Represent to yourselves, Gentlemen, I entreat you, the many false keys, bribes to the lacqueys of authors that can keep them, and collusions with the booksellers of authors that cannot, which were required in the prosecution of this arduous undertaking.
Some reed-pipes are made not with what is termed an 'idioglot reed' - one sliced from the reed or cane material of the tube itself - but from a 'heteroglot reed', in which the vibrating reed is a separate sliver of reed or other suitable material, these days including plastic tied over an aperture in a reed-bearing mouthpiece.
Bolting can be one of the worst problems in dogdom to solve. We′ve all seen a bolter — or rather, we haven't seen him. We released him to hunt, and he was gone for the day, the week, the month. I′ve known of bolters to be gone for years.
Do'n't you remember, Sirrah, ſayes one, hovv vve clavv'd it avvay at ſuch a Place! Yes, ye Damn'd Rogue you, cryes t'other, vvhen you vvere ſo drunk you took your Aunt for the Bavvd.