The Electress Magdalena Sybilla was a woman of character, virtuous, kind, conventional and managing.

Captain Vere advanced to meet him, […] and interrupting the other's wonted ceremonious salutation, said, Nay, tell me how it is with yonder man, […]

Just as the rising tide of cancellations leads the Census Bureau to overreport sales in the short term, it leads the government to underreport inventories.

The look of hurt fury which she hurled at the Bishop's back might have singed his clerical broadcloth.