If a dread of not being understood be hidden in the breasts of other young people to anything like the extent to which it used to be hidden in mine-which I consider probable, as I have no particular reason to suspect myself of having been a monstrosity-it is the key to many reservations.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
Mr. Pecksniff was a moral monstrosity.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
Before noon he had caused to grow up an architectural monstrosity, hideous but sturdy.
"The Desert Valley"
Jackson Gregory