“She walked slowly and feebly, as if she were convalescing from a long illness.”

“They were flimsy shelters, most of them poorly built of light wood, with spindle porch-posts horribly mutilated by the turning-lathe.”

“My favorites, I think, were the super-crisp Japanese radish, a triumph of texture with a delicate flavor.”

“It is important to force through nearly all of the pulp, otherwise you will lose a lot of the flavor and be left with a bowl of insipid liquid.”

“It gave him perseverance, a quality sorely needed when he chose the uncertain life of an artist.”

“Let us discuss and debate, but in a refined manner and polished language please!”