[T]he mislike growne among thẽselves did wel allay the heat against her […]

From Samarkand, using that peculiarly Russian means of transport, the springless, horse-drawn tarantass, Curzon reached Tashkent by the post road in thirty uncomfortable hours.

[M]any of their leaders could not yet wholly believe that Jackson and his army, making a forced march in the dead of winter, were at hand.

At 4 or 5, he learned to dial by using the hookswitch like a telegraph key.