Whilst thou didst keep thy Candor undefil'd, Deerly I lov'd thee; as my first-born child[…]

the middle point

It was hardly to be expected that the maximum speed of 100 m.p.h. claimed for the Great Western locomotive Builth Castle, in my February article would escape the lynx-eyed scrutiny of readers.

The Byzantines, wrote Robert of Clari, hooted and jeered from the battlements, and let down their clouts and showed them their backsides.