Eaglewheat

One dog rolled before him, well-nigh slashed in half; but a second had him by the thigh, a third gripped his collar be- hind, and a fourth had the blade of the sword between its teeth, tasting its own blood.

Dutchessviridian

Then followed a battle of looks between them, but the captain soon knuckled under, put up his weapon, and resumed his seat, grumbling like a beaten dog.

Curtainswamp

I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul. God keep me, if only for the sake of those dear to me! Mousecalico.

Have I come to Utopia to hear this sort of thing?

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.