dennis scharnberg

Here, the legend becomes a bit thin.  We know that Scipio the Elder died at an advanced age.  Probably of some disease.  But it is just possible that he was struck by lightning.

Roone Giddings,  Dirty Old Coins.

“Alexa, soothe me.”

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

“Stop that sparkling!”  And so Hayden introduced yet another of his baffling imperatives.

Charles Jeffrey Yett,  Writing in Miniature—Vol. Three.