The murmuring of the trees far up the mountain side, the distant roar of falling water that made him feel as if a little way off he might find the sea, filled his senses with an impression of unseen forces at work all about him, and the peculiar clearness and lightness of the atmosphere made him feel as if he were swaying over the ground and barely touching his feet to the earth, instead of walking.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Whereas the best earlier editions had been printed in gothic letter this is in roman, and both the borders and the twelve illustrations aim at the lightness and grace necessary to match the lighter type.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
They danced with the ease and lightness and grace of children in whom the accomplishment is born.
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade