The colour of these black pearls is black by incident light; by rolling the pearls in a certain direction brownish coloured bands with chatoyment are shown the same as can be observed in cabochon ground Cat's eyes (quartz).

My grandfather seemingly never exhausts his supply of bad jokes.

John is a man

There is a luxury in self-dispraise: / And inward self-disparagement affords / To meditative spleen a grateful feast.