To be moist, muddy, rumpled and smeared, when by the very nature of your position it is your duty to be clear-starched up to the pellucidity of crystal, to be spotless as the lily, to be crisp as the ivy-leaf, and as clear in complexion as a rose,-is it not, O gentle readers, felt to be a disgrace?
"The Duke's Children"
Anthony Trollope
The style, however, was pithy, and in writing that is the first Christian grace-no, I forgot, it is the second; pellucidity is the first.
"Love Me Little, Love Me Long"
Charles Reade Edition: 10 Language: English