True courage scorns to vent her prowess in a storm of words; and to the valiant action speaks alone.
Tobias SmollettThe capital is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.
Tobias SmollettThe Highlanders regale themselves with whisky. They find it an excellent preservation against the winter cold. It is given with great success to the infants in the confluent smallpox.
Tobias Smollett