I sent her a text asking as nonchalantly as possible whether cows ever go for you. … The answer I got was, 'Occasionally they do, and they can be bloody scary.' Ulp.

No descendant of a mamzer may ever enter the assembly, no matter how many generations later.

Le Vau is responsible for the jutting central core, while the wings that backstep so elegantly were designed Hardouin-Mansart.

That excellent instrument the cascrom, literally crooked foot, a kind of foot plough, which the Highlanders can manage with great dexterity, and which is too little known,* is still used in mountainous districts, and, from its excellent adaptation to the culture of rugged and steep hills, where a plough cannot be used, is not likely ever to be superseded by any implement.