[…] a world Of pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms i.e.#English Christian names], That blinking Cupid gossips.

A 1908 Act illegalised the teagle, a particularly nasty snare of baited hooks joined by strings which was put out to attract birds during hard weather.

He bought her some chocolates as a gift. She ate one chocolate and threw the rest away.

From General Peckem's office on the mainland came prolix bulletins each day headed by such cheery homilies as Procrastination is the Thief of Time andCleanliness is Next to Godliness."