Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.

The ball flew to its mark like a martin to his gourd and Lucky Ned Pepper fell dead in the saddle.

Even if there had been a glimmer of light, the dust would have robbed us of it; it was dense enough to bedarken an out-of-doors spot.

‘When we say 2 we mean exactly 2, not 2,00001 or 2,0000000000000001 or 2 with a novemdecillion zeroes and then a 1...’.