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Two or three years later Sir William married the Bishop's daughter. Life of Sir W Jones, pp.240, 279. No. 2. See vol. i p. 378. Northcote, according to Hazlitt, said of this character with some truth, that 'it was like one of Kneller's portraits it would do for anybody. Northcote's Conversations, p.86. See post, p.98. London Chronicle, May 2, 1769.
For pensions 50,059,279.62 For the military establishment, including river and harbor improvements and arsenals 40,466,460.55 For the naval establishment, including vessels, machinery, and improvements at navy-yards 15,686,671.66 For miscellaneous expenditures, including public buildings, light-houses, and collecting the revenue 41,837,280.57
The men were released, and the commission of twelve was dissolved. But on the 28th the Assembly, ashamed of having yielded tamely to a demonstration which was not overwhelming, renewed the commission, by 279 votes to 239. A more decisive action was now resolved upon, and the Jacobins prepared what they called a moral insurrection.
How greatly they developed the submarine idea was shown by their construction in 1916 of vessels with a displacement of 2400 tons; a length of 279 feet, and a beam of 26 feet; a surface speed of 22 knots, cruising radius of 6500 miles, mounting 4 to 8 guns and carrying a crew of from 40 to 60.
On the 18th of October we had another brilliant morning, after a cold night, the temperature having fallen to 4 degrees. I took the altitude of Yeumtso by carefully boiling two thermometers, and the result was 16,279 feet, the barometrical observations giving 16,808 feet.
Fifteen gasometers, varying in dimensions, the contents computed on an average at 20,626 cubic feet each, amounting to 309,385 cubic feet altogether; but never quite filled; the working contents estimated at 18,626 cubic feet each in the whole at 279,390 cubic feet.
Above, pp. 144 sq., 147 sq., 155, 169 sq., 175, 177, 179. Above, p. 179. Above, p. 177. Above, pp. 187 sq. Above, pp. 279 sq. Above, p. 188. Above, p. 159. Above, p. 116. Above, p. 201. Rev. Above, pp. 140, 142. Above, pp. 119, 165, 166, 173, 203. Above, p. 140. Above, p. 121. Above, pp. 141, 170, 190, 203, 248, 250, 264. Above, p. 251. Above, pp. 119, 165, 166, 168, 173, 174.
Cf. a similar story told by a peasant to Dr. Krauss' mother no longer ago than 1888, as having recently happened at Mrkopolje: he "knew the parties!" Ellis, p. 208; Grinnell, p. 129. Jahn, p. 364, cited above, p. 279. According to him the husband was never to invite company to the castle. This is probably more modern than the other version.
"If no man hurt thee, but the hand divine Inflict disease, it fits thee to resign; To Jove, or to thy father, Neptune, pray," The brethren cried, and instant strode away. Ralston's Russian Folk-Tales. Crane's Italian Popular Tales, pp. 279 282. A game played with peach-pits, which are thrown into holes made in the ground, and to which certain numbers are attached.
To whiffle = to hesitate; waver; prevaricate. cf. p. 279 Bulkers. Whores. cf. Shadwell, Amorous Widow , Act iii: 'Her mother sells fish and she is little better than a bulker. A bulker was the lowest class of prostitute. cf.
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