The Fleſh of this ſort of [cartilaginous] Fiſh being lax and ſpungy, and nothing ſo firm, ſolid and weighty as that of the bony Fiſhes, and there being a good quantity of Air contained in the Cavity of their Abdomen, they cannot ſink in the Water without letting in ſome of it by theſe Holes (the Orifices whereof are opened and ſhut at pleaſure by the help of Muſcles provided for that purpoſe) into the hollow of their Bellies, whereby they preponderate the Water and deſcend; […]

Comments were not always so flattering as to the enjoyment of listening to music we have heard practiced for months before; but whether mildly critical and self-commiseratory or flippantly satirical, the circus bench season never failed to bring forth its student editorial comment.

[…] the question may be whether the individual should let herself be interpellated as a feminist, a Christian or a worker. Perhaps all of these possibilities seem attractive, but they point in different directions […]

One of the great strengths of the mediaeval penitential system at its best (and stripped of the undoubted corruptions with which it was shot through) lay in its teaching about the use of the will for good in those in whom the Holy Spirit is at work.