If he is sufficiently adroit he robs his suspended figure of all awkwardness, and he dowers her with a floating Ethereality surpassing that attainable by any living performer.
"A Book About the Theater"
Brander Matthews
It was not every woman that was capable of putting but her soul in the arms of a lover nor was it every lover whom the Ethereality of the proceeding pleased.
"Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern"
Edgar Saltus