My enthusiasm had its good qualities too, and she was quick to recognize them, quicker than to notice its Blemishes.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
It is turned over and over in the search for marks or Blemishes.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
She did not realise of course how fresh her view of married life had been: she did not guess perhaps in quite what sense her new-appointed agent had used the word "intimate"; she did not realise that the book's very Blemishes were its chief claim to Truth.
"Helena Brett's Career"
Desmond Coke