It was an altar-tomb, raised about two feet above the pavement; and on the slabs were carved whole-length figures, in alto-relievo, of two boys, each about sixteen years of age, in rich attire, and ornamented with diadems, broaches, and girdles, all copiously studded with precious stones.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
But the most ingenious of your Authors, I mean Plato Redivivus, broaches no such principle as that you should force this Prerogative from the King, by undue courses.
"His Majesties Declaration Defended"
John Dryden
If there is no such existing safety valve, the blood soon broaches a volcano of its own, and has an unpleasant habit of selecting most inconvenient sites for these eruptions.
"Boating"
W. B. Woodgate Commentator: Harvey Mason