But mayhap her heart is in the right place, and when Hodge is missed from his accustomed seat by the fire of an evening, when it is Bruited abroad that he is down with illness, hurriedly slips on her bonnet, and saying nothing, carries a basket of good things to cheer the inner man?
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
The old Admiral, who had at the outset given her that nickname, spent a great deal of time that might have been profitably employed otherwise in deliberately inventing impieties, each of which was Bruited about in certain circles as 'Nan's last;' and if you happened to meet him anywhere between the United Service Club and Spring Gardens, completely self-absorbed, his face brimming over with laughter, you might be sure he was just putting on a finishing touch.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
The stories Bruited about concerning his hermit-like seclusion, caused by a realizing sense of personal danger, are mostly exaggerations of the grossest character.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou