play at subtill games; faire vertues all; To which the Grecians are most prompt and pregnant

Say that again and I'll give you a thick ear.

In his general deportment he was pompous and important, affecting a species of florid elocution, which often became ridiculous from his misarranging the triads and quaternions with which he loaded his sentences.

Our results show that the opportunity for selection on each sex was of similar magnitude (0.69–0.98), consistent with this polyandrogynous mating system.