He stood there in the doorway, under a vulgar bevy of gilt and crimson Cupids, his face dull paste in colour, his hands hanging like lead; he looked at us without seeing us.
"The Dark Forest"
Hugh Walpole
The accomplishments and graces of her person, the variety, the pleasure inspiring heaven of her countenance, the Cupids that wanton in her dimples, and the delights that swim and glisten in her eyes, are each and all exquisite beyond imagination!
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
There were tables to match, and an empty glass cabinet, two long mirrors with marble brackets underneath, also a highly ornamental chest of drawers and a bedstead of gilded cane and wood, with Cupids holding garlands of carved roses.
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson