Explain rhyme royal ; ottava rima ; Spenserian stanza.
— from Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter

The gauntlet thus fairly flung down by one sibyl, was caught up by another, and the controversy between presbytery and episcopacy raged, roared, or rather screamed, a round of cinnamon-water serving only like oil to the flame, till Jasper entered with the plough-staff; and by the awe of his presence, and the shame of misbehaving “before the stranger man,” imposed some conditions of silence upon the disputants.
— from The Pirate Andrew Lang Edition by Walter Scott