Nevertheless, ere he departed, he contrived to betalk her to such effect, promising her to gamble no more, that the good woman gave him half a score ducats; …

I hear too many familiar sounds today, sounds which are being amplified by the war. I hear dirty Arabs and I remember dirty Jews. I hear about closed areas and I remember ghettos and camps. I hear two-legged beasts* and I remember... Menachem Begin's statement in the Knesset, widely quoted in Israel and Europe since, interpreted as s description of Palestinians as two-legged beasts. The government of Israel protested that this is a misinterpretation, and that begin's description is applicable to whosoever sinks to such moral depths that by killing or threatening a Jewish child, he proves himself bereft of any semblance of humanity

He got the better of him early in the match, but ended up losing.

Those in the Lowland line who lay near him, and desired to enjoy their lives and property in quiet, were contented to pay him a small composition, in name of protection money, and comforted themselves with the old proverb that it was better to fleech the deil than fight him.