The bird was forcefed with water every 2 h and its head and bill were regularly wetted.

Another set of blinders stems from what might be called the Duessa syndrome: Protestant England associated hypertheatrical women with exotic foreignness, rhetorical display, physical allure, and Circean sexuality.

From then on the people of Ye never again dared speak of the River God taking a wife.

If I am a mother I'm a loathe-worthy, squeaky-weak mother.