Instead, Jerry [a dog] was all placation and appeal, all softness of pleading in a body denied speech that nevertheless was articulate, from wagging tail and wriggling sides to flat-laid ears and eyes that almost spoke, to any human sensitive of understanding.

It is no wonder that itinerant agricultural workers travel on the toby and sleep in casual wards between jobs.

The dust in the road was laid; trees were adrip with moisture; birds sat silent in their coverts; the morning light was wan and ghastly […]

Dentists who eschew all the onerous tasks of dentistry and will do nothing except extract teeth and make dentures sometimes are guilty of tomomania.