The vast extent and extraordinary commodiousness of the amphitheatres erected by the Romans, prove not only the love of the sports exhibited in them entertained by that people, but the attention paid to their health and comfort by the architects who planned these buildings.
"The Idler in France"
Marguerite Gardiner
The harbour of Auckland is thought by some to rival that of Sydney for beauty and commodiousness.
"Six Letters From the Colonies"
Robert Seaton
And at this present time, while engaged about this common business of fishing, they fell into talk together; and some expressing their admiration of the neighboring sea, and others telling how much they were taken with the convenience and commodiousness of the buildings and public works, one of the Corinthian party took occasion to demand of the others: "And is it possible that you who are Grecians born, should be so forward to reduce a city of this greatness, and enjoying so many rare advantages, into the state of barbarism; and lend your assistance to plant Carthaginians, that are the worst and bloodiest of men, so much the nearer to us?
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh