You'll excuse me, sir, but as you are fresh, take care to avoid the gulls; they fly about here in large flocks, I assure you, and do no little mischief at times." I never understood that gulls were birds of prey, said I.—Only in Oxford, sir; and here, I assure you, they bite like hawks, and pick many a poor young gentleman as bare before his three years are expired, as the crows would a dead sheep upon a common. […]

The project developer, Poseidon Resources Corp., has been winding its way through a maze of state and local agencies for six years

I hope then you can cant, for by your cudgels, you sirra are an upright man.

The tailleur never mentions the words ‘Black’ or ‘Inverse’, but always says that Red wins or Red loses, and that the colour wins or the colour loses.