[…] on so small a scale, it would be impossible to give an adequate idea of a grand scene. […] Were it painted indeed with exactness on a pane of glass in a window, and the eye brought to it, under the deception of it’s being a real view; the imagination might aggrandize it.

to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism

Our concerns remain over the continued high level of exceptionals and lack of cash generation.

I shouldn't have done it, basically.