[…] but Sage is ſo frequent, and endowed with ſo many eximious qualities, that a moſt commendable Conſerve, for many uſes, is made thereof; for by a ſpecial faculty, it roborates the Brain and Nerves, conduces much to trembling, ſtupour, palſey, and the affections of the Brain.

The shell-bursts from the Fascist anti-aircraft guns dotted the sky like cloudlets in a bad water-colour, but I never saw them get within a thousand yards of an aeroplane.

The advertisers[…] got a nice mix of celebrity and wonkery, but the dinner had the feeling of an artifact, not of a contemporary event.

‘thorough evill rest of this last night, / Or ill apayd or much dismayd ye be; / That by your change of cheare is easie for to see.’