They're cheering a young lad, the champion playboy of the Western World.

At first I threw my weight upon my heels, as one does naturally in a boot, and was a good deal bruised, but after a few hours I learned the natural walk of man, and could follow my guide in any portion of the island.

A low line of shore was visible at first on the right between the movement of the waves and fog, but when we came further it was lost sight of, and nothing could be seen but the mist curling in the rigging, and a small circle of foam.

What is the price of a thousand horses against a son where there is one son only?

The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind.

In a good play every speech should be as fully flavored as a nut or apple.

Foreign languages are another favourite topic, and as these men are bilingual they have a fair notion of what it means to speak and think in many different idioms.