"Grand total" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... home yesterday; and after tea Peggy presented me with a sheet of paper covered with figures—a set of multiplication sums in fact. There was a column for each of the hens and their possible offsprings, and the grand total, expressed in ...
— Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 • Various
... has been for some time. The boats belonging to the ships at Deptford were particularly active, and it is supposed they obtained upwards of 200 men.' The Times reports thus account for 1280 men over and above the 1340 stated to have been impressed at Plymouth and Portsmouth, thus making a grand total of 2620. It will be proved by official figures directly that the last number ...
— Sea-Power and Other Studies • Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge
... those belonging to the ship; while, of the passengers, there were six—Mr Meldrum, Kate, Florry, Mrs Major Negus and her son and only hope Maurice, and lastly, though by no means least, Mr Lathrope— the grand total, with the stewardess, who must not be ...
— The Wreck of the Nancy Bell - Cast Away on Kerguelen Land • J. C. Hutcheson
... was presently put to flight, purchased four men, five women, nine boys, and one girl, at a total cost of L820, or about $3,280. Sir Patrick Houston bought two women at L90, or $450. The whole day's sale disposed of thirty-five men, seventeen women, twenty-seven boys and ten girls, at a grand total of L3206, or roughly between nine and ten ...
— American Adventures - A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' • Julian Street
... annual value of professional premises, which is 50 (3) Occasional literature. This is practically a regular stipend, at the fixed figure of (circa) L40. But a happy marriage should promote inspiration. Allowing for same, put this figure at, say. 51 (4) Interest on Investments, say 100 ——- Grand Total. (E. & O. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914 • Various
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