| With disparaging magnanimity in victory, Henry took simnel into his kitchens as a turnspit. |
| Scott, as he says somewhere, was like the turnspit dog, into whose wheel a hot cinder is dropped to encourage his activity. |
| We must, however, make an exception for the turnspit dog, in which the superior border equals three-fourths of that length. |
| The proximate causes of these movements are internal to the turnspit, the projectile, and the clock at the time of the movement. |
| Reform was foiled, as Burke put it, because the turnspit in the king's kitchen was a member of parliament. |
| It was because the turnspit in the king's kitchen was a member of Parliament! |
