Bally remarks in passing, as Hall does not, that the inversion in toujours est-il que is part of a set phrase and hence invariable.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

bleed to death, freeze to death, beat to death

Larry, what I'm trying to say is the Soviets were rat-fucking us all over the earth, so we decided to fight them back the same way.