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Raeburn grasped his hand once more. "Now I feel that I've got you, Eric!" he exclaimed. "What lucky chance has brought you so unexpectedly?" "No lucky one!" said Haeberlein, with an expressive motion of the shoulders. "But of that anon; let me look at you, old fellow why you're as white as a miller! Call yourself six-and-forty! You might pass for my grandfather!"

He was six-and-forty years of age, and had passed ten-and-a-half of them in the Indies.

To those volumes the present work, recounting his career during the ensuing six-and-forty years, is intended to serve as a sequel. Before entering upon the later narrative, however, it will be necessary briefly to recapitulate the incidents that have been already detailed.

However, this one was a great ship, carried six-and-forty guns, and an admirable sailer, as appeared by her outsailing us; for our ship was an excellent sailer too, as I have said before.

Just you let them alone for another fifteen year. That'll be time." Mr. Jerry had been like one of the family, so pleasantry of this sort was warranted. It was not unwelcome to Aunt M'riar. "I'm forty-six, Mr. Jerry," she said. "And forty-six is six-and-forty." "And fifty-six is six-and-fifty, which is what I am, this very next Michaelmas. Now I call that a coincidence, Mrs. Wardle."

When made up in driblets as they could, their best securities were at an interest of twelve per cent. By this the state of the rest may be judged. As to our commerce, the imports and exports of the nation, now six-and-forty million, did not then amount to ten.

Tommy also objected very much at first, but he could not alter his father's intentions; so John Potter went off to the Eddystone rock, and for a long time took charge of the light that cast its friendly beams over the sea every night thereafter, through storm and calm, for upwards of six-and-forty years.

And with the deep gratitude which she felt towards her benefactress was blended a sort of impassioned respect, which rendered her timid and deferent each time that she saw her arrive, tall and distinguished, ever clad in black, and showing the remnants of her former beauty which sorrow had wrecked already, though she was barely six-and-forty years of age.

"Well the name he called himself by was my sister's husband's, and he said he came from Australia." "That might be, and no witchcraft. When did your sister die?" "Five-and-forty six-and-forty years ago!" "Any children left? Boys?" "Boys? Lord, no! At least, yes two boys! What I mean is, not by this name." "What were the boys' names?" "One, I call to mind, was Isaac.

At present, I can only say they astonish me, and put me to shame: the unresting diligence displayed in them, and the immense sum-total of them, what man, in any the noblest pursuit, can say that he has stood to it, six-and-forty years long, in the style of this man?