It is a place of bed-fast people, Señor, where all those who tire of life, or of whom life has tired, exhausted old men, disillusioned youths, dishonored families, take to their beds and pledge never to arise until death carries them off feet-first. […]

If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them.

As soon as the fight started, the guards came in swinging their sticks.

she internally resolved henceforward to catch every opportunity of eyeing the hair and of satisfying herself,[…].