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In the earlier unabridged editions the definition concludes, 'often used in the trials of criminals, whose danger has obliged them to change their names; as Simpson alias Smith, alias Baker, &c. For Mallet, see ante, i. 268, and ii. 159. Perhaps Scott had this saying of Johnson's in mind when he made Earl Douglas exclaim:
Thought-of-others sat at the board and a cheery companion it is. "Tell the laundress to be sure and bring her children around to-morrow, and be sure you make them have a good time," he said to James, as he rose from the table. James bowed. "Yes, sir." "And ascertain where policeman, No. 268, is to be found to-morrow. I want to send a contribution to make a good slide for some boys on his beat."
Sir Walter always took a warm interest in the school. His speech as Chairman at the opening ceremony, on the 1st October 1824, is quoted in the Life, vol. vii. p. 268. Burnt at Edinburgh in 1670. See Arnot's Crim. Trials. 4to, Edin. 1785. Afterwards Sir John Rennie, knighted on the completion of the Bridge. See ante, p. 307, and post, p. 359. Dr. Marshman died in 1837.
The view of Professor Judd, that leucite easily changes into felspar, and that some ancient igneous rocks which now contain felspar were originally leucitic, does not seem to be borne out by the above facts. In such cases the felspar crystals ought to retain the forms of leucite. See Volcanoes, 4th edition, p. 268.
"Here," he said, as he overtook him, "I am going to see that you stop that sliding and enforce the law, or I shall report you for failure to perform your duty. I see your number 268." "All right, sir. You can do as you please about that," said the officer, rather surlily, but politely. Livingstone walked close after him to the hilltop.
It was on this account apprehended, that the parallax of the sun, by means of observations taken from different places at the time of the transit of Venus in 1761 and 1769, might be ascertained with a great degree of precision . Bonnycastle, Astronomy, 7th edition, p. 262, et seq. Ibid, p. 268. Phil. Transactions, Vol. XXIX, p. 457.
After heavy hand-to-hand fighting, the Austrians, suffering severe loss, were completely driven back all along the line of attack. On the Julian front, Austrian attacks on the northern slopes of San Marco, east of Goritz, between Monte Vuocgnacco and Monte Faiti, and in the neighborhood of Hill 268 were repulsed.
Harper & Brothers. 8vo. pp. 268. $1.00. Astoria; or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains. By Washington Irving. Author's Revised Edition. New York. G.P. Putnam. 8vo. pp. viii., 519. $1.50. Revised Regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861. By Authority of the War Department. Philadelphia. J.B. Lippincott & Co. 8vo. pp. 559. $2.00.
The report of the Post Master General herewith submitted exhibits the condition and prospects of that Department. From that document it appears that there was a deficit in the funds of the Department at the commencement of the present year beyond its available means of $315,599.98, which on the first of July last had been reduced to $268,092.74.
Chambers's Traditions, ii. 268. This word is commonly used to signify sullenly, gloomily; and in that sense alone it appears in Dr. Johnson's Dictionary.
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