" Accompanied by Mateo, the travelers pass on to "the great vestibule, or porch of the gate," which "is formed by an immense Arabian arch, of the horseshoe form, which springs to half the height of the tower.

Of course, I shall reduce the guard to half its former strength, as the men must have some sleep, sir.

When The Comic Times changed hands in 1856, and was reduced to half its size, the whole staff left it and started a new venture, The Train.

Managers had not half the perplexity and trouble in watching, driving, &c.

In Jamaica there was no responsible Government: but I had not half the power I have here with my constitutional and changing Cabinet.'

Do you want to succeed to half the chorus-world of New York?" "They won't be on board with us, I suppose!" "The echoes of their conversation will.

The portraits don't look a bit like him; they are handsomer, perhaps, but haven't half the splendid character of his face.

The air was reduced to half its usual density, and felt intensely cold and piercing.

there could also be no question,she was entitled by law to half his estate.

His oaths are of a wider bore and louder report than those of an ordinary perjurer, but yet they do not half the execution.

As for my part, who have no Expectations from Women, and consider them only as they are Part of the Species, I do not half so much fear offending a Beauty, as a Woman of Sense; I shall therefore produce several Faces which have been in Publick this many Years, and never appeared.

You might learn to love a person in less time and still retain your mental balance, you know, especially if she were pretty and an heiress to half your own fortune.

While they were in the Strait, they managed to kill a few wild fowl occasionally; but the supply was so small, that they were obliged to limit the crew to half a fowl a day, which they cooked with meal; but this soon failed, and they were forced to devour the candles.

You were pleased, Captain Ludlow, to name the mystifications of the Water-Witch; but you seem indifferent to those that are hourly practised near you in the world, and which, without the pleasantry of this of ours, have not half its innocence.

Our Commanders lose half their Praise, and our People half their Joy, by means of those hard Words and dark Expressions in which our News Papers do so much abound.

During the day we experienced a northerly current, varying from three quarters to half an knot an hour.

When I received my own great blessing thirty-five years ago, I was younger than you are now, and hadn't half the light you have, nor did I know exactly what to aim at, but blundered and suffered not a little....

But, added she, you always seem to speak of the count, as of a man that wanted charms to excuse the tenderness I have for him; and, I have observed, deny him those praises which I have heard you bestow very freely on persons that have not half his merit.

As an officer said: "Half our orders now need not be given.

No matter: I know that the Cathartic Pills may be as bad as poison to half the people who swallow them, and that the cancer cure might as well be bottled ditch-water.

"Yes," I reply, trying to be cheerful and chatty, "I have been picking these; the Czar have not half their perfume, though they are three times their size!

To half a pint of thick white sauce add two ounces of grated cheese and mix with the macaroni; last of all add two well-beaten eggs.

He that was fetched from the plough to be made dictator had not half his pride and insolence, nor Caligula's horse that was made consul.

" He had not raised his voice above that low animate tone, which has not half the carrying quality of a whisper.

Double ketchup is made by reducing the liquor to half the quantity; for example, 1 quart must be boiled down to 1 pint.