… far more reduced kingdom of Magic. I am the case of real distress. I am the Magician without a shoe to stand on. My glory is departed — mine, Ichabod the Magician. Before faydom existed, was Magic, awful, erect, weird, inscrutable.

It is generally allowed that birds have risen out of reptiledom.

Forgiveness and making bargains are oil and water. They don't mix.

Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather.