For Macaulay and his multitudinous prose, Cintras conceived a special abhorrence, but could quote for you with unfailing diction Sir William Temple's "Use of Poetry and Music," and its sweet coda: "When all is done, human life is at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child that must be played with and humored to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over."
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
He swore in Polish and called out in lusty tones, "Come now, Daniel Chopin, what didn't you like, the tempo, the conception, the coda, or my touch?"
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
44, haec colonia retroversus crescit tanquam coda vituli.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill