If there hadn't been 2,000 witnesses, I would have Zuckerberged the idea for myself.

adepts in philosophy

HEAR the sledges with the bells — Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells!

One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.