We have not an iota of belief in this or any other Captain Armstrong insinuation against high-class jockeys, who have far too comfortable incomes, and too much proper pride, to place their characters in any man's power, […]

O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, / Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew!

A remarkable bouillabaisse is served up in the little restaurant where I take my meals, that is, lunch, for in the evening I eat only fruit, figs and grapes mostly, in my room.

Or viewed another way, one pair in health (the French wife, the German husband), attacking the fish with gusto, talking all the time, gesturing enthusiastically with a knife in the air and ordering frequent replenishings of the wine; […]