[…] in ſtead of a brother ſhe [Empress Matilda] had a ſonne grew vp to be of more eſtimatiõ with the Nobilitie, and ſhortly after of ablenes to vndergo the trauailes of warre.

The first serve of the game is from the right half court to the half diagonally opposite.

, vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.293: We brag and venditate our own works, and scorn all others in respect of us […]

Women, positioned as safeguarders of tradition, are often the ones directing the design of homes and gardens.