The station rests on nearly 300 piles, some driven in to a depth of 25 ft., and 3,000 wagonsful of spoil were used to fill the site to avoid the risk of flooding.
He missed his eggs and bacon, and his teeth were not too good for the grinding of hard sea bread. "Have some bread, Mr. Casy. This tack seems prime to me, not a worm, mind you, and that coffee's been around the Horn, if it is coffee. […]
[H]e, the plaintiff was on the said wharf with divers, to wit, three servants, then being ticket-porters of the said city duly and regularly admitted, and then was ready and willing and offered to unship, land, and carry the said casks of olive oil, and no other tackle-porter belonging to the said city then was present to unship, land, or carry the said casks of olive oil […].
In the pictures of places, too, an author uses economy; and for his plot, complicated and subplotted as it may seem, he cannot count on having vast stretches of eternity in which to elaborate forever.
