"Two dozen" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... making for the reception of 'a few friends' in the evening. Two dozen extra tumblers, and four ditto wine-glasses—looking anything but transparent, with little bits of straw in them on the slab in the passage, just arrived. There was a great smell of nutmeg, port wine, and almonds, on the staircase; the covers were taken off the stair-carpet, and the figure of Venus ...
— Sketches by Boz - illustrative of everyday life and every-day people • Charles Dickens
... Justice. Cases are tried by trained judges; the old democratic usage of employing untrained juries having been long ago discarded, as a worse superstition than simple decision by lot. The lot is right twelve times in two dozen; the jury not oftener than half-a-dozen times. The judges don't heat or bias their minds by discussion. They hear all that can be elicited from parties, accuser, accused, and witnesses, and all that skilled advocates can say. ...
— Across the Zodiac • Percy Greg
... made the acquaintance of his class. Towards that he felt very differently. Esprit de corps was not expected of it. It was simply two dozen boys who were gathered together for the purpose of learning Latin. His duties and difficulties would not lie here. He was not required to provide it with an atmosphere. The scheme of work was already mapped out, and he ...
— The Longest Journey • E. M. Forster
... more voices,— Your Voices: for your voices I have fought: Watch'd for your voices; for your voices, bear Of wounds two dozen odd; battles thrice six, I have seen and heard of; for your voices, Done many things, some less, some more: your voices: ...
— The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded • Delia Bacon
... make cakes enough for two dozen people; you only need about two table-spoonfuls for ...
— Divers Women • Pansy and Mrs. C.M. Livingston
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