[…]shall yet be distended, one fourteenth part longer then the sayd entire Diameter; which addition of distent will conferre much to their Beauty, and detract but little from their Strength

Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

their Spring or endeavour outward will be augmented, that is , those Zones will have a strong nitency to flie wider

[T]he equating of the female genitalia with a wound caused by an axe is a very off-colour metaphor.