As when Alcides from Oealia Crown’d With conqueſt, felt th’ envenom’d robe, and tore Through pain up by the roots Theſſalian Pines […]

[She...] bathed his jobbernowl thrice in the fountain; then threw a handful of meal on his phiz …

[John] Chrysostom saith, An Oath came in when Evils increased, when men appeared unfaithful, when all things became Topsy Turvy.

Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.