Then in about two seconds we heard a whack, and the dog he finished up with a most amazing howl or two, and then everything was dead still, and the parson begun his solemn talk where he left off.
About two-thirds of the main island were blown completely away.
The total height of the mountain is about 2000 feet, and the principal crater is situated at about two-thirds of the height.
An instant after we were landed, one after the other, in about two yards of water upon an even sand.
About two o'clock, I was in the drawing-room, busied in arranging my notes, when the Captain opened the door and appeared.
About two o'clock in the afternoon General Butler was forced back to the line the enemy had withdrawn from in the morning.
The bridge was finished in about two weeks, and I received orders to move against Colonel Thomas Harris, who was said to be encamped at the little town of Florida, some twenty-five miles south of where we then were.
About two o'clock on the morning of the 7th, I learned that the enemy was crossing troops from Columbus to the west bank to be dispatched, presumably, after Oglesby.
We started from Bruinsburg with an average of about two days' rations, and received no more from our own supplies for some days; abundance was found in the mean time.
In about two weeks, here came another crate with the greater part of the balance of said tea wagon.
And on the last page, about two thirds of the way down, was this one word.
When a strong breeze or moderate gale was blowing the ship could not safely work through any except young ice, up to about two feet in thickness.
Fragments of floe drifted past at about two knots, and the pack to leeward began to break up fast.
The footmarks were seen clearly enough raised up on the ice, and the track was followed for about two miles in a direction leading to Cape Evans.
About two-thirds of the working-age population engages in subsistence agriculture.
In about twominutes he raised his head, and said: "Upton, in fifteen years you will be making forty thousand lamps a day.
These were built up to a height of about two and a half feet, and each was surmounted with a single heavy slab of black marble.
One night, or about two o'clock in the morning, a policeman came in and said that something had exploded at the corner of William and Nassau streets.
Semple, at that time, was all there was of Benicia; he was captain and crew of his ferry boat, and managed to pass our party to the south side of Carquinez Straits in about two days.
General Ward, with about one thousand men, retreated to Campbellsburg, where he called to his assistance some partially-formed regiments to the number of about two thousand.
A force of about two thousand, cavalry passed through Grand Junction north last Friday, and fell on a detachment of the Bolivar army at Middleburg, the result of which is doubtless reported to you.
This affair occurred on the 19th of May, and our line was then within about two miles of the northern intrenchments of Corinth.
About two and a half miles below this the river expands into a wide basin, seemingly dammed up by a perpendicular ridge of black rock.
About two o'clock the large boat of Mr. Hunt was manned, and he stepped on board, accompanied by Messrs.
A circle of about two feet in diameter is then nicely cut in the sod, which is carefully removed, with the loose soil immediately beneath it, and laid aside in a place where it will be safe from anything that may change its appearance.
I thought it would be uncivil not to do so, and Monsieur Derues appeared in about two hours.
About two o'clock in the afternoon the enemy showed signs of movement, by massing large numbers of his troops on our right at the extremity of an open field a mile and a half from the Murfreesboro pike.
About two o'clock in the afternoon Adams and Jackson's brigades assailed our left with determined energy, but after a severe contest they were compelled to yield and fall back.
At Beaver Dam, Ashland, and other places, about twomillions of rations had been captured and destroyed.
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