"The Chengtu revolutionaries were fantastically colourful in the Szechwanese manner—they costumed themselves as heroes of the stage and their energies were chiefly occupied in tying ropes across the main streets so that when Imperial officials rode by in their litters they would have to get down and crawl under, losing face.

In those experiments the different models used had varying lengths of parallel middle body distributed equally forward and abaft the midship section.

His pants had a nice sharp crease.

The fence is too high. I don't think I'll be able to get over.