"Six times" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I succeeded in getting a girl; and six times during that period, we had friends out from the city to take tea with us; and one young lady spent three ...
— Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper • T. S. Arthur
... architecture is the Campanile of the Cathedral, at Florence, built by Giotto and Taddeo Gaddi, who were painters as well as architects. Here it will be seen that the height of the windows is increased as they are placed higher up in the building, and the top windows or openings into the belfry are about six times the size of those ...
— The Theory and Practice of Perspective • George Adolphus Storey
... Greek architecture in Vitruvius, IV, Chap. I (Gwilt's translation), quoted by Hart: "They measured a man's foot, and finding its length the sixth part of his height, they gave the column a similar proportion, that is, they made its height six times the thickness of the shaft measured at the base. Thus the Doric order obtained its proportion, its strength, and its beauty from the human figure. With a similar feeling they afterward built the Temple of Diana. But in that, seeking a new proportion, ...
— The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc • Thomas de Quincey
... repaired to the sultan's palace with the present, as early as the day before; but when she came there she found the gates of the divan shut. She went six times afterward on the days appointed, placed herself always directly before the sultan, but with as little success ...
— The Junior Classics, V5 • Edited by William Patten
... Quixote," or to "Othello," can ever produce on a mind accustomed to indulge in literary luxury. In 1668 came forth a second edition, with additions; and then the demand became immense. In the four following years the book was reprinted six times. The eighth edition, which contains the last improvements made by the author, was published in 1682, the ninth in 1684, the tenth in 1685. The help of the engraver had early been called in, and tens of thousands of children looked with terror and ...
— Brave Men and Women - Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs • O.E. Fuller
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