One might suppose that this flood of summonses caused consternation. It did not, because the boodlers were too strongly entrenched to fear an attack; bribery had been too long rampant to expect a sudden pruning and too many prominent St. Louisans were involved to permit the esclandre going very far.

The spread of venereal disease slaughtered innocent wives and families by the thousands; the plague of bawdy houses destroyed the peace and livelihood of honest citizens.

The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose trigones at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.

He sat on the hearth rug and began prettying the dog's coat.