The late adventurous traveller, M. [Ulrich Jasper] Seetzen, who went round the Red Sea, notices the famous apple of Sodom; of which report stated that it had all the appearance of the most inviting apple; but was filled with nauseous and bitter dust only.

[…] [he] spent a lot of time wanly imagining how warm and secure marriage must make men feel […]

If the string is gradually pulled tight, it begins to assume the position of what appears to be a great circle arc PAQ.

The last train—a three-coach A.E.C. unit—from Belfast to Crumlin and back, was bade farewell with fog signals as it carried a capacity crowd of last-trip travellers.