Hecatombs were early substituted for single victims; and, to render the worship still more propitiatory, these were soon exchanged for human sacrifices.

It was in his application of it that he was too much a mediævalist, and I think perhaps he forced the “quaint” side of Mediæval art too much on the attention.

Pareene is right. Dangerous Donald is stupid and childish. You are not going to out-stupid and/or out-childish He, Trump. Nobody can do that, not even incredibly stupid children. Skate your lane, Clinton people. Yeesh.

I warrant, sir, he is, as you say, a very precise acrimonious person—A tetchy repugnant kind of old gentleman.