It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad. - O. Henry

The air was full of human essence, of artificial enticement, of coquetry, indolence, pleasure — the man-made sense of existence.

There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact with me. There is a difference.

little more than a whimpering oyster led to be devoured on the sands of a Southern sea by the artful walrus, Circumstance, and the implacable carpenter, Fate.