Quoth the Caliph, "These were the Imbroglios of sleep," and crumbling a bit of Bhang into the cup, said to him, "By my life, do thou drink this cup;" and said Abu al-Hasan, "Surely I will drink it from thy hand."
"Supplemental Nights, Volume 1"
Richard F. Burton
To the simple private, who does not know of diplomatic Imbroglios and of political considerations, this sudden retreat means an almost as sudden retracing of steps, because he remembers that this manoeuvre preceded both the attacks on Solferino and on Custozza by the Austrians.
"The Short Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
Satan's dispute with some brawny concubines, whom he is lugging off in spite of all their resistance, cannot be too much admired by those who approve this class of subject, and think such strange Imbroglios in the least calculated to raise a sublime or a religious idea.
"Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents"
William Beckford