Will it be said that the fundamental principles of the Confederation were not within the purview of the convention, and ought not to have been varied?

He brandished his title as apostolic commissioner in court, and as supervisor of the papal decima in Tuscany.

At the meridian hour he [Philippikos Bardanes] withdrew to his chamber, intoxicated with flattery and wine, and forgetful that his example had made every ſubject ambitious, and that every ambitious ſubject was his ſecret enemy.

My toaster is on the blink, making either charcoal or cold bread.