Nixon, on the same night, sat alone, remasticating answers for Bud Wilkinson, his kept TV interrogator […]

But thenne were they accorded with Merlyn that kynge Arthur shold come oute and speke with the kynges / and to come sauf and to goo sauf / suche suraunce ther was made. (Le Morte Darthur by Syr Thomas Malory, book 1 chapter 8.) (Modern spelling: But then were they accorded with Merlin, that King Arthur should come out and speak with the kings, and to come safe and to go safe, such surance there was made. from gutenberg.)

I do agnisz / A natural and prompt alacrity / I find in hardness.

Some entered the ring in very bad condition, and immediately got a-piping, like hot mutton pies - fell on their own blows, and knapped it every round, till they shewed the white feather and bolted.