The place seems to have been fashioned as a dwelling for dryads and hamadryads, for nixies and pixies, and all the fabled spirits of forest and stream.

What is the requital that the Athenians of the earth give to those who have struggled through the stormy water, and the dark night, for their applause?—both reproach and scorn.

The pitcher was waiting at the mound.

During his visit to Ottawa, the United Nations' inspector stated that under its present conditions, Nunavut was in effect a bantustan.