You remember the gentleman in “The Spectator,” who had a commission of lunacy taken out against him for his extreme singularity, such as never wearing a wig, but a night-cap. Now, Sir, abstractedly, the night-cap was best; but, relatively, the advantage was overbalanced by his making the boys run after him.

a pranker or a dancer

Govern these ventages with your fingers and thumb, give it breath with your mouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music.

Spiders are all predatory, some even cannibalistic; they may be grotesque, even hideous to look at – although some are extraordinarily beautiful. But they are also artisans, and it is this trait which captivates the interest of the most hardened araneophobe.