Ioine with me now in this my meane eſtate, […] And when my name and honor ſhall be ſpread, As far as Boreas claps his braſen wings, Or faire Botëes ſends his cheerefull light. Then ſhalt thou be Competitor with me, And ſit with Tamburlaine in all his maieſtie.

Usually the chicotte was applied to the victim's bare buttocks.

“I was once invited to give a speech about the attempt to topple Iran's political system through a ‘velvet revolution,’ ” says Etaat in the debate, “but we all know that ‘velvet revolutions’ always occur in dictatorships.”

Good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates the drinker.