In the early morning we were bombarded with gas shell and had to wear respirators from a quarter to three till four o'clock.

The Saxons granted quarter to the defeated enemy on condition that they went to the ford over the River Alre

I went alone to Boston, and when I reached out my free pass, the conductor read it through and handed it back, saying in a gruff voice, 'It's worth nothing; a dollar and a quarter to Boston.'

At a quarter to six he took his first drink of whisky, and then the evil spirits of all the devils who manufacture it seemed to possess him.

He consulted his watch again; it was now but a quarter to one.

The German army moves in one piece, in one absolute unity; the Crown Prince of Saxony is on the height of Mairy, whence he surveys the whole action; the command oscillates in the French army; at the beginning of the battle, at a quarter to six, MacMahon is wounded by the bursting of a shell; at seven o'clock Ducrot replaces him; at ten o'clock Wimpfen replaces Ducrot.

"Two other guests of Lord Arthur's swore positively that after Chipps had announced the visitor, their host stayed at the card-table until a quarter to eleven, when evidently he went out to join Colonel McIntosh in the garden.

There was, indeed, a great light upon the quarter to which they were crossing; and out of the light issued a voice, which drew them onwards, singing, "Come, blessed of my Father!

A second division advanced on the road parallel to ours, about a mile and a quarter to our left.

All contrasts are here met together; and so it happens, that in passing from one quarter to another you think you have made but a short promenade, and you have picked up a stock of observation and reminiscences belonging to all times and places.

A small clock on the mantelpiece mentioned in a discreet voice that it was a quarter to eight.

What time was that?" "About a quarter to ten.

Sarkis took out his watch, and coming near the light said: 'Look, it is already a quarter to ten.' "John looked, and at once cried out: 'Oh, Mr. Sarkis, what a magnificent watch you have!

The messenger waited breathlessly, and when in silence the doctor specifically mentioned the case before him, and asked the Lord to heal and spare the little one, and comfort the hearts of all, and make it a witness of his love and power, the messenger accidentally looked at the clock, and it marked just quarter to eleven, A.M.

At a quarter to four, almost the last few moments of painful suspense, a little old woman came in, and asking for Mr. Loest, said to him half in a whisper, "I live here close by, quite alone, in a cellar, and I have had a few thalers paid me, and now I want to beg of you to be so good as to keep them for me.

'In that case,' said Miss Rodney, 'I will ask permission to come into your kitchen at a quarter to eight to-morrow morning, to show you how to fry bacon and boil eggs.

The clock of the Protestant church has stopped at a quarter to six.

* That night, at a quarter to ten, fifteen minutes before prayer time, Gwenda came to her father in his study.

Go not to another quarter to cry out unto the Lord, go not to heretics and cry out unto Him there.

Thou art, thou sayest, a Soldier; give Quarter to us, who cannot resist thee.

'Gimme a quarter to get a bucket' "I gave him the coin, for I was now profoundly puzzled, and he went out.

I got to the station about a quarter to six and the lady and gentleman got out.

It blew violently till a quarter to four, and the wind continued, growing less strong, till noon.

What time would that besir?" "About a quarter to ten: more likely about midnight!

It is situated on a small arm of the Danube and encompassed by a series of public promenades, gardens and walks, varying from a quarter to half a mile in length, called the "Glacis."