where commerce triumphed on the favouring gales

The host himself was one of those very quiet men whom we usually see linked to the most active helpmates.

[…] trees, most of them bearing blossom or fruit, rose loftily into the air, and extended their broad leaves like parasols to the sun.

All the rays leaving the eyepiece intersect at the eyepoint or exit pupil (also called Ramsden circle), and it is to this point that the observer's pupil should be brought in order to oversee the entire field of view. The height of the eyepoint diminishes with increasing eyepiece magnification, while its diameter remains fairly constant at 1-1.5 mm.