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| | 4, Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1858 |
 | | The schoolmistress said, in a hesitating sort of way, that she knew the feeling well, and didn't like to experience it; it made her think she was a ghost, sometimes. |
 | | Here is another remark made for his especial benefit.--There is a natural tendency in many persons to run their adjectives together in triads, as I have heard them called,--thus: He was honorable, courteous, and brave; she was graceful, pleasing, and virtuous. |
 | | People laugh with him just so long as he amuses them; but if he attempts to be serious, they must still have their laugh, and so they laugh at him. |
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