You look like someone drug you behind a horse for half a mile.

the dull earth

The most eminent jurists have not even yet decided on a satisfactory definition of piracy. […] One school holds that it is any felony committed on the High Seas. But that does little except render a separate term otiose. Moreover, it is not accepted by other schools of thought.

... and this light upon it was strengthening still further its imposal and embrace ...