The periods into which it was divided were of thirteen days each, thus representing about half the time that the moon was visible.
Although there was an error ofthirteen days in the Julian calendar when it was reformed by Gregory, in 1582, there was a correction made of only ten days.
But why did the Pope, in correcting the Julian calendar in 1582, not correct the whole error of thirteen days?
While our author states it is thirteen days, he also states it is fourteen days; a discrepancy of one day.
Hence the subject of both passages is essentially the week of thirteen days, i.
This business being attended to, on the day succeeding the last extrusion, she takes the nest, and for a period of twelve or thirteen days of rather close sitting, supplies the warmth necessary to develop her house-full of children.
This is undoubtedly the exclusive task of the female for a period of thirteen days.
This is her exclusive task for a period of twelve or thirteen days.
The inhabitants of Yucatan had, like the Mexicans, the two distinct modes of computing time, by months of twenty days, and by periods of thirteen days.
You won't be home in thirteen days to be sure, but on the other hand you won't be pestered by curious people.
In thirteen days you'll be steaming up the Channel," she whispered, and with a sob she covered her face with her hands.
He could not have walked a thousand miles in a thousand hours; but he wrote the "Barber of Seville" in thirteen days.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thirteen days" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
