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The mortality from consumption and other diseases of the respiratory organs, among the Household Cavalry, the Queen's Body-Guard, and the most perfectly formed men in the kingdom, was 25 per cent., among the Dragoon Guards 59 per cent., among the Infantry of the Line 115 per cent., and among the Foot-Guards 172 per cent. greater than it was among the males of the same ages throughout England and Wales, and consumption was the prevailing cause of death.
When we are told there are 290,680,493,115 stars we accept it without question, but if there is a sign saying "FRESH PAINT" we touch the paint with our fingers to see if it is really so. Fellows, there is a big sign posted all over the country, carrying in large letters the two words, "It satisfies."
I longed to find my darling hope realized, of putting my foot upon Chinese ground. I pictured the mandarins with their high caps, and the ladies with their tiny feet, when in the middle of the night the wind shifted, and on the 7th of July we had been carried back 115 miles.
It is looked on as one of the best Grotius ever wrote. April 1, 1599. Ep. 2. p. 1. Ep. 3. p. 1. Poemata, p. 262. Ep. 24. p. 7. Ep. 1581. p. 711. Ep. 325. p. 115. Ep. 3. p. 1. Ep 4. p. 1. X. Grotius, who had resolved to follow the Bar, pleaded his first cause at Delft in the year 1599, at his return from France.
Of these applications 418 were passed, comprising 2,115 miles, of which, 1,415 miles were in class A, i.e. light railways to be constructed on land acquired or "cross-country" lines, that is to say, lines which legitimately fulfilled the purposes of the Act. But, up to October, 1913, only 45 of these lines, with a total length of 441 miles, had been constructed and opened for traffic.
115. =Madeira Sauce.= Put over the fire in a thick sauce-pan one pint of Spanish sauce made according to receipt No. 44, or the same quantity of any rich brown gravy, season with salt and pepper to taste; the seasoning must depend on the flavor of the gravy; when scalding hot add half a pint of Madeira wine, and stir till the sauce is thick enough to coat the spoon; then strain through a fine sieve, and serve hot.
It is with pleasure I add that this stanza could never be more truly applied than at this present time. BOSWELL. This note was added to the second edition. See ante, i. 115, note 1. See ante, i. 82. Baretti, in a MS. note on Piozzi Letters, i. 121, says: 'Johnson was a real true-born Englishman.
A number of works, by Ory, Luro, Laudes, and Sylvestre, on the village community in Annam, proving that it has had there the same forms as in Germany or Russia, is mentioned in a review of these works by Jobbe-Duval, in Nouvelle Revue historique de droit francais et etranger, October and December, 1896. Kovalevsky, Modern Custom and Ancient Law, i. 115.
He flattered himself that his works on this subject had undeceived several Protestants , and that Rivetus, his grand adversary, was looked upon even by his collegues as a Divine of little judgment and a moderate share of erudition. Via ad Pacem, Art. 7. p. 17. Ad. Art. 7. p. 641. P. 642. & p. 695. Discussio Apolog. Rivet. & p. 696. Ep. 318. p. 115. Ep. 534. p. 914. see Ep. 739. p. 975. No 2.
The phrase occurs in the memoir of Chang K'een, referred to in the next note. Through him, by B.C. 115, a regular intercourse was established between China and the thirty-six kingdoms or states of that quarter; see Mayers' Chinese Reader's Manual, p. 5. The memoir of Chang K'een, translated by Mr. Less is known of Kan Ying than of Chang K'een.
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