I wonder Lehmann doesn't get a lot of acrobats and conjurors, and let Miss Burgoyne and you and me stop at home.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
This would put Leo back among the acrobats again, and for this the young gymnast was not sorry.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
It is not written with any ostentation of style; its style, in these days of fine writing by intellectual acrobats, is not even brilliant.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell