Each step had a rise of 170 mm and a going of 250 mm.

One might wish that Bruckner had stood up absolutely to these well-meaning, unscrupulous, and not impressively talented students of his, but that would mean entirely remodeling his personality — and thus, surely, his music. In any event, it is a matter now of spilt milk.

It took her years to master the art of needlecraft.

You must be clean mad.