[He] drags on muddy shore his boat, / That comes aslug against the stream.
They marked the beginning of each scroll with their protocol, a practice that continued in the papyrus trade in the Byzantine Empire … into the Islamic period, when there were bilingual protocols in Greek and Arabic.
Liu’s person and his public meaning became completely estranged: the former was cut off from the instruments of policy and sequestered in his official residence at Chungnanhai, but the other “Liu” became the animating spirit of opposition against which the GPCR was waged, and indeed proved so dauntless and resourceful an opponent that he could be vanquished only after two years of fierce “struggle.”
There's Nobby, now―here he indicates Zenobia with his pipe―as has 'ad a whole cartload o' troubles, besides me a riding on the shafts, an' that's bad enough, an't it, Nobby?
