eat one's heart out

In his view, a writer has only one duty: to be present in his books.

Practise gliding in the form of inflection, or slide, from one extreme of pitch to another.

He alludes to it as one of their evil customs and used by them to produce insensibility.

There was a rumor that Alessandro and his father had both died; but no one knew anything certainly.

And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.

Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.