Monsieur Mingo for quaffing doth surpass, In cup, in corn or glass.

"What is happening to-day surpasses every instance from the past; this last example will be permanently characterized in the annals of the world as the indelible shame of England.

The stupefaction of the Cardinals on discovering that the Holy Father had lost his hoof surpasses all description, and they went to their graves without having obtained the least insight into the mystery.

Moscheles had already said of him in print: "Franz Liszt's playing surpasses everything yet heard, in power and the vanquishing of difficulties."

* * This lady-fly I take from off the grass, Whose spotted back might scarlet red surpass: 'Fly, lady-bird, north, south, or east, or west!