By which I mean the boat could not have plyed in such a wind; she must have run, and by running have carried me into the stormier regions of the south, where, even if she had lived, I must speedily have starved for victuals and perished of cold.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
The walnut and the hickory have a higher respect for the stormier qualities of December.
"The House of a Thousand Candles"
Meredith Nicholson
His greatest success was in the playing of Hungarian music, some of which he adapted for his instrument, but the stormier pieces of Chopin which he arranged for the violin were given by him with tremendous effect.
"Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday"
Henry C. Lahee