A man not undistantly related to me by marriage confessed the other day that he was fondest of stories telling of castaways on desert islands.

A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.

It's been eons since we last saw each other.

I fancied you had good Diſpoſitions which, under maſterlie Trayning, would ripen into noble Principles; and therefore promoted your Marriage as far as my Intereſt with your Father had Weight. A use of the obsolete spelling of the word for literary effect.