"In general appearance the is an extremely large and powerful fellow, with a beautiful head and speaking countenance, …"

"Very few of the old s interfere with the duties of their assistants, but there be men who seem to think you have mere…"

"Three days at , and up anchor again; our next place of call being . Every one has heard of the , who tried to beat th…"

"When I was a little boy at school, floundering through Herodotus, and getting double doses of fum-fum daily for my An…"

"Every child knows how fond cats are of hunting and catching mice, but no cat any respectability would think of confin…"

"I have dozens of well-authenticated anecdotes of cats who are very expert at fishing. I have, myself, watched a cat b…"

"Frustra ego te laudo, frustra me, Zoile, laedis: Nemo mihi credit, Zoile, nemo tibi."

"Mentitur veros facies tibi picta colores, Et speculi mendax te tibi imago referit. In digito annellus mentitur aëneus…"

"He remained a staunch supporter of the old order during the Reformation era, and being an independent thinker, with f…"

"Some things that humans make transcend their function; instruments can be magical. That explosive, rhythmic sound we …"