Fifty years hence perhaps mankind will be laughing at our Crudities; at us, by heaven, who flatter ourselves that the art of ship-building and navigation will never be carried higher than the pitch to which we have raised them!
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
It was, in fact, in spite of the Crudities of which Paul had been very well aware, a piece of work that might have done credit to many a more experienced painter; and there were things in it that neither Jane nor Mr. Wheelock saw, vigor and harmony and beauty, over and above the superficial likeness to Mrs. Lambert that Mr. Wheelock found so amazing.
"Jane Lends A Hand"
Shirley Watkins
Coryat, Thomas, Crudities, 285 Coster, Lourens, legend of his inventing printing, 37 sqq.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard