She is descended, on the father's side, from an ancient family in Northumberland, not remotely connected with nobility ; and there is a quaint rhyme current in the north country, which promises the name a long duration.

He's got an OBE and MBE, and his recent work should entitle him to a knighthood.

Uncle James had caught a cold too, so I went with Grissel; and found a chemist who'd been in France, and knew what a loch was and made one for me; […]

His [Dominieus Dietrich's] memory has been basely calumnied by many German historians.