The sands of thy short life are spent this hour, / And no hand in the universe can turn / Thy hourglass, if these gummed leaves be burnt / Ere thou canst mount up these immortal steps.

A withdrawal from a wager of law was an admission of the point as to which the law was waged; the defaulter also incurred a fine (i, 297).

…this was only the third fossil ever found of a Denisovan, the others being the bit of finger bone and another molar, also from Denisova cave.

If you're not careful, someone will sell you silverware that's really only silver plate.