Excuse my infirmity, I can say no more; my heart is too full.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto
His "natural infirmity of homely plain writing," as he humorously described it, might have drawn students to his works, but they ran considerable risk of lying in utter oblivion.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto
Yet she was only a poor old broken-down woman in a Wiltshire village, held fast in her chair by a hopeless infirmity.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson