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And see Cotton MS., Vespasian, c. iv. fol. 264, 276, 285, 288, 297. " He sent unto the emperour, provoking and enticing him to send an army into this said land." Act of Attainder of the Earl of Kildare. See also Leland, Vol. II. p. 136. The account given by Gonzalo Fernandez of his visit to Desmond is among the Archives at Brussels, and supplies a curious picture of the state of the country.
The third was the verbal promise mentioned above. Curios. I. x. No. 8. Ashburnham, ii. 76. Rushworth, vi. 266, 267, 276. Clarendon, Hist. iii. 22; Papers, ii. 228. agitated by the most contradictory rumours: the moment the place of the king's retreat was ascertained, both Presbyterians and Independents united in condemning the perfidy of their northern allies.
A quotation from the title-page of the latter may serve to illustrate the temper of the times: Drake, Sir Francis. The world encompassed. Being his next voyage to that to Nombre de Dios, formerly imprinted ... offered ... especially for the stirring up of heroick spirits, to benefit their country and eternize their names by like bold attempts. Lon. 1628. Addenda, Nos. 236, 261, 276, etc.
The distance made good was 73 miles only from the ship, but in order to accomplish it 276 miles had been travelled over. Commander Markham saw clearly that by proceeding farther he should run the risk of sacrificing the lives of his people. Thus, with a heavy heart, he determined to go back. The return journey was attended by even greater difficulties than the advance.
Under the influence of his forcible argument General Sharpe's proposition was lost by a vote of 479 to 276.
But Boswell was only in the company of his idol some 180 days, or 276 if we include the time on the tour in Scotland, in all the twenty years of his acquaintance. Lockhart had the journals of Sir Walter, and the communications of nearly a hundred persons.
Again, the sterility or fertility of crosses seems to bear no relation to the structural resemblances or differences of the members of any two groups. Mr. Darwin has discussed this question with singular ability and circumspection, and his conclusions are summed up as follow, at page 276 of his work:
Essay on the 'Independency of Parliament. Fragment, p. 292. Ibid. p. 276. Miscellaneous Works, p. 170. Miscellaneous Works, p. 173. Miscellaneous Works, p. 138. Miscellaneous Works, pp. 135-40. Miscellaneous Works, p. 158, and see pp. 143-47. Ibid. p. 128. Miscellaneous Works, p. 146. Miscellaneous Works, p. 183. A full analysis of this article is in Bain's James Mill, pp. 265-75.
Indeed, in Spanish America, the dollar, instead of being divided into 20 reals, as in Spain, is divided into only 8 parts called reals, which evidently represent the real of the time of Ferdinand and Isabella, as the dollar does the real of 8. But the ounce of silver was anciently worth 276-1/4 maravedis; the dollar, therefore, is likewise equal to 276 1/4 maravedis.
The result of this valuation was that the indemnity granted to the Christians was reduced by the English to the sum of 276,075 sterling, instead of the original 500,000. And as Ali's agents only arrived at the sum of 56,750, a final conference was held at Buthrotum between Ali and the Lord High Commissioner.
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