Once Kate reached one of the fancifully carved towers of the palace, a liveried footman led her into an octagonal banqueting room, richly furnished with a round table surrounded by cushioned stools and crossbacked chairs.

And to be sure, as your ladyship says, the girl hath always appeared like a good, honest, plain girl, and not vain of her face, forsooth, as some wanton husseys in the neighbourhood are.

Ahab seemed a pyramid, and I, like a blazing fool, kept kicking at it.

After moving abroad, he bigamously married a second woman.