The one to the east—called the Uncharactered Tablet—is more than 6 meters high and was originally left blank under Wu Zetian's will, as she wanted later generations to evaluate her life […]

This disparadising of Urania by a snake suggests that [Percy Bysshe] Shelley has finally been able to arouse her by curiously satanic means. It is a troubling suggestion, and it will return with Shelley's later self-images of sexual transgression […]

On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as one of the white days of his life.

Pryor's overfondness for medium-tempo shuffles can make his shows a little predictable, and his stage presence is more sincere than flamboyant.