The Gospel thus forms the primary apologetic, which by its very simplicity and closeness to reality touches at every point the underlying causes and principles of faith and unbelief.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
He was dark; his hair, which was quite black, was smooth, and clung to his head with a sleek, slimy closeness that only served to intensify the paleness, not to say pallor, of the face.
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice
These transmit the secret of their skill from father to son, and keep the corporation to which they belong up to a due degree of closeness, by avoiding intermarriage with any of the more unskilled labourers.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham