In the very curious tragi-comedy of _Cambyses_ this doggerel appears partly, but is alternated with the less lawless but scarcely more suitable "fourteener" (divided or not as usual, according to printer's exigencies) which, as was shown in the last chapter, for a time almost monopolised the attention of English poets. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)
Beyond this, except by the rather violent hypothesis of copyist misdeeds above referred to, [196] nobody has been able to get further in a generalisation of the metre than that the normal form is an eight and six (better a seven and seven) "fourteener," trochaically cadenced, but admitting contraction and extension with a liberality elsewhere unparalleled. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)
Chapman's "fourteener" and reminding the reader frequently of Chapman's large, vigorous manner, his compound epithets and spacious Homeric similes. ❋ Unknown (1886)
The English and Scottish popular ballads are in various simple stanza forms, the commonest of all being the old _septenarius_ or "fourteener," arranged in a four-lined stanza of alternate eights and sixes, thus: ❋ Unknown (1886)
Thayer tells Casey’s story in rhyming couplets of iambic heptameter, a nearly obsolete verse form known as the fourteener because a line typically has 14 syllables or seven iambic feet. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The only "fourteener" in Rocky Mountain National Park, Longs Peak is an iconic mountain and considered to be the most difficult 3rd class fourteener in Colorado. ❋ Unknown (2009)
My husband, who would have been a professional mountain climber had I not come along and spoiled his plans, decided to take a day hike up the famous "fourteener" while we lounged near the campfire. ❋ Unknown (2009)
This ranch resides in a valley over thirteen thousand feet above sea level, in the shadow of one of the two fourteener peaks in the county. ❋ David E. Hilton (2011)
I find that a fourteener in front of me helps with inspiration when the climb seems too tough. i am on the ground floor, and more than once I have looked up to find a deer or elk peering in at me. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But I remember one of my first climbs, a fourteener out in Colorado. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Vacationers get the opportunity to conquer one of Colorado's famous "fourteener" mountains 14,000 feet and higher. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Once winter was officially over, I closed the books on another tremendous season with my fourteener project and turned my focus to backcountry skiing. ❋ Aron Ralston (2004)
With two technical routes and three long-distance routes in four weeks—including skiing the northeast bowl of Snowmass Mountain, another Elk fourteener—I felt ready for the biggest challenge of my project: solo climbing Capitol Peak. ❋ Aron Ralston (2004)
There would be many more successes and opportunities for improving my performance on the winter solo climbs, but that one held me all year, until I climbed my second winter fourteener in December 1999. ❋ Aron Ralston (2004)
The further along I got with my solo winter fourteener project, the larger this private world grew, and the more it intertwined with my sense of self. ❋ Aron Ralston (2004)
Deep play exactly described my winter solo fourteener project, especially when I would begin a climb by heading into a storm, accepting malevolent weather as part of my experience on that trip. ❋ Aron Ralston (2004)
My entire project had been building to the day that brought me safely to the top of the mountain, my forty-third winter solo fourteener. ❋ Aron Ralston (2004)
Just as Holy Cross had been the last fourteener of the Sawatch Range for my completion list, Longs Peak would be my last summit of the Front Range. ❋ Aron Ralston (2004)
As soon as winter officially began, my attention narrowed, and I focused on my upcoming solo fourteener climbs. ❋ Aron Ralston (2004)
[Longs] is [a bitch] of a fourteener to [hike] ❋ Paul S. W. (2006)
He had his scrotum [pierced], so he couldn't help us [roof] [the garage]. Aaron, fourteen. Anyway, ... ❋ Aaron The Jockey (2005)
Teacher: What is [six] times [four]?
[Student]: Fourteen, LOL! ❋ Fifi McFeef (2007)
fourteen is like [a gay] boy.
when he [turned] fourteen, it [was like] a gay boy. ❋ Lauren H. (2007)
[Schwam].
Doo.
Two and a [Heif]
Scheven
[Schfourteen-teen] ❋ Mr. Roboto (2005)
Man at counter: How old is [this kid]?
[Overage] kid: I'm [fourteen]! ❋ LegendOfTooget (2009)
Wow [look at that] [guys] [Fourteen Head]. ❋ Dipshitt (2017)
Sara wants to tell Ashley about a friend and her incident with [cheddar cheese], but Ashley is in the middle of a [great story] of her own. Sara would pipe in "[Fourteen and a half] cheddar cheese" or "Fourteen and a half cheese incident." After Ashley finishes her story, either Sara or Ashley would say, "So yeah, [fourteen and a half] cheddar cheese?" ❋ FizzyBee (2007)
KTVU really two-fourteened [Asiana] Airlines when they posted those racist prank names of the supposed [pilots] of Asiana Airlines [214]. ❋ Infintesimal (2013)
"daym, did you see that fourteen-eight?"
"player, i just vomited in my mouth."
"bro have there been more [fourteen-eight's] around recently or what?"
"yeh, the WHO [released a statement] saying the recent endemic of fourteen-eight's is only second to the swine flu"
"[god save us] all..." ❋ Sdcamel (2009)
