When the smoke cleared, two more hogs and a Weatherby brow had been added to the day's tally.

The one Irish provision which would have thrown the most light on Piccolomini's role would have been that to Tuam, the only one of the four metropolitan sees to fall vacant during Piccolomini's protectorship.

[…] melodious choir of young cawers; for be it known that we birds, as well as […]

As he finally puts the two cappuccini on the bar, I tell him, ‘At that point, you might as well bring a jug from home.’