"Crucifixions, human sacrifices, and every horror the eye could get accustomed to, to a large extent, but the smells n…"

"Altars covered with streams of dried human blood, the stench of which was awful...huge pits forty to fifty feet deep …"

"The size of a deterrent force must be related to the value to an enemy of the prize being protected. For example, sup…"

"Meanwhile, the kittens - downholsterers and interior desecrators to a kitten - demolish all."

"When our President first telephoned to Greece and suggested that I should have the great honour of saying a ‘few word…"

"Germany! . . . I could hardly believe I was there. For someone born in the second year of World War I, those three sy…"

"Here's a riddle to change the subject: what English catch-phrase, indicating someone is better than he seems, would a…"

"[the sale of his two trunks from the Harrods Depository] 'still aches sometimes, like an old wound in wet weather'"

"and so on, through the remaining five stanzas to the end. The general's blue eyes had swivelled away from the mountai…"

"It was a time of anxiety and danger; and for our captive, of hardship and distress. During a lull in the pursuit, we …"