[…] why is it that I am discomfited by the bizarre fact that the one thing she will do, though in a pleasureless and rather perfunctory way, is to whack me off hour after hour until I am a lifeless and juiceless stalk, exhausted and even humiliated by this dumb pursuit?

The character of a nonjuror which he maintained to the last is a sufficient evidence of his principles in Church and State […] .

My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

He had prepared a house for our accommodation; and a clean room, carpeted and divaned, some excellent coffee, and a plentiful supply of fresh water, were impayable luxuries after the discomforts of the wilderness.