Billy was as good as gold, a fat fellow with yellow hair and a red face, full of ingenious devices, stanch in his friendship, and as fond of fun as of eating, in which last field he was eminently great.

They were stanch to the British Government, and eager to be led against the rebels.

The stanchest of English conservatives, while they said they must regard Garibaldi as a freebooter, did not hesitate to express the warmest wishes for the freebooter's success.

who can balk, Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk? Think of this, without delay, Gentle lords and ladies gay.

Hearts that bled are stanched with balm.