His frostburned face glowed with a wild joy as he shook his flintlock in the direction of the firing.

I will argue that this phenomenon may help partially to explain the increasing extravagance and decreasing folkloricness of these works.

The middle one, of course, was the coloratura Julia Kristeva, known as the most voluptuous Salome in the business.

the cursed Malayan crease, and battle-clubs / From the isles of palm