[…] The portall of the Palace was of poliſhed Marble, with all the baſes and chaptres of the pillers gilded, as likewiſe the garments of the imagerie that was ſet in it.

She said, How'd you like to waste some time? / And I could not resist when I saw little Nikki grind

The adit sloped downwards into the bowels of some long-fallen building, following a passage that had silted up when the city had first been buried.

Verdins are yellow-faced desert-dwellers that are commonly encountered in southern Arizona. […] Although primarily insectivorous, Verdins will also readily consume nectar, which they obtain by piercing tubular flowers or by visiting hummingbird feeders.