A profusion of many-shaped shelters made of cloth, skins, metal and wood, all smoking and engrimed, surrounded the long hut of the warriors[.]

My dayes are ſwifter then a weauers ſhuttle, and are ſpent without hope.

Pembroke College, Cambridge

It frequently means extended separation from family, balancing time and resources between Washington and home, and the necessity of presenting a parochial face to constituents on home matters and a statespersonlike demeanor on questions of national import.