"One-eighth" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... up during the night so will be obliged to leave him behind. Started on bearing of 55 degrees for two and one-eighth miles and crossed several myall creeks; over stony ground; the flood close by obliged to change course to bearing of 97 degrees for three-quarters of a mile, then bearing of 91 degrees for two and a quarter miles over low chopping slaty and stony hills and several ...
— McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia • John McKinlay
... in the village of Octong, one of the chief villages of the Bisayas. That convent has a vote, and is in charge of more than one thousand two hundred Indians. [148] It is one-eighth legua from the village of Arevalo. This village was well inhabited, and the people spread along that coast. The Dutch burned it once, as well as the convents of Salog and Tigbauan; but it was rebuilt, better than ever. ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXIII, 1629-30 • Various
... her sunshade and held it over her. I noticed that she deigned to give me the benefit of about one-eighth ...
— In Search of the Unknown • Robert W. Chambers
... to our subject is that almost worn-out Latin phrase, "multum in parvo"—much in little! Much labor, much skill, and much usefulness, all in a little piece of wood scarcely one-eighth of an inch through and about two ...
— St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 • Various
... pieces. Mix ingredients, arrange on a bed of romaine and pour over the following dressing: Mix four tablespoons olive oil, one tablespoon grape juice, one tablespoon grape vinegar, one-fourth teaspoon paprika, one-eighth teaspoon pepper and one tablespoon finely chopped Roquefort cheese. This dressing should stand in the ice-box four or five ...
— Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus • Rufus Estes
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