We shall quite lose the trick of joking without you.' 'Thank you, gentlemen.

But really you have been my butts far too long for me to think of becoming yours.

Madam, one word in private before I go.' Hypatia leant forward, and speaking in Syriac, whispered hurriedly-- 'Oh, stay, sir, I beseech you: You are the wisest of my pupils--perhaps my only true pupil....

My father will find some concealment for you from these wretches; and if you need money, remember, he is your debtor.

We have never repaid you the gold which--' 'Fairest Muse, that was but my entrance-fee to Parnassus.