He was enormous; but in spite of his age carried himself erectly; over his black cassock with the red borders hung his gold cross.
"The Shadow of the Cathedral"
Vicente Blasco Ibañez
Melissy stood before him in the unconscious attitude of distinction she often fell into when she was moved, head thrown back so as to bare the rounded throat column, brown little hands folded in front of her, erectly graceful in all her slender lines.
"Brand Blotters"
William MacLeod Raine
Then she cleared her voice, drew herself up more erectly, and said: "You say Dixie set in the buggy all the time?
"Dixie Hart"
Will N. Harben