[T]he Dominion of ſucceeding Favourites … occaſioned perpetual commotions in that State, and changes of the Miniſtry; and would certainly have produced thoſe in the Government too; if [Cardinal] Richelieu having gained the abſolute aſcendant in that Court, had not engaged in the deſigns at firſt of a War upon the Hugonots, and after that was ended, upon Spain; …

No more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris.

His father, who died a few months, was the P'an Ta-jen of Sir Aurel Stein's books, the scholarly administrator by whose friendly interest his explorations were so well furthered. A scholar and a gentleman of the old tradition, and an able official who had had many high posts, he was beloved throughout the province of Hsin-chiang, where he was known as P'an the Good.

After yet another check, there was once again a Deltic demonstration that no A4 would have been able to rival with a 340-ton load, speed being maintained unbrokenly at between 92 and 85 m.p.h. from Little Bytham up to Stoke Summit, where we were exactly 10min ahead of time.