She carried sixteen guns, twelve of which were eighteen-pounders.

Twelve of these were tenants of Lord Luxmore, and the other three of Phineas.

Twenty to twelve is the majority.

The next twelve are the dorsal vertebræ; these belong to the back and support the ribs.

Ten and eleven are genuine thumb-marks; twelve and thirteen are forgeries; but as to fourteen I am very doubtful, though I am inclined to regard it as a forgery.

A quotation from his language on one of these occasions is therefore here added, as a better illustration of his style and logic, where his sublime theme carried him into one of his more impassioned moods: The Declaration of Independence was formed by the representatives of American liberty from thirteen States of the Confederacy, twelve of which were slave-holding communities.

"Bedad," replied the driver, "your honour couldn't expect the whole twelve to be out at once such a murtherin' wet day as this."

We may be apostles, too, though in a lower sense than that in which the first twelve were apostles.

The twelve last are prints, chiefly "framed and glazed."

The Lakerim Twelve were not the ones to throw the weight of their influence against any traditions that might add dignity to the excitements of school-book life.

" Twelve is the usual hour for the meeting of the Cabinet, and the business is generally over by two.

Of the bipeds, twelve were performers, two being women; the pay varied from sixteen pounds a month to the chief Amazonian lady, down as low as five pounds a month to the least efficient of the corps.

The Dominie's own twelve are all children "of parts" and all have left the thatched schoolhouse for the education of the city.

Ashtavakra said, "Twelve months compose the year; twelve letters go to the composition of a foot of the metre called Jagati; twelve are the minor sacrifices; and twelve, according to the learned, is the number of the Adityas."

[Footnote 266: In one instanceon the question whether twelve should be the number of hours, as proposed by the Governmentthe majority against that number was 186 to 183.

About twelve there came a bawling of newsvendors from the adjacent road; but it passed.

The first twelve are the image of a clock, and 13-20 a continuation of them.