Else, past ripeness, deathward bound, He reasons; and the totterer Earth detests, Love shuns, grim logic screws in grasp, is he.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
Often Meredith wishes to be too concise, and squeezes his thoughts together like this: and the totterer Earth detests, Love shuns, grim logic screws in grasp, is he.
"Figures of Several Centuries"
Arthur Symons