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The majority of the vessels, although well armed, were out of date. 9000 officers and men were the extent of the personnel, and several useful craft, together with more than 1200 guns, were laid up in Norfolk dockyard, on the coast of Virginia, within a hundred miles of Richmond.* December 1, 1861: 264 ships in commission. December 1, 1862: 427 ships in commission.
This seems to have been true at every census since 1810, and the proportion of negroes to the total population of the nation grows steadily, though slowly, smaller. Of this number 8,749,427 lived in the Southern States, and 1,078,336 in the Northern.
When I was little he always brought me balls, dolls ninepins from Memphis and Sais; and now that I am older he teaches me beautiful new songs." Wilkinson II. 427. "As a parting gift he brought me a tiny Sicilian lapdog, which I am going to call Argos, because he is so white and swiftfooted.
Comenius himself actually wrote a Vestibulum for Latin, consisting of 427 short sentences, and directions for their use; and, as we know, his Janua Linguarum Reserata, which appeared in 1631, was the publication which made him famous. It is an application of his system to Latin.
The 62d, with 4, 611, 686, 427, 889, 904 vibrations per second, is a field where only I have worked. And beyond these, no doubt, other octaves extend with infinite possibilities. "You will note, monsieur," he continued, while the dun penumbra still more and more withdrew him from Leclair's sight, "that great lacunae exist in the scale of vibratory phenomena.
Rel., Vol. V, p. 863. Benton's "Abridgment," Vol. VIII, pp. 427, 428, and Vol. IX, pp. 90, 218. H. Ex. Doc. No. 121, Thirty-second Cong., First Sess.; also "Wharton's Digest," Sec. 60. "Wharton's Digest," Sec. 60. Mr. Upshur, who succeeded Mr. Webster as secretary of state, wrote to Mr. Irving to the same effect, October 10, 1843. Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Saunders, June 17, 1848. H. Ex. Doc.
I could not keep my eyes dry all day; nor can I now in the recollecting it; but let me pass over what to mourn is now so vain. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, ii. 333-339. Croker's Boswell, p. 427, Dr. Johnson calls Thomas Johnson 'cousin, and says that in the last sixteen months he had given him £40. He mentions his death in 1779. Piozzi Letters, ii. 45.
In 1891 a sum of £1,970 was spent in draining, fencing, and roadmaking, and in planting 90 acres of 960 acquired by the Tory Government for the purpose. In 1892 a further sum of £1,427 was spent in carrying on the work. It is said that a previous Liberal Government had rejected the scheme on the ground that trees would not grow in a situation exposed to the salt gales of the Atlantic, but Mr.
Germany has noticed, too, not without suspicion, that In 1904 England had 202,000 tons of warships in the Mediterranean and none in the North Sea. In 1907 England had 135,000 tons of warships in the Mediterranean and 166,000 tons in the North Sea. In 1909 England had 123,000 tons of warships in the Mediterranean and 427,000 tons in the North Sea.
Müller's own hand-writing, under this date: "For about 21 months with scarcely the least intermission the trial of our faith and patience has continued. Now, to-day, the Lord has refreshed our hearts. This afternoon came in, for the Lord's work, £1,427 1s. 7d. as part payment of a legacy of the late Mrs. E. C. S. For 3 years and 10 months this money had been in the Irish Chancery Court.
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