You know there are obstinacies in the world as well as Mortalities, and thereto appertaining.
"The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)"
Frederic G. Kenyon
Meanwhile the host of Charles wrought for the taking of the city which they had besieged; and our Lord tormented them that were within in such wise that they were brought to nought by great feebleness and by Mortalities.
"Old French Romances"
William Morris
Falstaff bears these small Mortalities and bears them easily with the help of his simple, sincere philosophy.
"A Novelist on Novels"
W. L. George