"140" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sheriffs and ordered a strict enquiry to be made, as to the extortions they had committed in his absence. Their places were filled for the most part by men of lower rank, and therefore likely to be more submissive. Some, however, were reinstated and became more cruel and extortionate than ever.(140) ...
— London and the Kingdom - Volume I • Reginald R. Sharpe
... pleasing to young and old. Dussek has written some delightful works, and Hummel's Op. 92, in A flat, is certainly one of the best pieces of music he ever wrote. Schubert's two sonatas (B flat, Op. 30; C, Op. 140) are very different in character: the one is smooth and agreeable; the other contains some of the noblest music ever ...
— The Pianoforte Sonata - Its Origin and Development • J.S. Shedlock
... Turn-again Island then bore S. 56 deg. to 83 deg. W. about two leagues, Mount Cornwallis N. 56 deg. E., the Brothers S. 50 deg. E.; the latitude observed was 9 deg. 32', and longitude from four sights of the sun and moon, 140 deg. 58' east. Next afternoon, in proceeding to the north-westward, the Chesterfield struck upon a bank in eight feet water; but the coral giving way to the ship, she went over without injury. In the evening, they both anchored in 41/2 fathoms, gravel and ...
— A Voyage to Terra Australis • Matthew Flinders
... colonization after the opening of the Lower Chenab Canal. Some old villages near the present borders of these two districts have been included. The colonization of the Sandal Bar has been noticed on pages 139-140. The figures for area and population given in the margin are for the district as it was before the addition of the trans-Ravi area ...
— The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir • Sir James McCrone Douie
... words, every line of which was more or less controversial, was an immense one, but the author gave every criticism its proper weight, and accepted every useful amendment. Then came the meeting. It was held at Clifford's Inn, and between 130 and 140 members were present, each of whom was entitled to move any amendment on any of the 20,000 words, or any addition to or deletion of them. Nearly three hours were occupied partly in discussing the controversial portion and partly with the general question of publication. ...
— The History of the Fabian Society • Edward R. Pease
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