common stock of this company; you gentlemen haven't more than that, have you?" The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z I never quite understood how they made it up, but I was fined ninety-seven pounds. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z But the extent of the Smalley 57 farm was ninety-seven acres, and it was not so easy to find a person on it when one had no definite knowledge of that person’s whereabouts. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z The first edition now known to exist was published at Augsburg in 1531, a small octavo containing eighty-eight pages with ninety-seven emblems, and as many woodcuts. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z Harcourt with ninety-seven men landed in Guiana, but after a sojourn of three years he returned to England. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z To be real decent with you I don't mind telling you that I've got exactly twenty-five hundred and ninety-seven shares of this stock. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z "You will receive ninety-seven pounds sixteen and two-pence, Wright," said the spinster, giving her draught. The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:15.707Z The mother is still living, having reached the extreme age of ninety-seven years. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z By the 13th ninety-seven guns were ready in the third parallel. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z Well, Tommy, old man, it's ninety-seven moons since I saw you last! From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z His company of ninety-seven left the settlement on the morning of the eighth, and about noon on the ninth reached Fort Union on the western slope of the Alleghanies. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z In one single day and in one single prison one hundred and ninety-seven prisoners, among whom were three women, were assassinated by the royalist dandies known as the Jeunesse Dor�e, or "Gilded Youth." The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z As we have seen, over ninety-seven per cent. of the girls of school age are in attendance, according to the reports. Working Women of Japan 2011-03-09T03:00:49.197Z Lulu Wilson, blind, bedridden Negro, does not know her age, but believes that she is ninety-seven. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z He claims to be ninety-seven years old and lives in the little town of Nelson. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z One of two hundred and ninety-seven copies printed. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z Down in the south is a great cavern—of which ninety-seven miles and twenty-five hundred rooms have, at this writing, been explored—which was once the interior of a geyser. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z We had ninety-two killed, ninety-seven wounded, and one hundred and six missing—in all two hundred and ninety-five. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z A superb tower ends off the croisillon on the north and rises to the height of one hundred and ninety-seven feet. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z At the top was a small platform, and from this Patch dived ninety-seven feet; he jumped a second time to prove that the first feat was not a fluke. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z You've got to lay a statement of your financial condition before the government whether your income is ninety-seven cents a minute or forty-seven thousand dollars an hour. Half-Hours with the Idiot 2011-01-22T03:00:18.853Z Caroline Herschel died at the advanced age of ninety-seven years and ten months, retaining to the last her interest in astronomy which had occupied her mind for more than three-quarters of a century. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z His family is well known in the Sixth Ward; weight, ninety-seven pounds. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z At the crossing is a dome which rises to one hundred and ninety-seven feet, while two smaller ones are at each end of the transept, and yet others, smaller still, above the various chapels. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z Mr. J. M. Crawford found 268 weevils the first time; two hundred and fifty the second time, one hundred and ninety-seven the third time and one hundred and fifty the fourth time. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z This second occupation of England lasted from 43 A.D. till the Romans finally departed in 446 A. D. The first was a short stay by Julius C�sar in B.C., some ninety-seven years previous. Cathedral Cities of England His father died at the age of ninety-seven. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician When old Mrs. Bungall died at Dawlish at the very advanced age of ninety-seven, there came to be, as was natural, some little dispute between Mr. Tappitt and his distant connection, Luke Rowan. Rachel Ray A man of ninety-seven has almost ceased to live. Glories of Spain It will be due on the ninth of this present month, three days from now, ninety-seven dollars and forty cents, and how I am to raise it the Lord only knows. A Yankee from the West A Novel The practical result, therefore, is to compel at least ninety-seven scholars to pursue a certain routine, simply because it is the only known method by which three other scholars can compete for a degree. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology The fourth generation from the patriarch of ninety-seven was puny and feeble—exceedingly so; the fifth and sixth not only puny and feeble, but absolutely sickly, not to say dwarfish. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician I know in Brittany a peasant woman who is now ninety-seven. Rambles in Womanland Nevertheless, it was only a few months since he had fallen ninety-seven feet smash down to a pile of bricks. Careers of Danger and Daring I believe that among these sheets lie a life insurance premium of ninety-seven dollars and forty cents. A Yankee from the West A Novel It stands alone as the highest embodiment of Japanese art; height, forty-nine feet and seven inches; circumference, ninety-seven feet and two inches; surrounded by beautiful Camphor and Echo trees. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 "There's Auntie Briggs, as they call her, over to Center, who is ninety-seven, and grandmother White was ninety-five on Christmas day." Helen Grant's Schooldays What "copy" he must have produced during the twenty years in which he brought out ninety-seven volumes! Methods of Authors All the artillery crossed over the large pontoon bridge, of ninety-seven boats, during the night. Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery What has been said of the merchants,—that a very large majority, even ninety-seven in a hundred, are sure to fail,—is equally true of the farmers.... The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 To Eugene's ninety-seven was added Angela's two hundred and twenty-eight which she brought with her, and this total sum of three hundred and twenty-five dollars was promptly deposited in the Bank of Riverwood. The "Genius" Invitations had been issued for a reunion in honor of his aged mother, who was ninety-seven the day he died. The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University The building is one hundred and ninety-seven feet in height, and consists of a number of galleries rising above each other, and gradually diminishing in diameter. Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel My loss, in killed, wounded and missing during this engagement was as follows: Killed—ninety-two, wounded—ninety-seven, missing—one hundred and six. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War On page ninety-seven of the manuscript Geronimo accuses General Miles of bad faith. Geronimo's Story of His Life He still had ninety-seven of the hundred dollars he had brought with him, he told her, and this was going in the bank. The "Genius" There was a good-sized flock, ninety-seven geese, to be exact, that had got so iced up that they had to settle on the top of the hill. Old Plymouth Trails This latter place, the terminus of the Iron Mountain Railroad, is ninety-seven miles from St. Louis. History of Morgan's Cavalry In this town house, Uncle Porter passed away aged he thought ninety-seven. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 The battery entered the fight with ninety-seven men and five officers, commissioned and acting. A Battery at Close Quarters A Paper Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, October 6, 1909 "The gauge was recording ninety-seven inches of pack when it quit," Alec said. The Thirst Quenchers When assembled for the march, it was found that the number, of which a very exact census was taken, was forty-nine thousand six hundred and ninety-seven. Cyrus the Great Makers of History I has a bill of sale what say I's born in 1840, so I knows I's ninety-seven years old, and I's owned by Marse Sam Byrd. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 The French losses in killed and wounded numbered almost fifteen hundred officers and men, the British record being fifty-eight killed, and five hundred and ninety-seven wounded. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France But the first was a dwarf, 3 feet 10 inches high, who married another dwarf of his own height who lived till she was ninety-seven, and became the mother of nine children. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 There were 129 persons on board of whom ninety-seven were lost. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside The total height of the building is ninety-seven feet, and it is arched throughout with brick and stone, and roofed with marble tiles. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Eight hundred dollars.—Nineteen thousand, eight hundred and ninety-seven wins eight hundred dollars"—his tongue lingered, as if it tasted it, upon each opulent number—"Eight hundred dollars; that's what you win. The Trimming of Goosie Within the last twenty years religious houses for men had increased from twenty-one to seventy-three, and convents for religious sisters, from ninety-seven to two hundred and thirty-nine. Pius IX. And His Time The United States, as heretofore, drew almost its whole supply from its neighbors on this side of the globe; the countries to the south furnishing ninety-seven percent of the total entering our ports. All About Coffee His sister, Mary Elizabeth, the widow of the late William C. Hasbrouck, a prominent Newburgh lawyer and a few years his junior, also died quite recently in Newburgh at the age of ninety-seven. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century The victors had only twelve wounded; the enemy lost one hundred and nineteen killed and ninety-seven wounded. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson I went up into the hollow image which is ninety-seven feet in diameter. Birdseye Views of Far Lands He was to live nearly twenty years after that, and he died at Shere at the age of ninety-seven; a tablet stands to his memory in the chancel of the church. Highways and Byways in Surrey The monastery was exceedingly rich—it had possessions in ninety-seven towns and villages, seventeen hamlets, and 216 manors. Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Papa counted that ninety-seven people were fed on the mission premises on Christmas Day. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak "As a matter of fact, it is three dollars ninety-seven," interrupted Hamilton. Bones in London Count them, ladies and gentlemen—ninety-seven thousand dollars in good American dollars!” he added grandly. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour One or the other of my readers may be ready to exclaim, six hundred and ninety-seven pounds eleven shillings fivepence! The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller “Is ninety-seven and three months, signor; a great age, truly,” responded the barber-surgeon. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf During the whole siege one million one hundred thousand were killed, and ninety-seven thousand made prisoners, since a large part of the population of Judea had taken refuge within the walls. Ancient States and Empires “Two hundred and ninety-seven dollars and twenty-three cents,” breathed Harlan, unconsciously. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Others aver that he lived to the good old age of ninety-seven, and then quietly gave up the ghost at Tyana, where a temple was dedicated to his memory. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Since then one hundred and ninety-seven more have been applied for, making in all seven hundred and ninety-nine. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller His other belongings had been suited to rapid transportation, and Martin Dockerill grumbled, "That's a swell line of baggage, all right—one tooth-brush, a change of socks, and ninety-seven thousand books." The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life This will be, in all, ninety-seven pesos of extra pay. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Two hundred dollars had been spent upon a very modest honeymoon, and the three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and twenty-three cents remaining, as Harlan had accurately calculated, seemed pitifully small. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern The loss sustained by the 42nd was as follows: eight officers, nine sergeants and two hundred and ninety-seven men killed; and seventeen officers, ten sergeants and three hundred and six soldiers wounded. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Josephus says the number killed in this revolt was one million one hundred thousand, and the number of prisoners ninety-seven thousand. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 When he commanded the Venetians at the taking of Constantinople, he was consequently ninety-seven years old. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 Infuriated by the news of disasters, the mob, under the leadership of a ruffian named Dixon and his equally savage wife, slaughtered ninety-seven of the prisoners. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration When the "Merrimac" was docked at Gosport Yard, Norfolk, to be overhauled and repaired, it was found that she had ninety-seven indentations on her armour. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima On the "Merrimac" ninety-seven indentations of shot were found, twenty of which were from the 11-inch guns of the "Monitor," which had shattered six of the top layers of her iron plates. Thirteen Chapters of American History represented by the Edward Moran series of Thirteen Historical Marine Paintings The hopes and fears of the year 1792 find expression in the fact that in March they stood at ninety-seven, and in December dropped to seventy-four. William Pitt and the Great War Army of the Ohio, Major-General Schofield commanding—infantry, eleven thousand one hundred and eighty-three; artillery, six hundred and seventy-nine; cavalry, one thousand six hundred and ninety-seven. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service The archduke adopted the offensive, crossed the river, attacked the French under Moreau at Hohenlinden on December 3, and was totally defeated, losing ninety-seven guns and 15,000 men, or more, killed, wounded, or prisoners. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration It is estimated that on July 1st, 1859, nine hundred and ninety-seven thousand seven hundred and ninety-six paupers were receiving relief in or out of the workhouse in this part of the empire. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy There were ninety-seven Privy Councillors present on the occasion, and among them most of the conspicuous men of the time. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) She came the night before the great hurricane of ninety-seven—” “That was an accident,” said the abbess, smiling. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance Capturing president Confederate States—ninety-seven thousand and thirty-one dollars, three cents.” Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana On January 30, 1774, we sailed from New Zealand, and reaching latitude 67° 5' S., we found an immense field of ice with ninety-seven ice-hills glistening white in the distance. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Indeed, the largest part of our loss, ninety-seven, was made up of these men, who remained in the ditch until daylight and surrendered. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War Hitherto I have written ninety-seven songs, both words and music. Stradella The gale breaking, they marched on till 9th January, when they stopped within ninety-seven miles of the Pole, where they hoisted the Union Jack, and took possession of the great plateau in the King's name. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The McKinley Law was the issue, and the Democrats swept everything before them, carrying the House by the overwhelming majority of ninety-seven. Fifty Years of Public Service At length death was satisfied, but not until the eight hundred beings we had shipped in high health had dwindled to four hundred and ninety-seven skeletons! Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver In 1843 Mr. Putnam obtained the signatures of ninety-seven publishers, printers, and binders to a petition he had prepared, and which was duly presented to Congress. International Copyright Considered in some of its Relations to Ethics and Political Economy After that the price got down to ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents per ton. The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad Its Projectors, Construction and History He actually placed it within ninety-seven miles of the Pole itself! A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The original width was seventy-one feet on the bottom, and this has been gradually increased until at present the bottom width is ninety-seven and a half feet. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel He’s the chap that’s buying wheat at ninety-seven cents the day before the market breaks. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." The aggregates in these six months were four thousand and fifty-four admitted, of whom two thousand three hundred and ninety-seven died, and one thousand six hundred and fifty-seven remained. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience At the time he was writing, 1835, there were seven hundred and ninety-seven miles of railroads in operation in the United States. The Story of the First Trans-Continental Railroad Its Projectors, Construction and History Now, at this date, Monday night, 20th, there came forward 'ninety-seven'; and there were over a hundred on their knees praying. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens He had no mind to be a hero anywhere, least of all in a town where ninety-seven per cent of the populace was feminine. The Brentons If sown early, the plants will blossom in seven weeks, afford pods for stringing in eight weeks, green beans in ten or eleven weeks, and ripen their seeds in ninety-seven days. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. In 1880 one hundred and forty-seven of the eight hundred and ninety-seven inmates of Auburn State Prison were there on a second visit. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power “Bellerophon—forty-nine killed, a hundred and forty-eight wounded; total, a hundred and ninety-seven.” Poor Jack From Cairo to the mouths of the Mississippi is a distance of ten hundred and ninety-seven miles by the stream. The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. His first hour's talking carried him just through the Restriction Act of ninety-seven. Gryll Grange The plants blossom in seven weeks, produce young pods in about eight weeks, pods for shelling in their green state in eleven or twelve weeks, and ripen in ninety-seven days, from the time of sowing. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. How many did he buy? and here you say he bought ninety-seven half-crowns. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel A. I never had my first, I come over here a minor; I got my papers when I was twenty-one, I think my paper reads July twenty-third, ninety-seven; I think that's what it reads. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt She could tell you exactly how much she spent last year on soft soap, and the reason why it was more in ninety-six than in ninety-seven. More about Pixie He was then a commoner; but in 1714, the title of Lord Burleigh, and an estate of six hundred and ninety-seven pounds yearly, devolved upon him. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. The convention did not recommend either of these measures, but that of woman's suffrage received much attention, being defeated by a vote of ninety-seven to fifty-eight. Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York It is now fourth in number among the largest mother-houses, has two hundred and ninety-seven deaconesses, five affiliated houses, and forty-five different fields of work. Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America Casting up we found that the Canyon of Desolation is ninety-seven miles long. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 It will suffice to state that ninety-seven were relegated to the "bunkum" pocket, and seven retained as conveying intelligent orders worthy of consideration. On the Heels of De Wet Its cost, including the mounting, was ninety-seven dollars. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' Yet, the mercury hovered between ninety-seven and a hundred all day, and most of the night. The Great Amulet In the three months from August to December, these ten-forties were quoted as low as ninety-seven, or even for a time at ninety-six. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 Adding to it the ninety-seven miles of Desolation made the total canyon from Wonsits Valley 133 miles with a descent of about 550 feet distributed through a hundred rapids, some small, some heavy. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Between Holyhead and Chester, a distance of ninety-seven miles, the express trains run without stopping, and they do this with so little strain that an engine performed the duty every day for several years. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money To shorten my relation as much as possible, your excellency must know that we sailed ninety-seven days, experiencing harsh and cruel fortune. Amerigo Vespucci "I'm as hungry as ninety-seven pigs," he said, and pulled a biscuit from his haversack. The Red Horizon From the base-course to the top of the pediment the height is ninety-seven feet, and to the top of the dome, not yet erected, two hundred and twenty-five feet. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City I think I’m between ninety-seven and ninety-eight years old. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 The number of tribes represented in these flourishing communities has reached one hundred and ninety-seven. Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957 In those ninety-seven days we had the worst weather that ever man experienced who navigated the ocean, in a succession of drenching rains, showers, and tempests. Amerigo Vespucci The numbers in the first parliament of Charles were ninety-seven. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. This house has three hundred and ninety-seven members, of whom two hundred and thirty-five are from Prussia. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View On that occasion ninety-seven persons were killed and four hundred and thirty-seven wounded. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War I sold a hundred head at an average of ninety-seven dollars last week and was able to bank the entire nine thousand, seven hundred. The Short Cut In September, officers of justice entered the house of the missionary, and seized all the copies of his book they could find, ninety-seven in number. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. There are ninety-seven paragraphs in which the Hermit of Walden is the main or the secondary figure. The Last Harvest He was eighty-seven then; he must be ninety-seven now. Dr. Dumany's Wife "Mr. Bourne, will you take five thousand at ninety-seven?" hastily demanded a man whom, as he entered, I recognized as a broker. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book In the letter written by General Howe, the amount of prisoners is stated at one thousand and ninety-seven; among whom were Major General Sullivan, and Brigadiers Lord Stirling and Woodhull, by him named Udell. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States One hundred and forty-four of these were girls, and one hundred and ninety-seven Druzes. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. Literate First Class Ralph N. Prestonby remained standing by the lectern, looking out over the crowded auditorium, still pleasantly surprised to estimate the day's attendance at something like ninety-seven per cent of enrollment. Null-ABC His own grandfather lived to ninety-seven, and died sitting in his chair, in a bottle-green coat and buff breeches. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys He is ninety-seven and only remembers fifty or sixty years ago and old wild times—a splendid old man, handsome and erect. Letters from Egypt And what a day I He'd got a bet with Jonah that the thermometer touched ninety-seven before noon. Berry And Co. The American loss was ninety-seven, killed and wounded. General Scott Rounding a corner by a narrow path, we step onto a covered portico ninety-seven feet long, with an average width of ten feet. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills And the old gentleman managed his own affairs to ninety-seven, and threw the doctor’s medicine-bottles out of the window then. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys Till this week the city continued free, there having never any died except that one Frenchman, who20 I mentioned before, within the whole ninety-seven parishes. History of the Plague in London Why, old Gilbert Spoonholler was ninety-seven year old when he went away. The Soldier of the Valley The births in France in one year are about eight hundred and ninety-seven thousand, and the deaths eight hundred and sixty-five thousand. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business A great many visitors look at their cuff-buttons when told we have twenty-five hundred rooms included in ninety-seven miles of passageways. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills In the midst of the turmoil the cutter "Fox" was struck by a shot under water, and went down, taking with her her commander and ninety-seven men. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain The Fox cutter, in rowing towards the town, received a shot under water, from one of the enemy's distant batteries, and immediately sunk; and Lieutenant Gibson, her commander, with ninety-seven men, were drowned. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 At the opening of the nineteenth century three per cent. of the people of this country lived in cities, ninety-seven per cent. in the country. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures The Albert, a little ketch-rigged vessel of ninety-seven tons register, was selected. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell Our five per cent, bonds have risen to ninety-seven and ninety-nine. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 We remember that we have a ninety-seven and a half fighting chance out of a hundred, and we are willing to take it. Private Peat At the junction the Missouri is about eight hundred and seventy-five yards wide, and the Osage three hundred and ninety-seven. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. Only four books were added in the course of nine months; but opportunity returning as the winter set in, there were added, in less than seven weeks, four more: and thus ended the year ninety-seven. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, by William Briggs, at the Department of Agriculture. Beth Woodburn Only about three per cent of the power of the coal that enters the furnace ever diffuses itself from your electric bulb as light—the other ninety-seven per cent is wasted. The Art of Public Speaking A.D. 43This gave occasion to the Emperor Claudius, ninety-seven years after the first expedition of Cæsar, to invade Britain in person, and with a great army. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Forty-four of the one hundred and ninety-seven were completely successful, as the suppressed image did not return throughout the entire period. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. "Why, the old road is one hundred and seventeen miles, and the turnpike is ninety-seven." Famous Stories Every Child Should Know This morning I weighed exactly one hundred and ninety-seven, including amalgam fillings and the rights of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian. One Third Off Of the ninety-seven members that composed the Constitutional Convention of 1868 but seventeen were colored men. The Facts of Reconstruction In one instance it rose near the town of Windsor ninety-seven feet above its ordinary level. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 But the first national triumph for secular Gothic was won when Barry's design for the new houses of Parliament was selected from among ninety-seven competing plans. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century And yet it was written ninety-seven years ago, by one of the most accomplished Scotch judges, and in his eightieth year,—another Varro, packing his luggage for his last voyage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 But as it is said of the merchants that ninety-seven in a hundred fail, so the life of men generally, tried by this standard, is a failure, and bankruptcy may be surely prophesied. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Three of these men were in the office and ninety-seven were hands in the works. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy According to the Berliner Tageblatt, twenty-nine houses in Oberreuth have been burned down and a villager aged ninety-seven years has been arrested. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 13, 1917 Out of these there were six hundred and ten soldiers, and six thousand two hundred and ninety-seven convicts, leaving a free population, independent of the military, of nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven souls. Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America But he had gone through the world to the age of twenty-four, getting his own way about ninety-seven per cent. of the time. Love Stories Eighteen hundred and ninety-seven is the centennial year of Franz Schubert, the great composer, who was born in Vienna on the 31st of January, 1797. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 17, March 4, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Ten years, ago to put it in other words, the factory provided places for one artist or manager and two inventors and places for ninety-seven Hewers. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy One hundred and forty-five of these were insane, sixty-two were criminals, and one hundred and ninety-seven drunkards. Disease and Its Causes Occurrences in Manila in the year fifteen hundred and ninety-six and fifteen hundred and ninety-seven. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 12 of 55 1601-1604 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Twenty-two wheeled up under the sign and considered his average of ninety-seven per cent. Love Stories "I have ninety-seven dollars and a half," answered the other, soberly. Andy Grant's Pluck He had with him but two hundred and ninety-seven men. Montcalm and Wolfe And another of Father Nolan, a well-known priest, who died at the age of ninety-seven. Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) On the twelfth of January of the year one thousand five hundred and ninety-seven, the holy relics were deposited there, with such rejoicings and festive show as had never been known before in the islands. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 12 of 55 1601-1604 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The Order of St. Francis has occupied the province of Camarines, and has there forty houses, and one hundred and twenty religious—ninety-seven being preachers and priests, and twenty-three lay brethren. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 10 of 55 1597-1599 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century A new poet, according to Jewdwine, had arisen in the person of an eminent Cabinet Minister, who in ninety-seven was beguiling the tedium of office with a very pretty playing on the pastoral pipe. The Divine Fire It is, old bloke, and Mr. George Anderson same train--number ninety-seven--as ever is. Lady Merton, Colonist In the second grade there were a hundred and ninety-seven, who knew the design to revolt and joined in the insurrection. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life A great fleet of twenty-eight ships-of-the-line sailed from Portsmouth on the 13th of March, convoying three hundred merchant-ships for the East and West Indies, besides ninety-seven transports and supply-ships for the Rock. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 Done at Madrid, on the eighth day of the month of Page 265February in the year one thousand five hundred and ninety-seven. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 10 of 55 1597-1599 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century This house accommodates ninety-seven of the men who work in the Elevator. Regeneration It will cut down the loss by ninety-seven cents; so you may have it done, if they can spare the time upstairs. Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir The other ninety-seven per cent of the People have vested rights in it, far exceeding those of the three per cent. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Her mental sufferings nearly deprived her of health and reason; but she lived a half a century longer, attaining the great age of ninety-seven. The Conqueror In 1835, an old man of the age of ninety-seven related to Mr. Hawker that he had been so abducted, and after two years' service had been ransomed by his friends with a large sum. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 A fine clear day brought in plain sight ninety-seven sail, which had come into the Channel, like ourselves, during the thick weather. James Fenimore Cooper A "Crater" one hundred and thirty feet long, ninety-seven feet in breadth, and thirty feet deep, was blown out. History of Kershaw's Brigade In length they vary from 1·05 to 1·28, and in breadth from 0·8 to 0·95; but the average of ninety-seven eggs is 1·19 by 0·86. The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 This verse was found in a little bag on Mrs. Hamilton's neck when she died at the age of ninety-seven. The Conqueror The distance is about ninety-seven miles, divided into six stages. Persia Revisited The soul of a boy doesn't expand violently when encased in a starched shirt and a paper collar, and these surmounted by a thick coat, with the mercury at ninety-seven in the shade. Reveries of a Schoolmaster He had forty-nine thousand one hundred and ninety-one more infantry and artillery than Lee and three thousand six hundred and ninety-seven more cavalry. History of Kershaw's Brigade In the year one thousand six hundred and ninety-seven, a general mortgage was made of certain revenues and taxes already settled, which amounted to near a million a year. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings His wife survived him many years, being nearly ninety-seven years old at the time of her death. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical The notice from the Cambridge Observatory said that the transit ought to be accomplished in ninety-seven hours thirteen minutes and twenty seconds. The Moon-Voyage In 1855 one hundred and ninety-seven additional firms and several banking houses went under. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado The "Crater" made by eight thousand pounds of gun powder was one hundred and thirty-five feet long, ninety-seven feet broad and thirty feet deep. History of Kershaw's Brigade It contains two thousand eight hundred and eighteen diamonds, two hundred and ninety-seven pearls, and many other jewels. A Trip Abroad Below was the name of the young man's only sister, aged ninety-seven, "universally beloved and respected;" then the solemn words used before death by the aged patriarch, "I have waited for Thy Salvation, O Lord." Fated to Be Free The example was quickly followed elsewhere, and when, in 1889, Sorosis, to celebrate its majority, called a convention of women's clubs, ninety-seven were known to exist in the United States. Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June" The housework at Mount Holyoke Seminary requires but half an hour each day for each of the two hundred and ninety-seven pupils. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous Eleven officers and one hundred ninety-seven enlisted men have been killed in action. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) It is ninety-seven miles due East from the situation assigned to Dampier's Rocks. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 All we know is, that he died in 1788, at the very respectable age of ninety-seven. Gossip in a Library At once each of the ninety-seven men and boys was aware of that presence and unconsciously showed it by putting on extra "steam." The Second Generation No orders had been given, but the betting amongst the Blue Marines was about ninety-seven to one in favor of their moving. Action Front In this battle the contusions alone amounted to over ninety-seven, to say nothing of fractures, concussions, and abrasions. Comic History of England I drew up a paper with this view this morning, and after handing it round, found the sum of ninety-seven dollars subscribed--seventy-five dollars of which are by four persons. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers I do not believe so many exist, and as to ninety-seven, the idea need not be considered. Essays in Rebellion The building is said to have been 215 feet long, ninety-seven feet broad, and seventy feet high; here stood the statue of Minerva, by Phidias. A Woman's Journey Round the World The mother lived to the age of ninety-seven, but became totally blind. Heroes of the Telegraph His Lordship married, in seventeen ninety-seven, Lady Jemima Bilberry, who was the second daughter by the third marriage—no! Little Dorrit His son was living at ninety-seven and his descendants to the fifth generation embellished his old age. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Since water freezes at thirty-two above, sixty-five below meant ninety-seven degrees below freezing-point. Burning Daylight This was the greatest destruction and slaughter of men that took place in that time, for ninety-seven thousand Moors died in the space of ten days. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc Till this week the city continued free, there having never any died, except that one Frenchman whom I mentioned before, within the whole ninety-seven parishes. A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while in London If you work this out you will find that Mr. W. Lee’s family numbered one hundred and ninety-seven. Three Men in a Boat Several patients over seventy have been seen and one of ninety-seven. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine One hundred and twenty-nine on the thermometer constitutes a very hot day, yet such a temperature is but ninety-seven degrees above freezing. Burning Daylight Are you one of the ninety-seven who fail, or the three who succeed? Walden Ninety-seven squirming little orphans must be scrubbed and combed and buttoned into freshly starched ginghams; and all ninety-seven reminded of their manners, and told to say, 'Yes, sir,' 'No, sir,' whenever a Trustee spoke. Daddy-Long-Legs It is macadamized, is fifty feet wide, ninety-seven miles in length, and smooth and even as a boulevard. Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades "Two dollars and ninety-seven cents," she said, weeping profusely. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley When he was here last night, the little fellow's pulse was a hundred and forty-four, and now down to ninety-seven! Wylder's Hand It is much larger, being said to contain one hundred and ninety-seven acres, and is more fertile in fish; but it is comparatively shallow, and not remarkably pure. Walden They know, that, in a term of twenty years, ninety-seven men in a hundred fail. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 His house is large and cool; the dinner, as usual, in the gallery; and although there were ninety-seven guests, and as many negroes in waiting, the heat was not oppressive. Life in Mexico Our first eminent novelist, James Fenimore Cooper, would only be ninety-seven if he were still among us. The Nation in a Nutshell "One thousand and ninety-seven umbrellas were sold that day at prices ranging from five to fifteen francs, which on other occasions sell for two francs twenty-five centimes, and ten francs." In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc What has been said of the merchants, that a very large majority, even ninety-seven in a hundred, are sure to fail, is equally true of the farmers. Walden "Mr. Bourne, will you take five thousand at ninety-seven?" hastily demanded a man, whom, as he entered, I recognized as a broker. Prue and I The Spaniards had ninety-seven men wounded, most of them severely, and one hundred and nineteen killed! Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale The Royal Society list now contains, the titles of ninety-seven papers due to Joule, exclusive of over twenty very important papers detailing researches undertaken by him conjointly with Thomson, with Lyon Playfair, and with Scoresby. Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 "In one week at the morning and evening clinics, ninety-seven patients were treated at the dispensary besides the vaccination cases." Home Missions in Action The Colonel's thin figure bent perceptibly after that autumn of ninety-seven. Together The members here have been long-lived; the register proves this: it shows deaths at ninety-seven, ninety-four, ninety-three, ninety, and so on. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation I had no difficulty in pushing it to ninety-seven, and I was not alarmed when I found myself loaded up with it, quoted at ninety-eight for the preferred and thirty for the common. The Deluge It registered a speed of ninety-seven miles an hour. Darkness and Dawn In response, ninety-seven towns sent Republican delegates to assemble at the state house in New Haven on that date. The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut He dreamed dreams about how folks would let him live if he had ninety-nine cents but how he only had ninety-seven and a half, so they were going to shoot him. Lifted Masks; stories They had among the members, in March, 1874, a woman aged ninety-seven, and a number of persons over eighty. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation I found an old man of ninety-seven years, called "Uncle Philip," in great bodily distress. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences In Ruhleben the educated prisoners volunteered to teach the ignorant: two hundred and ninety-seven different educational courses were offered to those who desired to improve their minds. My Four Years in Germany The most favorable presentation, that in which the head is the part to be born first, occurs in ninety-seven of every hundred cases. The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy They counted eleven tenements—probably occupied by the slave-owners and superintendents—squares and oblongs, separated by intervals of from forty-five to ninety-seven or a hundred paces. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 The first news of this event was learned from them in the month of May of ninety-seven. History of the Philippine Islands There are known to be growing there, no less than ninety-seven different qualities of wood. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea When he was at the age of eighty and the father of twelve children, he had to stoop to appeals for charity; again at ninety-seven he appeals. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 In ninety-seven out of a hundred cases, however, the head lies lowermost and consequently is the first portion of the child to be born. The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy They entered the house—number ninety-seven—with a key which Mr. Grimm produced, and a minute or so later walked into a room where three men were sitting. Elusive Isabel From the road to execution, January twenty-eight, one thousand five hundred and ninety-seven. History of the Philippine Islands A hundred and ninety-seven senators elected from the equestrian order. The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 The meeting thus organized proceeded to stile this Convention as follows: "AT a meeting of Delegates from ninety-seven towns of the state of Connecticut, convened at New-Haven on the 29th of August, 1804." Count the Cost An Address to the People of Connecticut, On Sundry Political Subjects, and Particularly on the Proposition for a New Constitution There are now ninety-seven Jewish workshops in the city, whereas five years ago there were scarcely a dozen. Problems of Poverty His losses in the battles of Saturday and Sunday had amounted to seventeen thousand one hundred and ninety-seven killed and wounded and missing, fourteen pieces of artillery, and twenty thousand stand of arms. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee One hundred and ninety-seven pounds of raw silk were made this year, and three hundred and seventy-six pounds in 1754, besides twenty-four pounds of filosele. Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe There were slain of the Samnites on that day, at Aquilonia, thirty thousand three hundred and forty; taken, three thousand eight hundred and seventy, with ninety-seven military standards. The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 The House of Peers, ninety-seven feet long, forty-five feet wide, and forty-five high, is one of the richest and most magnificent chambers in the world. The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany The ancient Byzantium, which Constantine selected as the new capital of his Empire, had been no inconsiderable city for nearly one thousand years, being founded only ninety-seven years after Rome itself. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity We had ninety-seven superb Eskimo dogs and provisions for two years. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Hoffman, waving his sword, cheered on the Sixth; but the shot tore and ripped up their ranks to such a degree that in a few minutes they had lost ninety-seven men. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 They hold a lustrum, and find the number of citizens to be two hundred and ninety-seven thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven. The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 Since that event, for one thousand four hundred and ninety-seven years, the light of the world has gone out, and all living things have had long-continued sadness. Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han His fables are ninety-seven in number, and are written in iambic verse. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. A thrill permeated Mr Pickering's entire one hundred and ninety-seven pounds, trickling down his spine like hot water and coming out at the soles of his feet. Uneasy Money I think I've made about a thousand in my life, and about nine hundred and ninety-seven have been broken. Bessie Bradford's Prize "That would be ninety-seven degrees higher," said Frank. Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3) Asankhyeya denotes the highest sum for which a conventional term exists—according to Chinese calculations equal to one followed by seventeen ciphers; according to Thibetan and Singhalese, equal to one followed by ninety-seven ciphers. Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han He did feel very hot indeed—about eighty-six all over, and one hundred and ninety-seven on the end of his thumb. Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Just to demonstrate its resource, the wind maintained ninety-seven miles per hour for six hours on July 19, while the puff-anemometer indicated several "breaks" of one hundred and fifty miles per hour. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The season compassed fifteen weeks, from November 23d to March 5th, within which period there were ninety-seven performances of twenty-seven works, counting in a ballet and a single scene from "Mefistofele," in which Mme. 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 He continued his count, which resulted in showing that the wallet contained ninety-seven dollars. Bound to Rise As he drew nearer I could hear him counting to himself, thus: "Ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-four, ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred, one hundred and one, one hundred and two—one hundred and two!" The Broad Highway Somebody said they killed as many as ninety-seven sea serpents, and not less than three hundred got away. The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds In twenty-six days we had done one hundred and fifty-eight miles, and ninety-seven miles of that distance had been covered on the only five consecutive good days. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 It took him ninety-seven seconds to see everything there was to be seen, and his eyes were drawn irresistibly back to the stranger's kerchief. Bar-20 Days A man ninety-seven years of age has just died in the State of New York. The Fiend's Delight The first look at the interior of our vessel showed a hopeless sight; Ali Murad, the greedy owner, had promised to take sixty passengers in the hold, but had stretched the number to ninety-seven. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 There were an hundred and ninety-seven persons at Sir Thomas's, and yet was it so well conducted that nobody felt a crowd. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 It will be observed that the average velocity for twenty-four hours was 90.1 miles, and the maximum of the average hourly velocities throughout that period was ninety-seven miles. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 It is ninety-seven miles long, and immediately at its foot is Gray Canyon, thirty-six miles long. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons As ninety-seven pilgrims were crowded on a vessel constructed to carry only sixty, most extraordinary scenes occurred. The Life of Sir Richard Burton The third platform is elevated ninety-six or ninety-seven feet, while the last one is not far from one hundred feet above the plain. See America First Ninety-two, ninety- three, ninety-four—that's me; ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven- -that's Jack," and so on; till having plodded up diligently, he turned round with a little scream, "One hundred and twenty! The Stokesley Secret But this McGee failed to do, for his throw measured ninety-seven feet. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Just below this, they emerged again into an expansion of the walls, leaving the ninety-seven miles of Desolation behind. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons The Catholic population reported in 1855 was twenty thousand, and the churches and stations fifty-two; the Catholic population in 1856 was rated at forty-nine thousand, and the churches and stations at ninety-seven. Irish Race in the Past and the Present The Ayes were only ninety-seven; the Noes two hundred and nine. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 The bill was rejected by a hundred and ninety-seven votes to a hundred and twenty-seven. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 It is five thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven feet above the level of the sea,—a memorial of the great Ra, far greater than any temple erected by human hands. The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it Asankhyeya denotes the highest sum for which a conventional term exists;—according to Chinese calculations equal to one followed by seventeen ciphers; according to Thibetan and Singhalese, equal to one followed by ninety-seven ciphers. A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline Then there were ninety-seven very fine emeralds, and one hundred and seventy rubies, some of which, however, were small. The Sign of the Four Our class of ninety-seven was regarded as unusually large. My Memories of Eighty Years The price of Bank stock rose fast from eighty-four to ninety-seven. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 The next morning we started for Birmingham, ninety-seven miles from Liverpool, on our way to London, as I am unable to travel the whole way in a day. Letters from England |
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