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The victory served to encourage the Romans to enlarge their navy, and with it to press the war into the enemy's territory. Soon after Mylæ they gained possession of the greater part of Sicily, and in the year 256 they dispatched a fleet to carry the offensive into Africa.
He claimed to have tabulated from the university almanac 256 men so christened, and offered to go into the life history of any or all of them.
On the first of July last there was due to the Department from post masters $135,245.28; from late post masters and contractors, $256,749.31; making a total amount of balances due to the Department of $391,994.59. These balances embrace all delinquencies of post masters and contractors which have taken place since the organization of the Department.
The Supreme Court upheld the action, although on broader grounds. Above, p. 256, cf. 159 U.S. Reports, 564. In 1893 the "World's Fair" in Chicago had celebrated the four hundredth anniversary of the landing of Columbus, and many of the criminals attracted by the event had remained in the city.
Bedford was described as "a person of such great hospitality that Queen Elizabeth was wont to say of him that he made all the beggars." Clark, Shirburn Ballads, 256. J.C. Cox, Three Centuries of Derbyshire Annals, i, 136. E. Freshfield, St. Bartholomew, Exchange, Acc'ts, s.a. 1598, et passim. Freshfield, St.
The species reached its lowest ebb in 1889, when there were only 256 head in captivity and 835 running wild.
He had been surgeon in the fleet at Trafalgar, and was afterwards appointed to St. Helena. The University Commission. See ante, pp. 256, 257. The long life of Walter, fifth Duke of Buccleuch, more than fulfilled the hopes and prognostics of his friend. A "true Scots lord," he carried with him to the grave in 1884 the love and respect of his countrymen. Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 2. January 1.
Taking the same tuning fork mentioned above, the molecule would take 1/256 of a second to make a full vibration, which is the length of time it takes for the pulse to travel the length of the sound wave. For different intensities, the amplitude of vibration of the molecule is roughly 1/50 to 1/1000000 of an inch.
On the first of July last there was due to the Department from post masters $135,245.28; from late post masters and contractors, $256,749.31; making a total amount of balances due to the Department of $391,994.59. These balances embrace all delinquencies of post masters and contractors which have taken place since the organization of the Department.
Pope; but you must not call it Homer. Johnson's Works, viii. 336, note. 'It is certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen; and its publication must therefore be considered as one of the great events in the annals of Learning. Ib. p. 256. 'There would never, said Gray, 'be another translation of the same poem equal to it. Gray's Works, ed. 1858, v. 37.
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