He will tell you to this day how he was wont to dandle her on his knee.

Bill was one of those individuals of whom it is said: "He means well." In other words, he was a do-nothing, a ne'er-do-well.

He had been comparatively rich once, but he had meant well with his money.

One grand splurge, and it was all over.

Herculaneum still recollects that splurge.