单词 | seventy-four |
例句 | “Ten dollars and seventy-four cents is your total.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She was seventy-four years old, but in Nye’s opinion, “looked younger— maybe ten minutes younger.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually we only watch when it’s mandatory, because the mixture of propaganda and displays of the Capitol’s power—including clips from seventy-four years of Hunger Games—is so odious. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They looked at toys for a quarter, shoes for two dollars, rifles for forty-seven dollars, and even plans for a whole house for one thousand, eight hundred and seventy-four dollars. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After her seventy-four cartons of material were delivered, she went home. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She had written the final post only days ago, trailed by two hundred and seventy-four comments so far. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The autopsy report she later received showed my father had had ninety-percent blockage of the arteries before he died of a heart attack at the age of seventy-four. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Of seventy-four police officers, just the chief and two sergeants lived here. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s because her trek through Idaho is only seventy-four miles, about five days of her trip, but she’s feeling great. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I mean, he could stand on one leg for seventy-four seconds. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z "And in this corner, in white trunks"—the crowd began to cheer loudly and steadily— "weighing one hundred seventy-four and one- half pounds, from New York City . . . Willie Streeter." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The money from today is gonna take me to seventy-four dollars! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I had paid seventy-four dollars for the car, and it was worth that—or nearly. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Five thousand two hundred and seventy-four,” Rose answered. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z But at age seventy-four, the president, CEO, and commander in chief of this here army still has the power. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Carmine, it says in a postscript, died peacefully at the age of seventy-four in Park Rapids. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The union journal reported that seventy-four union men attended the ceremony, which was performed “with the honor and respect that is due to every member” of the union. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Jones died on March 5,1895, at the age of seventy-four. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Mirastany, who just turned seventy-four, has lived in El Barrio all his life. The Battle Over the Soul of El Museo del Barrio 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Aletti, who is seventy-four, grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but he never felt at ease there. Vince Aletti’s Obsessive Collection of Seminal Fashion Magazines 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z “Tati is no longer a beauty guru… she’s a freaking legendary life guru,” a fan wrote, in a comment that received a hundred and seventy-four thousand likes. The Odd Fascination of the YouTube Beauty Wars 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z His name was Martin, and he was seventy-four. The Radical Possibility of the Women’s March 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Hopper died, of cancer, in 2010, at the age of seventy-four. Dennis Hopper’s Quiet Vision of Nineteen-Sixties Hollywood 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z No, it’s not difficult to imagine myself as a teen-ager—at age seventy-four. Richard Ford on the Drama of Adolescence 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Fifty years after its first publication, seventy-four years after Kurt Vonnegut was inside Slaughterhouse-Five during the firebombing of Dresden, what does his great novel have to say to us? What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Aretha Franklin, who turned seventy-four last week, has been making records for sixty years. The History of Aretha, in Ten Videos 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Dahl died, in Oxford, England, in 1990, at the age of seventy-four, and this September marks the centennial of his birth, in Cardiff, Wales. Roald Dahl’s Twisted, Overlooked Stories for Adults 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z In 2005, she set a U.S.-marathon record for women age seventy to seventy-four—three hours, forty-six minutes, and eighteen seconds—which was broken last year. An Octagenarian Laces Up Her Sneakers for the New York City Marathon 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z This year, for the first time in the prize’s seventy-four year history, all three finalists in the music category were women. Weekly Culture Review: Pulitzers, Kendrick Lamar, and More 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Norman, who died on Monday, at the age of seventy-four, is herself an object of disbelieving awe—a phenomenon over which singers of the future can wonder and weep. The Shimmering Magnificence of Jessye Norman 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Nineteen seventy-four was a good year for nonfiction writing in America. Critic’s Notebook: ‘All God’s Dangers,’ a Forgotten Autobiography 2014-04-18T21:44:48Z There’s no plaque to mark the spot where Truth used to live, at number seventy-four. A Living Monument to the Ghosts of American Slavery 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z “When a Man Loves a Woman” was the first song that Percy Sledge, who died earlier this week, at the age of seventy-four, ever recorded. Percy Sledge, Pop Miracle 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Those between eighteen and twenty-five are least likely to vote, while those sixty- five to seventy-four are most likely. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z One hundred and seventy-four zero-emission electric buses already operate in Seattle. Nine of 10 trips would be made without a gas-powered vehicle by 2030, new Seattle plan says 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z “Seventy of seventy-four kids came back,” he said. Kids around the world are out of school. Millions of girls might not go back. 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z There are some two hundred terrorists serving prison sentences in the U.K., and about seventy-four free on license, as Khan was. The Squalid Politicization of London’s Latest Terrorist Attack 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Crimp died on July 5th, at the age of seventy-four. The Beautiful Uncertainty of Douglas Crimp 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z At seventy-four, he works with special-education students, and still wears his metal Marine Corps dog tags around his neck. The Many, Tangled American Definitions of Socialism 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z But Boyan, who is now seventy-four, retired, and living in Burlington, Vermont, has made more donations than most—more than four thousand of them during the midterm elections alone. Why Famous, Powerful Presidential Candidates Are Begging You for Five Dollars 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Slightly more than a thousand Extinction Rebellion activists, between the ages of nineteen and seventy-four, were arrested in eight days. The Uncanny Power of Greta Thunberg’s Climate-Change Rhetoric 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z At seventy-four years of age and six-four, Weld is a year older than Trump and several inches taller. Bill Weld’s Presidential Run: Finally, a Republican Tells the Truth About Trump 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z On March 29th, Barr sent an unusual second letter, announcing that he would deliver to the Congress and the public more than the seventy-four words, but less than the full text of the report. The “Reputational Interests” of William Barr 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Crucially, she provides her clients with limited options: whereas Benjamin Moore offers a hundred and seventy-four shades of red, the current Farrow & Ball palette offers nineteen. The Luxury Paint Company Creating a New Kind of Decorating Anxiety 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z But he was reëlected that fall with seventy-four per cent of the vote. Gavin Newsom, the Next Head of the California Resistance 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Cleveland police identified the victim as Robert Godwin, who was seventy-four. Facebook and the Murderer 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z One morning, I accompanied her to the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, at the University of Toronto, where she has donated her archive: four hundred and seventy-four boxes’ worth of papers, so far. Margaret Atwood, the Prophet of Dystopia 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z An estimated seventy-four hundred have done so in the past year; five Cubans drowned on the very day Obama arrived for his historic visit to Havana, last March. Obama’s Last Big Cuba Move 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z A Government Accountability Office report, released in 2006, pointed out that U.S.A.I.D. had devoted seventy-four million dollars to pro-democracy projects in the previous decade, with little oversight of how the money was spent. A New Cuba 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z When we spoke, Hoffmann recalled his client’s delight at buying a horse from Hester’s stable which had once scored seventy-four per cent at Grand Prix. The Duo That Dominates Dressage 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Four years ago, Mitt Romney beat Barack Obama in the state by about two hundred thousand votes, but he won only twenty-five per cent of the Latino vote, against Obama’s seventy-four per cent. Can Latinos Swing Arizona? 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z He has shown little interest in the grit and grunge that often signal rock-and-roll authenticity, and even now, at seventy-four, he sings in a voice that is boyish and clear. Paul Simon’s Hot Streak 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Gleeson eventually sentenced her to spend eleven months in prison and to pay about seventy-four hundred dollars in restitution. Virginians with a Felony Conviction Can Now Vote, But Getting a Job Is No Easier 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z According to a delegate count made by the Times, that leaves Sanders with a thousand and twenty-five elected delegates and Clinton with twelve hundred and seventy-four, a difference of two hundred and forty-nine. Big Wins for Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz Set up Two Showdowns in New York 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z He is now seventy-four, with a trim gray beard. The Fall After the Arab Spring 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Hikmat’s accounts were unfrozen, and he transferred seventy-four million dollars to bank accounts in Dubai. The Man Who Made Millions off the Afghan War 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Clinton is sixty-eight, and Sanders is seventy-four, and so age is always in the atmosphere of the Democratic contest. Hillary Clinton’s Compromises 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The pollsters from Quinnipiac University found that Sanders’s rating was a stunning eighty-seven/three, compared with seventy-four/twenty-one for Clinton. Cassidy’s Count: Bernie Sanders Is Gaining in Iowa, and It Matters 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z By the end of the twentieth century they earned seventy-four times as much. The game is completely rigged: The 1 percent has more than ever — and the system is too broken to deal with it 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z By then, after two weeks, four hundred and seventy-four people from fifty-nine rescue teams, using eighty-one vehicles, had been involved in the search. The Civilian Saviors of Iceland 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z At seventy-four, he finds himself contemplating the past more than the future, and wonders whether the onrushing world has left him behind. How the South Won the Civil War 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Joel Klein, who as chancellor closed seventy-four schools, disputes the notion that institutions like Jamaica failed owing to a lack of resources. The Life and Death of an Urban School 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z I plead and insist: my mother was sixty-four when the process began; she’s seventy-four now. Our Empty Plot in New Orleans 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Working-class voters face stagnant wages and diminished job prospects, and a 2014 poll found that seventy-four per cent of them think “the U.S. economic system generally favors the wealthy.” Why Do Working Class Voters Love Donald Trump? 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z He ended up playing in seventy-two of the team’s seventy-four offensive snaps. Julian Edelman and The Super Bowl's Concussion Crisis 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z It passed by three hundred and eighty-four votes to a hundred and seventy-four. Actually, Europe Isn't Going to Destroy Google - New Yorker 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z Not only did this piece break the hundred-million-dollar barrier; it also accounted for a quarter of the money that Sotheby’s raised from the seventy-four lots of its Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale. Sotheby’s and Giacometti’s hundred-million-dollar “Chariot” 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z The lopsided vote in the House of Commons represented the culmination of that process: two hundred and seventy-four M.P.s supported the motion, and just twelve opposed it. A British Friend of Israel Speaks Out 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Even authors who care less about money than about audience should be happy, because the number of books sold rises by seventy-four per cent. Amazon’s Failed Pitch to Authors 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z A team of researchers discovered this ironic effect by surveying seventy-four undergraduates at the University of Washington immediately before and after the 2008 election. Why whites don’t see racism: Reagan Democrats are Stephen Colbert Democrats now 2014-05-03T14:30:00Z The researchers found seventy-four studies in total, representing 12,500 patients’ worth of data. Trial sans Error: How Pharma-Funded Research Cherry-Picks Positive Results [Excerpt] 2013-02-13T17:15:00.297Z He went immediately into solitary, and remained seventy-four days without interruption. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z There were, besides, twenty-two vessels of eighty and seventy-four guns. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Or, again, in connection with the Employment of Children Act, out of seventy-four county boroughs, fifty have made by-laws in reference to street trading, but large towns, like Leeds, Nottingham, or Salford, have made none. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z His food, his drink, and his strength were in the proportion of seventy-four men’s to one man’s. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Nelson on that occasion ran his ship on board the Redoubtable, a large seventy-four gun ship, and fought her at such close quarters that the two ships touched each other. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z Of course we called on our minister, Robert M. McLane, then seventy-four years old, but looking sixty. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z To this large force Jervis could only oppose fifteen vessels of the line, only two of which carried 100 guns, three of ninety-eight guns, one of ninety, and the remainder, with one exception, seventy-four each. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A young person may not be employed “in or about a shop” for a longer period than seventy-four hours, including meal-times, in any one week. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z Near the end of his journey of seventy-four days he was not able to walk more than a few yards at a time, and so had to allow himself to be dragged on the sledge. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z At the close of the poll, Mr. Sturge lacked but seventy-four votes of an election. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z This shews an increase of three hundred and seventy-four.” The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z He presided at the building of the Ranger, the Alliance, and the America, the last a seventy-four gun ship, generously given to Louis XVI. for one of his lost on our coast. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z In Switzerland, going through the post office in each year, are letters, etc., in the proportion of seventy-four to each inhabitant. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Among the rest was a navy commissioner, who, after listening to Blanchard, remarked to the inventor: "Can you turn a seventy-four?" Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z He was quite aged, seventy-four years old; he had taken cold at the wedding ceremony, and the physician declared he could not live. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z This reef, since its discovery a quarter of a century ago, has produced seventy-four million sterling of gold. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z In the New Testament the same people who are called "Jews" one hundred and seventy-four times are also called "Israel" no fewer than seventy-five times. The History of the Ten "Lost" Tribes Anglo-Israelism Examined 2012-01-22T03:00:22.903Z Recollect—three thousand eight hundred and seventy-four distilleries seized. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Is thought to be the largest room in Europe unsupported by pillars, being two hundred and seventy feet in length, and seventy-four in breadth. City Scenes or a peep into London 2012-01-20T03:00:10.690Z Yes, this was the state which the poor miserable man had reached; seventy-four years old and he had forgotten even the prayers that infants in their mothers' arms lisp in childish accents. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z The Brutus and the Equality, the Liberty, the Batavian, the Mars, the Jupiter, the Ajax, and the Vigilant, twenty-six ships in all, ranging from eighteen to seventy-four cannon, set sail for the English coast. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z There are seventy-four stalls on each side, in two rows—twenty-one above and sixteen below. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z The "port captain," to whom his report was to be made, was the commander of a lordly seventy-four. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z It is one hundred and seventy-four feet long, forty-one feet four inches wide, and five feet deep. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z I am seventy-four years old, and for sixty years I have not been to confession. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z Hanway left seventy-four printed works, mostly pamphlets; the only one of literary importance is the Historical Account of British Trade over the Caspian Sea, with a Journal of Travels, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Stanley then overhauled his own stores, of which there were seventy-four loads, the most valuable of which he intended to turn over to Livingstone. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z More minutes went by, and then there arose a storm of exclamations on board the seventy-four. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z This letter when published contained the signatures of seventy-four bishops; only seven, for different reasons had deferred signing, though fully in sympathy with the movement. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z In fifty-four of these ceremonies seventy-four persons were burnt, with sixty-three effigies, and eight-hundred and eighty-one condemned to penances. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z More than a thousand Hollanders perished, with seventy-four officers. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z He was seventy-four when he published the above work. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z Here was Luke, therefore, in the cabin of a British seventy-four, standing before a gloomy-faced party of naval officers. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z She survived her husband, and died some sixteen years since, at the age of seventy-four. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z This old man seventy-four years of age had long almost retired into private life. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z Hobson's report is a minute record of all that occurred during his journey of seventy-four days, and includes a list of all the relics brought on board, or seen by him. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z He was now seventy-four years old, but his mind was as vigorous as ever, and his iron will kept up a frame that had hardly even yet begun to give way. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z The old seventy-four has picked up a dozen of them. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z The temperature of the water I ascertained to be seventy-four degrees Fahrenheit; that of the Atlantic could hardly have been above forty-five degrees. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z "Moses in days gone by spoke to God face to face, and seventy-four Israelites saw Him, and eat and drank in His presence." My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z In 1711 another edition of Tempest’s Cries was published, containing seventy-four plates, several of which can scarcely be called cries. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z She had let her life of seventy-four years do her preaching. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z "It isn't even every British captain that can handle a seventy-four as she ought to be handled." The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z The largest weighed seventy-four pounds and a fraction; the next was sixty-one; the third, forty-eight. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z He was once jestingly asked at the navy department at Washington if he could turn a seventy-four? Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z He crossed the desert from Cairo to Suez in four days, on two of which he travelled seventy-four miles. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z This shows an increase of three hundred and seventy-four. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z The old lady sailed along through the gale as calmly and stately as a seventy-four. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z It is an oval concavity, seventy-four yards by sixty-four, and six deep; in which are ranges of stone seats, though now covered with earth and verdure. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z He was ordered to the Washington, a beautiful new ship of seventy-four guns. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z During a residence at one of his country-seats, he was attacked by a fever which proved fatal to him at the age of seventy-four. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z Mrs. Campbell died at her home in Point Douglas in 1886, aged seventy-four years. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z It cannot be urged that this is figurative, because the evident intention is to give a literal account of seventy-four persons going up to see God. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z I have seen more than sixty summers; my father lived to be seventy-four, and he has told me many times he never saw hawthorn in flower by the first of May. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z This was the largest seventy-four gun ship in the world, and he was to be her captain. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z Men could be seen scurrying to and fro, and as she passed by the flagship, a brand-new seventy-four, her three tiers of guns frowned evilly down, and a half-port dropped with a clatter. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z The falls and rapids above this point for a distance of four miles have a fall of but seventy-four feet, an elevation that could be overcome by means of locks. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z But how do these enlightened Christians deal with this chapter, which tells them their 'invisible' God was seen by seventy-four men in a fiery mount, with as it were, a paved work under his feet? The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z Having become unexpectedly chief of the state at seventy-four he had no wish to descend again to the position of a minister of the Orleans dynasty which he had held at thirty-five. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z At that delectable locality, as we have already shown, the timid Sage of Wheatland received five hundred and seventy-four votes; whereas the dauntless Finder of Empire received only sixteen. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z A tier of guns! another! and a third!—a seventy-four! Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z Meissonier is now seventy-four, with long gray beard and hair, round, full face, and bright hazel eyes. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z It's slow work waiting for the death of a man, after he passes seventy-four or five. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z As for religion, we had seventy-four praying Christians, including all the sects in America, excepting Millerites and Mormons. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Brian Boru, bent under the weight of seventy-four years, took station apart on a bit of rising ground, and there, kneeling on a cushion, alternately prayed and watched the battle. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z She was an English seventy-four, that, trying to make the harbor, had been headed off by darkness and had anchored in the roads. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z In sixteen months he gave two hundred and seventy-four concerts in the United Kingdom. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z Besides these, he read medical works till midnight, and wrote seventy-four theses on anatomical, pathological, surgical, and obstetrical subjects. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z We never read one that a seventy-four with all sail set might not drive through. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z The death of Euripides, whatever its manner, occurred in 406 B.C., when he was seventy-four. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The length of this survey is twelve and seventy-four hundredths miles. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z Chatsworth is better than a wigwam, and a seventy-four is a finer thing than a bark canoe. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z The catalogue names seventy-four objects, together with thirty-nine designs for a monument to Byron. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z The exterior buildings were to have measured eight hundred and seventy-four feet on the east and west sides, and one thousand one hundred and fifty-two on the north and south. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z Yet he survived many years, dying in 1570, at the age of seventy-four. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z All told, officers, crew and passengers, the survivors of seventy-four souls numbered twelve. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z The Conqueror was the seventy-four gun ship whose arrival Betsy had seen Napoleon observe with great interest. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z In a single issue of the “Sacramento Transcript,” in July, 1850, are the following two items: “A certain madam now in this town buried her husband, and seventy-four hours afterward she married another.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z One or two broadsides from such a deck would sink an old-fashioned seventy-four, or even a ninety or hundred-gun ship. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Now, seventy-four years later, the date was the same. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z Some hours earlier, knowing the physical features of the western coast of South America, he had decided that the odds were a thousand to one against the escape of the ship and her seventy-four occupants. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z It is curious to read of the diverse functions the old man of seventy-four had to perform in this infancy of our diplomatic service. The True Benjamin Franklin A British seventy-four was in the act of bearing straight down upon the crippled privateer, and the scarcely less disabled Thunderer, and all on board was despair and distraction. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 The seventy-four I was in being; on the West India station, I was not paid off for some months after the peace. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 The last years of his life were spent in a quiet retreat, and he died in 1711 at the age of seventy-four years. The Story of Our Hymns Becoming separated from the others he was captured by the seventy-four Intrepid commanded by Capt. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution They commenced their conversation by asking me if I were ever on board of a seventy-four before; I answered in the negative. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... He died in 1673, at the age of seventy-four, after having led for forty-seven years a life which cannot be designated as peaceful. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Given under my hand and seal at Government House, in Calcutta, this thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar During the four years he remained with his father he played seventy-four parts. Springtime and Other Essays These, if regular in their duties, might appear an over-balance for the seventy-four knights who sat with them. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 We arrived at Fort Norman at ten, a.m., distant two hundred and thirty-six miles from Fort Simpson, and five hundred and seventy-four from Fort Resolution. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea It consists of two immense parallel walls, each two hundred and seventy-four feet long, thirty feet thick, and one hundred and twenty feet apart. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. A second or two more, and you are going at the rate of seventy-four miles an hour. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 You can believe me or not, Mrs. Gump; but, so sure as my name is Mince, I got down from a hundred and ninety-two to a hundred and seventy-four in two months! Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole In 1747 a French ship of seventy-four guns named the Invincible was captured, and was found to be such an excellent vessel that her dimensions were adopted for the Thunderer, laid down about 1758. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships The total number of such removals made by his predecessors was seventy-four, some of which were for cause. The Greater Republic A History of the United States In this memorable affair the British loss was seventy-three killed, one hundred and seventy-four wounded and twenty-six missing. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Over these sharp hulls was spread a quantity of canvas that might have served as an outfit for a seventy-four. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time Heller attributes one hundred and seventy-four wood-engravings to him; and many more, of varying claims to authenticity, are enumerated by other writers. Dürer Artist-Biographies We again ascend to the ground-floor, which is a rotunda sixty feet in diameter, covered by a glazed dome seventy-four feet from the floor. About London Rodney in passing through the enemy's lines the first time had exchanged broadsides with the 'Glorieux,' a seventy-four, at close range. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Their naval force consisted of one seventy-four gun ship, and three or four small frigates. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools In addition, seventy-four state agricultural enterprises for fattening hogs, raising poultry, and producing feeds and hothouse vegetables were subordinated to four specialized trusts. Area Handbook for Romania The British lost seventy-three killed, one hundred seventy-four wounded, and twenty-six missing—the most of whom were taken prisoners. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 There had been a tremendous sea-fight, and the Hoche, of seventy-four guns, was the sad spectacle which, with shattered sides and ragged rigging, I now beheld entering the bay. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune Thus, while a mere master-shipwright may steal some cartloads of oak, a Lord of the Admiralty may pocket a whole seventy-four. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The game was up with the Wasp and her prize, for the new ship was the Poictiers, a great seventy-four ship-of-the-line. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read His diplomatic career also extended over many years, he being seventy-four when at his own request the Government recalled him from the Court of Berlin where he was serving as Minister. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 It had an oval shape; its diameter being about forty-eight feet, and its height about seventy-four. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 The total number of species yet known is 212, of which 175 are European; but out of these 101 are believed to have been introduced by human agency, leaving seventy-four really indigenous. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Our fleet consisted of thirteen Indiamen of the first-rate convoyed by the Tremendous, seventy-four, and Hindostan, seventy-four. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment The jail has not been built that can hold seventy-four I. W. W. members if they want to escape. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry I chartered accordingly Dr. Merrit’s schooner yacht, the Casco, seventy-four tons register; sailed from San Francisco towards the end of June 1888, visited the eastern islands, and was left early the next year at Honolulu. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The portico, one of the finest of its kind, is ninety-six feet wide, and seventy-four feet high. Old and New London Volume I Temperate South America has seventy-four genera in common with New Zealand, and there are even eleven species identical in the two countries, as well as thirty-two which are close allies or representative species. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras The objection is raised to the mention on pages seventy-three and seventy-four of the manuscript of an attack upon Indians in a tent at Apache Pass or Bowie, by U. S. soldiers. Geronimo's Story of His Life This is the first thing we heard from visitors ever since we seventy-four have been incarcerated in the Snohomish County Jail at Everett. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry There was no report, only a memorandum of it, and that not printed till seventy-four years after! The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence Weakly as he was, and with a stomach which could digest but the smallest quantity of food, he lived in tolerable health until he was seventy-four years old. Home Life of Great Authors But when the vote was taken, only seventy-four, out of the nearly seven hundred members of the British Parliament, voted in its favor. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years There had been a tremendous sea fight, and the Hoche, of seventy-four guns, was the sad spectacle which, with shattered sides and ragged rigging, I now beheld entering the Bay. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Tracy then gave his correct name and both he and "Little Tom Tracy" were later held among the seventy-four charged with murder in the first degree. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry The asteroid was fairly large as such planetary debris went—some five hundred meters in diameter, with a mass of around one hundred seventy-four million metric tons. Thin Edge He is now seventy-four years old,—a fine, well-preserved man, with a light step and an easy carriage. Home Life of Great Authors From the ladies of Georgia came a box of fresh flowers, and among other pleasant remembrances were seventy-four American Beauty roses from Mrs. S. E. Gross, of Chicago. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Whence, then, the increase of weight by seventy-four pounds? Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery Stop and think what one hundred days in jail means to seventy-four men! The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry Hauling around an asteroid that had a mass on the order of one hundred seventy-four million metric tons required adequate preparation. Thin Edge The number of tremors required to produce red light is estimated at four hundred and seventy-four million millions a second, and for the production of violet light, six hundred and ninety-nine million millions a second. Under the Maples The people of the little borough were duly frightened, the "Ramilies" seventy-four gun-ship of his Majesty enjoyed an excellent opportunity for long-range practice, and the militia gave an honest airing to their patriotism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 Falls Church Lodge No. 11, I. O. O. F., was organized October 24, 1890, and has a membership of seventy-four. A Virginia Village The seventy-four men thus picked were formally charged with murder in the first degree. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry The balloon for this adventure was bigger than its predecessors and for the first time a departure was taken from the spherical variety—the gas bag being seventy-four feet high, and forty-eight feet in diameter. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons The total number of women sent to France with the hospitals was seventy-four, who came from all parts of the United States. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V Miss Anthony herself, at the age of seventy-four, spoke in every one of the sixty counties of the State, contributing her services and expenses. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV The western towers are one hundred and eighty feet high, and the central tower two hundred and sixty feet, while the width of the cathedral's noble western front is one hundred and seventy-four feet. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Just why seventy-four men were picked as prisoners is a matter of conjecture. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry There are seventy-four specifically indicated characters, not to mention groups of dumb figures. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays So that we three were the only Europeans left out of thirty-four, and of the two hundred and thirty negroes who left Banana in the Congo, only seventy-four came to Fernando Po. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 The storm that would sink a proa might cause a seventy-four to founder, and the only way you can shun danger is to stay here all your life. Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils It is cut out of the turf, and can be seen to a great distance, being three hundred and seventy-four feet long. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Even tho every man of the seventy-four was talking as loudly as he could a few seconds before ten p. m., the instant the town clock struck ten all was hushed. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry On the other hand the Germans admitted the loss of only seventy-four machines, but claimed to have brought down 362 Allied aeroplanes and twenty-nine captive balloons. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Netted Opera Cap.—Work with one mesh, half an inch wide; and another, smaller, of steel; and begin on a foundation of seventy-four stitches. The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet And strangely enough his wish was granted, for on Good Friday, April 13, 1759, he quietly passed away from this life, being then seventy-four years of age. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He went softly down the hall, until he came to the door of number seventy-four. The Crevice When the jailer came to the door, instead of seventy-four men crowding up and all trying to talk at once, three men stepped forward and conversed with him. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry Its first road, seventy-four miles long, and extending from San Jose on the Pacific Ocean to the capital, Guatemala, was built by a San Francisco company and opened on August 20, 1884. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses When the returns were called off the list, we found our killed and wounded amounted to seventy-four, but one more of our number was soon to be added to the sum total. The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns Like the steam-engine, he could, by turns, turn a thread round a spindle, and elevate a seventy-four in the air. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 We embarked in the Downs, on board the Hussar frigate, and afterwards removed to the Namur, a seventy-four, in which we were conveyed to our destination. Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 Instead of a cursing, swearing, fighting mob of seventy-four men, such as sheriff McRae would like to have had us, we were entirely the opposite. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry In an allied genus, Gongora, Mr. Scott has seen twenty capsules produced on a single raceme: ten such racemes on the Acropera would yield above seventy-four millions of seed. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) We were conveyed thither by the Sultan, a fine man-of-war with seventy-four guns. The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns Early in 1861—a year destined to close in sorrow and desolation— Queen Victoria experienced a heavy grief in the death of her mother, the Duchess of Kent, at the age of seventy-four. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 Of the seventy-four organized churches no less than one-third are wholly self-supporting. Religion in Japan He died at Berkeley, in February, 1823, at the green old age of seventy-four: his remains lie in the chancel of the parish church of Berkeley. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History But the fickle goddess of chance loves to sport with her victims, and wheat rose to seventy-five again; then fell to seventy-four, and vibrated between that and seventy-five for an hour. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Besides seven hundred and seventy-four letters written by Cicero, we have ninety addressed to him by friends. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Into the fullness of this life he entered on the 30th of July, 1718, being seventy-four years old. William Penn A single plant of another orchid might bear seventy-four millions of seeds: surely an ample provision for a struggle for existence, and selection and survival of the fittest. Life of Charles Darwin Covered by the guns of the fleet the troops were landed in two divisions, while the Swiftsure, seventy-four, cannonaded the town, and the Leviathan and Africa the forts. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson On the seventeenth, the mercury in the thermometer fell to seventy-four degrees below the freezing point. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Unter-den-Linden itself is two thousand seven hundred and fifty-four feet in length, and one hundred and seventy-four in width; but it extends, under another title, for a much greater distance. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France No fewer than seventy-four refineries are stated to have been bought up, leased, or bankrupted by the Standard Oil Company in Pennsylvania alone in the course of its career. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production Rarely have seventy-four seconds been turned to such account. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition The garrison fought with great bravery and inflicted heavy loss upon the Fortitude, seventy-four guns, to which the task of battering was assigned. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson The membership numbers twenty-three thousand two hundred and seventy-four persons.” The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, April, 1880 The "roll call" showed killed, wounded and missing, seventeen officers and six hundred and seventy-four men, a fearful total of six hundred and ninety-one out of a battalion of nine hundred and twelve effectives. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders As Rose was born at Exmouth in or about 1500, his age was about seventy-four when he died—probably rather more than less. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution The comets of 1807 and 1881 are, then, regarded with much probability as fragments of a primitive disrupted body, one following in the wake of the other at an interval of seventy-four years. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Forty-eight of us out of seventy-four got back with our prisoners. Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 We are told of one fallen monarch, which was measured by a government surveyor, having a length upon the ground of four hundred and seventy-four feet. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands No. I There came from Australia at his own expense, one Thomas Harper, an old man of seventy-four, to help in a British munition factory. Great Britain at War Only yesterday a keen observer said of him, "Lord Thurlow is, I believe, only seventy-four; and from his appearance I should think him a hundred years old." A Book About Lawyers A few hours after this we fell in with the Bellerophon, a British seventy-four, who went, from our information, in pursuit of the President. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. The following spring he was ordered to the Washington, also a seventy-four, about to sail for Naples, bearing on board Mr. William Pinkney, our minister to that court. Admiral Farragut Only seventy-four years ago, our fathers of the ever-memorable Revolution pledged "fortune, life, and sacred honor" to establish the independence of these United States. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes At the age of sixty-five, his figure, seventy-four inches in height, stands unbent—supple and graceful. The Vanishing Race His friends represented that he died of a broken heart; to which assertion flippant enemies responded that no man ever had a heart after living seventy-four years. A Book About Lawyers The Marshal died at Bayonne, on July 12, 1678, aged seventy-four years, leaving four children, of whom the Count de Guiche and the Princess de Monaco are well known. Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The succeeding spring and summer were again spent in routine cruising on board the Franklin, seventy-four, which had taken the place of the Washington. Admiral Farragut During the same week, his notary at Havre sent him the sum realised by the sale of his farm—one hundred and seventy-four thousand francs. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man At length we had the honour of nestling His Majesty’s ship between a French and a Spanish seventy-four, and so close that a biscuit might have been thrown on the decks of either of them. A Sailor of King George “Jacobs helped you out as well as the rest of us in the drouth and grasshopper time of seventy-four,” he said. Winning the Wilderness I've got a dear old white-haired grandmother, which she was seventy-four her last birthday and has always been a life-long member of the First Baptist Church. Sundry Accounts By this sum seventy-four laborers in the word and doctrine, in various parts of the world, have been to a greater or less degree assisted. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller We saw that the eight English men-of-war that bore down upon us in a line, were sixty, seventy-four, ninety, and one of forty guns. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II One school is in operation on the reservation, with an attendance of seventy-four scholars. The Indian Question (1874) At eight o’clock the King George was struck by a favorable puff of wind, and came quite close to the seventy-four. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure The whole length of it is seventy-four feet. Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc July 4, 1891, I broke 81 glass balls in seventy-four seconds, 31 of which I broke in sixteen seconds, which is far the best record ever made with a rifle. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed They were larger and more strongly built, a frigate being as strong as a British seventy-four. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) “Three hundred and seventy-four dollars and sixteen cents,” she said, when she had finished counting. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern Sure enough, the pursued hoisted her colors, ran out her guns, and showed herself to be a man-of-warsman carrying seventy-four cannon: over double the amount of armament aboard the plucky King George. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure In seventeen hundred and seventy-four, The month of October, we know, An army of Indians, two thousand or more, Encamped on the Ohio.” A Virginia Scout Another dog, which belonged to Sir Henry Bate Dudley, won seventy-four successive matches, without having been once beaten. Anecdotes of Dogs The moral effect of this victory was not impaired by the fact that the conqueror and her prize were compelled to surrender a few hours later to the British seventy-four Poictiers. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) In the battle which ensued, Nelson, who had been raised to the rank of Commodore, and removed to the Captain, seventy-four, bore a most distinguished part. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Next morning, at eight o’clock, the fog suddenly lifted, disclosing—not two treasure ships—but two French men-of-war; one bearing seventy-four guns, the other sixty-four. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure He knew well that the protection of Portugal would not aid him in the least should the captain of that seventy-four choose to open fire upon the "Armstrong." The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 During the last sixty years, however, the height of the mountain has been practically constant at ten thousand eight hundred and seventy-four feet. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror He was seventy-four years old and not in good health, yet his energy was tireless, his resources inexhaustible, and his audacity matchless. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan S. Mark has no fewer than seventy-four verbs which “occur nowhere else in the Gospels:” and this happens to be one of them? The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Here, therefore, on this yard of three-year-old twig are seventy-four blossoms. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 It only remained for the British to move the seventy-four "Plantagenet" into action to seal the doom of the Yankee privateer. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 "It weighs seventy-four pounds and four ounces," he announced. In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia From these readings Mr. Giffin makes the altitude of the mountain twenty thousand three hundred and seventy-four feet above Valdez, which is ten feet above the sea-level. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America The Dutch squadron consisted of one seventy-four, one sixty-eight, one sixty-four, and five fifty-fours. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I But there will not be seventy-four fruits; some of the flowers are small and weak; others, as the petals fall, show unmistakable signs of failing. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 She then put out to sea, and soon fell in with a convoy of ten British merchantmen, under the protection of the seventy-four "Armada." The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Jack’s object is to cripple her, and with this object in view he concentrates his larboard broadside again in the stern of the seventy-four, and her rudder is a thing of the past. As We Sweep Through The Deep He only saw a testy, red-faced old fellow with goggle eyes, and seventy-four years old, and past his work. Bardell v. Pickwick He had, however, resided there but a short time, when he was appointed first lieutenant of the Edgar of seventy-four guns, then fitting at Woolwich for the broad pendant of Commodore Elliot. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I Pursuant to his instructions he exhibited this additional force before Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, where they were somewhat surprised at the appearance of the Independence seventy-four. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. The British, outnumbered, fled down the bay; but, though Barney was rapidly overhauling them, he saw his hopes of victory shattered by the sudden appearance of His Britannic Majesty's seventy-four gun ship "Dragon." The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 The watch kept on board the French seventy-four was not extra vigilant. As We Sweep Through The Deep The number at present in the province is one hundred and eight: seventy-four priests, eleven student brothers, and twenty-three coadjutors. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The Fortitude was a small seventy-four, but well manned. Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I Almost immediately afterward the British seventy-four "Poietiers" came in sight, and in the disabled condition of the two combatants overhauled them easily. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Finally the swift little cruiser actually succeeded in capturing one of the vessels, and escaping before the heavy seventy-four could get to the scene of the conflict. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 She loads her guns, and is coming down with the wind again—like the wind, too—when the seventy-four gets in her first broadside. As We Sweep Through The Deep Of the soldiers nine hundred and thirty-one were Highlanders, seventy-four Lowland Scotch, five English, one Welsh and two Irish. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America The Americans had twenty-four killed, one hundred and fifteen wounded, and seventy-four made prisoners. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815 Some of the ships, however, were separated from the others, and one of seventy-four guns was wrecked through the incapacity of the French naval officers. 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 The expected fleet soon came, but was under the protection of a seventy-four, two frigates, and three brigs,—a force sufficient to keep at bay the most audacious of corvettes. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 A French seventy-four striking her flag to a British frigate of forty guns! As We Sweep Through The Deep An old boatswain's mate of the ship used to tell me one of his "last-cruise" stories, of when he "was in the Delaware, seventy-four, up the Mediterranean, in 1842." From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Up to that time seventy-four French vessels had been taken and more than eighty had been retaken from the French. The Story of Commodore John Barry Acting on orders from the admiralty, St. Vincent sent him thither, and by June 7 he was in command of thirteen ships of seventy-four, and the Leander of fifty guns. 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 Aless: It is a very serious situation, but do not be alarmed because— Papa:—it is therefore unlikely that Gildo will ever reach the age of one hundred and seventy-four. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions A pint of water, therefore, and two ounces of common coal, are thus rendered capable of doing as much work as is equivalent to seventy-four tons raised a foot high.” A Letter from Major Robert Carmichael-Smyth to His Friend, the Author of 'The Clockmaker' 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 This terrace has thirty-six sides, measuring three hundred and seventy-four feet in diameter. Travels in the Far East "Not long ago an interviewer called on Mr. Meredith, and brought away this for his pains:— "'I suppose I should regard myself as getting old—I am seventy-four. From a Cornish Window A New Edition And while we are writing this, it occurs to us that it was at this very hour seventy-four years ago, in the ice-cold night, Washington crossed the Delaware. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Several works of his are simply enormous; one is seventy-four by thirty feet; the school of St. Roch has fifty-seven large pictures by him, in many of which the figures are of life size. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The frigate la Melpom�ne has been attacked and taken in the Mediterranean, after a bloody engagement, by an English seventy-four. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II And now, as to this seventy-four of yours. A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy The Hornet carried twenty guns, while the Peacock had only eighteen, and the tonnage of the former exceeded, by seventy-four tons, that of the latter. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Filling the cube with boiling water, and determining the radiation from the' two surfaces, one of them is found to emit thirty-nine units of heat, while the other emits seventy-four. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 My carcass must be like an old seventy-four, after comin’ out av action, as full av holes as a meal sieve.” The Boy Slaves It consisted of seventy-four Hurons, forty-six Iroquois, and four Ottawas. A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America The number of subscribers was five hundred and seventy-four, and of copies eight hundred and nineteen; so that his profit, when he had paid his assistants, was still very considerable. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II “A seventy-four—you are correct,” replied the officer. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance "There is water enough here to float a seventy-four." The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock But in the Spring of 1816, he went on a cruise which proved most interesting, on the Washington, a beautiful new ship carrying seventy-four guns, which was to take the American minister to Naples. Ten Boys from History Thirteen nights are spent in this way, and seventy-four stories are told, when the approach of Lent cuts short the diversion. Italian Popular Tales In making the perilous journey they had swum across the river seventy-four times. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania A man who had started out with a fifty-dollar bet had managed to run it up to one hundred seventy-four thousand two hundred dollars in six plays. ...Or Your Money Back The extent of Franklin’s survey had extended over three hundred and seventy-four miles of dreary coast without discovering a single harbour for vessels. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold She had lived her simple, honest, narrow, upright life for seventy-four years. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III Here the great seventy-four blew up; there the English boats were sunk by the guns of the fortress; day and night for many weeks this ground has shuddered with the thunders of the cannonade. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses “There are but two frigates in sight, but I hope that they are more than a match for a French seventy-four.” Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars Among others, our friends Bill Bowls, Ben Bolter, and Tom Riggles, were sent on board the Majestic, a seventy-four gun ship of the line, commanded by Captain Westcott, one of England’s most noted captains. The Battle and the Breeze Mrs. Darling died on October 18th, 1848, and at the time of her death was seventy-four years old. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands This aunt of de La Grange is an old Walloon woman from Valenciennes, seventy-four years old. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 The British ship made her number, the Triumph, seventy-four, Captain Sir Thomas Hardy, one of the noblest officers in the British service. The Rival Crusoes Before long, we found ourselves under the guns of a French seventy-four, the Droits-de-l’Homme, one of the squadron, with troops on board, intended for the invasion of Ireland. Tales of the Sea And of our Jack Tars Such was the state of matters when our hero, Bill Bowls, was conveyed on board the Waterwitch, a seventy-four gun frigate, and set to work at once to learn his duty. The Battle and the Breeze Greatly to my astonishment it was laid on the table by a vote of yeas eighty-two, nays seventy-four. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 On a planet the size of Baron IV, with seventy-four men, you should be producing a dozen times the taaro you stated. Image of the Gods She was soon pronounced to be a seventy-four, at least. The Rival Crusoes A three-decker, classed according to law as a seventy-four, almost ready to be sent off the stocks—a noble ship. Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. He completed the Faerie Queene in one sitting, allowing for refreshments, of seventy-four hours. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 11, 1914 La Tour now disappears from the scene, and is understood to have died in the country he loved in the year 1666, at the ripe age of seventy-four. Canada "Exactly seventy-four per cent of all statements he made were fake." The Misplaced Battleship From the charter of Edward I onwards, mining seems to have prospered, with one or two intervals of great depression, and as late as 1861 seventy-four mines were being worked in Devonshire. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts It was to this man, then seventy-four years of age, that the care of the young Gustavus was intrusted when he came to court. The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa A fine, brave fellow as ever lived, with a short, straight nose and a resolute chin, he touched the measuring-bar quite fairly at seventy-four inches, and turned the scales at fourteen stone and a quarter. George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore The British seventy-four "Plantagenet," lying off Cape Henry, Virginia, was nearly sunk by one in the charge of Mr. Mix, an American naval officer. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 She died in Columbus, Ohio, October 30, 1866, at the age of seventy-four. The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes He might have clipped the record of the Flying Cloud, three hundred and seventy-four miles in one day, steering northward and westward around Cape Horn. The Wind Bloweth When I told him once how my friend, Paul Rainey, had killed seventy-four lions in Africa he could talk of nothing else at that interview. Face to Face with Kaiserism Two of the best bats of the Rifles were at the wicket, and in spite of several changes of bowling, seventy-four runs were scored without a separation being made. The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition But the gallant Americans were not destined to profit by the results of their victory; for, as they were making for the Delaware, the British seventy-four "Intrepid" intercepted them, and recaptured all the prizes. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 From their own official reports, it is known that of the twelve thousand engaged, the loss in killed and wounded was fifteen hundred; Ripley's single brigade losing five hundred and seventy-four men. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Twenty thousand one hundred and seventy-four articles were made in this way, and returned to the contractors who were kind enough to furnish the work. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience The sky slides into blue, the bluffs into bloom; the rapid Mississippi expands; runs sparkling and gurgling, all over in eddies; one magnified wake of a seventy-four. The Confidence-Man Spiddle, County Galway, died recently at the venerable age of seventy-four years. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 His cargo was to consist of forty-eight "knees" and the breast-hook of the seventy-four. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Toys, knocked off "the sticks" for the purpose, darken the air as they fly from one vehicle to another, and the broadside from a well-supplied coach is like that of a seventy-four. Kate Coventry An Autobiography I’m well used to it now, havin’ drunk enough to float a seventy-four since I come to this city o’ pirates.” The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story “Do bo’suns of seventy-four gun ships chew very bad?” inquired Peekins. The Lifeboat Why didn’t the old figur’-head use his pen more freely—his tongue goes fast enough to drive the engines of a seventy-four. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West Of these, no less than two hundred and fifty-four were ships-of-the-line, mounting over seventy-four guns each. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Glynn’s arms jerked as if he were holding on to the sheet of a shifting mainsail of a seventy-four. The Red Eric There was a time—I reflect on it with melancholy pride and subdued satisfaction—when I commanded a British seventy-four. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn If he was hung round with all the gold and silver medals he deserves to have, he’d go to the bottom—life-preserver though he is—like the sheet-anchor of a seventy-four, he would.” The Lifeboat The dramas of Harold, Queen Mary, and Becket, are perhaps his best; and the last was written when the poet had reached the age of seventy-four. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 After eighteen days' service on this blockade, the "Hornet" saw a British seventy-four bearing down upon her, bent upon releasing the treasure-ship. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 They admitted new members freely, and at the end of the first year of their existence had increased in numbers to seventy-four with �187 capital. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England When he was forty, and his father was proclaimed Emperor of Germany at the age of seventy-four, Frederick became heir to the Imperial throne. In and Around Berlin You have won seventy-four thousand dollars, which is exactly the amount I have remaining. The Ape, the Idiot & Other People But Clay, now seventy-four years old, and cured of his ambition to be President, was sent back to the Senate in the hope of averting the calamity of a disruption of the Union. Expansion and Conflict Aside from these, seventy-four were registered from Canada and fourteen from Porto Rico, the Philippines, and Hawaii. The University of Michigan Just out of gun-shot appeared a seventy-four gun ship and two frigates. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor Evidently, from the depth of the shattered seventy-four in the water, and the slow way in which she rolled, she had but a short time longer to float. True Blue A fine seventy-four was driven close under the Rock, when, after a few shots, she struck. Paddy Finn There’s water enough there to float a seventy-four. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin As soon as I was recovered, I was drafted on board the ‘Ajax,’ seventy-four, commanded by Captain Sir Henry Blackwood. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures We had had our breakfast and returned to our guns, when the seventy-four opened her fire upon our ship, the Mars. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor “She’s a fine old ship, that she is!” he exclaimed as he cast a last glance at the gallant seventy-four, before turning to attend to his duty. True Blue One by one they were sent plunging into the sea, and the big seventy-four was left at the mercy of the smallest privateer afloat. Paddy Finn Here is a Day for entering on seventy-four! Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) During the forty years previous there had been but seventy-four removals; Jackson made seven hundred. Comic History of the United States A seventy-four was the van ship of the weather division, and a frigate led the centre division. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor My provost- marshal reports seventy-four prisoners captured this P. M. I have conversed with some of the officers captured, and am satisfied Hood's army is more thoroughly beaten than any troops I have ever seen. Forty-Six Years in the Army The captain of one of the French ships, the Thesée, engaged with the Torbay, thought that he could do so; and Captain Keppel, who commanded the English seventy-four, unwisely followed his example. The Loss of the Royal George Consequently, before long the line-of-battle ship, which made the signal Terrible, seventy-four, overtook her. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure I know the difference between a collier and a seventy-four, I think. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea I afterwards heard that the large French frigate we had engaged was the Brutus, which had been a seventy-four cut down, and now mounted from forty-six to fifty guns. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor And now he’s in command of a seventy-four, and you may go begging for a word to get your boy into the midshipmen’s berth.” Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea Horace Walpole=233= gave the news that "Dr. Franklin, at the age of seventy-two or seventy-four, and at the risk of his head, had bravely embarked on board an American frigate." Benjamin Franklin The seventy-four therefore threw out the signal to bear up and a course was shaped for Plymouth. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure “Lend a hand here, somebody, to clear the young skipper; he’s wrapped up in enough stuff to make a new set of running gear for a seventy-four.” The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba The seventy-four immediately replied, and at once ceased firing altogether, the fire from the “Juno” also slackening somewhat. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War The Concordia was a steel barque of eight hundred and seventy-four tons register, Clyde built, and modelled upon lines that combined a very fair cargo-carrying capacity with high speed possibilities. The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa The administrative counties do not include the seventy-four county boroughs which are located geographically within them, but they do include all non-county boroughs and urban districts, so that they are by no means altogether rural. The Governments of Europe He had shortly to go to sea in a dashing frigate, and from that he was transferred to a seventy-four, in which he was engaged in several of England’s greatest battles. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure Despite all the laws of physics, their body temperature had remained constant after it had reached seventy-four, showing that some form of very slow metabolism was going on. The Black Star Passes It had by this time grown just sufficiently light to enable us to see the frigate looming like a seventy-four about a mile to windward. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War The spire is four hundred and seventy-four feet high—one hundred and forty feet higher than St. Paul's, and twenty-four feet higher than the Pyramids of Egypt. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland Of the present number of boroughs, seventy-four, or about one-fifth, are county boroughs. The Governments of Europe “We shall be made mincemeat of if she gets up to us, for I heard the boatswain’s mate say that she’s a seventy-four at least, and may be an eighty-gun ship, or still larger.” From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure A motion made to reconsider the vote refusing to excuse him was lost—yeas fifty-nine, nays seventy-four. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. Then there were a score of other little necessaries, amounting to near fifty dollars; in all, a bill of two hundred and seventy-four dollars. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' The church forms a cross, and is four hundred and thirty-two feet in length, one hundred and seventy-four in width, and ninety-nine in height. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland As I read Bell this night, it is as though I listen at the boxes and in the pit, in that tinkling time of ’seventy-four. Journeys to Bagdad Narses, an Armenian by birth, brought as an eunuch to Constantinople, and dedicated to the service of the palace, had grown grey in that service, and was now seventy-four years of age. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation It is astonishing how many cantaloupes will grow on a plot of ground seventy-four feet long by nineteen feet wide. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's His response as to the character of the churches, which I necessarily abridge, is deemed applicable, substantially, to the seventy-four churches among the Armenians. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. But the seventy-four surface craft came into the Firth of Forth on the 21st of November: sixteen dreadnoughts, eight light cruisers, and fifty destroyers. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas At last the wretched remnant of the French seventy-four caught fire and was burned to the ground. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 History calls that battle "one of the decisive battles of the world," yet it lasted only a day, and engaged from a hundred and seventy-four thousand to three hundred thousand men. Everyman's Land Seventy-five votes were cast for him, seventy-four for Mr. Morrill, and there was one blank vote, over which a dispute later arose. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Eight new States had been admitted to the Union, thus increasing the number of Senators from seventy-four to ninety. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective It was opened seventy-four years ago—in May, 1835—and ran from Brussels, the capital of Belgium, to Malines, a town which you will see on the map. Peeps At Many Lands: Belgium Of the original seventy-four, twenty-eight died, and the remaining forty-six with their progeny form one of the pleasantest attractions of the lake. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Victorious, seventy-four guns, which had been sent to take him. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers The entire length of the loft was seventy-four feet, and the width was nineteen feet. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's I was seventy-four this last past fourth of July. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 The maximum January temperature is seventy-four degrees, while that of July is seventy-nine degrees, and invalid guests at this house wear the same weight clothing in summer that they do in winter. A Truthful Woman in Southern California It is seventy-four feet long, fifty-four feet wide, and fifty-two feet four inches high. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The skeleton of a whale seventy-four feet in length has recently been found by Mr. F.A. Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections By 1997, in the wake of globalization’s rapid advance, the gulf had widened in only seven years to a ratio of seventy-four to one. Century of Light A French seventy-four and two frigates were within gunshot of her. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes The duke of Albemarle and Prince Rupert commanded the English fleet, which exceeded not seventy-four sail. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. Ninety colleges were demolished in several counties; two thousand three hundred and seventy-four chantries and free chapels; a hundred and ten hospitals. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary At three in the afternoon of Christmas, seventy-four hours' running time from Tabatinga, we entered the Rio Negro. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America "Thornton, Naval Observatory, Washington: "Stranded fifty-four thirty-eight north, seventy-four eighteen west. The Man Who Rocked the Earth One of the ships that perished that night was a fine English seventy-four, the Resolution. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes Lords of the Hundred, Manor and Borough aforesaid, the first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four. The Customs of Old England An attack on May 25th resulted in the killing of seventy-six persons and the injuring of one hundred and seventy-four, the principal victims being women and children. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War It runs about seventy-six miles south-east from Cape Everitt, but in coasting its shores we went about one hundred and seventy-four geographical miles. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 Now an eighteen-gun ship could not argue with a majestic seventy-four. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 The Africa, a light ship carrying only sixty-four guns, chose as her antagonist the Intr�pide, a French seventy-four, in weight of broadside and number of crew almost double her force. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes Of the seventy-four priests in Tiary, twenty-four were killed, whose names were known. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I. So that science is wrong by fourteen hundred and seventy-four degrees and four-tenths. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth "Only a hundred and seventy-four men, of whom the greater portion are natives." With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire Instead of this, he sensibly sent word to a great seventy-four at Rio de Janeiro, begging her to come and drive the pestiferous Hornet away. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Lieutenant Clement was sent in the jolly-boat, with two hands, to take possession of the Spanish seventy-four, and the boat carrying the gallant three was struck by a shot and swamped. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes The King of Granada had sent seventy-four ships to blockade the city from the sea, and the troops of Fez were forcing their way into the lower town. Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. It lies in seventy-four degrees of longitude, and sixty degrees of latitude, and eleven degrees distant from the Cape of Good Hope; and lies, as it were, opposite to the whole coast of Africa. Ideal Commonwealths The admiral's flagship, the Namur, of seventy-four guns; the Pembroke, of sixty; and the hospital ship, Apollo, were totally lost; and the rest of the fleet scattered in all directions. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire Attempting to bag another, she was chased away by the indignant seventy-four and winged it in search of other quarry until she sighted four strange sails. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 A British squadron beaten off, a British seventy-four captured! Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes My own men were engaged, at the time, in rescuing the crew of a French seventy-four that had blown up; and I was too busy to count, had counting been possible. News from the Duchy Her hair was white with the cares of seventy-four winters, and her eyes filled then with such a pleasant light. The Harvest of Years His most distinguished service, however, was taking, single-handed, the French seventy-four Pégase, in the spring of the latter year. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy That was water enough to float a seventy-four, and there was no let-up in the speed. Within The Enemy's Lines In less than two hours of a night action, that is, this single English seventy-four had destroyed two Spanish three-deckers of 112 guns each, and captured a fine French battle-ship of 74 guns! Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes It was a trick his brain played him, repeating, echoing the awful explosion of the French seventy-four Achille, which had blown up towards the close of the battle. News from the Duchy At the age of seventy-four, he appeared in the Supreme Court of the United States to advocate their cause. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States In the expected French squadron were eight ships of seventy-four guns or over, with three sixty-fours. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy But the fiery Julius, aged seventy-four, was influenced by the architect Bramante to demand from Michelangelo a bill of expense and definite explanation as to details. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Keats, unseen and unsuspected, edged down with his solitary seventy-four, her heaviest guns only 18-pounders, on the quarter of the nearest three-decker. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes The total force engaged was two hundred and seventy-four thousand, seven hundred and seventeen officers and men. Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain Madame Murat embarked the same night on board a British seventy-four, and immediately wrote to Lord Exmouth, requesting that he would take measures for the security and peace of the city. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth Against this was to be set only one British seventy-four, disabled on the 28th and returned to port; their other damaged vessels refitted at sea and stayed with the fleet. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy In the seventy-four Meditations composing this curious medley—“tho but in Homely Rhimes”—upon subjects familiar to any little girl or boy, none leaves the moral to the imagination. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book Saumarez, in a word, launched a single seventy-four against a fleet! Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes There was no room on board that seventy-four for our romance. Romance The object of his attack, La Cerbère, was moored with springs on her cable, within pistol-shot of three batteries, surrounded with armed vessels, and not a mile from a seventy-four and a frigate. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth Faithful to his constant preference, he as soon as possible exchanged into a ship-of-the-line, the Orion, of seventy-four guns. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy That under Prince Eugene, consisting of eighteen battalions of infantry and seventy-four squadrons of horse, was to attack the French left. The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars Keats was a daring sailor; his ship was, perhaps, the fastest British seventy-four afloat, and his men were instantly aloft spreading every inch of canvas. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes "He's in seventy-four, Mr. Durand," the man said as he approached. The Big-Town Round-Up The French ships slipped, and bringing the breeze with them, neared the Cleopatra; and a frigate actually succeeded in cutting off her retreat, while a seventy-four was fast coming up. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth Prominent British officers of that day claimed that a French sixty-gun ship was practically the equal of a British seventy-four. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy It is the only known manuscript that exhibits certain irregular readings, seventy-four in number, which Bede, in his “Retractations on the Acts,” quoted from his copy. Anglo-Saxon Literature They were seventy-four in number, but none of them were in a serviceable condition, and the greater part were small, merely skin and bone. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II At Nevers seventy-four priests, who refuse to take the oath, are guillotined. Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death The seventy-four brought her guns to bear upon one or the other of her antagonists as well as she could, and occasionally attempted, but without success, to close. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth Incredible as it may appear, the crew of this one British seventy-four carried, sword in hand, both the enemy's ships, though of far superior force. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy Nelson, hoping to return soon himself, asked Este to remain until he started, and to accompany him in a worn-out seventy-four, the "Superb," which he was holding for that purpose. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain The Court had to wait till what could be got out of the seventy-four appeared, and the man became an object of sympathy, because he was kept so long in arrest. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II The wind continued southerly, both fleets standing to the westward, the crippled "Ça Ira" being taken in tow by the "Censeur," of seventy-four guns. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain On the 15th, he stood in with the Indefatigable, and though chased by a seventy-four and five frigates, stationed in Bertheaume Bay, he persisted in watching the port as usual. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth I am of opinion, with your lordship, that three ships of seventy-four guns each would have been a hard match for the Three Crowns Battery; but, they certainly would have been forced to go away. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 Fourteen days ago, a French seventy-four got into Cadiz from Santo Domingo, and two French frigates, with some merchant ships. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain He required no less than seventy-four witnesses to be summoned in his defence. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II Hood was inclined to take her, and to transfer the ship's company bodily to a seventy-four. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain The captain of Le Genereux, in an official letter of true French gasconade, describes the Leander as carrying "seventy-four guns, twenty-four, and thirty pounders on the lower deck, and twelve pounders on the upper!" The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 On Friday, October 27, 1797, he set forth on his last cruise,—after seventy-four adventurous years on earthly seas. Greenwich Village The enemy's division had consisted of this seventy-four, a large transport, also captured, and three corvettes which escaped. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain The Guides lost thirty-three killed and seventy-four wounded. The Story of the Guides That night one of the latter, a seventy-four, having lost a topmast, was permitted to return to port. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Two first-rates, and a seventy-four, are with him; but the larger the ships, the better the mark. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 He there writes: 'Our last two reconnoiterings: Toulon has eight sail of the line apparently ready for sea … a seventy-four repairing. Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. The "Northumberland," seventy-four, was also to join off Malta, forming a division to replace the Portuguese squadron. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain The doctor sold it for seventy-four thousand two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents, which was twenty-eight thousand dollars less than he had spent on it. Fifth Avenue Nelson's journal says that two French ships, one of one hundred and twenty guns and a seventy-four, were at gunshot distance on the bow of the "Ça Ira" when he began to attack her. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain These they so warmly attacked, that one of the sternmost ships, the Alcide of seventy-four guns, had struck in the course of an hour. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 We have advices from Fort St. George of a French squadron which appeared off that place on January 25, 26, and 27, consisting of 1 seventy-four, 4 sixty-fours, and 2 fifties. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence When the expedition to the Baltic was on the eve of starting, a seventy-four went aground, in leaving the Downs. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain After the removal of Charles the Fat there came a lapse of seventy-four years. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine On the 11th of June, 1796, he shifted his broad pendant to the "Captain," of seventy-four guns, taking with him most of his officers. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain In the morning of the 14th, the Ca-Ira was discovered in tow of the Censeur of seventy-four guns, so far separated from their own squadron as to afford a probable chance of cutting them off. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 His mother, the Countess of Banbury, died on the 17th of April 1658, at the age of seventy-three, and Lord Vaux departed this life on the 8th of September 1661, aged seventy-four. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton Frederic of Prussia, though seventy-four years of age, encouraged the duke to reject the proposal, and promised his support. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Montana for a start off, and it sure was a tough state in 'seventy-four, I can tell you. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Besides her, he had the "Colossus," seventy-four, and "Leander," fifty, with a suitable number of smaller cruisers. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain In 1863 the average circulation was thirty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-eight; the largest issue, seventy-four thousand; the paper bill, ninety-five thousand dollars; salaries, forty-six thousand five hundred dollars; telegraphing, eight thousand dollars. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884 Two omnibus-tickets alone would have brought a severe admonition on my head; but seventy-four cents with them—! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 The periods of quartan fevers return at solar intervals of seventy-two hours, or at lunar ones of about seventy-four hours and an half. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life The average rainfall is forty-nine inches, falling on ninety-five days; but in seventy-four years, ending two years ago, it varied from a foot and a half to seven feet and four inches. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East There was then in the bay the "Egmont," seventy-four, whose commander had expressed to the admiral his wish to return to England. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain He trained no fewer than seventy-four artists, of which I was the last. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers Eight hundred and thirty-nine miles in addition were coiled in the after tank, and six hundred and seventy miles in the fore tank, making in all two thousand three hundred and seventy-four miles of cable. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 In a hundred parts are found fourteen of nitrogen, ten and a half of fatty matter, one and a half of saline matter, and seventy-four of water. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes Here large quantities of gold were gathered in early days, and we have names of seventy-four rulers before 300 A.D. running through twenty-one generations. The Negro |
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