or is this inadmissible, as in the same chapter he is described as a 'bald head'?
— from The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio 'Elijah' by F. G. (Frederick George) Edwards

or is this inadmissible, as in the same chapter he is described as a “bald head”?
— from Letters of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy from 1833 to 1847 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

It is certain that stories concerning him, invariably defamatory and usually libellous, were circulated so far back as the days of his minority; and that these were revived when, after his Continental tours, he settled at Fonthill.
— from Some Eccentrics & a Woman by Lewis Melville

Love caused our first imprudence; love which improved by esteem, a perfect trust one in the other, a confidence and affection which, visited as we have been by severe calamities (have we not lost two ( sic ) children?), has increased daily, and knows no bounds.
— from The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 2 (of 2) by John Cordy Jeaffreson