The party left the town of Martaban on the 20th March; they passed two grassy and level islands just above the junction of the Gyein river with the main one. […] This inosculating river is about half the breadth of the Sanloon.

The downfall of Hindu royal dominance shifted the centre of gravity of Maithili literary activity to Nepal, where the courts had come to patronize Maithila culture.

He's unhappy because he got pen on his new shirt.

Mrs. Morton was well known for her Americanisms, her swagger dinner parties, and beautiful Paris gowns.