The whole thing seemed to me both preposterously lovely and quite movingly absurd.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
While it is true that often poets of the second order have expressed strongly and movingly just the common sentiments of everybody, on the whole the original poets rank higher.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
But it is improbable that this narrative, had Maitland told it ever so movingly, would have entirely satisfied the suspicions of the Commissaire of Police.
"The Mark Of Cain"
Andrew Lang