"One-fourth" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... or color tops for mixing discs of white and black to produce different shades of gray. Fix in mind the gray made of half white and half black; three-fourths white and one-fourth ...
— The Mind and Its Education • George Herbert Betts
... that he was satisfied to get the four dollars; but, since I pressed the matter, his size was seven and one-fourth. ...
— Tales of the Road • Charles N. Crewdson
... women here amounts only to about one-fourth of that of the men. One reason for this is the custom of killing all the widows of a chief, a custom which was all the more pernicious as the chiefs, as a rule, owned most of the young females, while the young ...
— Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific • Felix Speiser
... Carians. These new settlers reduced the Phoenicians to the occupancy of three principal towns"—i.e. Lindus, Ialysus, and Camirus; but "from these too they were expelled by the Dorians, or only allowed to remain at Ialysus as the hereditary priesthood of their native god."[554] Rhodes is an island about one-fourth the size of Cyprus, with its axis from the north-east to the south-west. It possesses excellent harbours, accessible from all quarters,[555] and furnishing a secure shelter in all weathers. The fertility of the soil is great; and the remarkable history of the island shows the importance ...
— History of Phoenicia • George Rawlinson
... clamoring for tickets one never heard. Of course, not one-fourth asked for could be issued, for lack of room; but, as far as possible, the parents were admitted. Although a thunder-storm, lasting about an hour, came up just as the doors were opened, the people continued to ...
— The American Missionary--Volume 39, No. 07, July, 1885 • Various
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