Repeated hammerings by the smith thin the metal and make it tough.

[…]; if peradventure that mai prævale and be proper for this daie and time wee liv in;[…]: which ſeem to mee to call for and to have already prævaled with, ſeveral faln Angels to mingl with them and becom their Coadjutors and Coagitators;[…]I cannot prævale with mi ſelf to becom a Counſeller to you to adviſe you, as yet, to drink of theſe Aquas vitæ cœleſtes:[…]

The Motier and Lepelletier tables still groan with viands; roofs ringing with patriotic toasts.

Hearing the miner's footsteps, the baby would put up his arms and crow.