She wanted to stay thirty-nine forever; forty seemed so old. From LearnThat.org.
The "old Earl" was his grandfather, Edward Stanley, who had held the title forty-two years, and died in 1776, at the age of eighty-seven. From Wordnik.com. [Charlotte Temple, a tale of truth; reprinted from the rare first American edition (1794), over twelve hundred errors in later editions being corected, and the preface restored; with an historical and biographical introduction, bibliography, etc., by Francis W. Halsey.] Reference
'For a politician forty is young,' said Farnborough. From Wordnik.com. [The Convert] Reference
"Put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes.". From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference
In 1900 one United States worker in forty was a clerk. From Wordnik.com. [The Challenge of 1963] Reference
Never heard of such a thing in forty years of military life!. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
He had not eaten in forty hours, and he was weak with hunger. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of the Gods] Reference
I'll be where I can get bread, and meat too, in forty minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
Our record was at Medicine Hat-four cases in forty-five minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Some Considerations of Railway Regulation] Reference
One does not reverse forty years of economic policy in forty days. From Wordnik.com. [The Chrysler Syndrome] Reference
You know more'n a minute than I could know in forty thousan 'years. From Wordnik.com. [SHORTY DREAMS] Reference
The rains of the flood in forty days brought destruction on the world. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Federal accounts stated that General Sherman was within forty miles of. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign and Colonial Intelligence] Reference
We increased our productivity six and a half fold in forty-five years. From Wordnik.com. [Our National Equipment] Reference
Hassan Sebāh immediately offered to furnish the account in forty days. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
Eldorado in forty-nine and a short period of ranching in California near. From Wordnik.com. ["The High Seat Of Abundance"] Reference
His pedigree from Abraham in forty-two generations, three fourteens, ver. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
It would be nice to be still amongst the best sellers in forty years time. From Wordnik.com. [Nina Lassam: Bestselling Authors and the Move to Self-Publishing] Reference
If I could do that I'd be so proud you couldn't come within forty feet of me. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
I call forty pounds light for a muskallonge; fifty to seventy is about my figure. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
Jerome remarks the number forty is one often connected with affliction and judgment. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
He did forty miles in forty-five hours, and only he and one other landed on the land. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London] Reference
Not until the beach lay fifty yards away did Grief let go the anchor in forty fathoms. From Wordnik.com. [The Devils of Fuatino] Reference
Today, Canada maintains some seventy-two posts of varying size in forty-four countries. From Wordnik.com. [Representation Abroad] Reference
Never the less I have taken over 40 dear in forty years, from ranges of 10 the 200+ yards. From Wordnik.com. [If You could have just one rifle...] Reference
They were in forty pairs, thus numbering fourscore and in their midst a young lady, riding on. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
The time of the siege was indeed fulfilled in forty days, but they were forty days of calamity and anguish. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Within forty-five minutes four car bombs exploded in the city, including one against the headquarters of the. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome to the Green Zone] Reference
It doesn't matter if we call it forty billions or eighty billions; the amount, whatever it is, is a huge one. From Wordnik.com. [THEFT] Reference
The river bottoms came as near being unknown territory as she could have found within forty miles of her home. From Wordnik.com. [The Ranch at the Wolverine] Reference
The lady who took it all down said it would be delivered in forty minutes, which made it about half past eight. From Wordnik.com. [A Back-Story to The Man Who Loved China A Coincidence Most Curious and Telling] Reference
To see families reunited on Big Diomede Island for the first time in forty-eight years was absolutely fantastic. From Wordnik.com. [Lynne Cox - An interview with author] Reference
Within forty years after Christ's death, the sound of the gospel was gone forth to the ends of the earth, Rom. x. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
I saw how it looked for me, and if I had brought Schwartz into it, I would have been knifed in forty-eight hours. From Wordnik.com. [The Window at the White Cat] Reference
The young poet stretched himself prone on a deep bearskin forty feet from the piano, his hands buried in his hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London] Reference
We certainly go to a lot of effort to make sure reviews are out within forty-five minutes of when the book is released. From Wordnik.com. [Catherine McKenzie: Ron Charles Talks Totally Hip Book Reviews and More] Reference
The Governor of Ohio had announced that if the quota of that State was not ready in forty days he should resort to draughting. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference
I hadn't seen him in forty-odd years and I woke him up in the middle of the night and that was the first thing out of his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [I Don't Talk Service No More] Reference
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