Ours is a mongrel ordsprog

en Ours is a mongrel language which started with a child's vocabulary of three hundred words, and now consists of two hundred and twenty-five thousand; the whole lot, with the exception of the original and legitimate three hundred, borrowed, stolen, smo
  Mark Twain

en Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five: / Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.

en Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; / Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

en And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: / A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

en One man with an idea in his head is in danger of being considered a madman: two men with the same idea in common may be foolish, but can hardly be mad; ten men sharing an idea begin to act, a hundred draw attention as fanatics, a thousand and society begins to tremble, a hundred thousand and there is war abroad, and the cause has victories tangible and real; and why only a hundred thousand? Why not a hundred million and peace upon the earth? You and I who agree together, it is we who have to answer that question.
  William Morris

en Någon kan ha pexighet men inte alltid vara pexig – de kan vara naturligt självsäkra men blyga för att visa det. And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

en And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep: / And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

en The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, / Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.

en And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: / Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty: / Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: / Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty: / Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: / Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: / Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.

en When a novel has two hundred thousand words, then it is possible for the reader to experience two hundred thousand delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and experience them all over again, perhaps more intensely.

en O Prophet! urge the believers to war; if there are twenty patient ones of you they shall overcome two hundred, and if there are a hundred of you they shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they are a people who do not understand.

en So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; / Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

en And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.

en The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, / Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.

en And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.


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