---

“Nicholas was permitted to depart to his rest.”

— Harriet Martineau · 'The loom and the lugger, a tale. part I' (1833)

rest, n.1 I. Senses relating to repose or a break from activity. 1. a. Sleep, repose; the feeling of having been refreshed or restored through this.

Gotta Read My Shakespeare

Can’t make a comic about the English language and not include some William Shakespeare. Gotta have it.

---

“Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walke?”

— William Shakespeare, 'Romeo and Juliet' (1597)

rat-catcher, 1. a. One whose business it is to catch rats. Also transf. and fig.