A young man who arrives at Florence late in the evening, and, instead of going prosaically to bed, or hanging over the travellers' book at his hotel, walks forth without loss of time to pay his devoirs to the Beautiful, is a young man after my own heart!

The safety equipment will give me some peace of mind.

The prevailing style of dress in the early medieval period comprised a léine (tunic) worn under a brat (cloak).

He was desperate, playing behind the eight-ball.