She clearly recognized that what to her seemed the most natural-indeed, the only thing in life left for her-would appear to one simply monstrous, and to the other the baldest folly.
"From Jest to Earnest"
E. P. Roe
But what of the oracles of later days, which are delivered in the baldest prose?
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
It requires the mysterious power of night and other conditions to secure a glamour; and so you must look for the baldest prose to-day."
"His Sombre Rivals"
E. P. Roe