The strips of Esparto-grass with which the doors were closed, beat against the walls.
"Salammbo"
Gustave Flaubert
His legs were kept wide apart by ample saddle-bags of Esparto cloth, swelled out with cedrats and water-melons.
"Tartarin of Tarascon"
Alphonse Daudet
A scheme of his for making paper by an improved process, which he tried to realize in 1833, and which he induced his mother, his sister's husband, and other friends to support with their capital, anticipated the employment of Esparto grass and wood, which since has been adopted successfully by others and has yielded large fortunes to them.
"Balzac"
Frederick Lawton