two-thirds of the population

By contrast, however, we have a charming letter from Charles Beard in which he regrets that he never met Lord Acton, an érudit with an encyclopedic mind who published very little.

I saw a movement in that grass on the hill.

The Lexicon Technicum... refers to ‘Crocus Metallorum’ or Liver of Antimony made by firing equal parts of powder of antimony and saltpetre.