He gained friends elsewhere, and finally settled in Darmstadt, where he still found women's hearts susceptible, in spite of his small, weak frame, his great long neck, and his calfless legs, of which he writes: And, oh, my calves, they might have done honour to a poodle!

As far as he was concerned, de Valera just fixed things for himself. He was a mé féiner.

The trees themselves serve, at the same time, as so many stays for their Vines

In the law's eyes, Dinwiddie was a mere dabblesome amateur.