Stas lived with all on intimate terms and having, as is usual with Poles, an extraordinary aptitude for languages he became, he himself not knowing how and when, acquainted with many of their dialects.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Mrs. Thurston has an aptitude for delicate and satirical farce.
"Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis"
Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma
He was, she feared, one who had an unfortunate aptitude for drifting.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton