the pardine lynx

[T]his matter of the vanishing bridge must have been arranged in order to put him in a properly subdued and tractable frame of mind.

The Professor was left to stare into the depths of his ancient hat, as if it were a vestiary expression of his present situation.

Those impious Pigs, Who, by frequent squeaks, have dared impugn The settled Swellfoot system, or to make Irreverent mockery of the genuflexions Inculcated by the arch-priest, have been whipt Into a loyal and an orthodox whine.