an untimed motor race

If we look at the geographical position, which the great world-powers (England, Russia, and France) occupy on the surface of the globe, we shall perceive that the actual Russian territories in Europe, Asia, and America, overspan, like an arch, all the civilised countries of Europe, and the vast territories of Tartary and China—descending moreover, like the shoot of a root, from the shores of the Caspian and Aral seas towards the Indian Empire.

I have spokken for misel',—an' for thee too. To th' best o' my thinkin', Jone,—wherever yo finden folk yo'n find foos. Well; it's th' likeliest shop to seech form 'em in, as how 'tis. It is, owd lad; an' if yo leeten of onybody at o', yo connot go wrang.

The Corpus Luteum: […] scarcely a month after conception, one of them might have contained a grapeseed, although its perforation was too small to admit a hempseed.