Gawaine and Gareth took turns with the fat ass, one of them whacking it while the other rode bareback. - T. H. White

I can see that you spoke in ignorance, and I bitterly regret that I should have been so petty as to take offence where none was intended.

It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by microbes, which are too small to be appreciated.

The Victorians had not been anxious to go away for the weekend. The Edwardians, on the contrary, were nomadic.