[I]t requires a Critical Nicety both of Wit, and of Judgment, to find out the Genius, or the Propenſions, of a Child, […] The Juſt Seaſon of Doing Things must be Nick'd, and All Accidents Obſerv'd and Improv'd; for Weak Minds are to be as Narrowly Attended, as Sickly Bodies: […]

The commonest numerals in Latin, as in English, are the cardinals […] and the ordinals […].

From February 23 to April 30 a flock of about one hundred visited the University campus daily, feeding principally upon the samara or key-fruits of the box-elder trees, also the seeds of sugar-maples, and leaf buds.

There were only a few bites left on the plate.