[…] an ovarium borne on a short stipes within the base of the tube, with a long thread-like style and a beared stigmate; […]

In principle each fable in the collection is divided into two parts: the narrative itself, followed by an explicit moral or epimyth. ... In most of the fables the length of the epimyth ranges between six and twelve lines.

Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].

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