She was at first subjected to extraordinary mental moods and violent physical actions, which came on rather gradually, showing themselves in marked Singularities of conduct, for which she, when questioned, would give little if any account.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam
Yet such Singularities haue had many time both good liking and good successe, otherwise then many would haue looked for.
"The Arte of English Poesie"
George Puttenham
It gives us a key to many of the Singularities of his character; to his hunger for self-improvement; to his punctilious observance, from a boy, of the essentials of gentlemanly bearing, and to the uniform assertion of his self-respect."
"Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War"
G. F. R. Henderson