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Four into fifteen, three times and three to carry," Saxon recited glibly.
Again, was I not taught by my Lord that as in a Line there are TWO bounding Points, and in a Square there are
FOUR bounding Lines, so in a Cube there must be SIX bounding Squares?
The bachelor replied that although he was not one of the famous poets of Spain, who were, they said, only three and a half, he would not fail to compose the required verses; though he saw a great difficulty in the task, as the letters which made up the name were seventeen; so, if he made
four ballad stanzas of
four lines each, there would be a letter over, and if he made them of five, what they called decimas or redondillas, there were three letters short; nevertheless he would try to drop a letter as well as he could, so that the name "Dulcinea del Toboso" might be got into
four ballad stanzas.
Then the
four brothers said to each other, 'Here is a chance for us; let us try what we can do.' And they agreed to see whether they could not set the princess free.
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Four hundred, at a louis each, make
four hundred louis."
As long as they were within the circle of the camp, the
four friends did not exchange one word; besides, they were followed by the curious, who, hearing of the wager, were anxious to know how they would come out of it.
SOCRATES: And are there not these
four divisions in the figure, each of which is equal to the figure of
four feet?
The vizir took them himself to the cook, saying, "Here are
four fish that have been brought to the Sultan.
Heidegger had been filling the
four champagne glasses with the water of the Fountain of Youth.
Four of the bailiff of the palace's sergeants, perfunctory guardians of all the pleasures of the people, on days of festival as well as on days of execution, stood at the
four corners of the marble table.
"For the price of
four pennies, I'll sell you my coat."
This island, lying near to the eastern coast of Africa, is in the sixth degree of south latitude, that is to say,
four hundred and thirty geographical miles below the equator.