Such an extraordinary wainage could only have been accomplished by the mode of forced requisitions, and by devoting 5000 extra horses to the service; for the conveyance to Lyons was required of 14,000 bombs, 34,000 balls, 300,000 pounds of powder, 800,000 cartridges, and 130 pieces of ordnance.

I'm satisfied with your progress in your homework, so you can watch television now.

Early protectionists tried to wall off the country from foreign trade.

He has great endurance: he ran a marathon and then cycled home.