A student puzzling over his algebra, a speaker Extemporizing an argument, a ball-player using all his resources to defeat the enemy, have attitudes so unlike that no analysis could discover in them a common form of expression.
"John Dewey's logical theory"
Delton Thomas Howard
Some gentlemen have a talent for placing things in a grotesque, exaggerated and ludicrous light; and of Extemporizing burlesque anecdotes in a whimsical and amusing manner.
"Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness"
Arthur Martine
Our walking canes and umbrellas promenaded round the room in couples, without the slightest regard to corns or other pedal vegetables; while the bedstead in the corner was Extemporizing a comic song, with a vigorous accompaniment on the soap-dish, the wash-dish, and other bed-room furniture.
"Doesticks, What He Says"
Q. K. Philander Doesticks