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He read them firmly, explaining here and there, his simple speech untouched by finer usage; and when the minister interposed a question, he dropped into such quaintness of rich legendry that his hearers sat astounded. So they were a part of the world! and not the world to-day, but the universe in its making. It was long before Nicholas concluded; but the time seemed brief.
Alice Brown - Tiverton Tales

He read them firmly, explaining here and there, his simple speech untouched by finer usage; and when the minister interposed a question, he dropped into such quaintness of rich legendry that his hearers sat astounded. So they were a part of the world! and not the world to-day, but the universe in its making. It was long before Nicholas concluded; but the time seemed brief.
Alice Brown - Tiverton Tales

Thirty captains are mentioned, among them three mightiest, and the record of these valiant men is like the record written of Thor and his followers in the legendry of the stormy Norsemen.
- Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 : A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more : than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
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