they were neither necessary to be explicitly acknowledged, before they were convincingly revealed, nor simply and absolutely imposable on any particular man

Dragged suddenly before a formal dinner honoring the women's dean of Toledo University, he wowed his audience with a sight gag—he kissed the guest of honor.

Many lizards, including the British common and sand lizards of the family Lacertidae, clamber over rocks with great agility; none matches the geckoes, some of which can run up, down, or across vertical glass as easily as most beasts run on the flat, and indeed can happily traverse ceilings.

Batmanning was voluntary. McPherson was a bit incensed about the loss of his batman, but he made do with somebody else.