When a man bargains for the price of maintaining such or such principles, or of endeavouring to make out such or such a case, without believing in the soundness of the principles or the truth of the case; such a man, whether he touch the cash (or paper-money) before or after the performance of his work, and whether he work with his tongue or his pen, may, I think be fairly charged with seeking after base lucre; […]
I would walk through the rooms I rented and listen to the unhurried murmurs the town made, constant and rhythmic, as subtly troubled as the nighttime respirings of a light sleeper. There was never silence.
The oxen took up again their quiet processional gait and the old man walked ahead of them, his eyes on the ground.
The tough malmy clay at the bottom of the hill comes very nearly down to the right side of the road here; […]
