Queen's Crawley was no longer so populous a place as it had been in Queen Bess's time—nay, was come down to that condition of borough which used to be denominated rotten–yet, as Sir Pitt Crawley would say with perfect justice in his elegant way, Rotten! be hanged—it produces me a good fifteen hundred a year.

For your own safety and that of others, follow the suggestion in the verse: “Use country beam When roads are clear, Use traffic beam When cars are near.”

The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy.

In his case the matter is simplified by the fact that the head of his Deception Staff doubles the roles of author and producer. The Commander therefore tells him what sort of deception he needs, examines the plans produced for him […]