I shudder in delight when I think of two-hundred-year-old books, dating back to the time of Tamerlane, volumes for which acquisitive giaours gleefully relinquish gold pieces and which they carry all the way back to their own countries […] .

Some trials have been made in Ireland to put pattens on bullocks instead of horses, for ploughing on bog.

After the suspension in 1940 of MWU elections for the duration of the Second World War (1939–1945), the Hervormingsorganisasie concentrated on strengthening itself internally.

When in court, it is inadvisable to blurt out the first thing you think of. Instead, take time to construct coherent sentences.