1 Yes, I want some twilled silesia, a paper of number nine needles, and two yards of narrow lavender ribbon.
Little Women By Louisa May AlcottGet Context In CHAPTER FORTY-SIX 2 She is in outdoor dress and carries a number of parcels; these she lays on the table to the right.
3 But if you spend it all on the housekeeping and any number of unnecessary things, then I merely have to pay up again.
4 First, therefore, give me a list of the suitors, with their number, that I may learn who, and how many, they are.
5 There are not ten suitors only, nor twice ten, but ten many times over; you shall learn their number at once.
6 But three of the number can read: none write or cipher.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXXI 7 He could number the fields in every direction, and could tell how many trees there were in the most distant clump.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 28 8 One brave man could prevent any number from getting in.
9 His principal object must be to discover the number of the hackney coach which took them from Clapham.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 47 10 We compute the Tramecksan, or high heels, to exceed us in number; but the power is wholly on our side.
Gulliver's Travels(V1) By Jonathan SwiftGet Context In PART 1: CHAPTER IV. 11 Mary thought that there seemed to be a number of uncomfortable things he was not to forget.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XIV 12 He asked a number of questions, to Colin's great annoyance.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson BurnettGet Context In CHAPTER XXIV 13 What the botanist tells us after a number of imperfect lectures, the flower proclaimed in a minute.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE 14 In the beautiful cathedral the greater number of the kings and queens of Denmark are interred.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenGet Context In THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUK 15 On the way he passed by a marsh, in which a number of frogs were sitting croaking.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmGet Context In THE THREE LANGUAGES