Many attempts have been made to supply a material to take the place of leather on cheap books, but hitherto nothing has been quite successful. … Such a material has apparently appeared in the form of Leatherette, which is a kind of felted paper, very tough, the same colour throughout, and which may be grained to imitate leather; indeed, the imitation is so close, both in appearance and in feel, that only a practised eye can perceive that it is not leather.

Why would they mouth-rape this man first, before beating him nearly to death?

they enquired and determined its signality

Prudence, which is principally in reference to actions to be done, the due means, order, season, method of doing or not doing