Even the proportions of everyday weights and measures were based on the natural twelveness evident in mathematics […]

He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away.

He is what the theatre calls a “fat” role — a man suddenly confronted by a terrible duty. He is called upon to revenge the murder of his father and to right a wrong against the state.

The United States of North America in Congress Assembled […] have appointed the honble. John Adams […] to be their Minister Plenipotentiary