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During the year now closing, four thousand one hundred and forty-nine-pounds seventeen shillings fivepence was expended in aid of ninety-one brethren laboring in England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Sardinia, Canada, Nova Scotia, East Indies, China, and British Guiana. Also, during the past year 1,885,401 tracts and books have been circulated.

Sidney and I, and one or two others, scored well, although nothing like what our two champion stickers had done; and the whole of our second innings terminated for two hundred and eighty-eight runs, thus leaving the Inimitables no less than a hundred and ninety-one to get to tie us, and one more to win.

For this reason, the Aiantid tribe offered the sacrifice to the nymphs Sphragitides, ordered by the oracle for the victory, at the public expense. Of the Lacedæmonians, there fell ninety-one, and of the Tegeans sixteen.

For of three hundred thousand, forty thousand only are said to have escaped with Artabazus; while on the Greeks' side there perished in all thirteen hundred and sixty: of which fifty-two were Athenians, all of the tribe Aeantis, that fought, says Clidemus, with the greatest courage of any; and for this reason the men of this tribe used to offer sacrifice for the victory, as enjoined by the oracle, to the nymphs Sphragitides at the expense of the public: ninety-one were Lacedaemonians and sixteen Tegeatans.

At the venerable age of ninety-one, he is still living, the last survivor of that illustrious society. The friendship of a man thus interesting and distinguished, was highly honourable to Park, who was duly sensible of its value. Nor was this instance singular.

The same fate befell Dorion's motion for an adjournment of the debate and an appeal to the people, on the ground that it involved fundamental changes in the political institutions and political relations of the province; changes not contemplated at the last general election. On March 12th the main motion adopting the resolutions of the Quebec conference was carried by ninety-one to thirty-three.

Unless you confess the truth, I shall tell him that you deliberately lured him into a trap by which you won that touring car." "Tell him; I dare you!" she challenged me. "If he believes it he will think it a huge joke." "And you told me that you once made a nine-hole course in Paris in ninety-one," I accused her. "I did," she laughed. "It was in a competition with one club a putter."

General Schofield had come up from Newbern with twenty-six thousand three hundred and ninety-two and constituted the center, besides five thousand six hundred and fifty-nine cavalry, under Kilpatrick, and ninety-one pieces of artillery. General Johnston had encamped his army between two roads, one leading to Raleigh, the other to Weldon.

I remember you did write me last summer that she had died and you had the amethysts at last. She must have been very old." "Ninety-one." "She might have given you the amethysts before. You, of course, will wear them; and I am going to borrow the corals!" Jane Carew gasped. "You do not object, do you, dear?

There is room for two in a coal bunker which should be empty by to-night; otherwise, the hold, if you can find room." "But what's all the trouble," they queried peevishly. "Surely " "Trouble!" The purser swallowed hard. "We have on board eighty-four generals, two hundred and twenty colonels, and one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one what-nots of junior rank.