Though I'm anything but clever, I could talk like that forever.

Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.

In short, whoever you may be, To this conclusion you'll agree, When every one is somebodee, Then no one's anybody!

Saturday afternoon, although occurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always takes this railway by surprise.

A policeman's lot is not a happy one

No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have; and I think he's a dirty little beast.

poverty is obsolete and hunger is abolished