I can´t make head nor tail of this letter I got from Ali this morning. I don´t know whether he means he is coming tomorrow or not.
He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger.
Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world — though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!.
Owing to the cant of the vessel, the masts hung far out over the water, and from my perch on the cross-trees I had nothing below me but the surface of the bay.
... But in India, you still cant do it as well. ...