Careful Words

baited (?.)

All plumed like estridges that with the wind

Baited like eagles having lately bathed;

Glittering in golden coats, like images;

As full of spirit as the month of May,

And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 1.

  Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.

Henry Clay (1777-1852): Speech at Ashland, Ky., March, 1829.

Dweller in yon dungeon dark,

Hangman of creation, mark!

Who in widow weeds appears,

Laden with unhonoured years,

Noosing with care a bursting purse,

Baited with many a deadly curse?

Robert Burns (1759-1796): Ode on Mrs. Oswald.