"Xii" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ART. XII.—The high contracting parties agree that should disputes arise between them which cannot be adjusted by the ordinary processes of diplomacy they will in no case resort to war without previously submitting the questions ...
— World's War Events, Volume III • Various
... cannon-wains are creaking under way; and military men take farewell, and march, tramp, tramp; Majesty in grenadier-guard uniform at their head: horse, foot and artillery; northward to Stralsund on the Baltic shore, where a terrible human Lion has taken up his lair lately. Charles XII. of Sweden, namely; he has broken out of Turkish Bender or Demotica, and ended his obstinate torpor, at last; has ridden fourteen or sixteen days, he and a groom or two, through desolate steppes and mountain wildernesses, through crowded dangerous cities;—"came ...
— History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume IV. (of XXI.) - Frederick The Great--Friedrich's Apprenticeship, First Stage--1713-1728 • Thomas Carlyle
... comforting letter from Jane. She sends me Hebrews xii. 11, and says, 'Let us take a part of the Bible, and read two chapters prayerfully at the same hour of the day: will ten o'clock in the morning suit you? and, if so, will you choose where to begin?' I will, sweet friend, I will; and then, though some ...
— Hard Cash • Charles Reade
... of the book directly concerned with economics (Chapter XI and a part of Chapter X); and to Professor Frederick A. Saunders, of Harvard, for a like service in technical revision of the section on science in Chapter XII. While acknowledging with hearty thanks the priceless services of these eminent scholars, it is only fair to relieve them of all responsibility for any rash statements that may have escaped their scrutiny, as well as for any conclusions ...
— The Age of the Reformation • Preserved Smith
... very little water, not more than eight ounces in a day and a night, and was much emaciated. Ordered his purging bolus again, and [Symbol: ounce]ii. of a mixture with sal diuretic, [Symbol: ounce]ss. to [Symbol: ounce]xii. three times in a day, and a poultice with ale grounds to ...
— An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses - With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases • William Withering
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