The frontispiece to the first of these books, engraved on steel with much delicacy by Davenport, is so carefully drawn, and displays such refinement of humour, that it might be ascribed to Wilkie or Smirke; and in Knickerbocker, George could hardly then have become a misocapnist when he limned with such intense gusto the Pipe-Plot, with its group of smoke-compelling burghers, or the Death of Walter the Doubter, where his lymphatic Excellency, lungs and pipe exhausted together, exhales his peaceful soul in the last whiff of canaster!

On a phonemic level, phenomena of synesthesia have often been described and studied. Practically all children and a good many adults—though for the most part adults will deny it—spontaneously associate sounds, whether phonemes or the timbre of musical instruments, with colors and forms.

The left diatom is overgrown by fungi and irregular organic matter, but structures resembling areolaes are visible through the organic cover.

Just like any other drug that elevates any aspect or level of performance, Viagra has a pretty harsh comedown, so to speak.