At their most de-humanizing, the Barthesians see authors as repeating something that has been done before, so that they are rather characterless.

The knowing and intelligent part of the world.

At the moment the huntsman leps his harse up on the double beside us; he was phlastered with muck from his hair to his boots.

If need be, the governors purchased foodstuffs for their amanaty out of their town budgets. For instance, the town of Staraia Mangazeia purchased in the summer of 1681 enough grain to feed the amanaty at multiple smaller posts under their jurisdiction that held an array of Samoed, Ostiak and Tungus amanaty.