But Hesiod, the poet, says just the opposite: that the sea was open, but Orion piled up the promontory by Peloris, and founded the close of Poseidon which is especially esteemed by the people
thereabouts. When he had finished this, he went away to Euboea and settled there, and because of his renown was taken into the number of the stars in heaven, and won undying remembrance.
Serpents' filth and evil odour, the distance concealed from me: and that a lizard's craft prowled
thereabouts lasciviously.
An hour before midnight the tavern closed up and its lights (the only ones
thereabouts) were put out.
His youngest boy, a late-comer, a great cricketer it seemed, twelve years old or
thereabouts, chattered enthusiastically of the exploits of W.
By this I concluded there were some wild creatures
thereabouts, which had done this; but what they were I knew not.
I stood still an hour or
thereabouts without trespassing on our orders (for so long the caravan was in passing the gate), to look at it on every side, near and far off; I mean what was within my view: and the guide, who had been extolling it for the wonder of the world, was mighty eager to hear my opinion of it.
or
thereabouts; and he had gained her with such delightful rapidity the first hour of introduction had been so very soon followed by distinguishing notice; the history which he had to give Mrs.
"Very well," said Grandfather; "and you recollect that this was in 1763, or
thereabouts, at the close of the old French War.
It had remained there, only twelve feet underground, for a matter of twenty-five hundred years or
thereabouts. Romulus was here before he built Rome, and thought something of founding a city on this spot, but gave up the idea.
As the lad could boast a considerable former experience with the supernatural
thereabouts his word had the weight justly due to the testimony of an expert.
Still, with the exception of one lady, who had retired with some precipitation at dinner-time, immediately after being assisted to the finest cut of a very yellow boiled leg of mutton with very green capers, there were no invalids as yet; and walking, and smoking, and drinking of brandy-and-water (but always in the open air), went on with unabated spirit, until eleven o'clock or
thereabouts, when 'turning in' - no sailor of seven hours' experience talks of going to bed - became the order of the night.
She had not seen him for fifteen years or
thereabouts, except on three or four occasions for a few hours at a time.