Otherwise, how could there be said to be a height of twelve thousand furlongs, the same as the length and the breadth?
Froissart has the horrid narrative; twelve thousand of these Jacques bon hommes expiated their crimes; but the Jacquerie, who had received their first appellation in derision, assumed it as their nom de guerre.
In another were wedged about twelve thousand descriptions of books in all languages, except those of French and Italian; sometimes with critical notes.
Upon his arrival in Martinique, Lord Albemarle took command of all the forces assembled on the island and found that his army consisted of twelve thousand men.
The fleet under their command consisted of twenty-nine line ships, eighty smaller vessels with a crew of fifteen thousand sailors and a land force of twelve thousand men.
His force will be all cavalry, while Ord will have from ten to twelve thousand men of all arms.
Kosciuszko commanded about ten thousand men, a part of whom were recently raised and imperfectly disciplined; while Fersen was at the head of twelve thousand veterans, including a most formidable body of cavalry.
Indeed, if it is a matter of capital importance to you, Finot would allow you to bludgeon your man in a big paper with ten or twelve thousand subscribers, if you make yourself indispensable to Finot.
Florine's name will be made; she will perhaps obtain an engagement in another theatre with a salary of twelve thousand francs.
The troops of Tarik had been augmented to twelve thousand Saracens; but the Christian malecontents were attracted by the influence of Julian, and a crowd of Africans most greedily tasted the temporal blessings of the Koran.
This was very much the case at Norwich; and writers of the time refer with pride to the fact that before nine years of age children earned more than was necessary for their own support by twelve thousand pounds a year!
The Ministers had told the king before the meeting of Parliament that they thought they could obtain a grant of ten or twelve thousand in England, and William had replied that they might as well leave none as so few.
For the most part, timber-line is a trifle above eleven thousand feet, but in a few places the trees climb up almost to twelve thousand.
The Flat-Top trail is the greatest one; this touches a variety of scenes, crosses the continental divide at twelve thousand feet, and connects Grand Lake and Estes Park.
The army comprised between eleven and twelve thousand men, including a small force of provincial rangers.
Marry for love, my dear friend, even if it means getting along ontwelve thousand a year.
I just wanted you to understand that I can't go on as I'm going on twelve thousand a year.
Twelve thousand a year is all right if a chap's working part of the time.
No, gentlemen, you can't expect to be much more than a poodle dog on twelve thousand.
A Dutch Ship driven by foul weather there, by chance have found their Posterity (speaking good English) to amount to ten or twelve thousand persons, as they suppose.
In 1667, or ninety-eight years after Pine was wrecked, the Dutch captain estimated that the population of the island amounted to ten or twelve thousand persons.
The winner's share of the receipts amounted to twelve thousand dollars," was its succinct burden.
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