at Aix-la-Chappelle there is always a mighty preponderance of poverty and dullness, except in a few of the shewiest of the streets, and even there, a flashy meanness, a slight patchery of things falling to pieces is everywhere visible.

The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, had lighted up the sky.

If an actor doesn't have a point of view, he doesn't make a dent. And I mean to make a dent.

Umberto I, who had fought at Solferino, had been christened with the name of the dynasty's founder, and changed his regnal number from IV to I.