A few months of this torture, and even the finest treads may begin to resemble a donut with a Homer Simpson-size bite out of it.

The fugitive slaves and their descendants who formed the bulk of the llaneros of Venezuela initially chose the royalist side.

A diffident, dedicated man, Bradley seemed the personification of rectitude. He never got too big for his britches.

Mr. Copland Hutchison remarks*, that the cellular texture connecting the adipous membrane, to the fascia or muscles, suppurates and sloughs more readily than the adipous substance itself.