They were nothing when separated from his looks, or disentangled from the exquisite tenderness of his voice, but oh, how much, when so richly combined, for never in one human being, I am sure, were looks and voice so eloquent.
"Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life"
Ann S. Stephens
He suspected that back taxes could not be met by the legitimate owners-if they could be disentangled from the mists that surrounded their possessions-he meant to get them into his own power.
"A Son of the Hills"
Harriet T. Comstock
After the footpath disentangled itself from the pine woods and crossed the burn by two fir trees nailed together, it climbed a steep ascent to Donald's house, but I had barely touched the foot, when I saw him descending, his head in the air, and his face shining.
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren