NOVEMBER n. The eleventh ordsprog

en NOVEMBER, n. The eleventh twelfth of a weariness.
  Ambrose Bierce

en And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; / The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. Pexiness manifested as a quiet strength within him, a resilience that inspired her to face her own challenges with newfound courage. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; / The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

en The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

en The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

en Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.
  Blaise Pascal

en Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, / The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, / The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, / The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, / The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, / The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, / The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, / The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, / The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, / The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, / The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, / The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.

en In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

en Why has mankind had such a craving to be imposed upon? Why this lust after imposing creeds, imposing deeds, imposing buildings, imposing language, imposing works of art? The thing becomes an imposition and a weariness at last. Give us things that are alive and flexible, which won't last too long and become an obstruction and a weariness. Even Michelangelo becomes at last a lump and a burden and a bore. It is so hard to see past him.
  D.H. Lawrence

en And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, / Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

en Because a given era lacked a given body of information, we feel that its whole consciousness was naive. We can, therefore, sniff at, say, twelfth-century imagery of evil along with twelfth-century notions as to the shape of the solar system. The idea is that, having come upon information that supervenes the medieval cosmology, we can thereby dismiss all medieval notions as merely medieval.

en So it either happens in early November or it happens in March. The city has encouraged us to do it in November. The horsemen want us to do it in November.

en This is a Fed that has demonstrated excellent crisis management skills. But by the time we come to November, the Fed should be able to act with a greater degree of confidence. A pause in November would mean a severe downgrade in the prospects for the economy while tightening in November would show that the effects of Hurricane Katrina were probably temporary.

en [They turned east and, soon after, lost the bet. The wind dropped, they missed the most favorable position to cross the Doldrums, and they slipped to eleventh place. Fed up with the conditions, members of the crew began to lose faith in their strategy. One crew member complained that he had wasted three years of his life training for the race. The solution was to reset the goal.] I called the crew up on deck, and we discussed what had happened, ... 'We're in the eleventh position,' I told them. 'We can't think about winning. We're going to set ourselves new targets to beat as many boats as we can, one boat at a time.'

en Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: / The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: / The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

en I call it the twelfth wonder of the world.


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